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    When we think of Genocide what do we think of? Vicious and remorseless killers, A brutal Sadist, armies wiping out anyone in their path, or an average citizen just following orders? It is this final option that Browning chooses to focus on for this book and the choices made by these Ordinary men. The book begins by giving the reader statistics of the Nazi Holocaust in Poland, then going on to describe how the genocide began in the city of Bialystok and other close towns as they escalated from…

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    Privilege Assignment Ralph H. Boyce Jr. JUST 2503 – CANADIAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Gord Sereda, Instructor Friday, December 1, 2017 Privilege Assignment Answer One: Solicitor – Client Privilege While a lawyer will always have an ethical duty of confidentiality to their client, and all information (and by extension, physical evidence) provided by their client (The Canadian Bar Association, 2017, (s) 1, para. 2), solicitor – client privilege would not protect the lawyer’s actions with…

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    publications and websites including Time, the BBC, the Wall Street Journal and Monocle. Throughout the article, McKirdy displays information for both sides of the controversial argument. He writes: Advocates say it is a powerful deterrent against serious crime, while others point to the problems -- and cost -- of keeping violent offenders in general prison populations. In many countries,…

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    the lower class she was born into, therefore she used marriage several times in order to obtain financial security. In the story, she was willing to sacrifice moral principles in order to gain prosperity. Her fear of poverty led her to commit many crimes, including theft. However, I think it is a rather interesting question, whether Moll ever really became a hardened criminal.We have seen that she was motivated by greed, but there are certain aspects of her personality, which we cannot ignore.…

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    I choose to watch Stanley Milgram “Obedience” study, where basically Milgram focused on the conflict between obedience to authority and conscience. He wanted to know what obedience does to people, and was curious to know if obedience had anything to do with genocide. He wondered if soldiers killed people just because they were following orders from higher ranked officers. Milgram gathered his participants by advertising via newspaper, particiacally for male participants. His study consisted of…

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    The movie, Bourne Supremacy, is the second movie in the Bourne series, which is directed by Paul Greengrass. The Bourne series is packed full of intense action and thrilling chase scenes that keep you intrigued at all times and Bourne Supremacy is an example of the outstanding and compelling storyline that goes throughout the series. Matt Damon is the lead role as Jason Bourne, an ex-CIA assassin that got out of the system and is trying to remember who he really is, because he has psychogenic…

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    How Yossi Ghinsberg struggled, won and survived against all odds in the Amazon rainforest Yossi Ghinsberg, an Israeli traveler spent his days in extreme pain and starvation for three long weeks in 1981. Through these three weeks he survived venomous snakes, survived from almost drowning while he was travelling through South Africa. His unbelievable story of survival that he calls miraculous has now been made into a documentary, popular in near about 160 countries. Recently his book, Lost in the…

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    The Classical School of Criminology is based on the assumption that individuals choose to commit crimes after weighing the consequences of their actions. Classical criminologists explain how individuals have free will. Such individuals can choose legal or illegal means to get what they want, their fear of punishment may deter them from committing crime. In addition, society can control behavior by making the pain of punishment greater than the pleasure of the criminal gains. The classical school…

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    Double Jeopardy, in the Fifth Amendment, claims that one cannot be tried twice for the same crime. Once a trial has ended the government cannot choose to include new evidence and put a person on trial again. The right of Double Jeopardy is extremely important because it hinders the government from having the power to continuously try a person for the same crime. To be put on trial multiple times can get expensive, therefore it would make the most sense to only put a person on trial once.…

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    states that one of the many factors criminals consider and evaluate before committing a criminal act is what criminal gain or level of status will they attain by committing the crime. Thus, this is one of the factors that criminals weigh in their risk-benefit analysis. For instance, a criminal may be more motivated to commit a crime if they will gain status within their criminal group or if they believe the offense will get them notoriety through news coverage. The Second element of the Eversole…

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