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    Buzayehu Yitbarek K. Noon- Ulvila ESL 053 12/05/2016 Gun Control According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2010, there were roughly 31,670 gun-related deaths in the U.S. Close to 11,100 were homicides (35%) and about 19,400 (61%) were suicides. Gun control has been big issue for several years in the United States. Every day, lot of people lose their lives unnecessarily. We do not forget a gunman killed 20 children and six adults in Newton some years ago. Congress should make

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    Homicide Analysis

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    Another example is that of Homicide, which is generally accepted as long as it is executed from outside your own clan, exerting no moral obligation. For this reason, murder, stealing and the seduction of women is an acceptable course of action, as long as it is held appropriate within the tribal organization. Thus, as a human being, they have a variable value and in this case, they fail to separate the individual from the social context. The consequences of adultery and stealing are prone to the

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    others turn to absurd forms of escape. Unfortunately, two destructive forms of escape are growing rampantly; homicides and suicides. According to the article Is Suicide a More Present Danger Than Murder?, it states that for every two homicides, three suicides occur (Radford). Even though it has been statistically shown that the national suicide rate is higher than the national homicide rate, these two issues are still equally daunting. It is possible that people who kill others and people that kill

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    appealing shows to the American people are the ones that include criminal investigations. However, the crime television shows that people view on a daily basis is extremely different from the actual Criminal Justice system, especially homicide investigations. Homicide investigations are immensely complex and tedious. They require teams of professionals in their respected fields as well as outside professional opinions. B. Fisher & D. Fisher (2012) state that, “Each element of the criminal investigation-

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    Personal Crimes Paper

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    used in assault battery and homicide. Not all states have the same laws when it does not come to the typologies of homicide, nor does every state consider all of these as a form of homicide. Each state has their own statutes and laws when it comes to what the punishment and sentence will carry in a homicide along with the circumstances. Some states do not even consider the crime of passion homicide, while other states have the make my day law typology of homicide. It is interesting to research

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    Case Study: The Simon Gittany Murder Case Word count: 1543 Type of Homicide Simon Gittany was charged with the murder of Lisa Cecilia Harnum on 30 July 2011, was later found guilty on 27 November 2013 and sentenced to 18 years imprisoned without parole. At the time of Lisa Harnum's death, she and Simon Gittany were living together and were engaged to be married. Their apartment was on the 15th floor of a block of apartments in Sydney. Miss Harnum fell to her death from the balcony of that

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    Gun Violence Essay

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    Gun violence is a problem in every nation. Where I came from gun violence is a major problem. I came from Afghanistan where events such as; people shooting each other, people shooting at a crowd and killing tens and hundreds of people happens quite usually. But one incident that stuck with me to this day is the suicide of a young boy near my middle school. When I was around 9 or 10 years old I remember the day one of my friend's relative's committed suicide using his father’s gun. It was the end

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    Imagine walking into a Walmart on a normal morning. Little did you know that in the back of the store, someone was being background checked so that they could purchase a gun. Even though they had a criminal record, they were still able to walk out of that Walmart with a gun in their possession. In the twenty first century, this could happen in so many different stores that you probably didn't know this occurred. Gun control laws are a big debate in today’s society and are a recurring problem.

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    Predatory or Affective Aggression: An Analysis of Andrea Yates The case of Andrea Yates shows that many factors may contribute to the commission of a crime. These range from psychological and biological factors such as mental disorders, cognitions, and neurological conditions to the sociological influences on a person’s life. Two psycho-biologically distinctive modes of aggression, affective and predatory, have received substantial experimental and clinical attention during the past 30 years. Affective

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    Guns have been used for homicide and suicide at a disappointingly high rate over the years. Each life lost is a life that matters. Do we really want to let our children grow up in a world where everyone has extremely simple access to purchase firearms that could harm you? There are always new cases of homicide and suicide making headlines in America but gun control is nonexistent yet to help prevent these cases. As

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