Law and Crime Archives - Page 2 of 3

Is accessing your spouse’s email account hacking?

Leon Walker from Michigan has been charged with hacking having accessed his wife’s email account. Not surprisingly accessing email, phones with their stored text messages and social networking sites is becoming one of the biggest ways of finding out if a spouse is cheating and the evidence is ofte

Cameras in Courtrooms

Should cameras be placed in courtrooms so that criminal trials can be televised?

Rehabilitation vs Retribution

Should the criminal justice system focus more on rehabilitation than retribution?

Downloading Music Without Permission Is an Example of Theft and Is Immoral

Is downloading music without permission from the internet wrong?

Parents of obese children be prosecuted with neglect

If a child is malnourished it is classed as child abuse but if I child is obese the parents are rarely blamed. This discrepancy makes little sense when the health risks faced by obesity are indisputable. Researchers claim that being over weight greatly increases the risk of heart attack and stroke,

Celebrities who commit drug-related offences should be punished more harshly than non-celebrities.

Celebrities are everywhere in modern society, and this cannot be denied. Their antics, be it drink-driving or drug-taking, make the front pages of newspapers and are discussed on the Web. But should we punish them more harshly for drug (legal and illegal) abuse?

Arranged Marriages Should Be Outlawed

Should arranged marriages be outlawed?

Double Jeopardy Rule Should Be Abolished

‘Double jeopardy’ means being tried twice for the same offence. The ‘double jeopardy’ rule means that an individual cannot be tried again for the same offence if acquitted. Should the rule be scrapped?

Should People Be Allowed to Sell Their Own Organs?

Surely the ultimate test of freedom is your ability to do whatever you want with your own body. That includes selling your organs if you so wish.

Music That Glorifies Crime Should Be Banned

Is this just about youth culture and the link to crime - or does it have wider issues. Are we looking just at lyrics that incite crime or should we ban Holst's Mars the god of war. How do we go about banning it?

Are electronic tags a good idea?

Electronic tagging was originally piloted in 1995, but a report by the BBC shows that the policing of electronic tagging has become lax. Is the system a good idea now that it is not allegedly being so strictly policed?

Police Should Be Armed

Should a police force be routinely armed?

Legal Drinking Age Should Be Lowered

Should the legal age for drinking alcohol be lowered?

Zero Tolerance Is a Good Way to Reduce Crime

Is zero tolerance policing (strict and set responses to all crimes by police) a good way of reducing crime?

Repatriate all Illegal Immigrants

Should governments repatriate all illegal immigrants to their countries of origin?

Terrorists should be treated as prisoners of war

Should those suspected of or convicted for terrorist offences receive the same protections as those which apply to prisoners of war?

New prisons need to be built to ease overcrowding

The British prison system is in disarray. The UK now has the highest number of in-mates per capita of any country within Western Europe. There are simply are not enough spaces within the current system to house offenders.

Civil Disobedience

When is it justifiable for protesters and activists to break the law for the sake of their cause?

Gambling And Casinos Should Be Banned

Should gambling be banned or severely restricted? Or should casinos be encouraged?

Bribery / Corruption

Is it ever acceptable to pay a bribe? Should companies who pay bribes abroad be prosecuted for it in their own countries? Should the ones who give bribes be treated equally to those who take bribes?