Essays on Offender

There are differences on the correctional systems in different countries. For instance, some countries openly advocate for death sentence while others do not. For instance countries like Mozambique, Cape Verde, Namibia, Angola and south Africa have abolished death sentence for all crimes. Others which enable death sentence are In the US crime, for which the death sentence can be imposed include; murder related to smuggling of foreigners, murder as a result of a drug shoot-out, killing a congress member, murder associated with the transportation of explosives, among others.

Death sentence in the US serves two main purposes; “retribution” and “deterrence” ( ...

Capital punishment is also known as the death penalty. This process involves the infliction of death to individuals as a punishment for certain offences by the judicial processes. This form of punishment has been practiced in the past by almost all the societies. However, a majority of the countries in the world today have abolished it, with only a few countries still following the death penalty sentencing. The deliberations over the propriety of the death penalty can be almost as old as the death penalty itself. It is interesting to note that the philosophical and moral arguments put forward by various individuals ...

The Pokot is a tribe in Africa living in both Kenya and Uganda. However, most Pokots live in the Northern part of Kenyan Rift-Valley which lies along the Kenya /Uganda border. An interview with Daniel Lotodo, a 78 year old man from the community revealed a lot about the ethnography of the community The Pokot for a long time are predominantly pastoralists’. Their occupations of cattle keeping has been necessitated by environment factors. The area is semi arid and agricultural produce can hardly do well. However, through barter trade with neighboring communities such as the Samburu and the Marakwet, the society would ...

What principles with respect to women battering and self-defense have been established in Lavallee's case?

Most of the case law involving female offenders depends on the Supreme Court of Canada's verdict in Lavallee, which accepted proof that an offender had encountered violence elicited by the victim, Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS)1, as applicable to the problem of self-defense. In the Lavallee case2, proof was disclosed demonstrating that the offender had been exposed to years of abuse owing to the victim, and she was acquitted of murder because she had acted in self-defense. Battered women constitute one of the most marginalized groupings in the social order. Their relationship incidents occasionally put these individuals into ...

Introduction

Correctional program is a planned undertaking which addresses factors connected/related to offender’s criminal behavior. It helps in assisting in the rehabilitation of offenders and their reintegration into the community as responsible citizens who are law are abiding. This can be achieved by making them provide programs in the prison and in the community. (Bonta 2007) Some of the correctional programs are community based. They are supervised to deal with convicted people and does not base its operation in cases of confinement of the prisoners. Some of the commonly used methods of community correction include Parole and probation. There ...

Differences between an Interview and Interrogation

The process of an interview is conducted in a very cordial manner and the witness or the subject is placed in a psychological and physical comfortable condition. The person is also free from custody, and mostly it may e a request or a compulsory by the investigator. Interrogation, on its part, is conducted in a custody or interrogation room, where there is psychological and physical pressure.

Briefly describe the:

A) Good Guy-Bad Guy Approach: involves both intimidation of the suspect (bad guy) with threatening and belligerent behavior and the behavior of calmness and supportive (good guy) in order to get a more accurate result. B) Factual Approach: ...

Introduction

Located in the Eastern part of Haiti, Jamaica is a country that is well known for its popularity in reggae music. Beings an island in the Caribbean, Jamaica is a small country with a population of nearly three million people. Nearly a third of the population resides in the capital city of Jamaica which is referred to as Kingston. Despite having the rate of crime high as a result of drug abuse by most of the young population, the country has been politically stable for a long time. However, drug abuse has been a major problem affecting the majority of the population. This is proved by ...