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The article explores whether The Queen v. Strawbridge, which was heard nearly half a century ago wherein a unanimous Court of Appeal of New Zealand ordered the re-trial of a housewife argued that she thought that the cannabis seeds she had planted were mustard seeds, has been resurrected in Cameron v. R and public welfare offenses. Topics covered include the power of courts to convict accused persons of so-called quasi-criminal offences, and the classification of public welfare offences.

This Article explores the increasing importance of quasi-criminal proceedings in the legal landscape and posits that it is no longer inaccurate to perceive our legal system as divided simply into civil and criminal branches. The rise of quasi-criminality has in essence created a hidden third tier that borrows, in diverse ways, from the other two to address a variety of social ills, both perceived and actual. Part One examines the historical bases identified by the U.S. Supreme Court for designating a proceeding "quasi-criminal:" the coexistence of criminal charges based on the same conduct, exemplified most powerfully by forfeiture actions; and the significant loss of liberty, often coupled with stigmatic harm. Part Two discusses the contemporary expansion of quasi-criminality beyond traditional formulations in three contexts: the civil commitment of sexual predators; sex offender residency restrictions; and the detention and expulsion of noncitizens who are lawful permanent residents. Part Three concludes by discussing how the modern, quasi-criminal landscape reflects a broader "control culture" that has fostered a return to an outsider jurisprudence directed at those believed to be incapable and unworthy of assimilation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the general principles and some specific offences in various criminal laws in South Africa. It includes the crimes of dolus eventualis, theft, rape and corruption. It also explores crimes related to fugitives in terms of the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act 33 of 2004.

In this study, the author outlines the definition of the offense in terms of the new Criminal Code and the Criminal Code in force. He also examines the essential features of the offense stipulated by the new Criminal Code. In the final part, the author presents interesting comparative law elements in the matter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents an overview of the identification of criminal conduct in the criminal property case R v Kuchhadia in Great Britain. The topics discussed include the reasons why the appellant was convicted of fraud and the offences of criminal property conversion and the situations when a person committed an offence against the Section 327(1)(c) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Abstract: National differences in murder, rape, and serious assault were examined in 113 countries in relation to national IQ, income, skin color, birth rate, life expectancy, infant mortality, and HIV/AIDS. Data were collated from the 1993–1996 International Crime Statistics published by INTERPOL. Violent crime was found to be lower in countries with higher IQs, higher life expectancies, lighter skin color, and lower rates of HIV/AIDS, although not with higher national incomes or higher rates of infant mortality. A principal components analysis found the first general factor accounted for 52% of the variance. Moreover, the correlations were significantly higher with skin color, a more biologically influenced variable, than with measures of national income, a more culturally influenced variable. When the 19 sub-Saharan African countries were excluded from analysis the crime/IQ relation held but the crime/skin color relation did not. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Accounts from over 90 survivors and 56 witnesses of the 2005 London bombings were analysed to determine the relative prevalence of mass behaviors associated with either psychosocial vulnerability (e.g. 'selfishness', mass panic) or collective resilience (e.g. help, unity). 'Selfish' behaviors were found to be rare; mutual helping was more common. There is evidence for (a) a perceived continued danger of death after the explosions; (b) a sense of unity amongst at least some survivors, arising from this perceived danger; (c) a link between this sense of unity and helping; and (d) risk-taking to help strangers. We suggest a novel explanation for this evidence of 'collective resilience', based on self-categorization theory, according to which common fate entails a redefinition of self (from 'me' to 'us') and hence enhanced concern for others in the crowd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Philippine government, military and media regularly represent the Abu Sayyaf as being the main perpetrators of atrocities in the southern Philippines. This paper challenges such representations through an outline of the phenomenon of kidnapping in the region. Opening with a vignette of the phenomenon drawn from primary sources, the paper then considers in greater detail its objective conditions, the identities of its perpetrators and sponsors, and their interdependencies. The available evidence strongly indicates that kidnappings in the zone are instigated mainly by key power brokers, who engage or collaborate with local armed groups for the purpose. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the wake of yet another young suicide in the Welsh town of Bridgend, and in the context of rising emotional problems among young people in Britain, Meghan Benton reflects on the suicide of her ex-boyfriend at the age of 18, and asks what can be done to better protect at-risk young people, particularly pressurised students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Criminologists have long debated the issue of how to define crime, and hence, the scope of criminological inquiry. For years, some critical criminologists have argued for expanded definitions of crime that include harmful behaviors of the state that may not be officially defined as criminal. Other critical criminologists have argued that existing legal frameworks may be used to study varieties of state crime, and that defining the harmful actions of the state as criminal is important to help mobilize public support for their control. In this paper, we first trace the historical development of these two perspectives, and then offer a tentative solution to the seeming tension between these two perspectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act (UCAPA or Act). The Act was approved and recommended for enactment by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) in July 2006 conference. It assists judges to identify children at risk of abduction, and offers various alternative prevention measures. Moreover, its scope include domestic abductions, preventive measures, and others. Discussions related to constructing and deconstructing the Act are also included.

This paper analyzes the choice of punishment levels where therapy and pure imprisonment are the two types of treatment. The incidence of a repeat offense depends on the offender's criminal energy in a stochastic fashion. Therapy increases the depreciation rate of criminal energy. A combination of the two treatment types is never chosen since they constitute strong substitutes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the author's views regarding the relationship between offensive actions and displays and the harm principle, which can be broadly specified as the principle that the sole good reason for legal coercion in the U.S. The author infers that the principle has long been at the centre of liberal thought and discussion on the proper limits of legal coercion. The author argues that once the relationship between harm and offence is properly apprehended there appears to be no need for any supplementary principle.