Essays on Assaulting

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Question 2 Question 3. The board never gave a clear justification to fire Pettit and their predicament was based on the oral copulation case that might affect children at the school. The board made the decision on the basis of their conservative values who believed that children were susceptible to such behaviour and it was possible they might pick up on such behaviour from their teacher. The board claimed that Pettit was unfit to teach, but the explanation was unrelated to the profession, rather it was based on her sexual preferences. To justify her termination, the board needed to ...

Summary of the problem and alternatives

Reducing police brutality has been a challenge for the Ministry of Internal Security, the government, and the justice system. The United States records high cases of police brutality that affect the police-civilian relationship. The paper proposed two alternatives to prevent and reduce cases of police brutality. These are the provision of a mandatory yearly training to officers and conducting extensive background checks on officer's mental state yearly. The two alternative solutions have a lot of weight in helping prevent police brutality in the future.

Impact of alternatives on the issue of police brutality

Each of the two alternatives played a critical role in influencing the outcome on the ...

Introduction

This paper explains how the courts in California are organized, particularly the Superior Courts system, and describes the method of determining a defendant’s bail, as well as considering the fairness of that method.

Description of the Superior Court System

The California Supreme Court is the highest court, supported by appeal courts and by a system of superior courts in each county, which have jurisdiction over both civil and criminal cases. In 2001, all 58 California counties merged their municipal and superior courts into a unified superior court per county. Overall, there are 400 superior courts locations, overseen by almost 1,500 judges. The superior courts also hear ...

Alcohol is the world’s oldest known drug that is abused by people. Alcohol has been used by many people for several years and its abuse has become a major societal health problem. The consequences of excessive alcohol intake vary from a mild hang-over to mass destruction, diseases, and death at its worst. When consumed in moderation, it has no or little effects for the drinkers and the people around them. Nonetheless, its misuse has become very dangerous to the drinker and the society. We all agree that, occasional taking of alcohol does not hurt, nonetheless it can lead to addiction ...

Violence against health care providers in Texas, especially for nurses working in mental health facilities, has become a common phenomenon. Every day the Department of Health receives claims of assault by the colleague, patient, or visitors coming from more than one nurse. The Federal Government in collaboration with the Department of Healthcare has introduced laws seeking to punish those found guilty of causing violence in the healthcare sector. On the other hand, the Emergency Nursing Association (ENA) on June 19, 2013 pushed the Texas Governor to sign a bill seeking to make the assaults committed against health care providers a third-degree felony. ...

Introduction

This paper will study the criminal justice process that should be followed when deciding a case of murder of two persons namely Mrs. Lucy Lane and Mr. Rodney Hill, whose bodies were discovered on the roadside after a bloody murder by unknown assailants. The paper will look at the process starting from investigation and search by the police, arrest, arraignment of the suspect in court to take their plea, the subsequent trial by the court, judgment and eventually sentencing. The paper will follow an American Justice System Approach in the whole process.

According to the information provided, Mr. John Wolf of ...

Draft 1

Section 1INTRODUCTION Penn State/Sandusky scandal disclosed during 2011. The case shocked the whole U.S society. From 1994 to 2009, Jerry Sandusky, the main accused in the scandal was involved in about 52 counts under age sexual harassment, and at least eight counts under age male sexual assault. However, some evidences showed that Sandusky may have begun his atrocity back in the 1970s. Moreover, about 7 Penn State officials have been involved in this scandal directly or indirectly. They are Graham Spanier, Gary Schultz, Tim Curley, Joe Paterno, Michael McQueary, and Thomas Harmon. Some of these officials offered protection ...

Influence of Media on Youths’ Thoughts and Behavior

Over the last century, the world has witnessed great innovations in media. Media can take many forms which include newspapers, magazines, radio and television networks (McManus, 2008). The last half century has particularly seen an unprecedented growth in one of the most popular forms of media today – the internet. Other forms of media include video games (McManus, 2008). These media outlets have undoubtedly changed every human society. They have brought about faster communication means and enhanced businesses through advertising. The media has also enabled openness in societies, which has helped expose corrupt activities by government officials and thus aided ...