...Jodi Arias Articles These are some of the essays that I have written about the Jodi Arias trial. Many more to come. JODI ARIAS TRIAL: SECOND EXPERT WITNESS, ALYCE LAVIOLETTE UNDER SCRUTINY Alyce LaViolette is the second expert witness called by the defense in the Jodi Arias trial. Ms. LaViolette has a Masters degree and has worked since the 1970s in the field of domestic violence. She has been described by some as being a man hater. For instance, attorney and radio host Jenny Hutt, in her appearance on the Dr. Drew show, referred to Ms. LaViolette’s testimony in the following way: “I feel like she`s just a man hater…she`s clearly prejudicial, and she just reads that she doesn`t like men.” This criticism, valid or invalid, is also present in professional critiques, couched using terms such as “feminist perspective” and even extends to the personal reviews that can be found on Amazon.com. One reviewer, asked the question “did she ever meet a man who was not an abuser?” Obviously, the impression of Ms. LaViolette, as being a man hater, is legitimate in the minds of many people. She has left that impression with many readers and viewers of her work. This is not to say that Ms. LaViolette is a man hater, just because a number of people think her so. That would be unfair. It would be fair to say this. Her behavior, her writing, her court testimony, has left a significant number of people with the impression that she is a man hater. I don’t know if she is a man...
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...Case Summary and Psychological Analysis: Jodi Arias On June 9th, 2008, the body of Travis Alexander was found in his Arizona home, in a pool of blood in his shower. He was found by a group of friends after they had tried to contact him for several days with no response. Travis’s girlfriend, Jodi Arias was arrested for the murder a month later and put on trial. Travis’s body was found with a gunshot wound to the head, over two dozen stab wounds, and a deeply slit neck. Arias claimed that she had no involvement in the murder in the early stages on the investigation. After her DNA was found in a sample of Travis’s blood, she switched her story saying that intruders broke in and attacked and murdered Travis but let her go. Later on in the trial,...
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...version Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander met in 2006 but they didn’t start dating until February 2010. Jodi worked as a waitress and a photographer and Travis as a paralegal; they met in Las Vegas where Travis was giving a motivational speech. (BILD 1) On June 9, 2010 no one had heard from Travis in a week. His friends got worried and decided to break in to his house in Mesa California. They found Travis dead in his shower. They called the police who concluded that Travis had been dead for almost a week and that he had been murdered. Jodi and Travis had broken up in May 2010 and when she got the call that Travis was dead she seemed chocked. (BILD 2) The death of Travis was considered a murder. Alexander had been stabbed repeatedly, his throat had been cut and he had been shot in the head. The police amongst other evidence found Travis´s digital camera that had been left in his washing machine. (BILD3) The camera had been stuffed into the washing machine, and had been washed with some bloody towels and had been destroyed it seemed. Luckily the computer forensic team could recover a memory card from the digital camera. (BILD 4) Each one of the pictures recovered was worth more than a thousand words. Several photos was of the victim Travis Alexander while he was being killed or soon after. Each picture was electronically stamped with the date and time when they were taken. Some of the pictures found included his former girlfriend Jodi Arias.. (BILD 5) Jodi Arias, Alexander's...
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...should a judge exercise to limit news reports before and during a trial if such publicity might hurt a defendant’s chances for a fair trial?” in chapter seven, are the First and Sixth amendments. The First Amendment entails the right to free speech and free press. The amendment also includes the establishment of religion, the right to peaceable assemble, and right to petition the government. This relates to the problem presented, due to the news coverage of trails and how positive and negative coverage could potentially impact the person’s right to a fair trial as established in the Sixth Amendment. The Sixth Amendment details a citizen’s right to a speedy, fair and public...
