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Crime generation is impacted by several factors, such as broken homes, systemic poverty, ethical relativism, and religious decline. These factors weaken the internal moral compass required to avoid participating in activities like rape, robbery, or murder. Poverty is considered a predisposing state that may lead to criminal behavior, akin to how pornography can contribute to…

Recent estimates indicate that are millions of American adults, and juveniles who are experiencing compulsive gambling problems. Those numbers are compounded by the loved ones who suffer along with them. If the Broken Window Theory is applied, the effect of gambling’s negative side effects start to spill over into the mainstream of society, or the…

Introduction: This assignment aims to analyze lesser criminal liabilities leading up to stronger criminal liabilities for all parties involved in a possible conviction of murder by focusing on the major subjects of contending and procuring, aiding and abetting, accessory liability, improper violent death, dangerous bodily injury resulting in death, and causing. Joint Criminal Liability between…

Section 34 of Indian Penal Code deals with liability of an individual for sharing ‘intention’ when ‘several persons ’ are participating in the ‘criminal act’ done ‘in furtherance of the common intention of all’. Section 35, which complements the main rule laid down in sec 34, deals with situation where an offence requires a particular…

Using material from Item A and elsewhere, assess the view that women commit less serious crimes as well as having less serious crimes committed against them so they are not worthy of study. (21 marks) It has been argued that males are more likely to commit crimes than women and it is more probable that…

The theme of sacrifice plays a large part in William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a story of “star cross’d lovers” entangled in a love story destined in tragedy. Set in the Italian city of Verona, the streets are ablaze with conflict and terror. Right from the beginning we are shown…

The DREAM Act of 2011 suggests that children of undocumented immigrants, who arrived in the United States prior to turning fifteen and have resided in America for a minimum of five consecutive years, should be permitted to seek permanent residency after high school graduation or obtaining a GED. Nonetheless, these children must fulfill specific requirements…

The individual school shootings have brought to a head the reason why people are motivated to be involved in school shootings. In 2015 alone, there have been many more school shootings throughout America. This has brought awareness around the country among the students and families. Violence in TV, movies, and computer games has desensitize young…

Introduction      The issue of slavery was a hotbed of controversy in the years leading up to the American Civil War.  One of the pivotal slavery issues was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which required citizens to aid in the capture of escaped slaves and stripped the slaves of the right of trial by…

The process of binding precedent, also known as the doctrine of judicial precedent, involves judges following previously decided cases with similar facts. This doctrine applies the principle of stare decisis, meaning to stand by the decided. In practice, this requires inferior courts to apply the legal principles established by superior courts in previous cases. This…