Assignment 2: International Crime Witness, Part 1

            My travel to England was characterized by a crime witnessing in Great Britain.

Demographic, Social, Political, and Economic Factors

The general population of the Great Britain is particularly made up of a high white populace of 87.2 percent. The African descendants or the descendants from Caribbean are the next largest population that is comprised of 3% of the general populace of the nation.   The rest of the population is made up of Pakistan or Indian populace.  The  primary  language in the state  is  English  and almost  60 percent of the  entire population is  from the Anglican,  Presbyterian, Methodist  or roman  catholic and the population of Muslim  is  4.4 percent  and that  of Hindu is  particularly 1.3 percent.  The nation’s population is approximately 63, 740, 977 people. The highest demographic group in the nation is   from the age bracket of between 25 and 54 years which makes up 41 percent of the entire population.  The group that follows I terms of high percent   is comprised of children who are between the ages of 0 and 14 years.  London  which is the capital city of the state  is  the biggest  city  that is comprised of  particularly  9 million  persons based on the statistics that  were  realized in 2014 (Dimmock, 2014).  The state’s government is a common wealth realm and a constitutional monarchy that is led by the guided by the queen and certified primarily by the nation’s parliament.  The law’s system can be described as a common system of law. This is a law system that   the American system is developed upon. In great Britain there are  several authoritative  political  parties  while the courts system are  broken into two different kinds which are  the  Appeal court and the subordinate  court  as  well as  the supreme court  basically (Casey, 2002).

Criminal Code in England

Generally, in England a common assault does not compromise of physical active assault.  Therefore it is most likely that the case that I witnessed can be classified as an assault which is an aggravated one.  The larger crime can particularly be made up of intent assault as the case that was witnessed was violent which means that it was characterized with different intensions.  When an individual assaults another this means that the physical body of the victim has been harmed.  The assault might have been committed with may be the intention of harming or stealing from the individual in particular (Dimmock, 2014). However if the assault was  done on a gay or  a colored person this means that the assault may  be classified as  racial  of  assault that  is  aggrieved  by  region thus  causing harm  to the  physical body of the individual (Casey, 2002).

When individuals are arrested in America they are provided with a range of rights which offers them numerous protections even if they are not American citizens. The two rights selected for this case are a jury trial and the trail presence while the case is being heard by jury (Hucklesby, & Wahidin, 2013).  The right to a jury trial plays an essential role in the American justice system and it is significant in understanding criminal matters functions.  This right particularly serves as an unfettered check on the prosecutorial authority. This right is not given to individuals who face a possible penalty of less than six full months.  A jury trial helps in increasing fairness of the cases judgment and the judicial process in general.  A jury trial is thus a guarantee of impartial and fair case trial for the American suspects.  On the other hand the right to have a trial with the listening of the jury taking place helps in ensuring there is fairness. The presence of the jury in cases helps in ensuring fair cases.  This in addition helps in eradication of biases during the case trial in general (Hucklesby, & Wahidin, 2013).  The country provides  this  rights  in order to offer protection to the  suspected  persons  through guaranteeing  that  fairness is enhanced  in the  trials.

In England and globally, assault cases particularly deals with the activities of causing harm to others or triggering fear to the victims.  The police may handle the defendant well because they need to acquire the truth of the intent of the assault.  This means that the defendant is involved through the investigation process to gather evidence of the matter (Mallicoat, & Gardiner, 2013).  Once the suspect has been thrilled with assault he will now be considered as defendant and will be held in custody and awaits the hearing of the case. American and England police culture holds several similarities as well as differences. First, the police officers in England and those in America differ in term of training culture. Those from England are enrolled to Police College for several months before getting to the fields which is longer as compared to that of the United States.  However their culture of using firearms and handling suspects is similar. Both cultures are additionally against the receiving of bribes as it is termed to be unethical (Mallicoat, & Gardiner, 2013).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            References

Casey, T. (2002). The social context of economic change in Britain: Between policy and performance. Manchester [u.a.: Manchester Univ. Press.

Dimmock, S. (2014). The origin of capitalism in England, 1400-1600. Leiden: Brill.

Hucklesby, A., & Wahidin, A. (2013). Criminal justice. OUP Oxford.

Mallicoat, S. L., & Gardiner, C. (2013). Criminal justice policy. SAGE Publications.