Legal Studies Question (1 Viewer)

[181jsmith]

"Examine the criminal investigation process in NSW and assess the powers of police in this process"

What are your opinions on the powers of police in this process?
How should i structure this essay? thanks.

 

[powlmao]

Quite easy,

Do you agree with the power yes or no.

Then once you have your opinion start forming arguments.

Presto your done

My personal opinion is that they could use more power however it caan be abused quite easily

 

[181jsmith]

Should i build on a specific opinion like yes or no? or a mixed one like sometimes yes, sometimes no- depends,etc.

 

[powlmao]

Depends how your teacher marks. I am generally bias in writing my essays and i get full marks

 

[181jsmith]

it seems easier to be bias as you dont need arguments for both- why do you think police dont have enough power than they already have?

 

[powlmao]

Think about all the restricitions they must follow, think about what they cannot do. It really is alot and when you have decent well behaved police they really do need that extra power.

Imagine if you were a police dude and you saw a young child commit a fairly serious crime (Nothing like murder but serious) as a police dude you cannot interview them or anything until they have a lawyer. This drags resources and time which could be better used elsewhere.

Imagine if you were a police dude you can suffer so much crap and you can't do anything about it.



It really isn't only about allowing police to enforce the law better, but extra power should allow them to feel safer and do their job better

tbh you can really talk about anything with this question. Ask you teacher if you should write in a bias fashion or not.

 

[powlmao]

When your teacher tells you how to write ( bias or not) i will tell you a good way to structure.

Hows legal for you? We are almost finished the crime topic

 

[loaves]

I would generally say not to be too 'bias', just evaluative. For all of my legal responses I always had a conclusion like "Thus, police powers have clearly been effective in the areas of ____ and ____ in the criminal investigative process. However, as seen in the cases _____ and _____ [which I had talked about in my response], it is clear that law reform is needed to prevent the abuse of these powers, such as..." etc etc. (I've deleted legal from my brain so I can't help with any actual cases, sorry!)

But just remember to evaluate and ALWAYS talk about potential for law reform.

 

[loaves]

Imagine if you were a police dude and you saw a young child commit a fairly serious crime (Nothing like murder but serious) as a police dude you cannot interview them or anything until they have a lawyer. This drags resources and time which could be better used elsewhere.

For example, I would say this ^, but follow it up with "However, Australia's obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child recognises that the best interest of the child should be paramount when dealing with young offenders; thus, this is a necessary measure."

 

[powlmao]

I write about both, but in my writing it is clear from the start my opinion.

 

[dest]

Powers of da police = beat da shit out of peaceful protestors

 

[loaves]

I write about both, but in my writing it is clear from the start my opinion.

That's good, but just be careful - apparently most markers are quite left-wing, and although this shouldn't effect their marking, it could be the difference between 14/15 and 15/15.

Good luck to both of you.

 

[smik11]

I think you should structure the paragraphs around aspects of police powers. eg. arrest, searches etc.

 

[erespall]

use criteria to help with your evaluation. I used CRAPEE.

Compliance
Resource Efficiency
Access
Protection
Enforcement
Equality