SLAB`s Corporate Parenting Plan: 2016-2018
... who would not otherwise be able to pursue or defend their rights, or fund their defence. Legal aid can make an important difference to people at difficult times in their lives. For example, it can help people maintain their financial security, keep their jobs or prevent unfair dismissal, or help rem ...
... who would not otherwise be able to pursue or defend their rights, or fund their defence. Legal aid can make an important difference to people at difficult times in their lives. For example, it can help people maintain their financial security, keep their jobs or prevent unfair dismissal, or help rem ...
Juvenile Justice - International Foundation for Protection Officers
... the defendant than what would normally be allowed in criminal court. Information on the offenders’ family, friends and circumstances surrounding the offense will be taken into consideration when deciding a sentence. This array of personal information about the juvenile offender allows the judge, def ...
... the defendant than what would normally be allowed in criminal court. Information on the offenders’ family, friends and circumstances surrounding the offense will be taken into consideration when deciding a sentence. This array of personal information about the juvenile offender allows the judge, def ...
Life sentences in countries that practice inhuman sentencing.
... imprisonment or banishment may be sent to a juvenile detention centre, a rehabilitation centre or may be placed under house arrest subject to judicial discretion (s. 17(b)). There is no explicit prohibition, however, on a sentence of life imprisonment. Commutation of capital punishment: According ...
... imprisonment or banishment may be sent to a juvenile detention centre, a rehabilitation centre or may be placed under house arrest subject to judicial discretion (s. 17(b)). There is no explicit prohibition, however, on a sentence of life imprisonment. Commutation of capital punishment: According ...
Gender Differences in Criminal Sentencing: Do Effects Vary Across
... Sentencing: Do Effects Vary Across Violent, Property, and Drug Offenses? n S. Fernando Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso Theodore R. Curry, University of Texas at El Paso Gang Lee, University of Texas at El Paso Objective. Many studies find that females benefit from their gender in sentencin ...
... Sentencing: Do Effects Vary Across Violent, Property, and Drug Offenses? n S. Fernando Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso Theodore R. Curry, University of Texas at El Paso Gang Lee, University of Texas at El Paso Objective. Many studies find that females benefit from their gender in sentencin ...
March 2007, Wellington, New Zealand
... offences that do not carry with them the risk of abuse or the tainted history that attaches to the seditious offences. Similarly, in these days of terrorism, while it might be tempting to look to sedition to contribute to the suppression of terrorism, in our view, the seditious offences in the Crime ...
... offences that do not carry with them the risk of abuse or the tainted history that attaches to the seditious offences. Similarly, in these days of terrorism, while it might be tempting to look to sedition to contribute to the suppression of terrorism, in our view, the seditious offences in the Crime ...
The Effect of Prison Population
... Clearly, however, one cannot conclude that the increased levels of incarceration have been a failure simply based on such time-series patterns. To the extent that the underlying determinants of crime, such as gang involvement, the increase in singleparent families [Bane 1986], and the declining avai ...
... Clearly, however, one cannot conclude that the increased levels of incarceration have been a failure simply based on such time-series patterns. To the extent that the underlying determinants of crime, such as gang involvement, the increase in singleparent families [Bane 1986], and the declining avai ...
Hart`s Methodological Positivism - Penn Law: Legal Scholarship
... He says in the Preface, for example, that the book can be regarded as "an exercise in descriptive sociology." In the Postcript he speaks of a "descriptive jurisprudence" in which an "external observer" takes account of or describes the internal viewpoint of a participant without adopting or sharing ...
... He says in the Preface, for example, that the book can be regarded as "an exercise in descriptive sociology." In the Postcript he speaks of a "descriptive jurisprudence" in which an "external observer" takes account of or describes the internal viewpoint of a participant without adopting or sharing ...
Transforming the CJS - A Strategy and Action Plan to
... parts of the CJS should be working to achieve. The CJS is necessarily made up of different parts, each carrying out different roles with clear separation of responsibilities. It is essential to retain the independence of operational policing and prosecutors, courts, defence and judiciary in order to ...
... parts of the CJS should be working to achieve. The CJS is necessarily made up of different parts, each carrying out different roles with clear separation of responsibilities. It is essential to retain the independence of operational policing and prosecutors, courts, defence and judiciary in order to ...
