Corporate crime (state crimes) are invisible, they are either not persecuted or not seen as crime, this is because the state have the power to criminalize or decriminalize acts . The Hillsborough disaster is one of the most serious crimes in the UK which was not seen as a crime but rather labelled as an accidental death. This essay will present the facts and highlight the various legal issues with regards to the Hillsborough disaster that took place on 15 April 1989. It will first of all state the facts…

gets bigger and better there will always be risks that can lead to catastrophic outcomes. Luckily for the United States; we did not have a disastrous outcome with a nuclear power plant such as the 1986’s Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant catastrophe, making, ”the Chernobyl disaster the only level 7 incident on the International Nuclear Event Scales (INES) making it the biggest man-made disaster of all time” (List 25, 2014) . Three Mile Island power plants is located near Middletown Pennsylvania. On March…

A disaster refers to an event or situation that is of greater magnitude than an emergency. A Disaster disrupts essential services such as housing, transportation, communications, sanitation, water, and health care; and that requires the response of people outside the community affected (Gebbie). In a world that anything can happen, you have to be prepared for everything. Over decades, the United States has created disaster preparedness policies to help plan strategies before and after a disaster.…

Disaster Management Introduction In today’s world, there has been one disaster or another, and hurricanes are one of those disasters that always happens. But, for one reason or another we are never prepared or understand the danger of any type of hurricane over a category one. Most of us have been through many hurricanes, like this learner has when lived in Miami, Fla for over 30 years, and the last hurricane she experience was hurricane Andrew. Warnings are always given, first responders are trained…

very important have planned for disasters because the best what to mitigate a disaster is to prevent them from happening in the first place. (National archives, online 2012). When a disaster happens there will be a state of panic. In a state of panic no one will be thinking straight. The best thing to have is already have planned for the disaster to happen, and then you will have a set structure or guidelines to follow. This will make the process of dealing with disaster more effective. Everyone needs…

Although the United States has a large amount of coal remaining to be mined and burned, almost three-fourths of the public land in America has been declared off-limits for mining. Mountaintop mining is a relatively new form of surface mining that has steadily gained popularity. The debate as to whether or not this process is an economic necessity or environmental disaster for Kentuckians is the question. Undoubtedly, it is an environmental disaster and it should be removed in every state that they are…

have been many kinds of disasters. Many of these disasters have been mad-made, whether they be the fault of improper infrastructure, lack of maintenance, or just poor planning from the engineers. These types of disasters can usually occur frequently and we usually we put the blame on someone who will pay for the damages to those who were affected by the disaster. There is however another type of disaster that plagues man-kind, and is known as a natural disaster. Natural disasters are the ones that are…

While I have listed many natural disasters that one would need to prepare for, what about the government failing. Many citizens feel that the government is encroaching on our fundamental rights as Americans. Take for example Jade Helm 15, a military training exercise. While the government is telling us it’s just an exercise so that the everyday citizen can get used to the presence of military in their neighborhoods and in their towns, is that really what’s going on? Or is this just another ploy…

The United States experiences a variety of natural disasters throughout the year. Regardless of the location of a natural disaster in the United States, a program of disaster preparedness, mitigation, management, and prevention must be followed. Our community is nestled deep in the southeastern corner of the United States. The south Florida area is bordered by water to the west, south, and east. We are tested each year with flooding from torrential downpours, wildfires during the dry season, and…

in China and Japan, Katrina hurricane in the United States, flooding in Florida and tsunami in many countries in Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia in which involved huge number of deaths. This is actually, what we called a disaster. In fact, disaster actually not only covers catastrophic natural disasters but also includes industrial, accidents and so forth. Among all the countries in the world, Malaysia also facing disaster such as floods in Kelantan and Johor, haze in Kuala…