Assignment Question: A person who is charged with a criminal offence enjoys certain rights. The principle right is that of the right to silence and the right not to incriminate yourself. The right to silence is an immunity‚ which differs in nature‚ origin‚ incidence and importance. The suspect’s immunity was developed in order to avoid the risk of untrue confessions being obtained from a person in police custody. The law does not prohibit a suspect from confessing to a crime. It does however provide
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LS160-Criminal Law and Procedure BIBLIOGRAPHY A Articles/Books/Reports Hayes‚ Robert & Eburn‚ Michael‚ Criminal Law and Procedure in NSW Chesterman‚ Michael‚ Criminal Trial Juries in Australia Crimes Act 1900‚ NSW Criminal Procedure Act Legislative Council Select Committee on the partial defence of provocation – Inquiry into the partial defence of provocation‚ July 2012 B Websites www.judcom.nsw.gov.au/publications www.hcourt.gov.au www.parliament.nsw.gov.au www.lawlink.nsw.gov
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University Introduction to Criminal Justice CRJ-181 Wayne Wallace Workshop 2 Learning Objectives Chapter 6 Objective 1 Explain the police mission in democratic societies. The mission of the police is wide in scope. It includes enforcing and supporting the laws for the country they not only serve‚ but live in. They are tasked with not only preventing crime‚ but also investigating them and arresting those who violate the law. They serve as peace
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to good sense of jury – common sense meaning of the word. What is ordinary meaning? Courts presume it is obvious….so don’t issue a definition…but widely accepted definition is: “A defendant intends a consequence if he acts with the aim or purpose of producing that consequence.” Duff’s test of failure is a good way of testing whether intention was present: Had the result not occurred‚ would the defendant have considered it a failure? YES = Intention was present However‚ this test
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The Use of Criminal Profiling Criminal Profiling is a method of identifying the perpetrator of a crime based on an analysis of the nature of the offense and the manner in which it was committed. It most notably can be traced back to work done in the later part of the last century‚ and possibly even earlier in a variety of forms. There has been a definite growth since this early work‚ with many individuals doing a great deal of both research and practical work in criminal profiling. The investigative
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opinions Concurring opinion-majority opinion Dissenting opinion-minority -can write more than one of each Pro-posture vs con-posture (concurring vs dissenting) Society and the Law focused on a right and how it affects the greater good of the population The book: 2.1 pg 46‚ Don’t know names of cases…study concept Law and individual Constitution protects individual but does not provide ultimate protection (state trumps individual) Are violent video games protected under first amendment
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Outline the functionalist view on the role and purpose of education in society Functionalists argue that education has three broad functions. Education teaches that solidarity and skills are required by a modern industrial society. Solidarity is being together‚ treating people fairly and going with the norms and values of society and stop discrimination‚ without it there would be a state of chaos where there are no rules. In order to prepare yourself for work you need the skills provision to help
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individual areas of study. There will also be examples discussed of when each would be utilized. This document will also discuss any misconceptions that may occur in regards to these fields along with examples of the different misconceptions. Society has labeled the different crimes that occur and they are white-collar and blue-collar crimes and there will be a discussion about the difference between these two different crimes. There will also be a discussion on the various crimes that are calculated
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It is often asserted that liability for omissions is exceptional in English criminal law. How convincing is this claim? To assert that liability for omissions is ’exceptional ’ is to make two claims. If exceptional is taken simply to mean rare‚ one claim is that omissions are infrequently criminalised. However‚ if exceptional is taken to mean forming an exception then there must exist a general rule from which such an exception may depart. This claim is questionable‚ and will be explored first
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Criminal Law notes 1.Voluntary act: Status offences – no conduct is required but the crime is committed when a certain state of affair exists or the defendant is in a certain condition or is of a particular status. R v Larsonneur (1933) – Appellant was brought involuntarily back to the UK where she was charged on being an ‘alien’. LCJ Hewart claimed the ‘circumstances are perfectly immaterial’ Winzar v Chief constable of Kent (1983) – drunk on a public highway. LJ Robert Goff claimed ‘it is enough
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