...Victim's Rights and Vengeance Charles Hill CJS/211 February 22, 2016 Janet Evans Victim's Rights and Vengeance In 1982, President Ronald Reagan the President’s task force called “Victims of Crime Act of 1984” or “VOCA.” The passage of this law in 1984 was to balance the rights of criminals and victims. The law read as “Under United States Code Title 42, the establishment of crime victims’ rights, services and compensation in law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and corrections.” (Wood, 2008). Twenty years later President George W. Bush signed in to law “Crime Victims’ Rights Act in 2004” or “CVRA”. The difference between VOCA and CVRA is basically giving the victim more rights and a bigger role in the criminal justice process. The CVRA made following rights: * The right to be reasonably protected from the accused. * The right to reasonable, accurate, and timely notice of any public court proceeding, or any parole proceeding, involving the crime or any release or escape of the accused. * The right not to be excluded from any such public court proceeding, unless the court, after receiving clear and convincing evidence, determines that testimony by the victim would be materially altered if the victim heard other testimony at that proceeding. * The right to be reasonably heard at any public proceeding in the district court involving release, plea, sentencing, or any parole proceeding. * The reasonable right to confer with the attorney for the government...
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...Victims’ Rights and Vengeance Victims’ Rights In today’s justice system, the victims finally have a voice and a platform to be heard. I knew that victims had the right to testify however, I didn’t know that they also had any rights when it came to suspect trials. That was really interesting to me and also made me kind of happy. Just thirty year ago, victims barely had any rights to be informed, present and heard at their perpetrator’s trial. Sometimes, people often focus on the abuser and seeking justice, rather than the victim and how they feel or how they’re coping. Everyone should have the right to tell their story and be at the trial hoping that the person who violated them gets what they deserve. I believe once the trial is done and the judge sentences the abuser, the victim can have some kind of closure to what has been done to them knowing that they did everything they could to bring their abuser to justice. I absolutely agree with the victims’ rights because it gives the victims’ a voice, helps them cope and, gives them a platform to tell their story so that the next person can hear it and hopefully learn something from it. It gives them the power to share their story so that someone else who is listening will not become a victim. I believe that the Crime Victims’ Rights Act of 2004 has been very successful because it allows the victims an opportunity to make a difference in the sentencing of the suspect’s case taking back the power that the abuser may have stolen...
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...Accused Versus Victim’s Rights The United States of America relies on due process of law to ensure equal protection of life, liberty and property to all citizens. Police officers work tirelessly to accommodate regulations adopted to ensure only criminals are convicted. These restrictions have been part of the United States since the Bill of Rights was generated in 1791, but in the 1960s, as “Law and Order,” the view that crime must be dealt with harshly to deter citizens from breaking the law, the Supreme Court was forced to decide the constitutionality of the rules of interrogation. In the Sixties, crime was escalating and public safety was becoming a growing concern; police began to treat suspects harsher in an effort to raise conviction rates and promote public safety. In 1966, however, the jurisprudence of the entire US justice system changed when the court of Chief Justice Earl Warren was presented with the case Miranda v Arizona. In this case, the majority decision ruled to protect suspects’ rights, extending equality of protection regardless of legal knowledge or background, not only highlighting the trends of human rights and equality in the Sixties, but also the tensions between criminal rights versus public safety, demonstrating a shift from the conservative ‘law and order’ jurisprudence to more liberal methods of interrogation and conviction. On March 2, 1963, Ernesto Miranda kidnapped a woman (whose name was not released to the press for her safety), drove her into...
