The judge had referred to the triad of factors from S v Zinn which consists of the person of the accused, the nature of the offence and the interests of society. ... Hearsay Evidence. - (1) Subject to the provisions of any other law, hearsay evidence shall not be admitted as evidence at criminal or civil-proceedings, unless (a) each party against whom the evidence is to be adduced agrees to the admission thereof as evidence at such proceedings; (b) the person upon whose credibility the probative value of such evidence depends, himself testifies at such proceed...

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The survey was the first of its kind in Australia, and measured the nature and extent of physical and sexual violence against women, the actions women took after experiencing violence, and the effect of this violence on their life. The Women's Safety Survey has helped develop national estimates on the nature and extent of sexual violence experienced by women in both the previous 12-month period and also from the age of 15 (ABS 1996b). ... Although crime victim surveys produce more accurate estimates of incidence and prevalence rates than police statistics, and confirm that many offence...

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On the journey he made several observations on the effects that nature had when shaping the earth. ... Lombroso studied the works of Francis Galton and his thinking on human heredity. ... He began to speculate that in the primitive human society people with such traits had them for survival purposes. ... Lombroso believed the root cause of the problems that plagued these people were inherited and passed down to them in the human biology. ... Lombroso did not disagree with the classical school that most crime could be explained through human nature. ...

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Hypothesis: Due to the dubious and unproved value as a deterrent to violent crime, the inequity and mistakes inevitable in any system of justice instituted and administered by fallible human beings and the degrading and hurtful impulse toward retribution and revenge that it expresses, the abolition of capital punishment should be still maintained in Australian society. ... For many, the response to crimes of a violent nature is calls to "get tough on crime". ...

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The term capital punishment is derived from the Latin caput, meaning "head". It originally referred to death by decapitation, but now applies generally to state authorized executions. Crimes occur in every society around the world. Historically, criminals convicted of these crimes were dealt w...

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Deterrence Leslie Cantu: Fear of death deters people from committing crimes, proponents say. They also believe that if attached to certain crimes, the penalty of death exerts a positive moral influence by placing a stigma on certain crimes like manslaughter, resulting in attitudes of disgust and h...

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Evaluate Psychological Explanations of Criminal Behaviour. Throughout the history of civilisation the enduring problem of crime has bought with it huge social and economic problems. In order for a psychologist to understand the root causes of criminal behaviour it is necessary to investigate the...

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I. INTRODUCTION During the past century, the english-speaking legal world has experienced real and considerable change in the areas of criminal law and criminal sentencing procedures. These ever-changing systems of legal processes, rules, and theories are typically reflective of the society's ...

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According to a wide range of civil rights and human rights organizations, the expansion of racial profiling after the September 11 attacks appears to have contributed to a climate of discrimination that indirectly encourages hate crimes against certain minority groups and people who look like them by conveying the message that such discrimination is acceptable and helpful in fighting terrorism. ... What happened to the citizen's human rights? ... These facts clearly show that Diallo's human and civil rights were violated that night and that these four white police o...

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"If life is sacred, it means that every person has the right to live simply by virtue of the fact that he or she is a living and breathing human being. ... A society cannot give up its moral duties concerning the many issues associated to the protection and development of human life. ... Revenge is never a commendable human reason. ... To take a human life even if the person is guilty is tragic. ...

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In an interview with Scott Simon, author of the book "Ultimate Punishment-, Scott Turow makes a good point by saying, "The paradox of capital punishment is that if we're applying it to the very worst cases, the most heinous, those are the crimes that by their very nature most excite our emotions and that make it hard for us to deal with those causes rationally (Simon interview pgs 1-2)-. ...

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"One cannot compare court statistics from place to place without taking into account the nature of the steps that lead to cases going to court."5 Different handling operations lead to systematic differences. ... When considering the demands that are placed upon the police in all off these three categories factors such as population, composition (age, enthicity, etc.) of that population, and nature and extent of criminal activity alter the task environment of the police force. ...

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That resulted in the narrowing down of the list of one hundred crimes to twelve, punishable by the death penalty in 1833, and in 1869 it was cut down yet again to just three: treason, rape, and murder because of violent nature of these crimes. ... The key part of the death penalty is that it involves death -- something which is rather permanent for humans, due to the concept of mortality. ...

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Whenever the word "death penalty" comes up, extremists from both sides of the spectrum begin to express their opinions. One side says deterrence, the other side says there's a potential of executing an innocent man. One says justice, retribution, and punishment, the other side says execution is murd...

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Thomas was also a sociologist from the University of Chicago and believed that "all human beings are a direct product of their environment" (Sutherland, 1924). ... Symbolic interactionism states that when humans interact they will only be understood through intimate conversations ( Blumer, 1969). ... The first is that human beings interactions are based off how intimate the means are with the individual they are talking to (Blumer, 1969). ...

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In the book "All God's Children" author Fox Butterfield delivered his point of view and his theory on the Bosket family and the American tradition of violence. Fox Butterfield was born in 1939 in Lancaster PA, graduating from Harvard University, Fox Butterfield became a famous journalist and author working with Times bureau chief in Saigon, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Boston and as a correspondent in Washington and New York. Around that time Butterfield was honored with the Pulitzer Prize as a member of The New York Times team that published the Pentagon Papers, the Pentagon...

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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) conducts an annual National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) that questions numerous people living households about their drug and alcohol use and their involvement in crimes. ...

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During the eighteenth century, piracy began ruling the waters surrounding the American colonies. For many people piracy adds an exciting thrill to maritime history with its adventure, romanticism, mysteriousness, and its alluring nature. However, piracy is just the practice of a pirate: these pirate...

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Gun Control The basic premise of the constitution is to allow people to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Someone else cannot take one's right to life. However there are times when people try. When that time comes, the victim must have a way to protect himself. A handgun carried concealed is a great way to offer that protection What gun control advocates can't perceive is that gun control laws are aimed at the legal buying and selling of guns. ...

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However, social learning theories claim that although these children are living under the same roof as violent parents, it doesn't necessarily mean that they will also obtain the same violent nature. ...

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