...Casey Anthony Case Dixit and Gothwal (2015) define criminal law as a rule that control the social conduct and prohibits the acts that are harmful to the people and as such, threatening the safety and the welfare of societal members. Morse (2015) contends that criminal laws define the punishment levelled on the people who break the prescribed societal conduct while Holland (2015) asserts that criminal laws refer to the state laws, which make certain actions illegal and punishable by fines or imprisonment. Accordingly, the case of Casey Anthony falls under the criminal and as such, the forensic evidence gathered from the trunk of her car makes her criminally reliable, as the said evidence is admissible in the court of law. The forensic experts from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) examined a band of hair recovered from her vehicle, which exposed evidence of apparent decomposition. Forensic analysis of the recovered band of hair showed consistence with the band of hair of the deceased. The FBI experts who conducted forensic analysis on the band of hair told the court that the sample had many consistencies in relation to the post-mortem banding. Moreover, microscopic hair examination specialist told the jurors that the root portion of the air was dark and, therefore, consistent with the evidence presented by the FBI. The analyzed evidence showed that the hair was evicted forcibly from the deceased. Further, an investigator of the crime scene testified that that there...
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...Criminal Law is also constrained by the voluntary nature of treaty law; it has no more jurisdiction in states that are not willing to cooperate in the process than do TRCs with unwilling citizens. The voluntary nature of TRCs links back to amnesties. Following a conflict, though the inclination may not arise until a number of years later, as it has in Bosnia, affected communities must make a decision. Either they can pursue Westernized justice in the name of a punitive response, knowing that the majority of offenders will go free, or they can offer amnesties to those who would have gone free anyway, in exchange for information or community services. It is not ideal that participation in reconciliation should need to be incentivized, that societal progress should come at such a cost, but atrocity crimes are not...
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...research includes two areas of translation. One is the process of applying discoveries generated during research in the laboratory, and in preclinical studies, to the development of trials and studies in humans. The second area of translation concerns research is aimed at enhancing the adoption of best practices in the community. Lerman (2003) asserted that translational research often begins when findings from the laboratory are replicated with and extended to clinical populations and problems. Translational research is broader than the traditional term applied research. Applied research is any research that may possibly be useful for enhancing health or well-being. However, through translational research, the same studies (research) would include some action steps in addition to what is normally done in applied research. In translational research the researchers would partner with the community and ask for ideas about how their findings might apply there. Together, they would come up with an intervention plan that would also include scientific evaluation of its effectiveness. Translational research has evolved as an alternative to the traditional Experimental Analysis of Behavior (EAB). Mace and Critchfield (2010) stated that yet despite many scientific successes, EAB has been both in scholarly and societal influence wane. The demise of EAB may be due to the lack of...
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...and reaching the customer, including the following specific costs: • Quality planning costs, such as salaries of individuals associated with quality planning and problem-solving teams, the development of new procedures, new equipment design, and reliability studies • Process control costs, which include costs spent on analyzing production processes and implementing process control plans • Information systems costs expended to develop data requirements and measurements • Training and general management costs, including internal and external training programs, clerical staff expenses, and miscellaneous supplies Appraisal costs are those associated with efforts to ensure conformance to requirements, generally through measurement and analysis of data to detect nonconformances. Categories of appraisal costs include the following: • Test and inspection costs associated with incoming materials, work-in-process, and finished goods, including equipment costs and salaries • Instrument maintenance costs due to calibration and repair of measuring instruments • Process measurement and control costs, which involve the time spent by workers to gather and analyze quality measurements Internal failure costs are incurred as a result of unsatisfactory quality found before the delivery of a product to the customer; some examples include the following: • Scrap and rework costs, including material, labor, and overhead • Costs of corrective action, arising from time spent determining the...
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...With young, innocent, and impressionable minds, children bridge a gap between complicated, prejudiced adult societies, as shown in this novel. In her critical analysis of this piece, Laurie Champion, author of “’When You Finally See Them’: The Unconquered Eye in To Kill a Mockingbird”, discusses Atticus, his role as wisdom, and the power of sight (Champion 245). Champion makes distinctions regarding light and darkness and their relation to innocence as truth with the stance that, “The theme of clear visual perception integrates with images of light and darkness to suggest that insight comes from an innocent perspective, the unconquered eye”...
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...rights after he was arrested. Synopsis of Rule of Law. This case introduces the inevitable discovery doctrine, which postulates that if evidence will be inevitably discovered, the method in which it is obtained is not important. Facts. Defendant, Williams was arrested and read his rights for the murder of a child after he led law enforcement officials to the body of the child by making statements, in passing, to officials who were conducting the search. While the statements Williams made were not allowed as evidence against him at trial, the body of the child, as well as photographic and medical and chemical test information was admitted. At trial of the matter, the court concluded that, even if Williams had not made the statements to police, the body of the child would have been found within a reasonable time, and that evidence could still be used. Issue. Whether evidence, which ultimately results in arrest, should be excluded from trial because it was improperly obtained. Held. Under the inevitable discovery doctrine, because the evidence would have been discovered within a short period of time, the method in which it was obtained became irrelevant and it was still allowed against the defendant. Dissent. Justice Brennan dissented, noting that...
