Criminal law

out if he didn’t get his money. As a result, the remaining thieves sent a hit man to kill Specs. Fortunately, Specs was only injured. Specs became very passive aggressive and made a deal with the detectives. Specs testified against the other criminals. Eight of the thieves were caught and convicted. But, only a small portion of the $2.7 million was ever recovered. Later, in 1956, the other six were arrested, two others were already in jail, one was dead, and two others were placed on the…

the perfect police partner would have exceptional hearing, sight, smell, and have built in weapons. This is why a dog makes an amazing police partner. K-9 units are usually trained in being able to sniff for drugs, track, pursue, and apprehend criminals, article searches, and have the ability to understand the officer’s commands and…

Benito Cereno by Herman Melville, crimes are being committed from all areas of the text. Intentionally or not, each person are being punished in different ways. Crime is being committed against humanity (slaves) while these crimes were not against the law. Justice cannot be served to anyone because no one is fully guilty. In Benito Cereno, there is forms of innocence that differ. With the presence of innocence within the mind, there is lack of knowledge of wrongdoing, and, results to atrocious…

Judge Gene Stephenson’s comment “Why would he want to rape her? She doesn’t look like a day at the beach.” (Perez & Stutzman, 2004) shows how prevalent rape myths are, even in this day and age. Judge Stephenson exemplifies three common myths 1. Rape only happens to young, attractive women. The victim in this story is 57 years of age, and while it does not describe her appearance, I believe it is safe to say she doesn’t fall under the category of young and attractive. 2. Only certain kinds…

Police men are one of the many heroes of our time. Every hero needs his side kick. For many police men this side kick is a dog. Dogs can have many jobs ranging from: K9, explosive detection dogs, narcotics dogs, detection dogs, live person search dogs, cadaver search dogs, patrol dogs, and even therapy dogs. All of these dogs work with humans to make their lives easier by using superior senses. For example, after a jewelry robbery, a team of search dogs was let loose in a field to find one of…

The distinction between general intent crimes and specific intent crimes can sometimes be hard to distinguish between. To help distinguish between the two, one should ask, first, what the intent (or knowledge) if any does the crime require; and then, if the crime requires some intent (knowledge), did the defendant in fact ascertain such an intent (Brody and Acker, 2010). An example of a general intent crime in Tennessee would be assault. According to TCA 39-13-101, the crime of assault involves…

How reliable is eyewitness testimony Eyewitness testimony is a term used in the legal system to give an account of a criminal incident that has occurred. Mistaken eyewitness identification is responsible for many wrongful convictions. Eyewitness testimony has influenced jury decisions and served as compelling evidence. Eyewitness testimony has also validated evidence and gave a picture of the actual incident. The only problem with eyewitness testimony is that it is not credible. Eyewitness…

Crime scene investigators may be called to the crime scene in order to secure it, take precise measurements and detailed descriptions of the scene, collect evidence that they can find within the scene or around and package them so they can be tested in a lab. They collect important physical evidence that they can find like fingerprints, footprints, and trace materials, any hair that hadn’t been burnt and fibre from the clothes of the women or on the car seats. (Lynch & Cole 2008) Fingerprinting…

To begin, this discussion is based off the research paper written by Craig Bennell that studies the importance and utility of offender profiling. Some researchers have argued that profiles are often so ambiguous that they can fit a large number of suspects. This decreases its usefulness as a prioritization tool. It is also possible that investigators may also creatively reinterpret the statements the statements of offender profiles in order to make them fit a number of different suspects.…

The state of Virginia had a total population of 8.3 million in 2010 (Census, 2010). By comparison, Harrisonburg-Rockingham County, a county within the state of Virginia, had a population of 130, 649 in 2010, a 9% increase from 2009. (Census, 2010). Although not a causal relationship, an increase in population is by far the single best predictor of violent and property crime counts (Chamil & Cochran, 2004). As a result, it can be inferred that a continuing increase in population will, if not…