Embracing Tribal Sovereignty to Eliminate Criminal Jurisdiction Chaos
... American Indians' living on reservations experience some of the highest crime rates in the United States. Reservations endure violent crimes, including assault, domestic violence, and rape, at rates 2.5 times higher than the national average. These crimes have an especially strong impact on Indian w ...
... American Indians' living on reservations experience some of the highest crime rates in the United States. Reservations endure violent crimes, including assault, domestic violence, and rape, at rates 2.5 times higher than the national average. These crimes have an especially strong impact on Indian w ...
Fusion Center Guidelines Applying Security Practices
... ability to detect, prevent, investigate, apprehend, and respond to criminal and terrorist activity www.it.ojp.gov/global ...
... ability to detect, prevent, investigate, apprehend, and respond to criminal and terrorist activity www.it.ojp.gov/global ...
The Business of Risk
... saint, seeking to selflessly maximize social welfare - or as the villain, seeking to perpetuate and increase its power ruthlessly, as per public choice theories. Both views are caricatures of reality. Governments indeed seek to perpetuate their clout and increase it - but they do so mostly in order ...
... saint, seeking to selflessly maximize social welfare - or as the villain, seeking to perpetuate and increase its power ruthlessly, as per public choice theories. Both views are caricatures of reality. Governments indeed seek to perpetuate their clout and increase it - but they do so mostly in order ...
Volume I
... CHAPTER IV. NATIONAL LEGISLATION ON CRIMES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE PRINCIPLE OF LEGALITY . ............................................................................................ 147 1. States have an obligation to adopt the necessary legislation related to crimes under internationa ...
... CHAPTER IV. NATIONAL LEGISLATION ON CRIMES UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE PRINCIPLE OF LEGALITY . ............................................................................................ 147 1. States have an obligation to adopt the necessary legislation related to crimes under internationa ...
THE RISK-NEED-RESPONSIVITY (RNR) MODEL Does Adding the
... of Service (LS) family of instruments represents the clearest products of RNR and the most widely used (Andrews, Bonta, & Wormith, 2010). The Level of Service Inventory–Revised (LSI-R; Andrews & Bonta, 1995) systematically assesses general risk level and criminogenic needs, whereas the Level of Serv ...
... of Service (LS) family of instruments represents the clearest products of RNR and the most widely used (Andrews, Bonta, & Wormith, 2010). The Level of Service Inventory–Revised (LSI-R; Andrews & Bonta, 1995) systematically assesses general risk level and criminogenic needs, whereas the Level of Serv ...
title ix and sexual violence on college campuses: the
... TITLE IX AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES: ...
... TITLE IX AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES: ...
Recommendations on Criminal Justice Universal Periodic
... 5.238. End the use of life imprisonment without parole for offenders under the age of 18 at the age of crime, regardless of the nature of that crime (Austria); 5.239. Abolish life imprisonment without possibility of parole for non-violent offenses (Benin); 5.52. Pass legislation domestically to proh ...
... 5.238. End the use of life imprisonment without parole for offenders under the age of 18 at the age of crime, regardless of the nature of that crime (Austria); 5.239. Abolish life imprisonment without possibility of parole for non-violent offenses (Benin); 5.52. Pass legislation domestically to proh ...
Draft Judgment - FindLaw Legal News
... 4. The main issues in the appeal. 5. But first, a preliminary issue: is this a fused body of two separate persons each having life in being? 6. Jodie's welfare: where do her best interests lie? 7. A more difficult question - Mary's welfare: where do ...
... 4. The main issues in the appeal. 5. But first, a preliminary issue: is this a fused body of two separate persons each having life in being? 6. Jodie's welfare: where do her best interests lie? 7. A more difficult question - Mary's welfare: where do ...
The Problem of Refugees in The Light of Contemporary
... though it may seem to be fairly self-evident that refugee law is and should be part of human rights law, since it is ultimately concerned with protection of the human person, albeit of a more vulnerable kind. “Refugeehood” however, which is premised on the crossing of borders, is distinguished from ...
... though it may seem to be fairly self-evident that refugee law is and should be part of human rights law, since it is ultimately concerned with protection of the human person, albeit of a more vulnerable kind. “Refugeehood” however, which is premised on the crossing of borders, is distinguished from ...
