imprisonment. Fourteen years being quite a substantial time for incarceration. However‚ there is no minimum‚ period of time specified for this offence. Because in the criminal justice system‚ it is the judge that has the discretion in deciding the sentence‚ it is possible under this section for an offender to be convicted of grievous bodily harm‚ and‚ should the judge see fit‚ not have any jail time as a consequence. To illustrate‚ in the case of R v Sargeant‚ Price & Freier‚ the defendants were convicted
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Punishment vs. Rehabilitation The criminal justice system comprises many distinct stages‚ including arrest‚ prosecution‚ trial‚ sentencing‚ and punishment‚ quite often in the form of imprisonment. As will become clear‚ it is in the last two of these many stages that the debate over rehabilitation and retribution is of special significance. "Rehabilitation is the idea of curing’ an offender of his or her criminal tendencies‚ of changing their habits‚ their outlook and possibly even personality
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harshest form of punishment actually enforced by the United States government”. (Wikipedia) In earlier eras‚ there were extremely severe penalties for stealing‚ murdering‚ or committing treason. The consequences of such lawbreaking activities were not always the same for different individuals‚ how you were treated if you were accused of a crime‚ depended on whether you were poor or rich‚ a commoner or a noble. Crimes were classified as either misdemeanors or capital offenses. Misdemeanors
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix F Paragraphs and Topic Sentences Part I: Review the four paragraphs below. There is one paragraph matching each of the following types: summary‚ analysis‚ synthesis‚ and evaluation. Once you have read each paragraph‚ complete the following chart to identify the paragraph types. Underline the topic sentence in each paragraph. Paragraph Type of Paragraph 1 ANALYZING 2 SUMMARIZING 3 EVALUATING 4 SYNTHESIZING 1. Alice Doe’s article discussed overlooked
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HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL BY: JOSEPH KIOKO REG. NO: D80/61281/2011 DATE: 05/06/2013 LECTURER: PROF. P. O. K’OBONYO Introduction and Definitions: Human capital is defined by the OECD (1998‚ p9) as “the knowledge‚ skills and competences and other attributes embodied in individuals that are relevant to economic activity.” While Duration of schooling and levels of qualification are the standard measures used to measure human capital the OECD itself
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be stop I considered that I missed the bus. I remembered that there is a bus going late to school but it is in a far area from the place I live. So‚ I ran to that area hoping that the bus hadn’t left yet. I ran to there with lots of ideas of the punishment that my father would give me if he knew. I reached where the bus should be stop but I hadn’t seen it. From that point I considered that my father is going to punish me for not attending school. Without thinking‚ I walked crying to the school which
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Punishment in Prison The criminal justice system sentences people to prison for various felonious crimes they have admitted to or have been found guilty of. A prison sentence is punishment for those types of crimes. However‚ for some‚ a prison sentence in today’s world is nothing more than a vacation from reality. State and Federal Prisons have turned into a recreation hall and free pass from hard labor. Prisons should implement the punishments they were intended for‚ and that being isolation and
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Capital Budgeting Assignment #2 Breana N. Rainge 23. Bauer Industries is an automobile manufacturer. Management is currently evaluating a proposal to build a plan that will manufacture lightweight trucks. Bauer plans to use a cost of capital of 12% to evaluate this project. Based on extensive research‚ it has prepared the following incremental free cash flow projections (in millions of dollars): | Year 0 | Year 1-9 | Year 10 | Revenues | | 100.0 | 100.0 | -Manufacturing expenses (other
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Introduction Within the English legal system there are four main theories of punishment; retribution‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation and rehabilitation. The retributive theory looks back to the crime and punishes because of the crime. The remaining three all look forward to the consequences of punishment and thereby hope to achieve a reduction in crime. They are therefore often termed consequentialist or utilitarian theories. The boundaries between these theories are far from clear‚ containing sub-categories
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SENTENCES What is sentences? Sentence is a large unit of words that is grammatically complete and used to express exclamation‚ statement ‚and questions. A sentence must have a main clause or more than one main clause. There are as many clauses as there are finite verbs in a sentence. (The finite verb is the verb that changes with the person or number of the subject.) ; FORMS OF SENTENCES\ * Simple sentence: A sentence with one independent clause and no dependent clauses. Example: Ezra enjoyed
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