Assault And Threats

Or simply called, assault is the attempt to commit battery or do bodily harm. This is an act that is made to create fear of injury on a victim. You might be wondering if an actual physical contact is needed to find that a person is guilty of the crime – misdemeanor assault; the fact is, you don’t need to.

Jacob You make really good reference to both the term attempted battery assault as well as the term threatened battery assault in the examples that you used. I’ve enjoyed reading through all the different post this week of all the officers’ examples. Its obvious that many of these scenarios are based on real life situations and this gives real world examples as to how to apply these laws. It’s obvious that specific intent, substantial step in completing attempted battery assault is very important elements along with failure to complete the act (Brody & Acker, 2015, p. 298).

Crime and the Law Notes Syllabus Themes: * The role of discretion in the criminal justice system * Issues of compliance and non compliance in regard to criminal law * The extent to which the law reflects moral and ethical standards * The

I. History of domestic violence : a. In early roman society b. In the England community c. In early America society II. different types of family violence : a. physical violence b. emotional abuse c. sexual abuse III. ways to prevent domestic violence: a. b. Family violence is when someone The first kind is called physical violence. Physical abuse, including assault, is the intentional use of force against a person without that person's consent. It can cause physical pain or injuries . Physical abuse includes:

Harry an eighteen year old University Student of previous good character has been arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) contrary to section 47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861. (OAPA). It is alleged Harry pushed Rob during an argument who then stumbled cutting his hand on broken glass. He then required hospital intervention to treat that injury.

The punishment for an aggravated assault charge is imprisonment from five years up to fifteen years. Life is said to be short so who would like to spend a good part of their life in an enclosed prison cell? So if you are wrongly accused of aggravated assault, you better find yourself an experienced and dependable aggravated assault attorney to defend your case. If your attorney is aggressive enough and skilled enough, he or she may diminish your sentence if not have it dismissed altogether. In the hands of a reliable criminal attorney, you are sure that your right will be protected and secured in the court of law.

Types of Non-Fatal Offences 1. Assault 2. Battery 3. Assault occasioning actual body harm (ABH) Section 47 OAPA 4. Inflicting grievous bodily harm or wounding Section 20 OAPA 5. Inflicting grievous bodily harm or wounding with intent Section 18 OAPA Assault An assault simply means intentionally or recklessly causing the victim to become frightened immediately, unlawful harm. An assault is conceded by a threat causing bodily harm with an apparent. It’s a crime and a tort consequently they both result in ether criminal or civil liability.

Assault is caused if a person intentionally or recklessly does an act which makes the victim fear and expect of immediate, unlawful physical violence.

Assault is a violent crime that requires offensive touching, hitting, or frightening the victim by word or deed. Assault crime can be upgraded to a felony when weapons are involved or abusing a victim during the commission of a felony. Although assault can happen during crimes like robbery and homicide, abuse happen mostly within a family or relationship (for example child abuse, parental abuse, dating violence).

Sandy Thomas, a journalist of Huffington Post, once stated, “Mainly this country hates women. Unless they are very tall, very beautiful and in close enough proximity to grope.”

(Ai) Describing the different types of abuse 1. Physical abuse – This is causing someone physical harm, for example hitting, pushing, slapping, kicking etc.

Picture a criminal, it doesn’t have to be a specific one just a criminal, then picture a bully. Some of the people in prison are in there because of something similar to bullying. Murder or Assault. Bullies do both of those at times. Like in the article “Should Bullies Be Treated As Criminals”, a girl killed herself because she was being bullied. That’s pretty much considered murder. In my opinion, I think bullies should be treated as criminals. I’ll give you three good reasons why I think bullies should be treated like criminals, let me rephrase that, I know bullies should be treated as criminals. One reason is They can cause death. Another reason is bullies cause people to suffer in pain. The third reason is bullies don’t have any compassion

Violence – behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. In my own words, violence – hate, gangs, guns, anger and war. Violence in Chicago – nonstop killing. Shootings and murders are through the roof in Chicago. In the past year, in 2015, there has been 29 murders, 136 shooting victims and 119 shootings. In just this year alone, in just the first month the shooting and murders were double that. In statistics released, the Chicago Police Department reported there were 51 homicides this January compared to 29 in January of last year. Also, the number of shooting incidents and total shooting victims more than doubled; there 242 shooting incidents compared to 119 such incidents recorded in January 2015, and 292 shooting victims including the 51 who died, compared to 136 in the same month last year. Chicago has been a national symbol of gun violence since at least 2012, when the number of homicides climbed past the 500 mark, far higher than any other U.S. city. With the department initiating a number of crime-fighting measures and spending millions of dollars on police overtime, the city saw the total fall closer to 400 than 500 in each of the next two years, and 2014 ended with the fewest homicides in decades. But last year the number of homicides and shooting incidents rose yet again, and the bloodshed has continued this year.

"an act by which a person intentionally or recklessly causes another to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence and a battery is an act by which a person intentionally or recklessly inflicts personal violence upon another (para.158).

Physical threats could be when someone says they are going to kidnap you or kill you(sometimes for money).