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...perceived differently. 2) Which is more important, morality or justice? Justice could be plainly defined as the fairness in society: punishment for the wrong doing, equality for everyone. However, the definition for wrongs and rights doing would be heavily relying on personal reference related to morality. As a result, we could conclude that morality and justice are coexist and equally important. 3) In some cultures, being involved in a lawsuit is something about which to be ashamed. Our society has been criticized for being overly litigious. In fact, we even go on television to sue in "The People's Court" and other similar shows. Is our culture “sue-happy?” Should access to the court system be restricted? I strongly believed that our culture is sue-happy due to the fact that you could sue everybody for almost everything. However, the access to the court system should not be restricted because the court represents the people’s belief in morality, justices, the laws and the government. 4) The Bill of Rights was drafted to protect individuals from their own government, not from criminals. Because of this, the defendant in a criminal case has rights that are constitutionally protected. The victims of the crime do not have as many rights in the criminal...
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...2012 Business research as it pertains to my company would consist of finding the right kind of client. My business is Health and Life Insurance for Business’s; we look for a business that has at least three employees and then try to get permission to offer our product to the employees. If we get that permission the only thing the owner of the business has to do is to payroll deduct the premium and send our company the premium checks once a month. I also do Financial Advising/Planning, in this industry I look for people that want to save for retirement or create a college fund for their children or grandchildren. My firm also does stock investing so if I have a client that wants to do that we can help them out. In the past when I have worked for the Telephone Company, it seemed like the product teams did not research the market need and the plant capacity properly. The introduction of DSL to the Tulsa market fell “flat on its face”. The customer want was great but the plant capacity and the technicians available to install the service were very low. The result was many potential customers simply refused to have the service installed after they had to wait for several weeks or the customer that had already been installed with the new service cancelled because the service provided was not the service promised. I suppose that recently Samsung was found to be in violation of some patent rights that Apple owned. The proper type of research in the Samsung Corporation could...
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...Management Review 2003, Vol. 28, No. 3, 447–465. THE CROSS-NATIONAL DIVERSITY OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: DIMENSIONS AND DETERMINANTS RUTH V. AGUILERA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign GREGORY JACKSON Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry We develop a theoretical model to describe and explain variation in corporate governance among advanced capitalist economies, identifying the social relations and institutional arrangements that shape who controls corporations, what interests corporations serve, and the allocation of rights and responsibilities among corporate stakeholders. Our “actor-centered” institutional approach explains firm-level corporate governance practices in terms of institutional factors that shape how actors’ interests are defined (“socially constructed”) and represented. Our model has strong implications for studying issues of international convergence. Corporate governance concerns “the structure of rights and responsibilities among the parties with a stake in the firm” (Aoki, 2000: 11). Yet the diversity of practices around the world nearly defies a common definition. Internationalization has sparked policy debates over the transportability of best practices and has fueled academic studies on the prospects of international convergence (Guillen, 2000; Rubach & Sebora, ´ 1998; Thomas & Waring, 1999). What the salient national differences in corporate governance are and how they should best be conceptualized remain hotly debated (Gedajlovic...
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...860 Transfers and Servicing 10 Overall 15 Scope and Scope Exceptions | > Overall Guidance 15-1 The Scope Section of the Overall Subtopic establishes the pervasive scope for all Subtopics of the Transfers and Servicing Topic. Unless explicitly addressed within specific Subtopics, the following scope guidance applies to all Subtopics of the Transfers and Servicing Topic, with the exception of Subtopic 860-50, which has its own discrete scope. > Entities 15-2 The guidance in the Transfers and Servicing Topic applies to all entities. > Transactions 15-3 The guidance in the Transfers and Servicing Topic applies to the issues of accounting for transfers and servicing of financial assets. 15-4 The guidance in this Topic does not apply to the following transactions and activities: * a. Except for transfers of servicing assets (see Section 860-50-40) and for the transfers noted in the following paragraph, transfers of nonfinancial assets * b. Transfers of unrecognized financial assets, for example, minimum lease payments to be received under operating leases * c. Transfers of custody of financial assets for safekeeping * d. Contributions (for guidance on accounting for contributions, see Subtopic 958-605) * e. Transfers of ownership interests that are in substance sales of real estate (For guidance related to transfers of investments that are in substance a sale of real estate, see Topics 845 and 976...
