A man decided to steal a valuable coin collection from a collector's house while the collector was away. Knowing that the house
had an alarm system, the man contacted the pool cleaner who worked at the house twice a week. The man offered the pool cleaner part of the proceeds from selling the coin collection if she would disarm the alarm and leave a side door unlocked so that the man could enter the house. The pool cleaner pretended to agree but then contacted the police, who immediately arrested the man. In a jurisdiction that follows the common law and has adopted the bilateral requirement for conspiracy, what crime has the man committed?
a. Attempted burglary.
b. Attempted larceny.
c. Conspiracy.
d. Solicitation
In criminal law, solicitation is an act of encouraging or demanding an individual to involve or engage in a criminal law either by force or enticement. The person who encourages such criminal activity is the solicitor.
In most cases, solicitation is practiced by criminals in an attempt to facilitate or make use of another person for the purpose of the crime. Here, the man attempted to use the pool cleaner to facilitate his mission of stealing the coins, therefore, the man has committed solicitation.
As the industrialization of societies were taking place the conjugal family unit could support themselves. Families could depend on themselves and not their extended family.
Parents approval was required so that it would be acceptable to the parents to support the son's wife. But after industrialization began this was not required.
Geropsychology is the field of psychology that help in understanding the concerns of older people. Geropsychologists investigate the problems related to depression and age-related illnesses. They work with elderly individuals and help them to overcome different mental disorders with the help of counseling.
Tom is in the state of hypnosis. It is because an individual
who is in the state of hypnosis is more relaxed and where he is likely to
respond to questions that an other party or a therapist asks him. This is where
the person is conscious though he does not have the capability to act
voluntarily and is more open.