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Medico-Legal System and Concealed Homicide, 2004.
Examine the medico-legal system in relation to concealed homicide in the United Kingdom.
6,750 words (approx. 27.0 pages), 17 sources, MLA, $ 239.95
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This paper investigates the medico-legal system in the United Kingdom in relation to the phenomenon of concealed homicide. The paper focuses primarily on England and Wales and concludes that deficiencies in the system facilitate concealment of murder.
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"This study investigates the implications in relation to the phenomenon of concealed homicide of medico-legal system in the United Kingdom, with a primary focus on England and Wales. The term concealed homicide as the term is used in this study refers to a death resulting from an unlawful action wherein the actual circumstances of the death are concealed to..."
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Legal Naturalism vs. Legal Positivism, 2002.
A comparison of laws understood to come about naturally or through some form of positive creation.
2,630 words (approx. 10.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper examines two of the general theories of law - legal naturalism and legal positivism, both of which have had an enormous influence on law throughout history. The first part of the paper looks at natural law which describes those diverse theories of law that do not accept human law as true law and hold that a particular "something other than the positive law is the true law". The second section examines legal positivism where one of several general theoretical traditions is based on the belief that the source of knowledge lies in experience, not in reason, nor in mind.
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"A good example of the usefulness of classical legal naturalism can be seen in the rise of commercial law in the Middle Ages in Europe. As Glendon, Gordon, and Carozza point out, the rise of commercial law took place when Roman civil law provided no adequate coverage of new problems that arose as trade "emerged from the localism and relative economic stagnation of the Middle Ages" in the form of international banking, expanded maritime trade, and rising commercial centers."
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The Crime of Homicide, 2004.
An insight into the concepts of reality versus perception in homicide.
4,138 words (approx. 16.6 pages), 23 sources, MLA, $ 110.95
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This paper examines how homicide is of interest not only because of its severity, but also because it is a fairly reliable barometer of all violent crime. It looks at how news media accounts of homicides can affect the public's perception of the importance of issues and how criminologists have long tried to understand the variables that lead to an individual committing an act of homicide. It discusses how homicide is primarily a problem plaguing minority communities and how research has shown that it is probably poverty, unemployment, and social stresses, not race that increases the risk of homicide. It recognizes that homicide in society is a reality and proposes the implementation of effective strategies or policies that should be analyzed and thought through in order to help in alleviating the act of homicide.
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Introduction
Homicide Defined
Perception of Murder Rates
Homicide Rates According to Uniform Crime Reports (UCR)
Theories of Homicide
Implementing a Plan for Public Policy
References
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"News media accounts of homicides can affect the public's perception of the importance of issues. They can also influence the public's perception of risks, fears of personal safety, satisfaction with law enforcement, and trust of others. These concerns, in turn, can have far reaching consequences with regards to personal and political actions and considerations in how resources are utilized in the prevention and control of homicides (Sorenson, Manz, & Berk, 1998). Observing violence in the media can also have negative effects. Sidney Callahan, from the Commonweal Foundation, states that "Violent images on TV or in the movies have inspired people to set spouses on fire in their beds, lie down in the middle of highways, extort money by placing bombs in airplanes, rape people in particularly disgusting ways, and who knows how many other kinds of shootings and assaults" (Callahan, 1996)."
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Concealed Weapons, 2004.
This paper argues that gun laws should restrict the right to carry a loaded and concealed gun to those who have a clear and urgent need for such a weapon.
700 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 24.95
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This paper explains that a new issue regarding concealed weapons has been created by states, such as Missouri, passing new loaded and concealed weapon laws that allow the great majority of the state?s residents to carry a concealed weapon solely because they want to. The author stresses that, even though the law forbids a concealed weapon permit from being issued to anyone under a certain age, having a protective order out against them, having a history of drunk driving or of felonies or violent misdemeanors, it is impossible to keep loaded, concealed guns from people who should not have them. The paper relates that an opposing argument is that the Second Amendment justifies allowing most people to carry weapons. Argument outline included.
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"There is a large population of people, however, who do not yet have any criminal history but who might want a weapon for all the wrong reasons. Many bank robbers wait until after their 23rd birthday (the minimum age in Missouri) to rob their first bank. Many men and women who eventually become abusive spouses have committed no violence or stalking toward the opposite sex that early in life. A spouse who intended to keep an obsessive hold on another might well now apply for a gun permit before the other person had any cause to get a restraining order."
