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    offences. The parties involved may well have desired that a crime should go ahead‚ but circumstances could prevent this. For example ‚ an offender may have planned to murder another ‚he may have raised the gun to shoot him‚ taken careful aim but then ‚for some reason ‚the gun does not fire. Thus in this instance‚ the offender would be charged with attempted murder. ATTEMPT TO COMMIT A CRIME In our laws‚ attempt is defined at section 400 of the Penal code as;-when a person‚ intending to commit an offence

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    Dealing with inappropriate behaviour Scenario 1 It is lining up time for assembly and in her haste to be at the front of the line‚ you observe a Y1 girl knock over and hurt another little girl in her class. In this situation I would explain to her that this is inacceptable behaviour and that she should apologize. I would also tell her that she would now need to go to the back of the line as a result of her behaviour. I would also explain the class rules to her about her future conduct. Scenario

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    “Following the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson‚ Missouri‚ in August 2014‚ and a grand jury’s decision to not indict the police officer involved in that shooting‚ protests erupted across the country and community leaders called for all police officers to be equipped with body cameras.” There has been many incidents with people police officers killing young people for no reason for no reason. In most cases officers say it was an act of protect because the suspect was going to

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    Sometimes police officers abuse their power to get what they want or to take control of the situation as they say. there is also the times when the suspect that is being pulled over or ect. tries to turn thing around and make it seem that the cop is in the wrong.thats why there should be laws put into effect to control the situation. body. If police would all wear body cameras it would solve the problem. people would know what was going on the police officers point of view. Why should they be required

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    Cassie-Have there been times when a police officer had probable cause but were not able to use the evidence? Emily-Is there any reason why you can’t go into a home? Cassie-What are the rights of a suspect if police enter in the home? Emily-Has there been a time and a place where the cops had to take someone in and ask them questions or do you just do it where you are at? Cassie-If a suspect is brought in for questioning to the station and if they’re not guilty what happens? Do those people have

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    people‚ teachers can be a tremendous deterrent to crime‚ and teachers can help stop another school shooting for example‚ Columbine or Virginia Tech. Let’s start with the first advantage. Casualties will be reduced if you could take down the shooter quickly before the shooter kills any more people. An armed teacher provides more immediate protection for the students than a police officer on the phone. It will take probably 5-10 minutes before the police will even get there. That is too much time for

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    Police Agencies There are many different types of policing in the United States‚ most agencies operates through the government and the state itself these agencies consist of state and local agencies such as local PD‚ sheriff’s departments‚ highway patrol‚ and state troopers. The main purposes of these agencies are too investigate of suspected criminal activity‚ referral of the results of investigations to the courts‚ and the temporary detention of "suspected" criminals pending judicial action. Law

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    wall. I learnt to keep out of peoples’ way‚ and just do what they told me to do. I never drew attention to myself in lessons; pretended that I was dumb‚ that I didn’t know anything. My teachers despaired of me‚ I think; after all‚ wouldn’t you? So when I started secondary school‚ I saw it as an opportunity to start afresh. No one knew me‚ I could be a different person‚ and maybe people wouldn’t be so mean. And at first‚ it worked. I had a group of friends‚ which was a novelty for me‚ seeing as it

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    United States‚ thousands of children have been sentenced as adults and sent to adult prisons. Nearly 3000 nationwide have been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Children as young as 13 years old have been tried as adults and sentenced to die in prison‚ typically without any consideration of their age or circumstances of the offense. As kadish mentioned in his article‚ there are three excuses that can and should be considered when punishing a defendant. In the case of

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    Have you ever wondered about the challenges and issues that officers face within this society today? Well in order to understand and know what officers face we will cover a wide range of information during this research paper. In chapter 9 of Criminal justice today it was stated “The police at all times should maintain a relationship with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and that the public are the police (Schmalleger‚ 2017).” I believe that if

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