Sentences with phrase «crime shows often»

While TV crime shows often portray forensic evidence like DNA as being irrefutable, it is important to note that experienced sexual assault lawyers, like The Criminal Law Team in Toronto, can challenge this type of evidence.

Not exact matches

Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors expertly shows the steps we are often willing to take to cover up sin.

Cops show up late, are ill - informed about the original crime, don't know the territory, don't know the people, aren't held responsible for their actions, so surprisingly often they end up shooting into the crowd, needlessly killing dogs, needlessly damaging property, and just generally causing more violence and mayhem than was necessary to address the situation.

Research shows public opinion often deviates from facts on key social issues including crime, benefit fraud and immigration

«These crimes are often preventable if family members are more informed about the potential danger from having someone who is severely mentally ill in the home and who may have shown violent tendencies in the past,» Hanlon said.

His final appearance, The Dead Pool (1988), is the most lightweight of the series, with Eastwood tracking one of those high concept killers that so often shows up in American crime movies.

Other data are often just noise: For example, it's interesting that children enrolled in Head Start may be less likely to take to crime as adults, but it's pretty much irrelevant to judging the efficacy of an expensive government program that's failed to show much in terms of student performance.

All studies show that this type of crime often emboldens the perpetrator to escalate their violence to include people; indeed according to the FBI all serial killers started out «practicing» on animals.

Research has shown that violence against animals often occurs alongside other crimes such as domestic violence.

Studies have shown that involvement in dogfighting often leads to involvement in other serious crimes.

Illegal logging activities can also weaken the rule of law — evidence shows that illegal logging is so corruptive that other forms of organized crime often accompany it, such as arms smuggling and human and drug trafficking.

In addition to helping defendants fight charges they aren't guilty of, Mr. Grose strives to reveal the total circumstances of each client's situation and demonstrate to police and prosecutors the mitigating circumstances and often show an alleged crime is not as serious as previously thought.

So often state and federal elected officials put forth «sentencing guidelines» to show off their stance on crime.

Research commissioned by the Lowitja Institute in 2015 showed that, despite the myth of little sympathy for offenders among the general public — a situation that is often exploited by politicians to perpetuate punitive policies — citizens are open to the idea of alternatives to incarceration, and to the provision of better services and programs that address the social, cultural and economic determinants of crime.

Adolescents with psychopathic traits often engage in delinquent behaviors earlier, show more versatility in offending, commit more violent crimes, and show higher rates of recidivism than other offenders (Lynam and Gudonis 2005; Skeem and Cauffman 2003; Vincent et al. 2003; Walters 2003).