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...What is a community? Traditionally a “community is a group of people who live in the same area,or people having common rights privliges or interests and living in the same place under the same laws”. This definition was found in Websters Dictonary, however; what about the less talked about communities that appear online? These communities have a lot of the same common interests and make it easier to stay connected with technology whether it is for work or personal interests. Our business is involved in a small tight-knit community online called the International League of Signature Gatherers. Discussions in this group may include upcoming political events, nearby campaigns, and contains references on who to work for amung many other political interests. This site helps our business hire and fire workers as well as a place where we can voice our opinions without being judged. I believe that’s why we consider this social community home. International League of Signature Gatherers was established in 2008 by a fellow petitioner turned manager named Arenza Thigpen, he runs the page listens to comments and concerns and helps if needed to fix problems. I. L.S.G. main purpose is to give information about upcoming political, campaigns and also give contacts for different projects. Almost everyone on the site has collected signatures from registered voters for money sometime in their past and still may do and then there are coordinators who run states and you have sub-coordinators...
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...Presentation of Rawls Back track: original position is "to set up fair procedure to which any decisions that are made will be just." He attempts to use "pure procedural justice" as a basis of theory Two principals are First : each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive scheme of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar scheme of liberties for others. Second: social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both (a) reasonably expected to be to everyone's advantage, and (b) attached to positions and offices open to all." Knowing utilitarianism pertains to maximizing happiness ; Rawls believes this to be an alternative. He believes utilitarianism can negatively effect individual rights because maximizing happiness for an individual may involve removing certain rights from other individuals. Everything you heard is his answer to how happiness to a degree can be achieved since utilitarianism is one of the most scrutinized theories because in many cases, i believe promotes Liberalism in some sense. His alternative incorporates making decisions under uncertainty and maxim. They work hand in hand because the maximum of uncertainty should be appealing to all in charge of decision making. they are all equal in the fact that none should feel embarrassment or shame to another. No one is higher than another. Rawls continues after talking about the veil of ignorance, by speaking of the rationality of parties. Rawls begins...
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...all men have a mind (which desires) the non-sufferings of others, I mean that now, if one were suddenly to see a child about to fall into a well, anyone would have feelings of shock, fear and distress. It is not the case that it is in order to obtain friendship with the child’s parents, or that they seek to gain praises of their fellow villagers and friends, nor from thinking that such a thing is evil. The reason for this condition is that without XXX, one is not a man, without a heart that is shameful of evil, one is not a man, without expressions of complaisance, one is not a man, without a heart that knows right from wrong, one is not a man. The feeling of commiseration is the principle of benevolence; the feeling of being shameful of evil is the principle of righteousness; the feeling of expressing complaisance is the principle of propriety; a heart that knows right from wrong is the principle of knowledge. Men have these four principles just as they have their four (limbs) of the body. When men, having these four principles, but say of themselves that they cannot develop them, they are stealing from themselves, and he who says to his...
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...The Civil Rights Act of 1991 – How Does its Changes Affect the Workplace MMT 107-Human Resource Management APA Formatted Research Paper By: Anthony Barrera Submitted to: Mae Hicks Jones, Instructor 11/30/2012 Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to show what changes came from the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Topics that will be mentioned are topics that have to do with unlawful practices in the workplace, for example, discrimination against employee’s physical appearance, orientation, or disability, but also one’s own emotional and personal beliefs. This paper will mention three topics that the Civil Rights Act of 1991 will prohibit in the workplace which are discrimination, inequality, and harassment. Each topic contains sub topics that will explain more in detail each of the three main points. Research of these topics is helped by internet sources, as well as, textbooks. Authors like Chuck Williams, Nickels G. Williams, James McHugh, Susan M. McHugh, Robert L. Mathis, John H. Jackson and sources from www.eeoc.gov and the Encyclopedia of Business. The sources indicate what laws where placed by the United States government and what changes is brought to the workplace and employees. Also, authors indicate what rights employees have with the new laws placed and how they can be protected. Conclusion will recap how employees are protected by the amendment and rights they are provided by the government for a pleasant work environment, free from harassment...
