Suspended Sentences Final Report Part 2
... each of the 10 offences that had the highest number of suspended sentences imposed, Magistrates’ Court, 2000–01 to 2006–07 ...
... each of the 10 offences that had the highest number of suspended sentences imposed, Magistrates’ Court, 2000–01 to 2006–07 ...
The Socioeconomic Impact of Pretrial Detention
... detention. Many will spend months and even years in detention—without being tried or found guilty—languishing under worse conditions than people convicted of crimes and sentenced to prison. It is important to bear in mind that pretrial detainees are presumed innocent in accordance with the most basi ...
... detention. Many will spend months and even years in detention—without being tried or found guilty—languishing under worse conditions than people convicted of crimes and sentenced to prison. It is important to bear in mind that pretrial detainees are presumed innocent in accordance with the most basi ...
Appendix I: Health Status of Prisoners
... The National Health Committee’s (NHC’s) investigation into the health of prisoners and their families and whānau has challenged many of our assumptions about the nature of incarceration and its relationship to the health of the wider community. Although we, as a society, tend to believe otherwise, p ...
... The National Health Committee’s (NHC’s) investigation into the health of prisoners and their families and whānau has challenged many of our assumptions about the nature of incarceration and its relationship to the health of the wider community. Although we, as a society, tend to believe otherwise, p ...
Part 3 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment
... how best (and most appropriately) the data gaps that exist might be filled, taking into account cost considerations. The following assessments only explore equality impacts arising from the policy reforms in relation to the groups affected by the reforms. They are not intended to provide an assessme ...
... how best (and most appropriately) the data gaps that exist might be filled, taking into account cost considerations. The following assessments only explore equality impacts arising from the policy reforms in relation to the groups affected by the reforms. They are not intended to provide an assessme ...
Wealthy “Justice”
... handed down or the amount of fines imposed.20 In 1798, Congress enacted mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain crimes.21 These statutes established a mandatory minimum and a maximum prison term allowed, and judges were to sentence defendants within the range established.22 However, judges st ...
... handed down or the amount of fines imposed.20 In 1798, Congress enacted mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain crimes.21 These statutes established a mandatory minimum and a maximum prison term allowed, and judges were to sentence defendants within the range established.22 However, judges st ...
Cognitive Outreach Groups (COG) Program
... Outreach Groups (COG). The program is based on the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Thinking for a Change Program (NIC, 2001). The underlying concept of this program is that one’s thinking controls his or her behavior, and by taking control of one’s own thinking one can take control of their ...
... Outreach Groups (COG). The program is based on the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Thinking for a Change Program (NIC, 2001). The underlying concept of this program is that one’s thinking controls his or her behavior, and by taking control of one’s own thinking one can take control of their ...
1 The Politics of Punishment in the War on Drugs
... investigates how race continued to be a factor in the policies of the War on Drugs, even though the rhetoric has shifted to one of the budget crisis imposed by the harsh sentencing policies. The Rhetoric of Tough on Crime The creation of the War on Drugs and its escalation to the modern magnitude r ...
... investigates how race continued to be a factor in the policies of the War on Drugs, even though the rhetoric has shifted to one of the budget crisis imposed by the harsh sentencing policies. The Rhetoric of Tough on Crime The creation of the War on Drugs and its escalation to the modern magnitude r ...
10 chapter_4
... We have interviewed 91 persons and 71 of them have expressed the view that law of probation should not be revised with modern approach of punishment . However, a very few of the respondents totaling 20 in number have in favour of the amendment & implementation of new law of probation with uniformity ...
... We have interviewed 91 persons and 71 of them have expressed the view that law of probation should not be revised with modern approach of punishment . However, a very few of the respondents totaling 20 in number have in favour of the amendment & implementation of new law of probation with uniformity ...
The Challenge of ADHD and Youth Offending
... while reducing ADHD symptoms, violent attitudes and reactive anger (40). ...
... while reducing ADHD symptoms, violent attitudes and reactive anger (40). ...