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... Situational Analysis Product/Service Description SWOT Analysis Competitive Analysis Environment Analysis Consumer Analysis References 2 Fast Track Project Management Solutions(FTPMS) co-own by Sameh Mansour and Syed Sheeraz Ali, is the name of providing you the complete solutions from scratch to completion of your projects, managed successfully within the limit of your company’s business objectives. FTPMS has launched IPM (Integrated Project Management) Tools which have a unique capability to plan Time, Cost, Resources and Risks together enabling every project members to keep themselves focussed on their decisions required in the favour of the project and a close eye on performance indicators, forecasting and projected cash flows. FTPMS offered the following core consulting services: Design and implement the Integrated Project management (IPM) tools to manage and deliver successfully the projects of any type or size. Consulting services for developing the complete Management Control System(MCS) including design, implementation & audit the meeting effectiveness, workers shift management, document control, planning monitoring & controlling the projects. Supply of interim management services. In-house training courses delivered to companies for their own project management requirements. 3 Most of the time, construction industry faces three main challenges, lacking of productivity, low level of agility and lack of efficiency of collaboration between...
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...influence, educational experiences, life experiences, and cultural and societal expectations. Ethics in business, or business ethics as it is often called, is the application of the discipline, principles, and theories of ethics to the organizational context. Business ethics have been defined as "principles and standards that guide behavior in the world of business." Business ethics is also a descriptive term for the field of academic study in which many scholars conduct research and in which undergraduate and graduate students are exposed to ethics theory and practice, usually through the case method of analysis. Ethical behavior in business is critical. When business firms are charged with infractions, and when employees of those firms come under legal investigation, there is a concern raised about moral behavior in business. Hence, the level of mutual trust, which is the foundation of our free-market economy, is threatened. Although ethics in business has been an issue for academics, practitioners, and governmental regulators for decades, some believe that unethical, immoral, and/or illegal behavior is widespread in the business world. Numerous scandals in the late 1990s and early 2000s seemed to add credence to the criticism of business ethics. Corporate executives of WorldCom, a giant in the telecommunications field, admitted fraud and misrepresentation in financial statements. WorldCom's former CEO went on trial for alleged crimes related to this accounting ethics scandal. A...
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...Opinion over Christopher Pittman’s Adult Trial Verdict Name Professor Institution Date Just to quote Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. words, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. Human beings are not entirely fit. Thus judges just like any other human being are bound to make mistakes in dispensing justice. However, Judges are obliged to be ever watchful and mindful in their endeavors of delivering justice. Every day, all over US judges dispense justice to convicted persons and defendants. However, absolute justice ideally is hardly realizable across board since its effectiveness demands human infallibility. Although it might be even harder to reap justice, justice is achievable and pursuit for justice remains a noble order. In this case, a 12 years old boy, Christopher Pittman from the state of South Carolina on February 15, 2005 shot his two grandparents using his father’s shotgun while they lay on their beds, he then set the house on fire, drove his grandparents truck and fled with cash and weapons in his possession. The petitioner, Pittman was only 12 years of age when he committed this malicious acts. He was charged with premeditated murder and put on an adult court for trial. Christopher Pittman’s defense team claimed that young Christopher Pittman remained an innocent child because he still could not differentiate what was right or wrong while under influence of Zoloft, an antidepressant. The defense urged the court to consider Pitman a child thus unable...
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...defective fuel system design led to the debate of many issues, most centering around the use by Ford of a cost-benefit analysis and the ethics surrounding its decision not to upgrade the fuel system based on this analysis. ISSUE Should a risk/benefit analysis be used in situations where a defect in design or manufacturing could lead to death or seriously bodily harm, such as in the Ford Pinto situation? RULE There are arguments both for and against such an analysis. It is an economically efficient method which has been accepted by courts for numerous years, however, juries may not always agree, so companies should take this into account. ANALYSIS Although Ford had access to a new design which would decrease the possibility of the Ford Pinto from exploding, the company chose not to implement the design, which would have cost $11 per car, even though it had done an analysis showing that the new design would result in 180 less deaths. The company defended itself on the grounds that it used the accepted risk/benefit analysis to determine if the monetary costs of making the change were greater than the societal benefit. Based on the numbers Ford used, the cost would have been $137 million versus the $49.5 million price tag put on the deaths, injuries, and car damages, and thus Ford felt justified not implementing the design change. This risk/benefit analysis was created out of the development of product liability, culminating at Judge Learned Hand's BPL formula, where if...
