Victimless crime

Stanford University law professor Herbert Packer’s models analyze two contrasting standpoints of the way the criminal justice system is, or should strive to, be. The two split positions charted by the Crime Control and Due Process models seek to describe perhaps the two most prominent positions in regards to the power and influence of the criminal justice system: that the safety of the community should be valued over all else, or that the rights of the individual are the most important values to…

The city of Los Angeles is one of the most well know cities in the world not just for the fame and lifestyle, but because of the cultures that have been introduced and expanded into society today. In the novel , “Jumped In What Gangs Taught Me About, Violence, Drugs, Love, and Redemption” by Jorja Leap, exposes us to a culture involving gangs and neighborhoods. Culture is something that is very strong and determines what we do and what we enjoy. For instance, gang members embrace their tattoos…

A person’s view of the world and the rights and wrongs of it come from how they were raised. We do not all grow up believing the exact same things. One person may believe that and “eye for an eye” is the correct revenge, while another person may say that an “eye for an eye” does not solve the problem at all, it merely just enforces that harming others is okay. This difference in the view of the world can greatly change a person’s perspective of what they have done to others. In Hannah Arendt’s…

Synopsis: The story “All In My Mind” by Eugie Foster is about a man named Kristof who discovers a computer virus that can only infect people with illegal computers in their brains. He comes across this because his friend Dina tells him about it and he then gets infected with it without knowing until he meets Adrienne, Dina’s sister. The three then need to stick together to cure the virus before it kills him. The most important character in this story is Kristof. If it wasn’t for him caring for…

Article Critique III Bridget Houston Liberty University CJUS 500-B01 Fall 2017 LUO Abstract The following article critique examines two articles: “The Case Against Privatization”, written by Avihay Dorfman and Alon Harel, and “Contracting for Performance: Restructuring the Private Prison Market”, written by Peter H. Kyle, which examine two opposite opinions on the privatization of prisons. “The Case Against Privatization” argues against the privatization of prisons. Whereas,…

cannot be charged with the same crime twice, for that would be considered double jeopardy. In order for a court to determine "if one the count constitutes a lesser offense that is included in the other," courts will apply the "Strict Elements Test." Blockburger v. United States. In applying this test, the courts will have to make a comparison of the elements of both offenses. Id. Thus, "if the elements of the greater crime necessarily include the elements of the lesser crime, then the latter…

In “Symbolizing crime control," Tim Newburn and Trevor Jones argue that zero tolerance has become a frequent concept in the crime control landscape that has been frequently used by police, politicians and policy makers. The authors suggest that zero tolerance is mostly associated with policing and how zero tolerance is a particular strategy that the police adopted for crime control. Throughout the article, the authors are identifying the key components of zero tolerance and how through the…

Guilty As Charged How would one know if such a heinous crime was caused by a person who was insane or a person who was fully aware of their actions and guilty? In this case, it is actually pretty simple. In the story, Lamb to the Slaughter, the character Mary Maloney’s husband, Patrick Maloney, arrived home from work one evening, bearing some bad news. He was leaving her. She didn’t like this idea, and sooner than later, Mary grabbed a lamb leg and struck her husband in the back of the head, and…

Bullying Is Whack, Get On the Right Track What is cyberbullying? “Cyberbullying is intentional and repeated harm inflicted on people through the use of computers, cellular phones, and other electronic devices” (“Cyberbullying” 1). The use of technology today has greatly increased, and it is causing problems within the states. Schools are becoming more technological, and some schools even provide students with electronic devices. Four in ten teens have been bullied online, and girls are more…

The ideal of trial by jury has been used to condemn people or free people for many years. By being tried by peers they are able to analyze the facts presented in the case and make a decision on what actions should be taken. Both Socrates, and Johnnie Cochran portray similar traits based of The Apology and the series The People vs. OJ Simpson . Socrates was put on trial and sentenced to death. Johnnie Cochran was not directly put on trial put was representing a cause and a friend in a trial.…