Assignment You are a victimologist that recently completed a nationally recognized research project on the negative effects of being a victim of racial profiling. The state in which you reside, has recently become the center of national news for an incident involving racial profiling by the local police department. While patrolling the local mall police […]
What crime or crimes has Maria committed? Explain your reasoning, especially with regard to actus rea, mens rea and corpus delicti.
W2: Actus Rea and Mens Rea/Defenses The following discussion comes from your Week 2 readings. Outside research to address these issues is required. Use the online library for additional sources of information and research. There are two basic elements required for any crime: actus rea and mens rea. A crime must be the result of […]
Using the material in the Palen text and the assigned web article, describe the current patterns in U.S. immigration and how they differ from previous waves of immigration.
Assignment Use this article: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/20/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/ Using the material in the Palen text and the assigned web article (above), describe the current patterns in U.S. immigration and how they differ from previous waves of immigration, answer the following questions: What are some of the misconceptions Americans have about immigration and how it impacts cities? What evidence […]
Discuss the approach of all three and give your opinion as to what he law really is. PAGE 1-2
Capstone Seminar for BS in Criminal Justice CJBS 415 Paper # 2 William Chambliss, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Felix Franfurter examined the foundations of the Anglo-American legal tradiition by foucing on the relationship between law and society. Discuss the approach of all three and give your opinion as to what he law really is. PAGE […]
According to Frankfurter’s guidelines for constructing statutes, why should a judge be extremely reluctant to ever declare any law unconstitutional?
Capstone Seminar for BS in Criminal Justice CJBS 415 According to Frankfurter’s guidelines for constructing statutes, why should a judge be extremely reluctant to ever declare any law unconstitutional? According to Frankfurter, when constructing federal statutes is it proper for a judge to consider anything in the Congressional Record or Congressional Committee reports to see […]
What does he say about the national debt including such issues as Social Security and national defense? What must leaders in Congress do to reduce the burgeoning debt in the United States?
American government https://youtu.be/So2OQW6gR6I Discuss: Former Senator Simpson (R-WY) was the co-chair of President Obama’s bipartisan commission on the national debt. What does he say about the national debt including such issues as Social Security and national defense? What must leaders in Congress do to reduce the burgeoning debt in the United States? According to the […]
Briefly explain the Frye and Daubert standards and support why, or why not, you feel the standards are adequate.
Wk 2 Reflection After reviewing the PBS Frontline video(https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/real-csi/) do you believe the standards for admissibility of expert testimony, and testimony regarding the results of tests and analyses conducted of physical evidence espoused in the Frye and Daubert decisions are adequate to protect a defendant’s rights? Be sure to briefly explain the Frye and Daubert […]
As a judge, would you permit the prosecution to present testimony by a bloodstain pattern analyst or “expert”? If you would admit the testimony, would it be permitted with limitations or warnings?
Wk 2 DB READ: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/247180.pdf RESOURCES: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/daubert_standard https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/frye_standard http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ You must post an original post of 100-300 words As a judge, would you permit the prosecution to present testimony by a bloodstain pattern analyst or “expert”? If you would admit the testimony, would it be permitted with limitations or warnings? If you would not permit […]
Using the general definitions of hate crimes and hate incidents in the textbook, would the following conduct constitute a hate crime? Explain why or why not.
Hate Crime Case Study Read the following case study, review the questions below and submit a 3 to 4 page paper responding to the questions. A few young men, two white males and one black male, ranging in age from 19 to 21, lived across the street from a gay couple. On June 27, 2015, […]
Based on the definition of racial profiling in the textbook, do you think Det. McFarland was guilty of racial profiling?
Case Study-Wknd 2 Using the IRAC method, read the following case study, review the questions below and submit a 2 to 3 page paper responding to the questions. A plainclothes police officer, Detective James McFarland, was patrolling his assigned neighborhood, in Anytown, USA. He noticed two individuals, an African-American named Willis Jackson and a Mexican-American […]