Did she commit a crime? If so‚ what crime? Yes. She absolutely committed a crime. Based on the facts‚ it appears that she committed the crimes of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose‚ aggravated assault‚ and attempted homicide. Although she may have legally possessed the weapon and perhaps was even justified in brandishing it‚ she later unlawfully uses it when she fired at her boyfriend and his friend committing the aggravated assault and the attempted homicide. 2. Did he commit a crime
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scientists have made it is different to see all the different things in crimes. According to my own experience‚ the order of the ranking I had is first peer influence‚ drugs and alcohol‚ parental relations‚ education‚ heredity and brain activity‚ discouraging criminal activity‚ easy access‚ and finally hormones. In my own experience‚ the factor that causes the most crime would be Peer Influence. This is the most committed crime I have seen because nowadays in high school most teens seem to only focus
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Criminals Should Be Punished Or Not Debate criminals deserve to be punished. Most of the people would not hesitate to claim that those who break the law should be punished ans]d put into prison as long as possible in case they continue to endager our lives and property. Also‚ if criminals are not given any punishment they may commit crimes again and again.Crime in general is the worst thing a person can do because it violates the law and it is a violation against the victims.Therefore‚ to protect
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Introduction These days‚ drugs can be found everywhere‚ and it may seem like everyone’s doing them. Lots of people are tempted by the excitement or escape that drugs seem to offer. But learning the facts about drugs can help you see the risks of chasing this excitement or escape. And just as there are many kinds of drugs available‚ there are as many reasons for trying them or starting to use them regularly. People take drugs just for the pleasure they believe they can bring. Often it’s because
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It’s about 11:30 and Detective Tyler Moore is grabbing a cup of coffee as the elevator dings. He turns around‚ about to head back to his desk‚ expecting a wandering drunk or new victim‚ instead drops his coffee at the horrifying scene that had dropped out of the elevator and was now lying motionless and bleeding all over the hallway floor and wall. Snapping himself out of a thunderstruck state‚ he rushes over‚ adrenaline pumping‚ to the mud caked‚ figure barely covered with an even dirtier sheet
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Asch Studies’ were a series of experiments designed to test humans’ tendency for conformity. Asch’s work was a direct response to the work of Sherif‚ although Sherif was technically studying the process of norm formation in new groups. The reason why Asch wanted to improve on Sherif’s work is that he believed that Sherif only achieved the results he did due to the ambiguity of the task; in other words‚ the participants had no idea what the correct answer was and so considered their best bet to agree
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statement of our legal system to say that children under 7 are not held responsible for crimes and that a 6 year-old cannot form criminal intent. My personal opinion is that children differ in their maturity levels (some may act older‚ others younger‚ developmentally). However‚ with that opinion‚ I can see the argument of: Who determines that maturity level? What is that determination based upon? What research has been done to prove this? Therefore‚ we must refer to what has been proven through the many years
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situation in criminal justice is the youth‚ who are being tried as adults for their wrongdoings. Although juveniles commit heinous crimes such as robbery‚ murder‚ or even rape‚ they are not mature enough to understand what they are doing. In the article “Kids Are Kids-Until They Commit Crimes” a 12-year-old boy got sentenced life in prison after he beat a 6- year-old girl to her death (Lundstrom). The boy did not know the girl was going to die because he is not mature enough to know what his actions
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SOLDIERS WITH PTSD THAT COMMIT CRIMES The ongoing war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan will always be a heavily debated topic from its beginning on October 7‚ 2001 with the attack on America soil on 9/11. But an ongoing war that is often ignored is the servicemen and women of those who return home from combat and suffer from psychological problems. As a Veteran of the U.S. Army myself that suffers from PTSD‚ I am disturb by the staggering reports of the number of combat veterans
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A Crime by Any Other Name… The main issue in Reiman and Leighton’s The Rich get Richer and the poor get prison is how crime is labeled; “A Crime by Any Other Name” to be exact. How “crime” is labeled comes depends on the nature of the crimes as legislatures and police officers must use discretion when deciding what constitutes as a crime. According to Reiman and Leighton‚ crime is used to label “the dangerous actions of the poor” (5). This is the direct result of the reality of crime that is created
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