rule which states that any information given between the client and his or her attorney will be kept completely confidential (Gaines & Miller, 2015, p. 155). For example, a client informs his or her attorney that he or she is guilty of committing a robbery; the attorney has to keep that information to his or herself. However, there are exceptions to this rule. For instance, if a client provides information to the attorney on an ongoing investigation or a crime that has…
knife, but not when asked to describe the scenario instead. Results therefore show that schema is likely to affect some memory tasks. Tuckey and Brewer 2003 is a recent study much like (Boon and Davis 1987) in which participants saw a video of a bank robbery that had three different types of scenes, one of which matched the schema. Information had to be recalled immediately and then again over a period of 12 weeks. Study concluded that participants…
BAIL AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE Introduction The granting of bail is guided by the constitution and the criminal procedure code. Bail is granted to arrested persons either at the police station or after one has been charged in a court of law. An arrested person or accused is presumed innocent till proven guilty thus his/her freedom of movement should not unnecessarily be curtailed. Therefore issuance of bail is aimed at ensuring that the accused person attends his trial when required to do so. In my…
The author’s research on more than 14,000 crimes between 2007 and 2011 shows that the guns are rarely used for self-defense even though victims had a chance to take action for self-protection in robberies, assaults or any kind of crimes. Only less than 1 percent victims used a gun in such an incidents. The author found that, the use of a gun in more than 300 sexual attacks was zero and 42 percent of time, the victims called the police, shouted,…
crime rates. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), As of 2014 “There were an estimated 1,165,383 violent crimes (murder and non-negligent homicides, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults) reported by law enforcement. Aggravated assaults accounted for 63.6 percent of the violent crimes reported, while robberies accounted for 28.0 percent, rape 7.2 percent, and murders 1.2 percent. There were an estimated 8,277,829 property crimes (burglaries, larceny-thefts, and motor…
men. Studies have shown that women are far less likely than men to commit a crime. “About 19% of known offenders are women (Thompson: 2012).” It has not always been common for a woman to engage in serious criminal behavior such as murder or bank robbery. In recent years, women seem to be just as involved with crimes as men and in some cases the crimes are more gruesome. However, crimes that women commit usually possess a more emotional characteristic. Socialist feminism is a form of feminist…
curfews keep teens out of trouble because they protect teens from becoming victims, strengthen parental control, and decrease juvenile crime rates. Juvenile curfews keep teens from falling victims to robbery, assault, and rape crimes. In many cases and reports, “index offenses such as homicide, rape, robbery, and assault decreased three to six percent during curfew hours” (Reynolds 206). Curfews are made for working on the…
way of placing people in the wrong place at the wrong time; this is something Steve Harmon knows too well. Steve Harmon is in a situation that no other teenager should have to deal with. Showing the jury that he is innocent of participating in a robbery that ended with someone dying will probably be the hardest thing he will ever go through. Steve Harmon is not the monster he is being made out to be. Through emotional, logical, and moralistic reasoning Steve's innocence will be proven and…
Terrorism, bloodshed and power status sums up the focal points embedded within the movie, City of God, directed by Fernando Meirelles, and Kátia Lund. These themes create definitions for several theories. The first theory in comparison to the movie is Strain Theory. Because of the economic strain of the people within the film, most turn to criminal activity. “Many families were homeless due to the flooding and acts of arson in the slums” (Meirelles, 2002). The government shipped their homeless…
felonies, including armed robbery and kidnapping. “Deceitfulness as indicated by repeated lying, use of aliases, or conning…