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...Fighting for Their Rights Throughout The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, characters are constantly standing up for what they believe in. Rosaleen stands up for her civil rights, Lily stands up for freedom from her dad, the Boatwrights and the Daughters of Mary stood up for the equality of women and African Americans. When Rosaleen heard of the signing of the civil rights act, she immediately went to register to vote, and when Lily was acting like she was stupid, she stood up for herself. When Lily’s dad was abusing her and not allowing her to do with her life what she wanted, Lily ran away from home in an attempt to find her own way through life. As African American women, society put the Boatwrights at a lower level than men and white people, and so they create their own organization in which they are special. Throughout the novel, Rosaleen Daise, Lily Owens, and the Boatwrights all stand up for what they believe in, signifying that people can only get past the expectations of society by fighting for what they think is right. In standing up for her beliefs of civil equality, Rosaleen moves past the set place that society has placed her in. Upon the signing of the Civil rights act, Rosaleen spends hours practicing her signature so that she will be able to register to vote without being rejected. When Rosaleen was on her way to vote and she was questioned by racist white men, she retaliated by pouring her snuff juice on their feet. After the white men beat her and...
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...opposite of poverty is justice." I believe that the government should take notice of social justice for it will raise individual development which will certainly lead to national development. In my view, social justice means the right management of laws that values equality of opportunity without favoring one party. With social justice, the rights are evenhandedly distributed for all, regardless of one's gender, religion, race, etc. There are several instances that the government is able to operationalize the provision that promotes social justice. First instance is about religion. The Philippines does not have an official religion as a result of separation of Church and the State. By this, discrimination among the people with different religions is less likely to occur. Every person in any religion has freedom to confess his beliefs without any fear of racism and punishment. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession without discrimination shall forever be allowed as explained in Article 3, Section 5 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Second instance is social justice in labor. The government promotes equal employment opportunities for all as stated in Section 3, Article XIII. Everyone has equal job opportunities; moreover, a worker has a right to be protected against unfair labor practices. Third is health-related issues. The government had already established special agencies for disabled persons since they are usually the ones who face a lot of discriminations...
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...are the ethical issues involved in the scenario? Shannon works as a Juvenile probation officer with the Department of Justice. Janet was on a vacation and Shannon had to cover her works with clients. Paperwork of Janet said that Janet was communicating regularly with her clients. But her clients didn’t say so. Then she attempted to check into thoroughly and found that client’s notes are written at same time on same date which isn’t possible at all. Again she also found that some of her clients needed referrals which Janet didn’t do. So it can be said without any hesitation she is lying and aren’t performing her duties perfectly. Simply she wasn’t honest in her work. 2. What client rights are involved in the scenario? Two rights of client are involved in the scenario. Clients have right to keep confidential their information...
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...Capitalism: A Love Story, which opened in 962 theaters earlier this month, is Michael Moore’s most ambitious work yet – taking aim at the root cause behind the injustices he’s exposed in his other films over the last 20 years. This time capitalism itself is the culprit to be maligned in Moore’s trademark docu-tragi-comic style. And by using the platform of a major motion picture to make a direct assault at the root of the problem, Moore has created space in the political mainstream for a radical conversation (radical meaning “going to the root”). It’s a conversation that is desperately needed as the economic crisis continues to devastate low- and middle-income Americans in spite of President Obama’s and Congress’ efforts to stop the bleeding by throwing trillions of dollars at the banks. Yesterday, Democracy Now! reported that while the Dow Jones topped 10,000 for the first time in a year, foreclosures have reached a record level of 940,000 in the third quarter. But with this film airing in major chain cinemas across the nation, the normally taboo topics of how wealth is divided, who owns Congress, and how vital economic decisions are made are now open for discussion in a way they haven’t been in the U.S. for decades. In Capitalism, Michael Moore features the reality of the economic crisis for America’s usually-invisible poor and working class. The movie begins with a family filming their eviction from their own home. In a terrifying scene, we watch from inside their living...
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