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The Purposes of Criminal Law, 2006.
An analysis of John Stuart Mill vs. Patrick Devlin in the purpose of criminal law.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses John Stuart Mill's notion of criminal law's purpose, in relation to Patrick Devlin's paper, "Morals and the Criminal Law", which refers to the discouragement of human vice or subversive activities, as decided by the moral standards of a society. The paper makes reference to the early 21st century crack cocaine prostitution phenomenon in the West to demonstrate the strength of Devlin's approach extra refs course texts as provided.
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"The Purposes of Criminal Law - John Stuart Mill vs. Patrick Devlin. Introduction This paper discusses John Stuart Mill's notion of criminal law's purpose, in relation to Patrick Devlin's paper, "Morals and the Criminal Law", which refers to the discouragement of human vice or subversive activities, as decided by the moral standards of a society. (1965, 319) For John Stuart Mill, individuals were entitled to liberty as would encourage happiness, and only those threatening the well being of others in immoral, harmful practices, should be impeded. Devlin, however, shows a more instrumental approach to criminal law that can be seen to indicate our current understanding of criminality and criminal law in the present day, in North America."
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Criminal Law and Social Engineering, 2006.
Examines the use of criminal law for purposes of social engineering.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper examines the use of criminal law for purposes of social engineering. The point is made that criminal law can be used as a tool for social engineering via its prohibitions and the punishments, and can operate to instill virtues. It notes that there are serious ethical and moral concerns associated with this use of the criminal law.
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"Social engineering is commonly defined as the use of private and or governmental functions and operations to manage population attitudes and behavior on a large scale..."
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Criminal Law Summary, 2006.
Discusses a criminal law Public Law 104-132.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses a criminal law, Public Law 104-132, that created disadvantage for the prosecution by preventing it from convicting a known terrorist supporter. The paper summarizes an article in Time magazine surrounding the case and provides an opinion as to what the law's weaknesses are and how the law should be addressed.
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"The nation's laws are intended to bring the guilty to justice and preserve the freedoms of the innocent. However the laws do not always accomplish these goals effectively. Some laws are so poorly constructed that they provide ..."
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Criminal Law History, 2003.
An overview of the developments in English criminal law (and its applications) up to 1850.
2,656 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 79.95
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This paper examines how the period of the industrial revolution was possibly the most influential period in the development of the criminal law and the associated institutions. It looks at how a shift from punishment to the beginnings of rehabilitation took place and how many fundamental concepts of a fair system were beginning to appear to create a solid foundation for what we have now. It also explores how the ideas of justice, equality, reasonableness and the rule of law took over from a simple system of revenge.
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"One of the most important changes that occurred during, and partially due to, the industrial revolution was the concept of democracy and the development of a central government with greater powers. This increase in centralisation led to a shift of control from landowners and representatives of the monarch to an elected body able to pass and execute laws on a national basis, rather than the execution being done on a local scale, or as Foucault puts it, a shift from sovereignty to government . This coupled with the migration of people out of the countryside and small rural parishes into sprawling cities broke down the social pattern that had been well established. No longer were people tied to land and thus the land owner, but a free market where people could freely sell their labour to the highest bidder."
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The Criminal Law, 2002.
An overview of criminal law in 18th Century Britain.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper examines the operation of the criminal law in the eighteenth century in England. It focuses on the social status of the accused and the accusers. It also examines the dilemma presented by an increasing number of capital offenses and decreasing use of the death penalty.
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Texas and Washington Criminal Laws, 1995.
This paper compares Texas and Washington criminal laws on controlled substances, driving under influence and possession of firearms by felons and aliens.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper compares the criminal codes of the states of Texas and Washington with regard to certain subjects. The first part discusses the laws relating to controlled substances. The second part looks at some criminal aspects of intoxication, particularly with regard to driving under the influence. The third part examines the laws concerning the possession of firearms by felons and aliens.
