Research Question: What are effective strategies for reducing alcohol consumption in Indigenous Australian in the community? Background The health of the aboriginal community continues to be poor‚ with the life expectancy of 20-25 years less than the life expectancy of other Australians. According to the Australian Bureau of statistics‚ premature death and high morbidity have a significant impact on communities‚ where individuals and families experience continual loss (Australian Bureau of
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Question and Answer Kimeca LaSalle University of Phoenix CJA/ 384 January 15‚ 2012 Social Disorganization Question and Answer * What is Social disorganization? Central to social disorganization theory are the neighborhood mechanisms
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(Task 2) Offences against property This refers to a wide range of offences which include dishonest offences as well as other offences such as criminal damage. Offences involving dishonest behaviour‚ include theft‚ robbery and burglary. “Dishonest offences are provided for by legislation‚ Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001. This act contains a wide range of offences. It has taken into account changes in technology creating new offences. It also provides for a number of offences
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Social Disorganization Question-and-Answer Margaret Locklear CJA/384 May 11‚ 2015 Jack Tandy Social Disorganization Question-and-Answer Almost everything in the world has an equal opposite. A person can be happy one day and the next day the same person can be sad. Being sad is the opposite of being happy; with that being said the same goes for things such as society or the communities in which people live. One day there may be order in a community and the next day there may not. When a community
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In Monica Burman’s article”The Ability of Criminal Law to Produce Gender Equality: Judicial Discourses in the Swedish Criminal Legal System”‚ which was published in 2010‚ several issues concerning regulations and adjudications about women who are exposed to violence in heterosexual relationships are brought to knowledge. The article concentrates on how the victim and the agency of woman are constructed in criminal legal cases and states that a more extensive policy should be established in Sweden
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Concepts of Criminal Law AJ-320 Study Guide – Final Exam Understand rules relating to self defense‚ when can force be used‚ how much? Understand a perfect or imperfect defense. Understand affirmative defenses and burden of proof. Understand imminent danger. Understand the Castle doctrine. Understand defense of the cartilage. Understand the Choice of Evils (general principle of necessity) defense and when it can be used. Understand the consent defense. Understand the irresistible impulse rule. Understand
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Personal Dilemma Paper Danielle Bridgewater CJA 324 April 28‚ 2015 C. Rogers Personal Dilemma Paper As the author of this paper‚ I will be discussing the nature of the dilemma‚ the ethical decision made‚ alternative courses of action and the reason why. I will also explain the outcome of the situation. The title of my article is “Woman Arrested after Refusing to Take Daughter Back from Father.” The nature of the dilemma seemed to be a personal decision of the arresting officer. The arresting
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problem of domestic violence victimization. The intent of this thesis is to explore the incidence of victimization‚ the legal and societal representations‚ and legal treatment of male victims of intimate partner violence. Through the analysis of case law and statutes‚ quantitative statistics‚ domestic violence resources‚ popular culture‚ and anecdotal evidence‚ this thesis evaluates the treatment of male victims of intimate partner violence in the legal system. Evidence shows that gender bias exists
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Communication Carolina Fernandez CJA / 304 Interpersonal Communication May 8‚ 2013 Michael O’Connell‚ JD Effective Communication Effective communication is essential in any workplace‚ especially within a criminal justice organization. In this paper‚ the author will discuss the process of verbal and nonverbal communication and the associated components of each‚ the differences between listening and hearing in communication‚ the formal and informal channels of communication in criminal justice organizations
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Criminal Defense Analysis CJA/354 Professor Croushore Matt Vanderwerff 6/24/13 Self-defense is the justification of the threat or use of force when an individual feels that they are in immediate or imminent danger to their life or bodily harm. The cases I researched were UNITED STATES V. PETERSON‚ 483 F.2D 1222 (D.C. CIR. 1973)‚ OPINION BY: ROBINSON‚ J. and PEOPLE V. CEBALLOS‚ 526 P.2D 241 (CAL. 1974)‚ OPINION BY: BURKE‚ J. In both cases the defenses entered a contest of self-defense. In
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