Gathering Evidence Amber Zamora ENG101 September 21‚ 2013 Melissa Ortiz Week 2: Assignment 2 – Gathering Evidence and Evaluating Resources Example of evaluating a source: Subject 1: Gun control attitudes in the United States. Source: Celinska‚ K. (2007). Individualism and collectivism in america: The case of gun ownership and attitudes toward gun control. Sociological Perspectives‚ 50(2)‚ 229-247. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/213988090
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statements by Blair fall under an exception to the hearsay rule‚ Fed.R.Evid. 804(b)(3)‚ which provides that when a declarant is unavailable as a witness‚ statements against interest are not excluded by hearsay. When a prosecutor seeks to introduce evidence of a statement that inculpates the accused‚ a number of courts require that statement be against the declarants interest and that there be corroboration. Factors that courts look at for corroboration include motive‚ general character of the declarant
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Admiralty Outline Fall 2003 Overview Admiralty is federal law‚ originating in Article III‚ § 2 of Constitution. i. First Congress included Cases of Admiralty/Maritime in Judiciary Act. ii. Supremacy Clause. b. If say that case is admiralty/maritime case‚ governed by admiralty law‚ is to say that substantive admiralty law applies. i. Differences: statute of limitations‚ comparative laws for recovery‚ etc. a. Main: trial by judge. From very beginning‚ admiralty cases are w/o juries
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other gladiators. Some was volunteers who risked their lives. Most were considered as slaves‚ schooled under harsh conditions‚ socially marginalized even in death. Their origin gladiators offered spectators in fighting or dying will. There is evidence of it in funeral rites during the Punic wars of the third century. The gladiator games lasted for thousands of years‚ the games early declined in the fifth century. After the adoption of Christianity in 380‚ on later in the century’s there
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Assessment – Individual Pre-Assessment Name of individual OTOBO‚ DITON ALEXANDER Name of Assessor Date 1. Think of some examples of projects‚ tasks‚ events that the individual has worked upon that provide behavioural evidence for the individual. 2. Classify the evidence into Capacity‚ Achievement and Relationships and record the observed behaviours accordingly. CAPACITY 1. DITON is a rare occurrence in terms of intellect and creativity. A self-challenged engineering professional. He showed
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Family Health Assessment Prabha Andrews Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V-O103 Shauna Wise April 6‚ 2014 Introduction Family is considered the natural and fundamental unit of the society. The family members make up the family as a structure. Family includes members of different age group
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Paper‚ checks‚ currency‚ unfinished wood‚ and cardboard are all examples of porous evidence. At a crime scene this type of item might be a tissue box‚ pieces of mail‚ business cards‚ pictures‚ books‚ notes‚ and walls with porous types of paint. There are a few different processes available to lift a print from a porous item; it really depends on the condition of the item. Investigators often use chemical methods such as iodine fuming‚ silver nitrate‚ or ninhydrin to locate latent prints on porous
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1. Identify several sources of rights. Rights are legal‚ social‚ or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is‚ rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people. There are many types of rights in our society. In addition to the Constitution‚ court decisions and statutes are important sources of rights‚ and so are state constitutions. The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure sometimes shed light on and clarify important rulings handed down by
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Educational Preparation Donna Ishay Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NR 430 Melissa Adams June 8‚ 2014 Educational Preparation This writer will be exploring the many differences between a nurse with an Associates-degree in nursing and a nurse with a bachelors-degree in nursing. Quality patient care is positively affected on having a workforce of nurses who are established at a higher educational level (AACN 2013). In fact‚ it has been proven that there are fewer errors in
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Character evidence is generally less useful in a civil case than in a criminal case. True Original copies of documents should be carefully preserved for court. Photocopies should be used during interviews and elsewhere in the investigation. True Character evidence might be admissible in a criminal case if entered to prove motive‚ opportunity‚ or ability. True Statements made by the witnesses about what defendants said are hearsay and therefore not admissible. False Which one of the following
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