Essays on Informant

Introduction to Law

Issue 1: Whether Glen’s reckless driving constitute negligence A prima facie case of negligence involves a harm (physical, economic, or emotional distress) that is a direct result (causation) of a defendant’s careless conduct. Negligence involves a three-pronged analysis of defendants conduct: 1) breach of a duty of care that runs afoul of a reasonably prudent person in similar circumstances 2) plaintiff injury that is direct result of this breach; and 3) whether injury to plaintiff was foreseeable consequence of this breach. For purposes of Negligence it does not matter if defendant had intent to injure plaintiff. Here, ...

Abstract

Juvenile delinquency in the United States is steadily increasing at an alarming rate. The age pool of offenders keeps on decreasing even for violent crimes such as homicide and rape. It is unclear on how the society deteriorated in successive decades since the 1970s crack cocaine epidemic. Street gangs took over droves of students into their establishments while promising acceptance. The programs that came to the aid of the criminal justice system were two pronged. The primary program is prevention. This program holds the potential to safeguard schoolchildren who are yet to succumb to the pressures and circumstances around ...

FBI VS Jewish Defense League

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been in operation as a major criminal investigation bureau in the US. This national crime-fighting agency of security goal is to protect America and the larger international community from criminal dangers that affect the world today (US Department of Justice, 2011). It was started in 1908 when Theodore Roosevelt was the president of the US by Robert Bonaparte (Weiner, 2013). Robert Bonaparte was the then attorney general of the US. It started as a task force of special agents, whose work was to track the major crimes that were happening in various ...

The first image that comes to mind when thinking about the ethical implications of defense engineering is the first scene in the movie Real Genius, where several men who represent a counsel of defense are sitting around a table watching video clips of a new weapon that is being developed at Caltech University. This was an idea for the end of the 20th century. The movie was filled with ethical questions and moral imperatives that imply the ideas of ethical technology in the military. Science, University Students, and Engineers make a significant contribution to the advancement of defense technology. ...

The United States judicial system offers certain protections for criminal suspects who are at risk of arrest or a search without a warrant. One of the most important safeguards afforded under the U.S. Constitution is the 4th amendment, which prevents government officials from illegally searching individuals or seizing property without following standard procedure. The concept has evolved over time, and the exclusionary rule is now the primary way to defend people from illegal search and seizure by government officials. However, history has shown that this is an ineffective solution because it allows those who would have been convicted to ...

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Abstract

This research established in the article sought to explain the issue of marriage regarding Chinese rural young women and to give the grounds if the issue served as a risk or protective factor for their suicide. The analysis included a brief summary of the main ideas of the article, the purpose of the research, key findings and consequences of the results. Moreover, the major theoretical perspective to clarify the findings was based on Emile Durkheim’s social integration theory of suicide which highlights sources of people’s social support. The observations allowed ...

Introduction

Miscarriage of justice is defined as the wrongful convictions of people due to the control of the police department and the prosecution during the investigation or pre trial when the individual could be proven innocent. This kind of injustice has been experienced throughout the world a good example is Australia in cases such as the Andrew mallard conviction, Lindy chamberlain Creighton conviction in 1982, Farah Jama conviction in 2008 and Terry Irving conviction in 1993. There are many factors that contribute to wrongful convictions in areas such as Australia. These factors are false confessions, eyewitness identification and testimony, tunnel vision, ...

In his description of himself, Baer acknowledges that he wasn’t born a patriot whose intention was to work for the CIA. He describes himself as a struggling student who had personal agendas (Baer, 2002). The book gives several accounts of what Baer describes as frustrations and mistakes he made while posted in Lebanon and India. The book also discusses the failings of the CIA. Baer gives the reasons for a failing CIA as: replacement of human intelligence with computer and satellite technology; a risk aversion approach by the agency that promoted bureaucratic practices and undermined intelligence gathering; and the prioritization of interests ...

Ethical considerations if a business of faced with the dilemma of making profit and conserving the environment as a social responsibility An ethical issue refers to a situation whereby an individual or organization is required to choose amongst alternatives that must be evaluated as either wrong or right. Ethics refers to the condition of doing right in any given situation or moral principles that guide how individuals should act which is classified as either right or wrong usually according to an individual or the society at large. An ethical issue arises when a business company opts to make as much profit while ...

United States v. Leon 468 U.S. 897 (1984) In August 1981, Burbank police received information from a confidential informant about the drug activity of two suspects. Based on that information, the police initiated an extensive surveillance of the residence and persons mentioned by the informant as being involved. Police surveillance revealed a number of others persons, most with criminal records, entering and leaving the surveilled residence with “packages” of varying sizes. A police learned that one of the persons seen at the residence had listed an Alberto Leon as his employer. A check of Leon’s record revealed that he ...

