This essay will attempt to explain a crime chosen from an article by applying a criminological theory. The article chosen is ‘Girl in critical condition after fire that killed mother and siblings’. The writer of the article describes the events of a suspected arson attack that killed five members of the family after their home was set alight. The article then mentions another suspected arson incident that caused damage to a car belonging to a family living opposite the victims‚ which appears to
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Reporting Verbs When using reported speech‚ most students learn to use "say" and "tell": Examples: John told me he was going to stay late at work. Peter said he wanted to visit his parents that weekend. These forms are perfectly correct for reporting what others have said. However‚ there are a number of other reporting verbs which can more accurately describe what someone has said. These verbs take a variety of structures. The following list gives you reporting verbs in various categories
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tragedies.” In the Renaissance‚ a novella (an Italian word that literally means “a little new thing”) was a short prose tale. In literature today‚ however‚ what is a novella? Who wrote the Italian novella that was Shakespeare’s main source for Othello? When did Shakespeare write Othello? What is the full title of this play? In what sense does the title contain an oxymoron or contradiction in terms? In Early Modern English‚ the word “Moor” could refer to either a black African or an Arab
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Running Head: THE MAIN SOURCES OF CRIMINAL LAW 1 The Main Sources of Criminal Law Byron Swift Everest University Online THE MAIN SOURCES OF CRIMINAL LAW 2 The purposes of criminal punishment were intended to send direct signals (not mixed signals) to those participating in random acts of terror and all other crimes to understand that these acts along with crime of any kind will not be tolerated. As we learned under the retribution side
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1.6.-How to Teach Reported Speech – Review – Practice & Lesson plan Teaching students reported or indirect speech can be complicated by the all the changes that are required when moving from direct speech into reported speech. First off‚ students should understand that reported speech is quite useful in conversational English as relating what someone has said using "quote" and "unquote" is awkward at best. A further aspect of reported speech is encouraging students to use other reporting verbs beyond
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Reported Speech Table for change in tense of reported speech (Statements) The tense changes into the corresponding past. Direct Indirect/ Reported Simple Present tense Simple Past Tense Present Continuous tense Past Continuous tense Present Perfect tense Past Perfect tense Present Perfect Continuous tense Past Perfect Continuous tense Simple Past tense Past Perfect Past Continuous tense Past Perfect Continuous tense Past Perfect Past Perfect Simple Future (will) would Future continuous
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This chapter focuses on deviance‚ theories of deviance‚ crime‚ and types of crimes. Deviance can be interpreted in many ways. “Deviance is socially defined” (p 126) Deviance van be defined as a thing someone has done that breaks the social norms of a large group and results in a punishment‚ like mores. Deviance has been shifting its meaning overtime. An example of the book gives is of a once deviant act that is not seen as deviant anymore is someone have a tattoos. Everyone used to have to hide their
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STAY OF PROCEEDINGS PENDING ARBITRATION: DOES IT APPLY TO INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS? By Bwire B. Kuboja There are two main sources of law in Tanzania Mainland regulating stay of proceedings pending arbitration namely section 6 of the Arbitration Act and section 64 of the Civil Procedure Code Act read together with the Second Schedule to the Civil Procedure Code Act. Under section 6 of the Arbitration Act‚ a party to a submission against whom a proceeding connected to any matter agreed to be
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Thus: i. We have used the conjunction ‘that’ before the Indirect Statement. ii. The pronoun “I” is changed to “HE”. (The Pronoun is changed in Person) iii. The verb “am” is changed to “was”. iv. The adverb “now” is changed to “then”. Rules for changing Direct into Indirect Speech: A. When the reporting or principal verb is in the Past Tense‚ all the Present Tenses in the Direct Speech are changed into Past Tense. a. A simple present tense becomes simple past tense. Example:
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How can we best define crime? Discuss. The Oxford English dictionary defines crime as “an act punishable by law‚ as being forbidden by statute or injurious to the public welfare‚ an evil act; an offence‚ a sin‚ -an act can only be considered a crime when identified as such by law. An act was defined a crime in the old testament with the creation of the Ten Commandments. This was when it was literally set into stone that numerous acts became a crime against God‚ the first rules of the world. Crimes
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