Corrections Victoria, Department of Justice and Disability Services
... offers the opportunity for improved individual outcomes, which in turn enhances community safety, through reducing recidivism and harm minimisation. The partnership between the two organisations is essential to a whole of system response that provides interventions which are more effective and impro ...
... offers the opportunity for improved individual outcomes, which in turn enhances community safety, through reducing recidivism and harm minimisation. The partnership between the two organisations is essential to a whole of system response that provides interventions which are more effective and impro ...
report on Maldives
... Mr. José Doria and Mr. Edo Korljan, staff members of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), as well as by interpreters. 10. During its visit to the Maldives, the delegation reviewed the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty and made observations and con ...
... Mr. José Doria and Mr. Edo Korljan, staff members of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), as well as by interpreters. 10. During its visit to the Maldives, the delegation reviewed the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty and made observations and con ...
2014_Borden_Barbara_A_Dissertation
... identified critical characteristics that distinguished the concept from ordinary crimes, and which contributed to the confusion, such as invisibility, taking place in the private sphere, involving abuse of trust, technical or insider knowledge, complex, highly organized, different patterns of victim ...
... identified critical characteristics that distinguished the concept from ordinary crimes, and which contributed to the confusion, such as invisibility, taking place in the private sphere, involving abuse of trust, technical or insider knowledge, complex, highly organized, different patterns of victim ...
The Costs of Abusing Probationary Sentences
... favor of a retributive model of criminal justice was all but complete." With the end of the rehabilitative ideal came an extraordinary and unprecedented movement toward incarceration. Criminologist Michael Tonry describes in stark terms "the modern American preoccupation with absolute severity of pu ...
... favor of a retributive model of criminal justice was all but complete." With the end of the rehabilitative ideal came an extraordinary and unprecedented movement toward incarceration. Criminologist Michael Tonry describes in stark terms "the modern American preoccupation with absolute severity of pu ...
FINAL REPORT The Impact of Illinois` Truth-in
... The first set of analyses sought to merely examine the overall pattern of sentences imposed on those convicted of murder in Illinois between SFY 1989 and 2008, including analyses of the mean and median sentences imposed (for determinate sentences), and the proportion of offenders that received sente ...
... The first set of analyses sought to merely examine the overall pattern of sentences imposed on those convicted of murder in Illinois between SFY 1989 and 2008, including analyses of the mean and median sentences imposed (for determinate sentences), and the proportion of offenders that received sente ...
Abraham`s Legacy: An Empirical Assessment of (Nearly)
... system.4 Those social science findings have been echoed by political leaders seeking to focus law enforcement efforts on the most hardened and dangerous offenders.5 Popular press reports have been replete with stories suggesting that the federal prison system is overpopulated by so-called first-time ...
... system.4 Those social science findings have been echoed by political leaders seeking to focus law enforcement efforts on the most hardened and dangerous offenders.5 Popular press reports have been replete with stories suggesting that the federal prison system is overpopulated by so-called first-time ...
Summary table of sentences in counterfeiting cases
... Mr. Rafuse was a passenger in an automobile intercepted by the RCMP. The police found five counterfeit $100 bills in the accused’s wallet. The accused also provided false identification at the time of his arrest. The accused was 21 years old and had about 20 past convictions for other types of offen ...
... Mr. Rafuse was a passenger in an automobile intercepted by the RCMP. The police found five counterfeit $100 bills in the accused’s wallet. The accused also provided false identification at the time of his arrest. The accused was 21 years old and had about 20 past convictions for other types of offen ...
- Fordham
... 18. VON HIRSCH & HANRAHAN, supra note 16, at 27. In New York, an inmate serving an indeterminate sentence is entitled to a hearing once every two years. O'LEARY & HANRAHAN, supra note 12, at 246. Several procedural safeguards, such as the presentation of written reasons for parole denial and the ado ...
... 18. VON HIRSCH & HANRAHAN, supra note 16, at 27. In New York, an inmate serving an indeterminate sentence is entitled to a hearing once every two years. O'LEARY & HANRAHAN, supra note 12, at 246. Several procedural safeguards, such as the presentation of written reasons for parole denial and the ado ...