Discovery laws in the Tennessee state have faced some changes in the past two decades comparing it with that of North Carolina. There have been lots of discoveries in criminal felony law for instance comparing North Carolina case mostly personal effects even including phone messages and photos must be turned in for a case prosecution which is not much same as in the Tennessee County which goes even deeper to other personal effects. The following are the other alterations as the two states are compared. Law enforcement Officer will probably stamp together with Bates Stamp numbers. You do not need ...

Synagogue Terror Plot 2009

TERRORIST PLOT 2 Jewish synagogues in the Bronx and a military base were the targets of a terrorist plot involving four men from upstate New York in early summer of 2009. James Comitie, David and Onta Williams, and Laguerre Payen were arrested after NYPD officers raided the home they had been investigating since the previous year. Comitie, a persistent felony offender with legitimate ties to the terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammad expressed anti-Western sentiments, especially towards the Jewish population and the presence of U.S. troops in Islamic countries. The FBI and NYPD Joint Terrorist Task Force had been collaborating since 2008 to validate ...

Invasion of Panama

Introduction The invasion of Panama occurred in 1989 when the United States of America invaded the place. The invasion of Panama occurred during the presidency of George H. W. Bush Senior. The reason for the invasion was because the President of Panama by then called Manuel Noriega was claimed to be a dictator and was known for drug trafficking. The government of US wanted to bring Noriega to justice. Noriega became the head of the National Guard in 1983 thus becoming a powerful person in Panama. The fact that he had this position of power he was then able to ...

385 U.S. 293 (1966)

Issue

The main concern raised by the current case was whether evidence gotten by the government through deceptive placement of a secret informer in the councils and quarters of a defendant in the event of a criminal trial accrues as a criminal act. In fact, the main issue was whether such an act infringes on a defendant’s rights as enshrined in the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments. As connoted by these amendments suppression of evidence obtained under such circumstances is only allowed in subsequent trials of the same defendant, but on a varying charge (Osteburg & Ward 10).

Ruling

The Judgement was affirmed. ...

Great University

Background In this study, we plan to conduct an audit of medical practices at London University Hospital to determine how well the quality and evidence-based practices are being followed at the hospital regarding the common flu or allergic rhinitis symptoms. In this observational study, we plan to randomly select patients who have been regular to the hospital in the past two years. Further, we plan to evaluate whether they had been provided with evidence based care. This we primarily plan to do by evaluating the health records of the randomly selected patients, and evaluating if they have been ...

Ethics are described as moral principles that guide how individuals should act which is classified as either right or wrong. Federal agents are often faced with ethical dilemma in their line of duty which calls for the making of ethical decisions either immediately or after much consultation with their colleagues (Pollock, 2012). The ethical dilemma presented calls for making an ethical decision. The issues identified are the right of the family of the murdered individual to obtain justice and the need for the drug cartels of the region to be arrested and put out of business following substantial ...

Document 1

Hughes et al. (2008) asserts that an organization health plan will address some of the perturbing issues faced by the veterans and their families. The strategic plan entails an SWOT analysis approved by the IRS that will perform the capacity assessment. The plan will evaluate the plan prior to the implementation process. An organization can apply a strategic evaluation to analyze some of the internal and external actions in the plan.

Document 2

Tregoning (2014) elucidate the importance of carrying out a special assessment together with alternative assessment to evaluate the needs of the community. The main reason for the assessment in the ...

Lewis v. United States

Facts: An undercover officer in the department of narcotics called Lewis to find out whether he would sell him marijuana. The officer disguised his identity; he identified himself as Jimmy the Pollack. Lewis agreed to the officer’s request and directed him to his residence where the transaction would take place. The officer went to the petitioner’s abode and made his purchase; these transactions happened severally. Lewis was on one occasion arrested and charged with infringing federal drug laws. The District Court convicted Lewis following a denial to pre-trial motion seeking to suppress. The First Circuit affirmed this decision. ...

Summary:

What makes a good student “good” lays is determined by socially relevant discussion of college admission principles. Personality relates to school performance though academic achievement is more of intellect than personality. Meta-analysis results show that conscientiousness is related to academic performance. Conscientiousness is reliable since it is free from complications. Academic achievement is weakly linked with personality features. The study seeks clarity on earlier studies. That is, lack of consistence in determining academic success and near-exclusive use of self-report personality measures. It is hypothesized that conscientiousness will not show difference in ethnicity SAT scores but will explain incremental variance ...

Law

1a.) The four main components of a contract are: offer, acceptance, consideration and intention of legal consequences. The offer is considered complete if it states in definite terms of the agreement and it must be communicated to the offeree. The offer should not only include any estimation, manifestations of interest, requests for proposals or letters of intent. The offer is different from an invitation to treat such as advertisements and shop displays where the invitation to treat is inviting an offer to be made (Richards, 2009). In this given case, the offer was made through an advertisement in several newspapers ...

Thesis: The Death Penalty is not fair because innocent people are convicted, some have been almost executed, some have been executed and exculpatory evidence was discovered post execution and some have been executed despite of exculpatory evidence. The high cost of prosecuting Death Penalty cases reflects this.

