Further, my involvement in student activities has created the connections to tangible, real-world events that have enhanced my student experience and opened the doors to personal development.
Unlike many students who anxiously await the future because of these uncertain economic times, I feel that I am completely prepared to pursue my dreams and am raring to go even though my time spent here has been so rewarding. By coming to this university, I have renewed my passion and commitment to my own education and that of others. My education has allowed me to develop a commitment to my studies, my personal success, the school and the community. Professors have worked with me to ensure that I understand that I am a future role model and successor of the university and have included in-depth, cross-curricular components in their classes to strengthen my experiential reference points and background knowledge. Therefore, I feel…...
Often, globalization brings rapid changes to a country, including some drastic changes in the economy that some countries may not be able adsorb. These experts note, "In the same way as industrialization disembedded the economy from the community, the process of globalization disembodies the economy from the state. The economy becomes uncoupled from the national interest and increasingly subjected to international forces"
ice and Michael 172). If a country loses too much control of its own economy, it can be damaging or even deadly, and the WTO needs to monitor these economies, to make sure they can survive and thrive during times of growing globalization. In addition, many global markets may take advantage of much lower wages in growing countries, thereby keeping the foreign workers at the poverty level, while leaving American workers without jobs here at home. Since the WTO is now the administrator of all multilateral trade agreements…...
mlaReferences
Hurrell, Andrew and Ngaire Woods, eds. Inequality, Globalization, and World Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Rice, James, and Michael. "12 a 'Double Movement': Implications of Globalization and Pluralization for the Canadian Welfare State." Globalization and Its Discontents. Ed. McBride, Stephen. Basingstoke, England: Macmillan, 2000. 170-180.
United States. (R.T.C., p. 1217). The third judicial approach focuses on a defendant's constitutional rights. "Some courts have held that a pretrial hypnosis session may be so suggestive that a criminal defendant's due process rights are violated if testimony influenced by the session is admitted. These courts scrutinize hypnotic procedures under the standard for pretrial identifications developed by the United States Supreme Court in Stovall v. Denno." (R.T.C., p. 1219). These standards restrict the admission of any identification testimony that the court deems the result of unnecessarily suggestive procedures, which could deny a defendant due process of law. (R.T.C., p. 1219).
hile hypnosis does introduce certain difficulties into eyewitness accounts, the fact is that some of the elements used in hypnosis can be helpful in enhancing recall. The most successful types of hypnosis show a lack of negative factors and an enhancement in positive factors. These elements are incorporated into…...
mlaWorks Cited
Kebbell, Mark and Graham Wagstaff. "Hypnotic Interviewing: The Best Way to Interview
Eyewitnesses?" Behavioral Sciences and the Law 16 (1998): 115-129.
Orne, Martin. "The Use and Misuse of Hypnosis in Court." Crime and Justice 3 (1981): 61-104.
R.T.C. "The Admissibility of Testimony Influenced by Hypnosis." Virginia Law Review 67(6)
Some of the most important tools in the arsenal of the fire investigator include the senses of smell, touch, and physical manipulation. Likewise, the process of logical deduction often provides the correct forensic analysis of the evidence. Under Frye, crucial expert witness testimony relating to the practiced synthesis of the totality of circumstances disclosed by meticulous investigation is often excluded from use at trial.
Certainly, Daubert provided additional flexibility of possible avenues capable of establishing foundational qualification of expert witnesses, but insufficiently to redress the problem.
Conclusion - Carmichael, Federal Rule 702, and Implications for Fire Investigation: The 1999 Carmichael case finally resolved the conflicting standards articulated under Frye and Daubert and their progeny since 1923 and 1993, respectively. In Carmichael, the Supreme Court specifically departed from the Frye standard and expanded the criteria introduced by Daubert to include non-scientific evidence as well as scientific evidence, suggesting that the Daubert court had…...
mlaBibliography
Burnette, G.E. (2008) Fire Scene Investigation: The Daubert Challenge
Retrieved from the Interfire.org. website, at http://www.interfire.org/features/fsi_daubert_challenge.asp
Cleary, E.W. (2007) McCormick's Hornbook on Evidence, 6th Edition (Hornbook Series) St. Paul, MN: West Publishing.
