Does the Punishment Fit the Crime? Queensland Mandatory Sentencing Good Morning Class‚ today I will be speaking on a issue that‚ due to recent changes in legislation has sparked both support and outrage within the greater Queensland community. The issue of course‚ being the notion of mandatory sentencing. In recent years‚ Queensland and other States‚ including New South Wales and Victoria‚ have introduced mandatory sentencing laws for certain types of offences. The Queensland Government is now
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What Is Cyber Law? A group of petitioners in Philippines‚ consisting of lawmakers‚ bloggers and students‚ have sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the country’s implementation of its Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012--making it the sixth filed against the controversial legislation. According to GMA News Online on Monday‚ the petition centered on the definition of online libel stated in the law‚ specifically sections 4‚ 5 and 6‚ which the petitioners say are "unconstitutional due to
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technology. Crime analysis is a law enforcement function that involves systematic analysis for identifying and analyzing patterns and trends in crime and disorder (Wikipedia 2015). Criminal analysis is just another name for problem solving in law enforcement. It is also used as a tool to find ways to prevent crime with the enhancement of technology. Technologies that we currently use in criminal analysis today consist of communication systems‚ computers‚ and data and storage collection. Crime analysis
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The first law against hate crimes was passed in 1968 as a civil rights act; the law was aimed at protecting people against any attacks based on race‚ religion or origin. A crime motivated by gender‚ disability and sexual preference could not be prosecuted as a hate crime until 2009.The FBI says that a hate crime can target either a person or property and can be motivated in whole or in part by biases‚ meaning offenders can have other motives besides hate. To track attacks such as these‚ the FBI
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A sentencing model simply consists of the method by which punishment is awarded (Schmalleger & Smykla‚ n.d.). A century ago‚ judges had significantly more influence in imposing sentences‚ which typically included fines‚ probation‚ and set times of incarceration known as “flat time” sentences (Schmalleger & Smykla‚ n.d.). After the 19th century‚ America made changes to it’s sentencing model and implemented “indeterminate sentences” (Schmalleger & Smykla‚ n.d.). Based on state statute‚ judges
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sentences for crimes that pose little if any danger or harm to our society. Mandatory Minimum Sentencing in the American Justice System has long been argued by both Lawmakers and the public. We will go over some of the history of mandatory minimum sentences as well as the many pros and cons to these types of sentences. Some examples of pros and cons are the overall effect on public safety‚ the effect on the offenders‚ the cost to taxpayers‚ the lack of discretion for Judge’s‚ and whether the law should
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revenge‚ but to lessen crime and inform the criminal”(Elizabeth Fry). Now‚ more than ever‚ juveniles are committing crimes that are becoming more and more violent as time progresses. There is much indecision when it come to giving a “child” a sentencing in prison‚ whether that means they have to serve life‚ or years at a time. The states cannot make a permanent decision on how to deal with sentencing juveniles after they commit the crimes they do. Juveniles that commit crimes like murder should not
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Head: THE IMPACT OF SENTENCING GUIDELINES The Impact of Sentencing Guidelines on the Criminal Justice System Talisha L Alexander Survey of Public Safety Issues‚ Theory‚ and Concepts Abstract Our criminal-justice system has an obligation to impose just sentences. The United States Sentencing Commission is the result of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984‚ part of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984‚ which sought to change the federal criminal sentencing policy and practice
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They Who Have Truth I believe that there is not only one church that teaches the truth of the gospel. Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines truth as “A verified or indisputable fact‚ proposition‚ principle‚ or the like.” I believe that this word can be interpreted in many different ways‚ and have very different meanings. I write today specifically about the truth that we claim to have in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It is my understanding that many people in the church believe
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Sometimes mandatory minimum sentences are the consequences of good intentions‚ but good intentions do not always make beneficial policy in society. One of the famous senior associate justice of the supreme court of the United have said the truth of federal mandatory sentencing‚ in which I used this quotation to relate to the topic that I’m about to discuss. “The Federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines‚ I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom
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