INTRODUCTION I In spite of far reaching ramifications many states in America still apply and carry out the Death Sentence.

A. The Death Sentence is obtained and carried out inconsistently. B. Death Sentence cases cost much more to prosecute than those of life without parole because of the finality of the sentence.

BODY

II Death Sentence cases create situations where innocent people can be executed, or wait for years on “Death Row” ...

Introduction (Overview)

According to the fact pattern, the case assumes the same character in terms of facts and approach as the case of Mapp v. Ohio. In this case, Detective Quickdraw relying on the information received from the informant Sneaky Pete acts in good in faith and attacks the home of suspected drug dealer Sally Martin. However, contrary to the expectation, the cocaine is not found. Instead the suspect is found in possession of an illegally held handgun and some amount of heroine. The officers press charges for possession of illegal weaponry and heroine contrary to the law. This is despite ...

Introduction

Since the beginning years of personality research, most researchers have frequent recourse to personality ratings as a primary form of data in their empirical studies to assess and examine individual differences in personality characteristics. This immediate mobilization of personality judgments as well as ratings is understandable in most cases because the format mimics the use of trait adjectives and related terms in describing persons in everyday social life. Persons can be known by the impression they make on others as well as the descriptions others render on them. Human observers are sensitive instruments for not only monitoring but also interpreting ...

Introduction

The history of marijuana in the twentieth century has been a slow process for its social acceptance. This process of acceptance still continued in twenty-first century. If we look into the history, In the 1936 a movie "Reefer Madness," shows marijuana smokers, they were portrayed as morally depraved fiends. In 1950s, marijuana was considered as a dangerous drug, people assumes that marijuana was a stepping stone towards the use of heroin and more dangerous drugs. In 1979, In a pole by CBS News, New York showed that27 percent of Americans were in favored legalization of marijuana by taxing it. Slowly but consistently, the social ...

1. Introduction and purpose of the study

This paper shows whether children and adults use the same strategy to confirm if an individual is a reliable source of information or not. It also illustrates on whether children and adults use the information related to accuracy, confidence and calibration to judge in formants integrity. In the event of the study, it tends to show that adults discredited informants who exhibited poor calibration whereas children did not (Tenney, Small, Kondrad, Jaswal & Spellman, 2011). Thus, adults and children differ on how they infer credibility; this is due to cognitive requirements of practicing calibration. ...

Reservoir Dogs, the 1992 independent gangster film that saw Quentin Tarantino's first foray into feature filmmaking, is a rousing tour de force of exploitation-level machismo, hip '90s nostalgia-cool and strong, theatrical performances. The film follows a group of color-coded gangsters as they fulfill Joe Cabot's (Laurence Tierney) orders to rob a jewelry store. Though the film shows the plight of various members of the gang before and after the heist, the heist itself is not shown. This treatment of time lends the film its incredible sense of urgency, energy, and desperation, as the audience is thrown into an unknown situation right along with ...

This case study will focus on Tuscarora Native Americans living in WNY Niagara County. This population consists of a community that lives in a geographically isolated reservation, several miles from the nearest town. The main economic activity of this community is farming and majority of the community members are poor. A significant proportion of the community members are obese. Persons suffering from type 2 diabetes in the community are mainly in the 18-45 years age bracket. Majority of those who have had the condition for long periods have already started developing diabetes associated complications such as peripheral neuropathy, leg ulcers, poor ...

Reservoir Dogs, the 1992 independent gangster film that saw Quentin Tarantino's first foray into feature filmmaking, is a rousing tour de force of exploitation-level machismo, hip '90s nostalgia-cool and strong, theatrical performances. The film follows a group of color-coded gangsters as they fulfill Joe Cabot's (Laurence Tierney) orders to rob a jewelry store. Though the film shows the plight of various members of the gang before and after the heist, the heist itself is not shown. This treatment of time lends the film its incredible sense of urgency, energy, and desperation, as the audience is thrown into an unknown situation right along with ...

Population of the study

The population for this research will be constituted by employees of ABC TV. These are the employees of the firm working in their various departments in the company. This group was specifically chosen because they regularly engage in data collection, production and broadcasting of information in the form of news, ideas, entertainment and programs. They also report on behalf of the public and hence they are caught between the dilemma of carrying the company’s image to the public and fair reporting. They are thus best suited in providing the information on the proposed study, as they are ...

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

THMIS document gives the procedures for use by the emergency room wing of a hospital in planning and carrying out the design of strategies and operational plans for strengthening the health management information system available to emergency room wing in a hospital.

The document is designed to help apply and implement the concepts and principles presented in the Health Metrics Network frameworks and Standards for Country Health information Systems. The document is based upon the guiding principles defined in the HMN frame work for guiding health information system design, planning and implementation by using broad based consensus and stakeholder involvement and ...