Friedman, L.M. (2005) a History of American Law. New York: Simon & Schuster.
"One U.S. Court said this of the problems with eyewitness identification: 'e think it is evident that an identification of an accused made by a witness for the first time in the courtroom may often be of little testimonial force as the witness may have had opportunities to see the accused and to have heard him referred to by a certain name; whereas a prior identification, considered in connection with the circumstances surrounding its making, serves to aid the court in determining the trustworthiness of the identifications made in the courtroom'" (McAtlin 2009).
Regarding jury consultants, every defendant has the right to a fair trial. Consultants can point out individuals who may be biased against the defendant for reasons that are not purely factual and help to highlight language the prospective juror uses that might indicate potential biases. "Preparing" witnesses does not mean preparing them to disseminate inaccuracies. It can…...
mlaWorks Cited
Cronin, C. (2006). Forensic Psychology. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
McAtlin, Barbara Jean. Eyewitness identification -- Hindrance to justice?
Justice Denied. 2 (6). Retrieved May 26, 2009 at http://www.justicedenied.org/eyewitness.htm
Yet holding onto the feelings of superiority I continued to push for what I wanted, causing my parents much pain I am sure. It all came to the breaking point in High School when I saw how the selfishness was leading to drinking and staying out late with bad friends, and was eventually going to lead to really bad things like smoking or drugs. I didn't feel loved by anyone anymore and was more rebellious and depressed than ever. My parents were concerned with me and took an even harder stance against my having free time, threatening to send me away to a military school. My father even laid out all these brochures in front of me and told me to choose one to attend if I did not became nicer to my family. I began to feel really depressed after that and jumped at the chance to go…...
Translator's Testimony, Phillips discusses the many discoveries he made when translating the New Testament. His discussion of his journey is both inspiring and promising. The knowledge that even a well-worn clergy can discover new things when actually studying the New Testament inspires us to attempt to learn more about the New Testament, and God's teachings.
Through his translations, Phillips discovers a wealth of knowledge and new ideas about Jesus and the apostles. These new ideas and challenges influenced Phillips in many ways. First, his discovery that there is a ring of truth to all portions of the New Testament impacted him in that he began to understand why so many people are changed forever by the words of the New Testament (Phillips, 2004). This new knowledge assisted Phillips and inspired him. By finally understanding why so many are touched forever by the words, Phillips was able to become a better…...
mlaReferences
Holy Bible: The NIV Study Bible. (1995). Grand Rapids, MI.: Zondervan.
Phillips, J.B. (2004). The Ring of truth: a translator's testimony. Vancouver, B.C.: Regent College Publishing.
The memory might feel and seem real, but it is like recalling a television show or a dream.
Bias, prejudice, and stereotyping can also impact the reliability of eyewitness testimony. For example, a person who believes that non-whites commit crimes more often than whites might mistakenly identify a perpetrator based on racial prejudice. A person might not be willing to admit what they saw. Assuming the eyewitness is not actually committing perjury, there is still the chance that unconscious or subconscious bias influences the recollection of events.
Only a camera, voice recorder, or other pieces of equipment can provide totally reliable snapshots of what happened during a crime. Eyewitness testimony might work well in court, but it is not necessarily the most reliable form of evidence. In order to make eyewitness testimony more reliable, law enforcement officers need to first cast aside their own biases. When law enforcement officers become convinced…...
exhibit at issue is the testimony of the police officer. A police officer testified that he recovered $350.00 in the apartment. The cash was in a closet, and was accompanied by a toy gun that closely resembled a handgun.
Relevant factors:
Police found $350 in cash in mixed bills and a toy gun which closely resembled a real handgun. A reasonable person would not have cash and a handgun in his closet.