THE CONCEPT OF LAW Prof. Dr. and
... would become the supreme law in such a society.1 It is extremely unlikely, however, that the complete elimination of the state or other form of governmental constraint would bring about an undisturbed, harmonious association between men. Even if we assume that the majority of men are by nature soci ...
... would become the supreme law in such a society.1 It is extremely unlikely, however, that the complete elimination of the state or other form of governmental constraint would bring about an undisturbed, harmonious association between men. Even if we assume that the majority of men are by nature soci ...
THE CONCEPT OF LAW Prof. Dr. and
... would become the supreme law in such a society.1 It is extremely unlikely, however, that the complete elimination of the state or other form of governmental constraint would bring about an undisturbed, harmonious association between men. Even if we assume that the majority of men are by nature soci ...
... would become the supreme law in such a society.1 It is extremely unlikely, however, that the complete elimination of the state or other form of governmental constraint would bring about an undisturbed, harmonious association between men. Even if we assume that the majority of men are by nature soci ...
Vo n ·ary in oxica·o an t e·ns nity defense
... "whether the period of insanity lasted several months. . . or merely a period of hours" and further stated that the defen dant "did not lose the defense of insanity because she may also have been intoxicated at the time of the offense."23 The Kelly decision was applauded as a well reasoned and clea ...
... "whether the period of insanity lasted several months. . . or merely a period of hours" and further stated that the defen dant "did not lose the defense of insanity because she may also have been intoxicated at the time of the offense."23 The Kelly decision was applauded as a well reasoned and clea ...
race, bias, and problem-solving courts
... century, we continue to grapple with the perceptions of and the reality of unfairness in our justice system. Racial and ethnic disparities persist in crime and criminal justice in the United States.”). 9. Ronald Weich & Carlos Angulo, Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System, in RI ...
... century, we continue to grapple with the perceptions of and the reality of unfairness in our justice system. Racial and ethnic disparities persist in crime and criminal justice in the United States.”). 9. Ronald Weich & Carlos Angulo, Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System, in RI ...
Full text - SFU`s Summit
... reoffending and maintains that those with the highest risk should be targeted for the most intense treatment. Need Principle: Refers to an offender’s prosocial needs, the lack of which puts them at risk for reoffending; these needs should receive attention in program targeting. Responsivity Prin ...
... reoffending and maintains that those with the highest risk should be targeted for the most intense treatment. Need Principle: Refers to an offender’s prosocial needs, the lack of which puts them at risk for reoffending; these needs should receive attention in program targeting. Responsivity Prin ...
A testable theory of problem solving courts
... individualized treatment plans that they crafted for the women. Inadequate attention to rigorous client legal representation and obtaining informed consent before adjudication were areas in which Judge Kross received a great deal of criticism. Although she ultimately acted to remedy many of these co ...
... individualized treatment plans that they crafted for the women. Inadequate attention to rigorous client legal representation and obtaining informed consent before adjudication were areas in which Judge Kross received a great deal of criticism. Although she ultimately acted to remedy many of these co ...
The Morality of Mercy
... as, in fact, to impose just deserts; efforts to obtain gains in social utility; efforts to restore a victim’s sense of power and control by honoring her wishes as to the punishment accorded her aggressor. Indeed, as I shall argue, there is no moral basis for mercy, properly described, by officials w ...
... as, in fact, to impose just deserts; efforts to obtain gains in social utility; efforts to restore a victim’s sense of power and control by honoring her wishes as to the punishment accorded her aggressor. Indeed, as I shall argue, there is no moral basis for mercy, properly described, by officials w ...
– FY 2016 Impaired Driving Prevention
... Recent trends indicate a greater number of drivers are impaired as a result of drugs and or drug/alcohol combinations as well as other substances. As the number of drug-impaired drivers increases, so does the need for additional trained law enforcement personnel on the roads and in the courtrooms. I ...
... Recent trends indicate a greater number of drivers are impaired as a result of drugs and or drug/alcohol combinations as well as other substances. As the number of drug-impaired drivers increases, so does the need for additional trained law enforcement personnel on the roads and in the courtrooms. I ...