request to release him‚ and firmly seated the man and threatened to punch him if he moved. The woman then informed Mr. McPhillen that the man was her husband. Issues: 1. Can Mr. McPhillen be held liable for assault‚ battery and false imprisonment when he came to the defense of someone? 2. Can the intoxicated man be held liable for assault‚ battery? Rule: § 1.02 Battery [7-10] Battery occurs when the defendant’s acts intentionally cause harmful or offensive contact with the victim’s
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assumes the audience agrees with the idea that flogging is Stiles 2 acceptable and begins to compare imprisonment‚ the current form of punishment‚ to flogging. Imprisonment‚ according to Jacoby‚ is not only ineffective‚ but too expensive. Jacoby states facts like the 250 percent increase since 1980 in prison inmates‚ and 300‚000 dollar cost of each inmate that help to prove that imprisonment is expensive (193). Next‚ he praises the use of flogging by pointing out how ineffective flogging could
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Argument Essay for the Death Penalty Every day through media streams‚ we hear news about murders‚ homicides‚ and killing. It is hard to spend a day without hearing about these things nowadays. We have our own right to our own lives‚ but that doesn’t mean we have rights to the person sitting next to us or anyone else. I’ve studied on this topic for almost a year now and I know main issues related to this topic and a few important historical movements related to the death penalty. In the past few
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Assignment 1 1.1 Defining the Core Constructs of Adlerian Therapy. When Gina says she is determined‚ Dr. Carlson asks her where her determination is directed. What is his intent? Gina responds with happiness. Her own and her two boys. His intent is to get her to focus on the good and the progress made. He trying to scaffold the sessions questioning to determine more information and to promote client self awareness. His intent is as well for her to see the goal setting nature
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Essay on Musical career choice By Jeunine Malatjie My career choice is being a speech pathologist. A speech pathologist’s purpose doesn’t necessarily fall into music but it can be linked with music. It does have some musical aspects. A speech pathologist can also work with a music therapist in a Pediatric rehabilitation setting. Speech pathologists deal with your communication skills in order to improve your speech ailments A speech pathologist is some who works with people who have speech
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Diversity in Prison The late twentieth century is seeing a rise in racial conflict in the United States as well as on the universal stage in a broad-spectrum (Phillips & Bowling‚ 2002). Statistics indicate that racial/ethnic minorities‚ particularly black males‚ face a disproportionately high risk of incarceration in the United States. This determination is made by assessing the negative impact that incarceration can have on individuals‚ their communities‚ and the integration of minorities into
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however it is known that at some point incarceration became a penalty for crimes. It appears that during the Middle Ages “punitive punishment” was introduced by Europe‚ by their Christian Church. By the end of the eighteenth century‚ the concept of imprisonment as punishment for crime was in full effect in the United States. America officially introduced the concept of incarceration as a punishment for crime around 1790‚ which was the penitentiary era. In 1790 the Pennsylvania Quakers converted Philadelphia’s
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Flannery O’Connor. O’Connor was born March 25‚ 1925 in Savannah‚ Georgia. She was also known for her novels and short stories. Both “Barn Burning” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” contain dynamic major characters dealing with violence‚ figurative imprisonment‚ and belongingness. The violence in “Barn Burning” deals with
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prevent it” (National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals‚ 1973‚ p. 1). Despite these sentiments‚ a prison expansion unprecedented in human history was about to take place. No one would have predicted that a large-scale imprisonment binge would characterize the next three decades. Many scholars point to the 1974 “Martinson report” (known for finding that “nothing works” to rehabilitate criminals) as signaling the death knell of the rehabilitation ideal in the United States
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specific issue to be addressed in this case is whether Jasper can raise the defence of necessity/best interests of the patient. Eg. The specific issue raised is whether detention that is initially lawful can become tortious subsequently as false imprisonment. Step 2: Offer your conclusion to answer the call of the question Answer the specific issue and the main issue: Eg. The D will be liable/will not be liable under the tort of battery because the requirements of intention and directness are not
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