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Using Arrest Records In Hiring
1,115 words... us] may vary with the circumstances. For jobs in which an employee will have access to people's homes or to sensitive information, a criminal records check should be conducted. 11 Failure to conduct background checks could result in liability and penalties in catastrophic amounts for employers. Questioning applicants about convictions is not an altogether different matter for the EEOC or employers. The EEOC has interpreted the provisions of Title VII and provided guidance for their use as we...
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Why Would Someone Want To Kill Jimmy Hoffa
1,138 wordsWhy would someone want to kill Jimmy Hoffa? Almost in any book you read Jimmy Hoffa was an achiever and set his goals high. He started the union known as the Teamsters and was very well known in politics. The thing that got Hoffa into trouble though was his ties with the mob. He went on trial for many different convictions. The death of Hoffa was a tragedy and a mystery. To this day, we never found out what exactly what happened to Hoffa, even though there are many different theories of his deat...
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The Trial Of Anne Hutchinson
928 wordsAnne Hutchinson was a threat to the ideals of the Puritan community because she would not subjugate her own personal convictions and beliefs to those held by the ministers and the civil authority. She was thought of as having broken covenant with the community by associating with those already banned and by freely speaking her differing ideas. These actions were compounded by the fact that she was a strong, well-spoken, charismatic individual. Anne's strength can be seen at the beginning of the ...
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Human Behavior Social Norms
710 wordsHuman Behavior There is an assumption that human behavior is influenced by forces outside the persons (by other persons and situational factors). The aim of this paper is to examine and to discuss the role of these social forces and the role of the social influence and social cognition. As far as human behavior is examined as the set of activities performed by persons, these activities are obviously influenced by a range of factors, such as emotions, attitudes, values, culture, ethics, rapport, ...
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District Courts Courts Decision
865 wordsBrief of BUFORD v. UNITED STATES Certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit No. 99 - 9073. Argued January 8, 2001 Decided March 20, 2001 TYPE OF CASE. This case has to deal with the certiorari (Latin for to be informed) from the United States Court of appeals for the seventh district. This case raises a question of the sentencing laws. What is the standard of review as it applies when a court of appeals reviews a trial courts Sentencing Guideline determination as to...
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Death Row Inmates Pope John Paul Ii
4,139 wordsAuthor: Clarke, Kevin. Source: U. S. Catholic v. 65 no 10 (Oct. 2000) p. 27 ISSN: 0041 - 7548 Number: BRDG 00052997 Copyright: The magazine publisher is the copyright holder of this article and it is reproduced with permission. Further reproduction of this article in violation of the copyright is prohibited A GROUP OF DISTINGUISHED ILLINOIS CITIZENS, including former Senator Paul Simon and attorney-novelist Scott Turn, did something remarkable last August. They sat in silence while some not-so-f...
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Second Degree Murder First Degree Murder
1,626 wordsDouble jeopardy is the prosecution of a person for an offense for which he or she has already been prosecuted. The double jeopardy clause, which is in the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, was designed to protect an individual from being subject to trials and possible convictions more then once for an alleged offense. The idea was not to give the State too much over the individual, this way no individual will be subject to embarrassment, expense, and ordeal against being tried f...
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White Collar Crime Cost Benefit Analysis
2,980 wordsPolitics of Criminal Justice White collar crime costs the United States more money than all street crime put together in any given year. There are more people each year that are willing to commit these crimes. Society does not feel that white-collar crimes are deviant; the people who commit these crimes do not think of themselves as criminals. This type of crime is one of the most vexing even though most people feel little threat of this crime in their communities. What many do not realize is th...
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