“The Law of Intention‚ following the cases of Woolin (1999) 1 AC 82 and Matthews (2003) 2 Cr App R 30‚ is now satisfactorily defined in the criminal law”. Discuss. Mens Rea refers to the guilty mind required for criminal liability. Intention and recklessness are the two forms of Mens Rea that are part of most offences and have been the subject of judicial scrutiny. There is a vast volume of case law on intention and recklessness which demonstrates the problems that courts have had in perfecting
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Criminal Procedure Policy “The Constitution of the United States was ordained; it is true‚ by descendants of Englishmen‚ who inherited the traditions of English law and history; but it was made for an undefined and expanding future‚ and for a people gathered and to be gathered from many nations and of many tongues” (Zalman‚ 2008 PG 1). —Justice Stanley Matthews “Criminal procedure deals with the set rules governing the series of proceedings through which‚ the government enforces substantive criminal
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Introduction Being reintroduced into the outside world and the re-socialization of newly freed criminal offenders has been a reoccurring setback in society. With the United States having recidivism rates upward of 69%‚ it is apparent that freed convicts are finding it hard readjusting and going back to their normal lives in society (Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ 2008). Retribution‚ incapacitation‚ deter‚ and rehabilitate offenders‚ are all characteristics of the purpose of prison‚ but much of
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Sources of Criminal Law. Statute/”The Book” vs. Common Law/Case Law A statute is a codified rule or written form of law. A statute identifies a particular rule of law or condition of a particular state or government. Each State has its own constitution; the states constitution and its laws are considered statutes. Generally‚ statutes are named through numbers or codes. Example: In Illinois‚ the definition of a forcible felony is found under : 720 ILCS 5/2-8. 720 is the criminal code‚ ILCS
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Journal Entry #1 For this journal entry I chose to review the television show Criminal Minds‚ viewed on September 21‚ 2016. I picked season one episode fifteen “Unfinished Business” for this journal because it goes over profiling a serial killer. Max Ryan retires from the BAU and moves down to Philadelphia in order to continue to unofficially work on a case he’s been doing for eighteen years. He’s been trying to catch the Keystone Killer‚ which started back up when Ryan had a book opening. Ryan
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We all must obey them‚ but why? For fear of going to jail‚ or being fined? Those are the individual effects of civil disobedience‚ but what happens what is the purpose of law in society? Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all attempted to interpret the need for laws in society‚ in order to maintain the good of the whole and the individual. Each of their examination of the need for laws in society arose from the individual ’s departure from the "state of nature" to community living
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(example: drugs) Respond: talk about all methods of policing‚ then show how they worked or didn ’t. “Basically the crackdown occurs when authorities flood a specific area that is known for problems and seek to remove the criminal element from the area” its called weed and seek. “a study of an April 1999 crackdown on drugs in seven Virginia neighborhoods showed a 92 percent reduction in reported crime during the crack down period with no apparent displacement of the problem into
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Everyone has access to the justice system. 2. The right of silence and presumption of innocence:At Common Law‚ such right is limited. Some statutory offenses now require the defendant to perform certain acts or else he can be found guilty for not doing so. That means that an accused person has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law. Although innocence is presumed at Common Law‚ the onus of proof is on the defendant in certain offenses as enacted by statutes. 3. Already
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Identify elements of deviant and abnormal behavior. “Deviant behavior is defined as human activity that violates social norms‚ (pg. 5 Schmalleger).” A number of crimes can be classified as deviant. Some people who commit deviant crimes may not see their crimes as being deviant like others would. Certain individuals consider the way others dress as being deviant if it’s not within social norms. Deviant behavior is not accepted by the general public and is seen as abnormal behavior compared to the
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Introduction to Criminal Justice January 06‚ 2013 Social justice is a concept of a society in which every human being is treated justly‚ without discrimination based on financial status‚ race‚ gender‚ and ethnicity. The Declaration of Independence states “all men are created equal.” Nowadays we call that equality “social justice”. All in all‚ social justice means equal justice‚ concerning all facets of society. Basically meaning‚ all
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