The cashier could hear the robber taking money from the cash register, but could not see what the robber did. The cashier believed that $500 had been taken from the register.
It is not possible to prove with certainty that the recovered bills were from the bills actually taken in the robbery, but the mix of denominations in the seized bills was consistent with what had been in the cash register, according to the cashier.
Under the Federal Rules of Evidence, admissible…...
Evidence
In regards to whether the testimony of the deceased victim can be used as evidence, this seems to be a somewhat grey area. One case in 1995 in Arkansas, however, indicated that the testimony of the deceased victim could be used, provided that it was sworn testimony, and not just something that the victim had said in the presence of witnesses (Dansby v. State, 1995). If there were only witnesses to say that the victim stated the defendant was the guilty party, this would be inadmissible. However, since the deceased was involved in the preliminary hearing before he died, the defendant was present at this hearing, the victim clearly identified the defendant, and the victim also responded to a cross-examination by the defendant's lawyer, it appears that the testimony that this victim gave would certainly be admissible and could therefore be used in an effort to convict the defendant of…...
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Howerton, Eric (2002). Column: ballistic fingerprints faulty. Daily Lobo. http://www.dailylobo.com/media/paper344/news/2002/10/24/Opinion/Column.Ballistic.Fingerprints.Faulty-305497.shtml
Ray Dansby v. State of Arkansas. (1995). CR 94-30. S.W. 2d. / opinions/old/CR94-30A.htmlhttp://courts.state.ar.us
Miranda Fricker's 'Central Case' of Testimonial Injustice
Considering a case in which Tom, a black man is alleged to have raped a white woman; Miranda explores how injustice happens within the confines of offering testimony. Tom is a black man living in Alabama accused of raping a white woman. Every detail and evidence that tries to bring out Tom as not the possible suspect are disapproved because of Tom's blackness. Tom has no power to harm anyone using some part of his body, a solid and physical prove that he is not the one who might have raped the white woman. The jury is credibly informed that the man in suspect is Tom since they cannot buy into his testimonies because he is considered "black." The testimony is, in some way, affected by the characteristic features of the person giving the testimony. The testimony does not stand on its own to…...
Abdo's (2013) testimony to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is about the NSA privacy breaches first exposed in depth by Edward Snowden. The speaker accuses the NSA of using intrusive and "in certain respects unlawful" surveillance methods (p. 2). The NSA has also used their surveillance techniques outside as well as inside of the United States. Abdo (2013) speaks directly to the ACLU to outline the scope of the NSA's surveillance program. The overall purpose of the speech is to suggest what role the ACLU can and should play in promoting civil liberties, which is of course the mission of the organization.
Because NSA surveillance is a direct threat to privacy and civil liberties, the subject matter is directly relevant to the core goals of the ACLU. First, the author lists some of the main components of the NSA surveillance program. A few of the components are rooted in legislation…...
mlaReference
Abdo, A. (2013). Testimony to ACLU.
Jesus' Testimony to the Pharisees in John 8:58
The Gospel of John reveals a number of "I AM" assertions made by Jesus Christ. They are bold declarations through which Christ makes a powerful point, namely that he IS divine. However, the language that Jesus uses also conveys a message about the mystery of His Person. He uses words and formulas that are deeply meaningful for the Hebrews to whom He speaks. "I AM" after all is more than a mere subject followed by a predicate. It is the name of God as He called Himself when He spoke it to Moses in the Old Testament. Therefore when Jesus says to the Jews, "efore Abraham was, I AM" (John 8:58), he is deliberately equating Himself with the God of the Old Testament by using the language of that God.
At its most basic level, Jesus' "I AM" assertion in John 8:58 is…...
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Brandt, Steve. "Before Abraham was, I am." Columbia University. Web. 20 Nov 2013.
