A Student Resource Officer is a job I think I would master and become comfortable in. A Student Resource Officer (SRO) is a law enforcement officer who is assigned to a middle or high school. Their main goal is to prevent juvenile delinquency by having a positive relationship with the youth . SRO of Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office( OCSO) have a program that places law enforcement in schools. Their goal is to create a safe, secure, and functional learning environment for the students, teachers
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Principles of Investigation SEC430 January 4, 2011 This paper discusses the differences and similarities between public and private sectors, including the differing methods of operation used by investigators during criminal investigations and the differing or similar chain of command. In the state of Florida one may realize there are plenty of property crimes that happen daily. The state of Florida recognizes a select few crimes happen more frequently than others.
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therefore certain states and the federal government have put laws in place to keep these potential offenders in prison. More than half the population of sexual predators which includes, rapists, pedophiles, and other sex offenders are held past their sentence on a recidivism assessment which is almost impossible to challenge. Legal procedures known as civil commitment can be determined or assessed by the sole opinion of a psychologist or expert. The law implemented serves as the people’s obligation to protect
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AL LIABILITY AND THE USE OF FORCE Margaret Barnes LEG-320 Criminal Law Professor Muhammad Strayer University Date: 01 February, 2013 Criminal liability and Use of Force 1. The crime of solicitation takes place when a person invites, commands, requests, and hires or urges another person to commit a specific offense (LexisNexis, n.d.). For a solicitation to take place, the offense does not have to be consummated. This means
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Plea bargaining is an agreement in a criminal case where the prosecutor offers the defendant the opportunity to plead guilty to either a lesser charge, or to the original criminal charge with a recommendation of a lighter than the maximum sentence. A plea bargain allows criminal defendants to avoid the risk of conviction at trial on the more serious charge. For example, a criminal defendant charged with a felony theft charge could possible be convicted, which would carry a prison sentence
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its complexity and seriousness. The Sixth Amendment: The Right to a Speedy Trial In the Bill of Rights, the Sixth Amendment is “In all criminal prosecutions, the incriminated has the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district where the crime was committed in, which district shall have been previously confirmed by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the incrimination; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process
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Plea Bargaining Melinda Romayor CJA/224 January 3, 2014 David Manweiler Plea Bargaining Plea bargaining is important in the criminal justice system. It is an essential tool that benefits not only the prosecutor but the defense attorney and the defendant. Plea bargaining allows attorneys to decide cases without needing the judge or a jury to decide the case. It can be beneficial to both the prosecutor and the defense attorney because the prosecutor will have a conviction and the defense attorney
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Due to strict liability you can be found guilty of a crime when you did not purposely participate in any criminal act. The problem with strict liability is that due to others actions you can be guilty of something you would have never voluntarily participated in. According to Cornell, “crimes related to possession of property and statutory rape charges are big areas of concern in criminal law strict liability charges (Strict Liability).” Can you imagine if you were a guy that was 25 and you
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Edward D Fox Jr. American Intercontinental University on Line CRJS205-1302A-01 Introduction to Criminal Law Unit 3 IP 12 May 2013 Memo: To all Concerned Ref: Mistake on Mr. Assin “Hit man for hire” What we should start off by saying is that the undercover officer should by now know that Mr. Assin was not the intended hit man for hire. If the undercover officers department does not come forward and assist us with this matter the following is what we are prepared to take action against
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The federal criminal sentencing are rules that federal judges are required to consider when sentencing someone who has been convicted of a crime. no aspect of criminal law gets as little attention as sentencing. And no aspect is as important. After all, almost 90% of all criminal cases end with a sentencing. Yet it’s the verdict that everyone usually focuses on. But this year may be different. The Conservative Government’s Bill C-10 has drawn a lot of attention to this area. With minimum sentences
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