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Homicide and Capital Punishment, 2005.
A look at homicide trends and capital punishment in the U.S.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This paper examines how homicide has largely decreased in USA but with escalation and concentration after the late 1980s in Black youth gang homicide. The paper also looks at the death penalty controversy (DPInfo Centre) and the implications of those under 17 on death row and the later trial of offenders having committed homicide when minors.
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"A review of statistics compiled by the United States Department of Justice can point to the poverty of capital punishment as a deterrent to homicide, according to various kinds of homicide, victims, and especially, rates assessed between the early or mid-1970s and 2002. A statistical analysis of national homicide compiled since 1976, in contrast with much popular opinion, shows decreases in kinds of homicide and circumstances, including drops in what many may assume to have increased, in recent years. (Fox & Zawitz:2003) National homicide statistics are compiled most consistently, and can serve as a barometer for other crimes of violence, given that relatively few homicides are premeditated and are more often due to felonies or cases of accident. "
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Homicide under Control, 2005.
This paper is an analysis of changing homicide rates in light of changing social trends based on the routine activities approach.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper uses data from both uniform police reports and from victim surveys to analyze homicide rates in Canada. The author points out three policy recommendations. The paper demonstrates that the routine activities approach can be used adequately with homicide statistics.
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"The media through sensationalized coverage of recent murders in Canada have led a large proportion of the public to believe that homicides are escalating sharply. Murders involving children such as Holly Jones and Cecilia Zhang especially have contributed to the perception of an increase in homicide rates. However, the public would be surprised to discover that there has been a marked decline in the national rate for homicide which, in fact, currently has reached its lowest level since 1967 (Dauvergne, 2003). The rates of stalking and assault also have corresponded to the reduced homicide rate, but in general homicide is unrelated to other crimes."
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Vehicular Homicide Convictions, 2004.
Study of the disparity in sentencing guidelines for DUI (driving under the influence) vehicular homicide.
23,551 words (approx. 94.2 pages), 87 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This study looks at the problem of disparity in sentencing guidelines when it comes to DUI vehicular homicide. The study examines this disparity, as well as the sentencing disparity that exists with other types of crime. The paper contends that, while race is a significant reason for the disparity, it is not the only reason. A look at the various causes for sentencing disparity and how the injustice might be corrected is also the subject of this study.
Statement of Problem and Hypotheses
Purpose of the Study
Importance of the Study
Scope of the Study
Rationale of the Study
Introduction to the Literature Review
History of Sentencing
Types of Sentencing
Sentencing Guidelines for DUI Homicides
Factors that Influence a Judges Decision
A History of DUI Laws/Legislation
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"This has become a serious problem for many minority individuals, since many who have been sentenced are insisting that the guidelines under which they have been sentenced are unfair. Literature on this subject, which will be reviewed in Chapter Two, appears to indicate that some disparity may exist, and this is worrying for minority individuals, due to the fact that they are aware that, if they are arrested for DUI vehicular homicide, they will likely be punished more severely than those that are of the Caucasian race."
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Homicide, 2004.
This paper discusses homicide in the United States.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper analyzes the decline in the homicide rate in the United States and summarizes arguments that support the decline. The author points out implications for policy planning. The paper includes theoretical explanations.
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"The purpose of this research is to examine the phenomenon of a decline in the homicide rate in the United States. The research will summarize various arguments that explain this decline and discuss the theoretical perspectives that support the explanation."
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Homicide Laws, 2002.
A comparison between the Balckstone laws and the laws against homicide in America.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper compares Blackstone's laws to the USA RCW in terms of homicide.
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Concealed Handgun, 2002.
A review of the concealed handgun permit laws in America.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper describes the concealed handgun carry permit that is popular in the U.S.
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Homicide, 2006.
An extensive discussion on homicide in America.
1,776 words (approx. 7.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 57.95
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This paper begins with a brief two hundred year history of homicide. It continues to discuss the sociology of victims and perpetrators exploring race, age and gender. It also expands on various motivations for murder and monitors, through stated statistics, patterns of considered motivations through history. In conclusion, grief and methods for coping with grief are discussed.
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"Total homicide rates fluctuated during the 1981-1998 period, however, intimate partner homicide rates decreased steadily during this time frame, and among certain sub-populations, the decrease has been substantial (Paulozzi pp).
