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    and purpose behind criminal and civil law. First it is useful to define what is meant by the term law. Law could be defined as “a set of rules to encourage a more peaceful society”. In other words‚ law regulates and protects society by defining undesirable behaviour and providing a framework of punishment. As a society we accept some acts are undesirable and the state enforces a system of laws to identify and punish these. This is the system of criminal law. In this way laws define our rights

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    Explain the arguments for and against strict liability offences A strict liability offence is one where it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove any mens rea. In most cases of strict liability even if one did not have the intent to commit a crime‚ however reasonable‚ in relation to a particular element of the actus reus of an offence‚ they can still be convicted. This can be shown in reference to Prince and Hibbert. Prince (1875) the girl was taken by Prince even though he knew she was

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    Handout 3.1 - The Difference Between Civil Law and Criminal Law When is a legal problem criminal and when is it civil? What difference does it make whether it is criminal or civil? One way of looking at criminal law is that it is dealing with something of public interest. For example‚ the public has an interest in seeing that people are protected from being robbed or assaulted. These are legal problems that fall into the criminal law. Criminal law involves punishing and rehabilitating offenders

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    My interest in criminal law dates back to 1989‚ where I witnessed an incident that happened in my home in Santa Ana‚ California. From what I remember‚ one of the three teenagers threw a baseball size rock through our backyard sliding glass door. My father chased them down and got one of them by the ear. He took him in the house and dialed 911 for police assistance. The other two teenagers got the mother to the front door of my house. It was a chaotic scene‚ the mother of the offender frantically

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    Imposing Strict Punishment For Driving Offences Two weeks back‚ my friends and I witnessed a car accident in front of our very own eyes. The night was still as there were not many cars on the road. However‚ the silence was disrupted by a loud screeching noise. The flow of conversation came to a halt as we turned our heads in unison towards the source of the noise. At that exact moment‚ we saw a black car crashed into a lamp post. The front of the car was severely damaged and minutes later‚ the

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    THREE STRIKE LAW CJ322 Criminal Justice in the 21st Century January 30‚ 2011 Criminal Justice The consequences of the three strike law are causing a strain on the criminal Justice system and the correction subsystem. Boot camps may be one of the solutions to the increasingly over crowded prisons. The challenges are increasing everyday for Correctional Officers‚ especially female officers who are already at a disadvantage. The three strike law became very popular in the 1990s

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    ------------------------------------------------- Contributions of the IMT at Nuremberg and the IMTFE to the modern law of International Criminal Law Undoubtedly‚ major development in international law has occurred in recent years through the establishment of several tribunals and their statutes. There have been several criticisms concerning the decisions delivered by those tribunals mainly arguing that they were biased and illegitimate for numerous reasons. They were accused of being unfair and

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    From 2000 to 2010‚ more than 20 states passed laws that make it easier to use lethal force in self-defense. Elements of these laws include removing the duty to retreat in places outside of one’s home‚ adding a presumption of reasonable belief of imminent harm‚ and removing civil liability for those acting under the law. This paper examines whether aiding self-defense in this way deters crime or‚ alternatively‚ increases homicide. To do so‚ we apply a difference-in-differences research design by exploiting

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    Criminal Trespass and Criminal Mischief What is criminal trespassing and criminal mischief? They both are offences done intentionally‚ recklessly‚ and with negligence. Criminal trespass is going into a building by subterfuge or surreptitiously remaining in the building. Criminal mischief is damaging tangible property of another in a reckless or unknowing manner with fire‚ explosives‚ etc. Criminal trespass is going in to a building by subterfuge or surreptitiously remaining in the building

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    Week 5 Homework Jonah Colombo Devry University Author Note This paper is being submitted August 11‚ 2013 for Professor Sheryl Prichard’s Criminal Law and Procedure course at Devry University by Jonah Colombo. Week 5 Homework 1. Page 355 in the text: Questions for Thought and Discussion: Questions 5‚ 9‚ and 11 Question 5: Based on the ruling of the Supreme Court in City of Chicago v. Morales‚ what protections of the individual do you think must be included in an ordinance proscribing loitering

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