Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements was introduced in 2000, with an aim to improve the management of sexual and violent offenders. ... This begs the question as to whether Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements is an efficient way of dealing with sexual and violent offenders and the risk these pose. ... Many areas had started to develop their own inter-agency arrangements before being formalized by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000. ... Following on from this, the 1997 Sex Offenders Act was the first piece of legislation which meant that the Police and Probation ...

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A further effect of this Act is to make a digital signature as legally valid and enforceable as a traditional signature. ... Although the Act applies within and outside the country regardless of nationality or citizenship, this power will be limited to the practicalities of enforcement beyond its borders. Under this Act, the authorities have also reclassified credit card fraud as computer crime. ... Other related-cyber laws passed subsequently include the Telemedicine Act 1997, the Copyright (Amendment) Act 1997 and the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. In the pipeline currently is the...

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Gittany was charged with murder, in violation of The Crimes Act 1900 and sentenced to 26 years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 18 years according to The Crimes (Sentencing Procedures) Act 1999 (NSW). ... Current bail laws allow for greater protection of the offender's civil liberties, while upholding the protection of victims and society. ... This is seen in the 2011 review of The Bail Act 1978 by The NSW Law Reform Commission. ... As a result of this review, The Bail Act 2013 (NSW) was implemented. ... This is advanced by S 132 of The Criminal Procedure Act 1986, allowing...

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Guns are used for protection against disorder and chaos, when the unexpected occurs. ... The fight started when criminals turned to guns to act out criminal activities. ... An example of this is the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. The Brady act named after James Brady, shot by John Hinckley during the attempted assassination of President Ronald Regan in 1981. ... The Brady Act only affects legal transaction. ...

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Argumentum Racial Profiling is unconstitutional because to " treat an individual in a different manner from others in similar conditions and circumstances" (Gullo 2001:2) is denying the individual equal protection of the laws. That's in violation of the 14th amendment "Equal Protection Clause". ... A bill was introduced to the senate on June 6, 2001 called "End of Racial Profiling Act of 2001" would prohibit any law enforcement agency from engaging in racial profiling. ... This bill would require that state and local law enforcement collect data on their traffic stops ...

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Society"'s concerns about protection from violent crimes involving firearms have encouraged Canadian Parliament to pass tougher gun control legislation. ... The FAC system is replaced by the new licensing system created by this act. ... Parliament has taken a step in satisfying the public need for protection against violent criminal acts with the use firearms. ... Most Canadians purchase firearms for recreational use and not for protection. ... The Firearms Act is not the answer to solving violent crime. ...

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The purpose of this Act would be to enforce the constitutional right to protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, while also enforcing equal protection of the 14th Amendment and constitutional right to interstate travel. Conyer's Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act has already been active in seven states since 1999, including North Carolina. ... The End Racial Profiling Act of 2001 provides a method of enforcing and punishing those who are responsible for racial profiling. ... The Act also states that a list of Policies and Procedures made by the Attorney General will be in...

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The 1994 Crime Act included the Hate Crimes Sentencing Enhancement Act which stated that a person who committed a crime based on hate would be punished more severe than someone who committed a similar crime not based on hate (NCJRS, Hate Crime Resources - Legislation). ... They get very harsh penalties and go to prison for a long time for something that was not really a serious act, but an act of ignorance. ... By creating the hate crime laws the government is giving victims of hate crime more value and more protection than victims of "ordinary" crimes, while every citizen should have the same...

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The movement of gun control exploits every celebrated act violence and offsetting the hundreds of thousands of cases in which gun! ... Therefore, when a person is going to commit an unlawful act on someone they might hesitate because they have no way of telling if the other person is carrying a weapon or not. ... People learn responsibility when they are young children and what they learn reflects what they do and how they act later on in life. ... Children would also have a better mean of recreation, for example hunting, and for a means of protection from criminal acts. ... Now there are 31 ...

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The most widely cited argument for the death penalty is the claim that it is an effective deterrent against the criminal act of murder. The argument suggests that defending one's life against the threat of potential legal execution would override any inclinations to commit the act of murder, also assuming that the potential murderer is of the condition to make rational decisions. ... Many Americans feel that the act of murder can only be justified with the loss of the life of the murderer. ... The death penalty violates the constitutional guarantee of the equal pro...

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Many traditional researches were conducted in trying to explain the phenomenon suggesting different causes for its existence, which included poverty, poor family background, lack of protection, and bad associations, etc. ... Pull factors, on the other hand, might include monetary gain, heroism, brotherhood – a sense of care, protection and belonging, access to illicit products like drugs, masculinity and sense of success as displayed in fights over turfs, and excitement. ... They displayed a more negative behaviour in school and involved in delinquent acts from fighting, collecting pr...