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...Arizona vs Matthew Gibson And Arizona vs Jodie Arias When individuals with mental issues commit crimes they act before thinking and they run from their actions. In some cases like the two mentioned both ran from there crime they committed yet one years later turned themselves in. these two cases are similar in ways and yet different as well. Both of which are being prosecuted by the state of Arizona as this is where the crimes were committed. There are many different ways to look at both cases but mental illness seems to be an outline in which they both are connected. Arizona has the death penalty and which one of the cases were to still be determined if the individual was to be put on death row or just life in prison. In Arizona vs Matthew Gibon this case is based on insanity and yet took years to close. Matthew Gibson had committed murder and ran from the crime scene back in 1997. Matthew had informed that he was the one that had murdered this girl and why he did what he did. The victim of the crime was getting load and Matthew had asked the lady to leave. When refusing to leave he struck the women in the head and killed her with the force of the flashlight. Matthew then dumped her body and took of out of town. The case turned cold due to not many leads in the case of this murder that had accrued. In Arizona vs Jodi Arias was as well a murder case but in a different form. Jodi had killed her ex-boyfriend by stabbing him slitting his throat and shooting...
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...than what you see on television. It has been the common misconception that the field of forensic psychology is just those we see investigating the crime scene looking for the criminal. It was learned that this specific field is used in many parts of the court system such as criminal and civil law. A forensic psychologist would need to determine the mens rea of the exact crime in a criminal suit whereas they would be looking at something different in a civil case. A civil case would be about the wrongs done to an individual. A forensic psychologist could be called as a witness in a criminal trial for either the prosecution or the defense to scientifically explain the evidence found during the investigation. They could be called to the stand to explain the behavior of a certain individual as long as it is in within the scope of their job,...
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...Yates was being treated for these illnesses that actually ran in her family. After giving birth to her 5th and last child and the death of her father, she went into a major depression and was forced in being admitted into a psych ward. June 20th 2001, from her husband heading out to work and her mother-in-law arriving, Andrea Yates murdered all five of her children by drowning them. Andreas husband stood by her side in trial, convinced that the murder of her children was due to her illness. On July 26 2006 Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was admitted to a mental hospital for evaluation. In 2004 Andreas Husband, Rusty Yates divorced and remarried in 2006. On June 20th 2001 A 37 year old woman left a nation shocked when she drowned all five of her children. The woman is Andrea Yates and she went before a jury for the murderers the case is know by Texas vs Andrea Yates. Having so much controversy in this four-month trial, Andrea yates admitted to drowning all five of her children, Mary 6 months old, Luke 2, Paul 3, John5 , and Noah 7. The trial was such a controversy because the prosecutors in the case attempted to convince the jury that Yates was very sane when she committed these murders, meanwhile in her defense she stated that she had postpartum depression. Andrea Yates admitted to pre meditation, as she wanted to go along with murdering her children the day prior to the murder. She was in defense stating that she was possessed by a demon and that she...
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...Psychology is not something that came over night. Through the years and centuries psychology has grown from simple ideals of philosophers into its own kind of science. Today, psychology is largely defined as "the study of behavior and mental processes". The eleven founders of psychology all had great ideas and theories that developed throughout the years. John Watson was inspired by Ivan Pavlov’s work but instead of studying the digestive and blood circulation system like Ivan Pavlov he was more intrigued by the idea of behaviorism. Watson first began the study on animals and later on children. He discovered that children and animals will act a certain way depending on the situation. Watson was not amused by Sigmund Freud theories of heredity being a part of how someone would act, but Freud did not only specialize in heredity but also in the nervous and brain system. He tried hypnotism but realized that patients will talk by just being in a comfortable atmosphere. B.F Skinner like John Watson studied behaviorism. “He believed everything we do and are is shaped by the by our own experience of punishment and reward.” Abraham Maslow was sure that feeling love, belonging, and acceptance would only lead you to something greater in life but he question those who did not feel love, belonging, and acceptance he wondered how did they fulfill their life with happiness. Like Abraham Maslow, Harry Harlow was intrigued by the idea of feeling love. He wondered how one begins to feel...