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"Texas has divided controlled substances into four Penalty Groups (Health and Safety, 481.102 - 481.105) The substances in Penalty Group 1 carry the heaviest penalties; those in Groups 3 and 4 carry the lightest penalties. The penalties themselves vary with the amount of the controlled substance found in the defendant's possession and the intent of the defendant (to manufacture and/or deliver or simply to possess). For example, an offense involving the manufacture or delivery of less than one gram of a Penalty Group 1 substance is a state jail felony; if the offense involves the manufacture or delivery of more than 400 grams, the offense is punishable by 15 years to life in prison ( 481.112)."
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The Battered Woman Syndrome and Criminal Law, 2002.
A research paper which proves that criminal law in America has failed to provide a defense that adequately protects women suffering from Battered Women's Syndrome.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 106.95
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Battered Women's Syndrome, or BWS, is a very complex psychological problem facing criminal courts today and has caused great debate on whether or not it should even be allowed in the courtroom. United States courtrooms, instead of protecting battered women, have put these women on trial and found them guilty of murder.
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Criminal Law, 2004.
An analysis of criminal statutes that provide every society with a set of rules that define proper legal and moral conduct.
2,029 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 64.95
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This paper discusses the applications of criminal law. The paper explains basic concepts associated with criminal law, such as the voluntary act and mental state. With this knowledge, the paper examines how theft offenses are dealt with under criminal law. Several examples are provided.
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Introduction
The Voluntary Act
The Mental State
Non-MPC States of Mind
Strict Liability
Causation
Social Harm
Applied Knowledge
Trespassory Taking and Carrying Away of Property
Intent to Permanently Deprive
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"Every country regardless of its size and location has some form of criminal law existing. This law helps the country define punishable offenses and includes country's stand of such concepts as self-defense, necessity, insanity, negligence, and complicity. Criminal law is clearly written law in other words, it is a codified law. In the United States this codified law is known as the Model Penal Code which has helped in recent reforms of criminal codes in many major states. But laws in one state may not be similar to laws in another and this applies to criminal law as well. For example even though the Model Penal Code is followed by all states to shape their criminal law, the local version of law in one state is quite different from the same in another. This means that no two states in the country has similar criminal law. "
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British Criminal Law, 2008.
This paper explores the debate over subjectivism vs. objectivism in the United Kingdom's legal conceptions of criminal culpability.
2,178 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 17 sources, APA, $ 67.95
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This paper offers definitions of both objectivism and subjectivism. The paper examines the highly controversial Caldwell case of the early 1980s that can be seen as a prime example of what pulls the British judiciary in competing directions. The paper also looks at the legal concept of "impossible attempts" and its relationship to both subjectivism and objectivism. The paper then shows how the area of the criminal law dealing with physical assault and battery is a good example of how subjectivism and objectivism continue to grapple over legal terrain. The paper concludes that neither approach is entirely without shortcomings, but each approach is certain to gain ascendancy at different times in the future.
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"It is generally true that drawing a distinction between the "subjective" and the "objective" is not a particularly easy matter. For example, if the law courts attempt to justify an ascription of recklessness by arguing that someone did not notice an "obvious" risk chiefly because they did not care about that risk and what it might mean for others - a "subjective" position British courts have taken in the past - then they are obviously applying some kind of normative (objective) standard to the matter. Of course, the confusion about what is really subjectivism and what is really objectivism cries out for a definition of both. To wit, subjectivism - broadly stated - believes that "action-ascriptions" which generate criminal liability should be determined solely by looking at what the individual's intentions and beliefs were at the time of the offense. On the other hand, the objectivist camp believes that someone's actual intentions are irrelevant to whether or not they are criminally liable: instead, proponents of objectivism cleave to the view that what actually occurred trumps any intentions or non-intentions the perpetrator might have had."
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Criminal Law and Sexual Conduct, 2005.
A discussion on a state law that prohibits incest.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper is written as if it is an investigation by a state legislature's Criminal Justice Committee into a law that reads: "Any person who knowingly engages in sexual intercourse with a person other than his or her spouse, if that person is related by consanguinity or affinity, shall be guilty of the felony of incest and punished according to the laws of the state."
