1) In response to the question about type of homicide discussed in the case study provided for review, it can be termed as a kind of murder where Mr. Simon Gittany has been charged or found responsible for the murder of his engaged and to- be wife, Lisa Cecilia Harnum. This can also be termed as a second order or second degree homicide/ murder as Mr. Simon Gittany was accused to plan Harnum’s death and he did not let anybody know about it. In short, Gittany was found guilty or responsible for a criminal event that took place at the home where both lived in 2011, Sydney (NSW, 2015).
2) Another question was related to the characteristics of offender. The question asked to analyze what characteristics does the offender had; whether offender had any criminal background, family history of crime, ethnicity, age, gender
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Simon Gittany was not found with any such kind of criminal history in the initial days of investigation; however, with the passage of time and further investigations, it was found that Mr. Simon Gittany had a criminal background (Themezee, 2014). With respect to criminal background of Mr. Simon Gittany, it was found that he has harassed one of his ex- girl- friend (Oriti, 2013). Due to this reason, when he was asked to stop harassment, Gittany returned with a group of 12 men to beat the person who asked him to back off. Other than this, it has also been noted that Mr. Simon Gittany was involved in some drug activities. Mr. Simon Gittany has also been charged for the assault of two detectives (Oriti, 2013). From these facts, it can be understood clearly that Gittany might have had a psychiatric issue due to which he was not able to control his frustration and anger, and easily becomes outrageous (Oriti,
The Lin Family Case was heard at The Supreme Court of New South Wales on Friday the 20th of March. Lian Bin ‘‘Robert’’ Xie is currently accused for the brutal murder of the Lin family which occurred on the 18th of July 2009 at the Lin Family’s North Epping residence in the young hours of the day from 12am to 5am. Five counts of murder were recorded, this being the entire Lin Family; Min Lin- 45, Yun Li Lin- 44 who is the wife of Min, Terry- 9 and Henry-12 who are the sons of Min and Yun, and Yun Bin Lin- 39 who is the sister of Yun. Excluding Brenda Lin who was the daughter of Min and Yun , she was not present at the time of the murder (Bibby and Hall, 2014).
In February 2014, Steven Farmer was convicted of sexual assault, and various other charges. The charges stemmed from his actions while working at Centennial Hills Hospital in 2008. He was accused of sexually assaulting two patients. He was found guilty of the sexual assault of those two women, as well as indecent exposure and open and gross lewdness for his behavior with three other patients. He was sentenced to 30 years to life, and is currently serving his sentence at Ely State Prison.
The public has reacted with incredulity that the court’s definition of behaviour showing “innocence of murder” could include the extended deception and dishonest conduct of this man, who has continued, day after day, month after month, year after year to conceal the truth about his wife’s death (Couriermail 2016). The success of Baden-Clay’s appeal in turn, influences others in similar situations of spouse homicide and not only allows but encourages this deceptive behaviour. This would surely be detrimental to all of Queensland society and create an unsafe culture by opening this type of opportunity for future homicides and killings if all it takes to win a spouse homicide case was to dispose of the body so that there is no recognisable signs of trauma and enough evidence to be convicted of
In the late 1970s, Gacy was arrested by police following the disappearance investigation of a teen by the name of Robert Piest. Several items found inside Gacy’s house during the Piest investigation revealed his gruesome actions. Over thirty victims in total were
The information used comes from other crimes scenes, police reports, psychological evaluations, and victimology reports. When using inductive reasoning, the profiler must first start with a hypothesis, and then information is gathered to support or reject the hypothesis. This type of profiling focuses on the “typical” offender for the type of crime they committed (Bartol & Bartol,
Opening Statement: Prosecutor May it please the court, counsel, members of the jury: this is a case of murder, involuntary murder. We are all here today to bring justice to the state of Massachusetts. What you are about to hear may stun you. We are gathered here today to charge Abigail Williams with involuntary manslaughter.
He was quick to become irritable in situations and decided to use his anger to engage in delinquent acts such as committing robberies, and engaging in fights to feel
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(2) A person sentenced to imprisonment to life for the crime of murder is to serve that sentence for the term of that person’s natural life. The fact that Katherine Knight was sentence to life imprisonment for the murder of John Price reflects society’s standards in that nobody should get away with taking somebody else’s life, especially in the way in which Katherine did. 6 THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN ACHIEVING JUSTICE Once Katherine Knight pleaded guilty to the murder of John Price, the court was able to sentence her quite efficiently once all evidence was heard. The efficiency of this case and also the fact that Katherine Knight received the harshest penalty possible in Australia for her horrific crime shows how justice was achieved.
The article “Worldview of high-risk Juvenile Delinquents” written by Julie H. Goldberg is focused on the relationship between violent juvenile offenders and their devastating past experiences. The participants of this research were male adolescents between the ages of 15 and 18 incarcerated who were also in the high-risk offenders Unit of a juvenile hall. The study was to predict participants’ willingness to shoot. Preexisting risk factors (delinquency, exposure to violence, and victimization) was required to be factored into any findings. There were 3 research questions and they are as follows:
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Ms Harnum was 30 years old at the time of her death and was ethnically Arya-Caucasian born in Canada (R v. Gittany, 2014). She was unemployed before her death, due to Mr Gittany advising her to quit her career in the hairdressing industry (R v. Gittany, 2014). Mr she had a good relationship with her mother (R v. Gittany, 2013).She had no criminal history, however she had an eating disorder as a teen that resurfaced during her relationship with Mr
Where external and internal factors play a part and they are fated to be a criminal. The scientific grounds are offenders and people who have not yet offended can be given help, and they can be diagnosed by experts and receive treatment needed to not offend (Cavadino, 2007
In a Brain Fingerprinting test, stimuli are exhibited to the subject as words, expressions, or pictures on a computer screen. (Sound-related stimuli might likewise be exhibited.) Brain reactions are measured non-intrusively from the scalp and examined to give a result of "data present" or "data truant" with a factual trust in the outcome. There are three different types of stimuli which are used in a Brain Fingerprinting test: 1. Probes 2.