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...title page consists of the assignment’s title, your name, your student I.D. number, the course title, and the due date of the assignment. The length of the paper should be 5-7 pages, excluding the title and reference page. The paper should be double-space, 12 font and APA cited .The topics that you can select are below: * Casey Anthony Case * Boston Marathon Case * Trayvon Martin Case * Jerry Sandusky Case * O.J Simpson Case * Jodi Arias Case INTRODUCTION: The introduction should consist of why you chose this topic. BODY: In this section, you must be able to discuss the dynamics of your topic. For example, you may want to discuss the historical foundation, controversial issues, relevant research, and related work. SUMMARY: Discuss the significant aspects of the criminal justice system and its /practitioners did in your selected case in your paper. CONCLUSION: Indicate whether you believe that there need to further research conducted on your topic. Also, how does the outcome of this case/trial influence our society and the criminal justice system? Give specific details to explain your response. REFERENCES: Your reference list should appear at the end of your paper. It provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the body of the paper. Your references should begin on a new page separate from the text of the...
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...Writing Assignment 1 Crime Scene/Law of Evidence Haley Wolf 3/10/15 Introduction: There are several types of affirmative defenses that can be used by the defendant. One of the defenses that can be used is that of self-defense. Self-defense is a justification defense, which means that the defendant does admit they were responsible for their acts but they claim what they did was right, under the circumstances. In the cases where this defense is used even if the government proves all of the elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt, the defendant still gets to walk because they are not blameworthy. As per the circumstances being studied, the shooting of the husband by the wife, the defense will be trying to use self-defense as the defense in the reasoning of the plea of not guilty. There are four elements that self-defense is made up of: 1. It has to be an unprovoked attack, 2. Necessity, 3. Proportionality, and 4. Reasonable belief. In the case for both the defense and prosecution all of these elements will be looked into. Also I will look at and consider as to whether it could have been considered a preemptive strike or retaliation as neither of those can happen if self-defense is to be used as the justification. Prosecution: Since this case is happening in Kansas the prosecution will have the burden of proof no matter what. This comes from 51.050 Defense – Burden of Proof which states: “The defendant raises self-defense as a defense…….The state’s burden...
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...Learning with Cases INTRODUCTION The case study method of teaching used in management education is quite different from most of the methods of teaching used at the school and undergraduate course levels. Unlike traditional lecture-based teaching where student participation in the classroom is minimal, the case method is an active learning method, which requires participation and involvement from the student in the classroom. For students who have been exposed only to the traditional teaching methods, this calls for a major change in their approach to learning. This introduction is intended to provide students with some basic information about the case method, and guidelines about what they must do to gain the maximum benefit from the method. We begin by taking a brief look at what case studies are, and how they are used in the classroom. Then we discuss what the student needs to do to prepare for a class, and what she can expect during the case discussion. We also explain how student performance is evaluated in a case study based course. Finally, we describe the benefits a student of management can expect to gain through the use of the case method. WHAT IS A CASE STUDY? There is no universally accepted definition for a case study, and the case method means different things to different people. Consequently, all case studies are not structured similarly, and variations abound in terms of style, structure and approach. Case material ranges from small caselets (a few paragraphs...
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...[pic] Frank G. Madsen Queens’ College University of Cambridge International Monetary Flows of Non-Declared Origin This dissertation is submitted to the University of Cambridge to Fulfil the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy April 2008 Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Effetti del Buon Governo Siena, Palazzo Pubblico Sala dei Nove 1337-1340 Declaration This dissertation is the result of my own work and includes nothing, which is the outcome of work done in collaboration. Chapter 3, “Complexity, TOC and Terrorism”, was presented in an embryonic form at the ISA conference in Chicago, USA, March 2007. Chapter 4, “Organised Crime”, is the further elaboration of a chapter of the same title published in 2007 in the Oxford Handbook on the United Nations Statement of Length The dissertation does not exceed the word limit of 80,000 words Fieldwork Thailand (money laundering); Indonesia and Burma (deforestation); New York (US money supply); Washington DC and Fort Worth, Texas (Organised Crime linked to terrorist funding); Australia (Sydney, (APG) and Canberra (money laundering, South Pacific); and Rome, Italy (Chinese organised crime). Contact Frank.Madsen@cantab.net Abstract Through an analysis of the presence and nature of international monetary flows of non-declared origin and their relation to deviant knowledge, the thesis...
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