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"As a member of this state's legislature, and more specifically its Criminal Justice Committee, it is my duty to study and alter laws that have either become outdated or that are inherently unfair. The legislation needing examination, in line with the theme of laws prohibiting consensual sexual relations among adults, deals with the uncomfortable topic of incest. Yet, as with many problems not pleasurable to deal with, this important law has great ramifications, and one that deserves an update. The law in question states that: Any person who knowingly engages in sexual intercourse with a person other than his or her spouse, if that person is related by consanguinity or affinity, shall be guilty of the felony of incest and punished according to the laws of the state."
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Drugs and the Criminal Law, 2001.
A look at illegal drug use in the UK and how UK law deals with offenders.
4,635 words (approx. 18.5 pages), 15 sources, $ 119.95
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This paper talks about UK drug laws and how they are inconsistent, with some quite harmful substances freely available, and others that are prohibited. The focus of the paper is on illegally produced drugs, rather than prescribed medicines.
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"In 1992, over 49 000 people were convicted or cautioned for drug offences. Of these, 43 500 were convicted of personal possession of drugs. About 41 000 of this total were cannabis offences."
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Criminal Law and Terrorism, 2006.
This paper discusses whether the UK's legal response to terrorism is necessary or unduly excessive.
3,507 words (approx. 14.0 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 98.95
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This essay discusses the various legislative responses in the UK to the threat posed to society by modern terrorism. Beginning with the origins of anti-terrorism law in the United Kingdom in response to the troubles in Northern Ireland, the paper subsequently offers a discussion on the Terrorism Act 2000 and the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act (including the judicial response to the powers conferred under this Act in 'A v Secretary of State for the Home Department'). The writer concludes by attempting to reconcile the two core issues in this matter -namely security of the state versus civil liberties.
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The Origins of UK Anti-Terrorism Law
The Terrorism Act 2000
The Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001
Conclusion
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"In December 1995, Lord Lloyd of Berwick undertook an inquiry into the adequacy of the UK's counter-terrorism legislation to deal with future terrorist threats . Two important concepts arose from the report which are of significance to the discussion at hand: firstly, that it was the expectation of the Government that whilst the peace process would lead to the receding of the terrorist threat in relation to the Northern Ireland Troubles, the threat of international terrorism would increase and need to be dealt with; and secondly, that consideration had to be given to the UK's obligations under various treaties in international law, predominantly the European Convention on Human Rights, when creating any new anti-terrorism legislation ; thus acknowledging that a balance would have to be drawn between security and liberties and that the Government did not hold a carte blanche to introduce any anti-terror measure that it wished."
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Combined Law Enforcement and The Criminal Justice System, 2005.
Investigates the option of combining all the law enforcement agencies under one umbrella organization in the United States.
3,879 words (approx. 15.5 pages), 31 sources, APA, $ 106.95
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This paper addresses the issue of the United States combining all police agencies into one national police organization, as well as the consolidation of the criminal justice system, based on the current threats of terrorism and other dangers to the United States. Issues discussed in this paper include the role of the police in U.S. society, duplication of laws (between state and federal statutes), local control of police function, training and education of officers' issues, discretion issues and corruption issues.
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Introduction
Dangers to the United States
Combining of Police Agencies to form one National Police Organization
Effects of Consolidation on the Criminal Justice System
Role of Police in U.S. Society & Jurisdictional Issues
Duplication of Laws (State & Federal)
Training & Education of Officers
Control of Local Police Functioning
Discretion & Corruption Issues
State and Federal Judicial and Correctional Systems
References
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"Currently the role of the police in the United States is to protect the community, and maintain order while enforcing the laws that have been written. Further the police are responsible for detecting and preventing crime, arresting individuals that have committed a crime and seeking justice for their victims. Police endure specific training in regards to the laws set for the state and community in which they are to enforce the law. This training not only teaches them how to fight crime but how to maintain the safety of all citizens at all times within their abilities."
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Arkansas Laws and Criminals, 2002.
Addresses the issue of criminal law, behavior, and law enforcement in Arkansas.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 53.95
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What are the laws in Arkansas regarding criminal activity? What sentences do criminals convicted of crimes receive? Finally, how does one become a law enforcement officer in that state? Those are the issues I will be addressing in this paper.
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