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...Rough notes Vaccination statistics in Canada: Descripition of issue (concepts, diagrams, definitions) (1 and 2) Possible options: provide a thorough discussion of options (3 and 4) Analysis of societal, economical, political, and environmental impact of the issue and solutions provided (5) Final recommendation- If we force kids to stay in school up until their 16 then hwy is it wrong to force them to get vaccinated, especially considering the fact that vaccinations are beneficial Slide 1 Should we force students to be immunized in schools? -Many diseases are spread due to contact with an infected person. -Schools are the perfect spreading grounds for infections -Incidence of common childhood illnesses such as polio, measles, tetanus, etc has significantly declined since the advent and use of vaccines. These diseases are unheard of nowadays. Picture of polio in africa eradication Pictures of polio graphs Slide 2 What are vaccines / how do they work? -Vaccine: a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease. -Vaccines are a safe and cost-effective way to maintain public health and prevent diseases. -Discovered by Edward Jenner more than 200 years ago -Several ways of developing a vaccine -Possible options are to: Inactivate the virus, weaken...
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...presentment)—including nurturing positive values in young children—to minimize the likelihood of future criminal behavior in its system Technological advances will also have a great influence on crime fighting. future strategies reported that they are deploying a wide variety of technological advances to improve services, and in some cases to save money. innovative strategies for incorporating technology into crime fighting strategies, the most common responses were through social media, cameras connected to Traffic, Bus, Rail, Toll booths, Public works Housing authorities, Schools, Private business districts, Private businesses, Private security, mapping and hotspots, and license plate readers. Developments in surveillance, biometrics, DNA analysis, and radio frequency identification microchips will enhance crime prevention and crime solving. Increasingly sophisticated intelligence databases will likely be used not only by police officers and analysts, but by the general public—as is now common with sex offender registries. Many public safety agencies are working to establish Next Generation 911 (NG 911) capabilities that will better serve today’s wireless society. 911 systems that are capable of receiving text messages, photographs, and videos will be more useful for public safety purposes. The future will also bring improvements in interoperability systems that allow officials to talk electronically to one another, particularly during emergencies. Better connection among people...
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...discussed in the text and in class with regard to when whistleblowing might be appropriate. a. From the company’s viewpoint having Weston live in a ‘slum’ violates their intentions for the monthly allowance. He did falsify documents he submitted to the company which would allow for whistleblowing to be appropriate. b. The five main justifications for whistleblowing are: i. That it is done from an appropriate moral motive. ii. The whistle-blower, except in special circumstances, has exhausted all internal channels for dissent before going public iii. The whistle-blower has compelling evidence that wrongful actions have been ordered or occurred iv. The whistle blower has acted after careful analysis of the danger: How serious is the moral violation? How immediate is the problem? Can the whistle-blower point to specific misconduct? v. The whistle-blowing has some likelihood of success. c. I would say that the matter was done from an appropriate moral motive as Garman was worried that Wilson was misappropriating company funds which was counter to the defined purpose of the allowances. Garman also followed correct forms of notification by keeping the information to himself and then taking the situation and evidence to his supervisor versus blasting it as public information. Garman was also able to come up with enough evidence to confirm that Wilson was violating the intentions of the allowance. Garman was also able to...
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...The following case analysis seeks to examine the Supreme Court’s decisions in Racine v. Woods, [1983] 2 S.C.R. 173, in regard to the legal questions, basis of reasoning, as well as the cultural implications. In order to fully understand the outcomes of this case, it is necessary to briefly review the legal issues that prompted the appellants and respondent to pursue legal action. The initial factor was the apprehension of a six week old infant named Leticia Grace Woods, on October 20th, 1976, by C.A.S. of central Manitoba. Upon removing her from her mother’s custody, in an effort to protect her, she was placed in a foster home as stipulated in the Child Welfare Act, C.C.S.M., c. C80. After several months in foster care, Mrs. Woods’, Leticia’s mother consented to a year extension on her daughter’s stay in Society care, followed by an additional six month period. At which time Leticia was situated in the foster home of Sandra Ransom (later Racine) and Lorne Ransom. In March of 1978, when the extended period had ended, Leticia was returned to her mother. At this point, the Racine’s had developed an attachment and sense of responsibility for her care, which impelled them to visit Leticia with Mrs. Woods’ permission. On the second visit, in May of 1978, Mrs. Woods authorized the Racine’s to take Leticia home with them. This concept of “taking home” was later disputed by the Racine’s and Mrs. Woods on the basis of intended length of stay. The Racine’s believed that Mrs. Woods intended...
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...The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: An Analysis of Pap’s Influence The introduction of Pap Finn in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn precipitates a dark and unscrupulous element which shrouds the novel, as his presence in any situation designates obstacles, trials, and neglect. His character is a symbol which exposes the bigotry of white society and the melancholy and taboo element of a dysfunctional family. Despite the abounding negative impacts of his character, his relationship with Huck nevertheless manages to generate constructive developments in Huck’s character. Their impaired relationship possibly elicited Huck’s compassionate and empathic approach to Jim’s predicament, as he himself endured mistreated and captivity from his father....
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