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Perjury
Aristotle believed there should be guidelines governing the act of giving testimony (Kennedy, 2004, p. 227-228). For example, a jury member should place greater weight on the reputation and social standing of the witness, than on the content of the testimony given. If a person of good character is called to testify before a formal investigative body, a reasonable listener is therefore required to open their mind to anything the witness may claim. This process of 'reciprocation' requires reasonable jury members and judges to accept as trustworthy the testimony of a reputable person, even if the events described seem incredible and go beyond their own personal experiences.
Unfortunately, the days of small village tribunals where jury members knew most of the participants in a trial, and therefore the reputations and trustworthiness of witnesses, are generally a thing of the past in the United States and much of the world. eputations of…...
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Cornell University. (2012). Title 18 -- Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Part I -- Crimes,
Chapter 79 -- Perjury. Law.Cornell.edu. Retrieved 7 Aug. 2012 from http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/pdf/uscode18/lii_usc_TI_18_PA_I_CH_79_SE_1621.pdf .
Kennedy, Rick. (2004). A History of Reasonableness: Testimony and Authority in the Art of Thinking. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.
Lichtman, Robert M. And Cohen, Ronald D. (2004). Deadly Farce: Harvey Matusow and the Informer System in the McCarthy Era. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.
Dr. Gary Kaniuk
Consultation Triage & Testimony in Forensic Psychology
Yvette Riley
Female Serial Killers -- An ntroduction
The heinous act of murder has been outlawed by various authorities, states, jurisdictions, and by many religions for thousands of years. One of the best known of the Ten Commandments ("Thou Shalt Not Kill") is explicitly clear on killing. But when the perpetrator kills more than one person, and continues the killing at intervals, it is called serial killing and that is the subject of this research.
given that only one out of every six serial killers is female, there has been a lack of understanding and also a lack of empirical research that leads to a better understanding of these hideous crime sprees by females. That dearth of knowledge should be supplemented with more research.
Female Serial Killers -- Data & Histories in the Literature
The Federal Bureau of nvestigation (FB) places five "typologies" on female serial killers…...
mlaIn their research the authors reference Hickey (1986) who studied 34 cases of female serial killers between the years 1795 and 1988; half of those serial killers had a male accomplice and the average age of the women was 33 years. Six of the 34 women were nurses, which fits the FBI category "angel of death" (Frei, 169). The authors also reference studies by Wilson and Hilton (1998), who analyzed 105 female serial killers; they found that the "preferred means of killing was poisoning" (Frei, 169). Meanwhile a study of 86 cases in the U.S. (Kelleher and Kelleher, 1998) found that the most common victims were "...children, the elderly or spouses"; the majority of women doing the killing in these cases were "black widows" and they had active killing sprees that lasted more than ten years (Frei, 169). Why do women become serial killers? "Psychopathic traits and grossly abusive childhood experiences" have consistently been described as reasons for these crimes in both male and female serial murderers (Frei, 169).
The Case of Aileen Wuornos
Aileen Wuornos is a notorious serial killer whose story can be found in many journals and law enforcement documents. In the Journal of Criminal Justice Research & Education the authors describe Wuornos as the "first predatory female serial killer" who was a Florida prostitute and killed the men she picked up as "Johns" (Weatherby, et al., 2008). In a twelve-month period -- from December, 1989 to November, 1990 -- it was reported that Wuornos killed seven male "johns" (Weatherby). After being charged with six
There are a number of fantastic slave narratives that really describe the experiences of people in slavery. However, there is a problem with most of these narratives. Written by former slaves, these narratives are going to represent a rarity among slaves because their authors could read and write, while teaching a slave to read or write was punishable under many slave codes. Therefore, we strongly suggest looking at a more comprehensive collection of slave narratives. Fortunately, the Works Progress Administration compiled slave narratives under a few different programs, most notably the Federal Writer’s Project. ....
Forensic psychology refers to applying psychology to legal issues. Forensic psychology can be applied to civil and criminal legal cases but is most commonly associated with criminal cases.
Ten possible essay topics / titles for forensic psychology are:
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