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(INSERT TOPIC SENTENCE). In the Criminal Justice System, Miranda rights are one of the most important elements when making an arrest. When a law enforcement officer makes an arrest and decides to question the suspect, they must read the Miranda rights out loud. If the individual starts talking and incriminating itself before the police officers informs them about the Miranda rights, the information provided from the suspect will be inadmissible in court. According to Cole, Smith, and DeJong…

Dilip Chitre creates a stark impression of the isolation of old age in his poem ‘Father Returning Home’ by showing his fathers’ estrangement from society and his own family. Chitre conveys this isolation by using literary devices such as similes and repetition, and addressing themes such as modernity vs tradition. The poem begins when a father is waiting outside for a train which will take him home. We know this as it says ‘My father travels on the late evening train’. Already by labelling the…

Confidential Informants are not limited to crimes on the street. They can also be used in jails and prisons. “By definition, a jailhouse informant is an inmate, usually awaiting trial or sentencing, who claims to have been the recipient of an admission made by another prisoner awaiting trial, and who agrees to testify against that prisoner in a court of law, usually in exchange for some benefit.” (Genua) Which is quite different to that of a prison informant. “A prison informant, in contrast to…

Over 100 years ago the United States established the Juvenile Justice system. In most states, a person who between the ages of 10 and 18 charged with a crime is considered a juvenile . The juvenile justice system main goal is to help rehabilitation rather than punishing the individual and held youths who commit crimes responsible for their action. Where adults who are accused and found guilty of a crime, the criminal justice courts focus on punishments. There are many debates over the…

placed under arrest. “Was it because the people that were being under arrest may have been a little disobedient and that your fellow officers did so as a means of showing superiority?” I asked my uncle. He responded, “No, that couldn’t have been the case. Nobody wishes to go to jail if they wouldn’t have to. Even if it may mean being obedient to the officer who just arrested you.” Then what could have been the problem for inflicting unnecessary pain upon the people who were under arrest?…

of committing an unlawful act while taking reasonable steps when conducting the search. The scenario also raises the question as to whether PC Sharkey has exercised his powers of arrest by having reasonable grounds for believing the arrest to be necessary, while providing Marcus with the right information for the arrest. In order for PC Sharkey to have legally exercised his powers of stop and search he must have subjectively and objectively had reasonable grounds for suspecting that Marcus is…

Introduction When it comes to Criminal Defenses and Criminal Punishments, perceptions of others can sometimes vary. Some may agree that the punishment goes with the crime, while others may argue that there are stipulations that can be enacted due to extenuating circumstances for the defendant of the crime. In this body of work, the key points involved in the court determining the lawfulness of the use of force, the fundamental difference between the castle doctrine and the stand…

and circumstances that lead to an arrest or a seizure must be sufficient to persuade a reasonable person to believe that an illegal act has been or is being committed. Probable cause is an issue of Law and therefore the final determiner of whether probable cause exists is a judge not the police officer" (Aberle 2014). Furthermore in his text Aberle also described probable cause in his own words as "a simplified working definition of probable cause for arrest is it is more likely than…

officer must be duly authorised by statute to arrest the suspect, with or without a warrant . In order to affect an arrest, the arrestor must exercise physical control over the arrestee . Except for situations where the arrestee submits to the control of the arrester, the arrester may affect the arrest by touching the person of the arrestee or detaining his person by force . The degree of force legally permitted in arresting or attempting to affect an arrest is provided for in section 49 of the…

The Black Lives Matter movement began after Travon Martin, who, at 17 years old, was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, in Sanford, Florida. The case drew a lot of attention due to Florida’s self-defense and “Stand Your Ground laws.” Following Martin’s death, rallies, marches and protests were held across the nation and it turned into a media circus. The facts revolving around Travon Martin’s character were questionable. On one hand, he enjoyed Aerospace Technology…