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The extent to which a person can be made liable under Irish criminal law for failing to act once they have voluntarily assumed responsibility for another person. When most people think of criminal law, they inherently think of crimes such as murder or rape which usually require the culprit to have some sort of idea of the consequences their act will bring. This awareness is called mens rea and it refers to the knowledge of wrongdoing as a part of a crime. Mens rea and actus reus, the actual…

1. What is forensic science? Forensic science is the term used for any form of science that serves the purpose of the criminal justice system. 2. What three tasks or responsibilities does a forensic scientist have? Forensic scientists have may have several roles. Among these are; training others, analyzing evidence and expert testimony. 3. What criteria might be used to establish someone as an expert witness? Several criteria are used to determine if someone is fit to serve as an expert…

Youth Site Visit The Police Athletic League is an independent non-profit youth development organization that work very closely with the New York Police Department. PAL’s roots can be traced back to 1914, where the goal was to reduce tensions between police officers and youths. The police in the past recognize that to combat certain issues; they needed to establish a relationship with the youths in the community. Some of the programs that were created to help with youth development are; early…

Is a “criminal genetic material” in existence, an innate condition which induces criminality? There are numerous debates about what causes crime. Several considerations in relation to the roots of criminality are presented. On the one hand it is presumed that illicit conduct is resulted from an individual’s life experiences and background, while others propose criminal conduct is rather multifaceted and encompasses an individual’s hereditary composition. The following thesis will show how…

of law enforcement it insists on – Robert Kennedy Introduction Punishment is the force used to enforce the law of the land, which is one of the important pillars of modern civilization. Providing a peaceful society and life is the duty of the state. Lack of punishment causes the law to lose its force and ultimately creates a society unable to maintain law and order and a government unable to sufficiently protect its people. However, the reformative approach to restraint crimes such as…

Case study is the study of a court case which helps us to get an insight into the real life proceeding of the theoretical knowledge of something that we have. With respect to forensic science, we can say that case study helps us to get an idea of the principles and techniques that are applied in a real case in order to obtain the results. It also helps us to understand what might be the outcome of a particular approach in terms of the legal system in a specific type of case that is looked into.…

involve in collecting the evidences. There are two types of physical evidences that will be analyzed by the forensic scientists, that are the evidences that collected by the scientist itself and the evidences that collected by another party such as police officers, hospital or any other…

The Myth Behind the Polygraph Test Throughout history there has been many ways to try to determine if someone is lying or telling the truth being questioned for criminal offences. A few examples of tests that were used in the past before the polygraph test was invented include the rice test and the dunking test (Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, Barry L. Beyerstein, 2010). The rice test was used by the ancient Hindus and the idea of it was that deception leads to fear and fear…

Whether it be in decisions made in daily life or a court decision to condemn criminals, we as people are constantly looking for the right answers and constantly trying to eliminate the wrong answers. Using Hanna’s admitted illiteracy, Bernhard Schlink is able to create a tense and dynamic situation which pushes the readers to think about how we approach the exploration of right and wrong and also express his own opinions on how unreliable the law system can be. The line that separates right and…

Although society will always have rules surrounding deviant behaviour, resulting in the creation of criminal bodies, the way in which these behaviours are defined greatly fluctuate over time. To a large extent, this is due to the specific contexts of the respective time periods , as it is the ideas, values, beliefs, morals and attitudes that shape the concept of the normal and hence also the abnormal. These concepts additionally shape the penal structures surrounding the identified crimes,…