Handbook on the Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners and
... 1.1 Who the Handbook is for and what it covers This Handbook is one of a series of tools developed by UNODC to support Member States in the implementation of the rule of law and the development of criminal justice reform. It is designed to be used by prison managers and prison staff, in particular, ...
... 1.1 Who the Handbook is for and what it covers This Handbook is one of a series of tools developed by UNODC to support Member States in the implementation of the rule of law and the development of criminal justice reform. It is designed to be used by prison managers and prison staff, in particular, ...
A better prison: A review of Nebraska`s COVER PAGE Make sure
... justice and corrections are locked in debate on how best to reform the system so that it serves not only the society, to which it is responsible, but also the prisoners who are entrusted to its care. The central theme in most of the debates center around two factors, the good of the society versus t ...
... justice and corrections are locked in debate on how best to reform the system so that it serves not only the society, to which it is responsible, but also the prisoners who are entrusted to its care. The central theme in most of the debates center around two factors, the good of the society versus t ...
Reinventing the President`s Pardon Power
... would have a more purely political function, to put down rebellions, reward spies and cooperators, and heal the wounds of war.5 Well aware of the historical abuse of the English king’s pardon, the Framers nonetheless determined to vest this great power in the president alone, because of the occasion ...
... would have a more purely political function, to put down rebellions, reward spies and cooperators, and heal the wounds of war.5 Well aware of the historical abuse of the English king’s pardon, the Framers nonetheless determined to vest this great power in the president alone, because of the occasion ...
Capital Punishment: A Philosophical Rejection of
... immeasurable and absolutely indispensable to every step of this thesis. Without the guidance and encouragement Professor Bailey provided, this thesis would simply not have materialized. ...
... immeasurable and absolutely indispensable to every step of this thesis. Without the guidance and encouragement Professor Bailey provided, this thesis would simply not have materialized. ...
Actuarial risk assessment. The loss of recognition
... to imprisonment. Unlike strategies elsewhere, Virginia designs its guidance using actuarial technology. It identifies groups of high-risk and low-risk offenders, and selects the low-risk offenders for alternative sanctions to imprisonment. The ARAI targets cohorts of offenders defined by their stati ...
... to imprisonment. Unlike strategies elsewhere, Virginia designs its guidance using actuarial technology. It identifies groups of high-risk and low-risk offenders, and selects the low-risk offenders for alternative sanctions to imprisonment. The ARAI targets cohorts of offenders defined by their stati ...
inhuman sentencing: life imprisonment of children around the world
... Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole has garnered a great deal of international attention, but is now rarely used around the world for child offenders. The sentence remains lawful for child offenders in approximately nine States6 but ...
... Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole has garnered a great deal of international attention, but is now rarely used around the world for child offenders. The sentence remains lawful for child offenders in approximately nine States6 but ...
Einstein Expert Panel Medication-Assisted Treatment and the Criminal Justice System
... stigma to the problem of drug or alcohol use, despite the great advances made in neuroscience, genetics, and pharmacotherapy. The panel also recognized that the medical model continues to evolve. The last decade has seen significant advancements and improvements in our understanding of how drugs and ...
... stigma to the problem of drug or alcohol use, despite the great advances made in neuroscience, genetics, and pharmacotherapy. The panel also recognized that the medical model continues to evolve. The last decade has seen significant advancements and improvements in our understanding of how drugs and ...
Guidance for English Prisons
... helps SMART Recovery meetings sit comfortably alongside the treatment system and makes the transition from being a service user or prisoner to mutual aid participant a natural and coherent step. SMART Recovery offers the benefit of mutual aid, but can be actively encouraged or supported by treatment ...
... helps SMART Recovery meetings sit comfortably alongside the treatment system and makes the transition from being a service user or prisoner to mutual aid participant a natural and coherent step. SMART Recovery offers the benefit of mutual aid, but can be actively encouraged or supported by treatment ...
Prison reform
Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, establish a more effective penal system, or implement alternatives to incarceration.