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Equally disturbing and also seen in notable headlines, is a parent or parents slain with a gun that they had purchased for protection for themselves and their family but instead were shot and killed by it by an emotionally charged, disturbed or imbalanced child or loved one who had gained access to a gun stored in the home. ... The Heated Debate For every good reason to own a gun or have a gun in the home for protection, there are probably two good reasons as to why not. ... In lieu of such statistics, many concerned citizens or anti-gunners believe for our own protection, legislatio...

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Firearms have been a part of the American tradition as protection and also they have been used for hunting. ... Firearms have been part of the American tradition as protection and as a means of hunting or sport. ...

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In order to be found guilty of a criminal act is must be proven that the accused intended to commit the crime (Mens rea) and the accused actually committed a crime (Actus reus). The link between both mens rea and actus reus is called causation and this is important as the act must be at least the substantial cause of the crime that is, it must be what actually caused the crime. ... Having regard to s.24 of the Act, the sentences commenced on 2 September 2001, the day of arrest. ... Section 21 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999: (1) If by any provision of an Act an offender is made l...

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- Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986. ... Companies Act 1985 - Company information required by DTI. ... Sometimes the bank is under no direct compulsion to disclose information, but statutory protection is given. ... - Drug Trafficking Act 1994... - Criminal Justice Act 1993. ...

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Human Trafficking includes an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. ... Governments attempts to fight trafficking through prevention, protection, and prosecution evaluations has boosted greatly over the last five years. ...

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Three consistent ways have been through pre-detention mediation (a chance to be held accountable for their actions by facing their victims), detention mediation (a chance to act out the setting and tone of their crime in all roles for help to understand what they did was wrong), and post-detention mediation (a.k.a. parent-child mediation that helps family communication after they are placed back into their parent's homes). ... They look for protection and ways to make them pay for what they have done. ... Secondly, the Little Hoover COmmission has aspirations that by incorporating ...

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To kill in any circumstance that requires planning implies that motive and intent are necessary in order for this act to occur. ... Therefore, the death penalty is as unrighteous and unjustified as the act of murder itself. ... By substituting the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole, we meet society's needs of punishment and protection without running the risk of an erroneous and irrevocable punishment. ...

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First, the death penalty is not the best protection from a murderer. ... These evidences prove that murders are fearless of death penalty and most of them either do not expect to be caught or do not weigh the differences between a possible execution and life in prison before they act. ... So, crimes are also caused by impulsive act, when logical thinking has been suspended. ... American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and vast majority do not believe that the death penalty is a proven deterrent and best protection from murder. ... By replacing a sentence of lif...

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The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984) (PACE) attempted a code of practice and duties of a police officer to investigate crime. ... In the 1960's the tripartite system was introduced by the Police Act. ... The Police Act 1996, which sates that the Chief Constable to produce a local policing plan for the area to be submitted to and approved by the Police Authority. 2. Crime and Disorder Act 1998, which gives joint responsibility on the Police and Local Authorities for fighting crime. ... The Human Rights Act 1998 has required the police to re-orientate its priorities away fr...

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Protection of the innocent requires that criminals be isolated, and they should be. ... There are many safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty. ... This is not true, executing criminals is more costly than life imprisonment and why should more room justify the act of murder? ...

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Not only do firearms play a large role in self protection, but also the use of firearms as sport has become very popular and needed. ... Trigger locks make a firearm more difficult to discharge and act as a safety precaution in carrying and owning guns. ... On the subject of self protection, is there really one right answer? ...

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He organized the crimes, which consisted of vandalism mostly; the one act of crime it did show was their gang running into a grocery market that was owed by Koreans and Mexicans worked there. ... He feared for his life everyday until he gained protection from the other white supremist in the prison. ... Derek is released at that time and the only reason he made it out alive without protection was because of his black friend from the laundry room. ...

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We need protection. But we don't need to kill the evil doer in order to provide that protection. ... Because he says, "The October 12, 2002 terrorist attacks do not give anyone the right to repeat such a vile act, and to adopt a new philosophy would be a betrayal to the code of behaviour that he has taught to his children. ...

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In 1986 the government passed a law called the federal computer fraud and abuse act which meant a felony got put you behind bars for five years (Slatalla). The first to be sentenced under the act was Robert Morris, which crashed 6,000 net linked computers as a result of a worm. ... If passed the act will make small crimes punishable by a penalty of life in prison. ... With this act the trial will be unfair as a hacker is automatically seen as a terrorist. ... Sure creating a team of workers to hunt for terrorist activity could be productive, but it still pushes aside privacy acts and protectio...

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