These decreases are temporally associated with the introduction of social programs and legal measures to curb intimate partner violence, but a causal relationship has not been established (Paulozzi pp). Moreover, no confirmed explanation exists for the greater decrease in rates among males compared with rates among females (Paulozzi pp). The differences in intimate partner homicide rates by race indicate that economic, social, and cultural factors are involved (Paulozzi pp). It was also found that community population size and state demonstrates that regional sociocultural differences might be involved, while access to firearms might be a key factor in both male and female intimate partner homicides (Paulozzi pp)."
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Corporate Crime and Homicide, 2006.
A review of white collar crime and various explanations of homicide.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper is comprised of two parts. The first evaluates and discusses the following statement: some judges give light sentences to white-collar offenders because they feel that these offenders have already suffered from the publicity surrounding their conviction and because their employment prospects have suffered? The second essay examines the macro-sociological and micro-sociological explanations of homicide with reference to the strain theory. These two approaches, the macro-sociological and the micro-sociological are not mutually exclusive and the complement one another.
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The Roots of Homicide in the USA, 2001.
710 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 6 sources, $ 25.95
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This paper attempts to explain the roots of homicide in the US, and explain why the homicide rate exceeds Western Europe's by 4 to 1 and Japan's by 7 to 1. It hypothesizes that the historical roots of this disparity may lie not in the Western frontier, as many believe, but in the institution of slavery and the unusual history of firearms in America.
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"Homicide resulting from quarrels did not usually result in a conviction. The Southern culture of honor spread to poor whites and to the slaves themselves, who eventually brought it to the inner cities of the North. Disrespect for the law was reinforced by the tendency of authorities to ignore murders of blacks by blacks. Current high homicide rates in the former Confederate states and in many large cities trace largely to the attitudes developed during slavery, according to Lane. He also says that high rates in the Southwest reflect in part attitudes among Mexican-Americans, many of whom also practice a culture of honor tracing to the region?s historical circumstances."
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Right to Carry Concealed Handguns, 2002.
An overview of the social views for and against carrying handguns and laws relating to this issue.
3,315 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 94.95
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This paper begins with an overview of the current state of the laws in the United States pertaining to carrying a concealed weapon and how these differ from state to state. It then looks at a history of these licensing laws. The writer then presents a personal view relating to handgun licensing and discusses the argument that concealing handguns deters crime. The writer then looks into at the state laws regarding gun licensing and presents some views opposing the carrying of a concealed weapon.
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"The right to carry concealed guns is an unresolved controversy in the United States. While 28 states, allow non-felons to carry licensed concealed handguns unconditionally, 14 states give limited licence to carry handguns on showing the need and about 7 states prohibits the citizens from carrying concealed handguns, whereas the state of Vermont permits its citizens to carry them even without licence. In 1987, when the State of Florida first issued the ?concealed-carry? law for carrying handguns, its was a blow to the age-old belief that allowing public to carry concealed firearms would only heighten crimes in the society, and that a gun in a neighbor?s hand meant fear of violence or even death. However, since 1987 many states have followed suit in granting law-abiding citizens the right to carry concealed handguns for self-defence, and much to the surprise of gun control proponents the crime rate were found to decrease in most of the states. Though the proponents of gun-ownership present statistically backed claim that increasing gun-ownership eventually reduces crime, this is countered by gun-control proponents saying that such a correlation between gun-ownership and crime rate is erratic."
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Justifiable Homicide, 2002.
Examines the theme of justice in Susan Glaspell's play "Trifles".
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, $ 55.95
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Examines theme of justice in Susan Glaspell's play 'TRIFLES." Action and setting of the one-act play. Plot of investigation of a farmer's murder. Wife as the husband killer. All male legal system. Theme of abused wife who kills her abusive husband and how the women of the play decide the murder was justifiable.
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"This research examines the theme of justifiable homicide as the experience of finding justice in Susan Glaspell's one-act play Trifles. The research will set forth the pattern of ideas in the work and then discuss the means by which it illustrates the emergence of justice.
The action of Trifles takes place in the winter of 1916 and is confined to the kitchen of a farmer's wife. It takes place in the aftermath of the peculiar strangling death of the farmer. The wife of the sheriff, Mrs. Peters, and a friend of hers, Mrs. Hale, whose husband discovered the body, are gathering personal things for the farmer's wife, who is being held in jail. While Sheriff Peters, the county attorney, and Mr. Hale set about looking through the house and barn to search for evidence that might be useful in a trial, the women busy themselves in the ..."
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