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... 3. Consequently, consider to include the possibility for mediation also in serious crimes. 4. Develop restorative principled community working projects, also for juveniles. 5. Revise the excluding factors that do not allow applying mediation: are the victim’s interests represented in these exclusion ...
... 3. Consequently, consider to include the possibility for mediation also in serious crimes. 4. Develop restorative principled community working projects, also for juveniles. 5. Revise the excluding factors that do not allow applying mediation: are the victim’s interests represented in these exclusion ...
Open resource
... are the predominant transporters and wholesale distributors of cocaine and methamphetamine in most regions of the country; they are the predominant transporters and wholesale distributors of heroin in western regions of the country; and they are very prominent transporters and wholesale distributors ...
... are the predominant transporters and wholesale distributors of cocaine and methamphetamine in most regions of the country; they are the predominant transporters and wholesale distributors of heroin in western regions of the country; and they are very prominent transporters and wholesale distributors ...
European Drug Policy: The Cases of Portugal, Germany, and The
... on the police’s list of drugs that cause substantial harm, with hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin the major focus of law enforcement. Possession of cannabis is considered an “offense against order” and is subject to non-criminal proceedings (Wade, 154). Often, there is the misconception that can ...
... on the police’s list of drugs that cause substantial harm, with hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin the major focus of law enforcement. Possession of cannabis is considered an “offense against order” and is subject to non-criminal proceedings (Wade, 154). Often, there is the misconception that can ...
HOW TO MAKE THE CASE FOR LEGAL REGULATION DEBATING
... with staff in the UK and Mexico. We are working to get drugs under control by advocating for strict regulation of all aspects of the drug trade. We aim to equip policy makers and reform advocates with the tools they need to fundamentally change the current approach to drugs and create a healthier, s ...
... with staff in the UK and Mexico. We are working to get drugs under control by advocating for strict regulation of all aspects of the drug trade. We aim to equip policy makers and reform advocates with the tools they need to fundamentally change the current approach to drugs and create a healthier, s ...
betraying the young: children in the us justice system
... of the juvenile and the criminal justice systems are similar. Children accused of breaking laws for which they could be prosecuted in a general criminal court may be arrested by the police and detained before trial. If they are found guilty, the court can order them to be placed in custody where the ...
... of the juvenile and the criminal justice systems are similar. Children accused of breaking laws for which they could be prosecuted in a general criminal court may be arrested by the police and detained before trial. If they are found guilty, the court can order them to be placed in custody where the ...
SOUTH AFRICA
... Developments in South Africa demonstrate how the interaction between the media, the public, the government and NGOs can work for the benefit of children and for the promotion of children’s rights. However, subsequent developments in South Africa also illustrate how easily positive public opinion, re ...
... Developments in South Africa demonstrate how the interaction between the media, the public, the government and NGOs can work for the benefit of children and for the promotion of children’s rights. However, subsequent developments in South Africa also illustrate how easily positive public opinion, re ...
lesson plan cover sheet
... g. Most Ex-offenders Return to Just a Few Neighborhoods Public Safety Challenges a. Many returning prisoners have extensive criminal histories. b. A substantial number of released prisoners are reconvicted or rearrested for new crimes, many within the first year after release. c. Those with substanc ...
... g. Most Ex-offenders Return to Just a Few Neighborhoods Public Safety Challenges a. Many returning prisoners have extensive criminal histories. b. A substantial number of released prisoners are reconvicted or rearrested for new crimes, many within the first year after release. c. Those with substanc ...
Is the Crisis Corrected? - N.C. Center for Public Policy Research
... sentence 23 defendants either to prison or probation. The study participants then were given information about prison overcrowding and introduced to five new prison alternatives. In the first instance, participants sentenced 18 of the 23 defendants to prison. But after learning about alternatives, t ...
... sentence 23 defendants either to prison or probation. The study participants then were given information about prison overcrowding and introduced to five new prison alternatives. In the first instance, participants sentenced 18 of the 23 defendants to prison. But after learning about alternatives, t ...
Gender, Race, and Sentencing
... than white men or women to benefit from tightly limited discretion and limited individualization of sentencing whereas women (both black and white) may be more likely to benefit from broader discretion and greater individualization. Future policies will need to confront the competing demands of just ...
... than white men or women to benefit from tightly limited discretion and limited individualization of sentencing whereas women (both black and white) may be more likely to benefit from broader discretion and greater individualization. Future policies will need to confront the competing demands of just ...
Guide to the criminal justice system for general government elected
... on a different aspect of the criminal justice system. Each provides a page of background information and a page of relevant questions, any one of which can be used by officials or their staff to begin exploring improvements within a particular agency and ways the agency can function better within th ...
... on a different aspect of the criminal justice system. Each provides a page of background information and a page of relevant questions, any one of which can be used by officials or their staff to begin exploring improvements within a particular agency and ways the agency can function better within th ...
Power-point-chapter12--revised
... Community based corrections center where offenders report daily for purposes of treatment, education, and incapacitation ...
... Community based corrections center where offenders report daily for purposes of treatment, education, and incapacitation ...
A 25-Year Quagmire: The War On Drugs And Its Impact On
... political focus on the drug war had increased substantially. As a result, there was a surge of arrests for drug offenses beginning in the 1980s, which continues today. Between 1987 and 2005, the proportion of all arrests comprised of drug abuse violations increased from 1 in 14 to 1 in 8. The total ...
... political focus on the drug war had increased substantially. As a result, there was a surge of arrests for drug offenses beginning in the 1980s, which continues today. Between 1987 and 2005, the proportion of all arrests comprised of drug abuse violations increased from 1 in 14 to 1 in 8. The total ...
Retribution and the Secondary Aims of Punishment
... The important thing is that, once authority is up and running, justice requires persons within the relevant jurisdiction to accept the pattern of restraint and liberty authoritatively specified. Persons are under a duty of justice to put aside the liberty which they would enjoy under alternative arr ...
... The important thing is that, once authority is up and running, justice requires persons within the relevant jurisdiction to accept the pattern of restraint and liberty authoritatively specified. Persons are under a duty of justice to put aside the liberty which they would enjoy under alternative arr ...
international criminal courts: some dissident views on the
... Willem de Haan describes an “authoritarian consensus on issues of justice, discipline, control and the necessity of a ‘strong state’” concurrently emerging in the West.6 Recorded by sociologists and criminologists, the cumulative effects of the drift to a law and order society are unmistakable in Am ...
... Willem de Haan describes an “authoritarian consensus on issues of justice, discipline, control and the necessity of a ‘strong state’” concurrently emerging in the West.6 Recorded by sociologists and criminologists, the cumulative effects of the drift to a law and order society are unmistakable in Am ...
National Criminal Justice Drug Abuse Treatment Studies
... treatment in dealing with the drug- involved offender. Several of these underlying issues are highlighted below, along with the CJ-DATS efforts related to them. Assessing Offender Problems ...
... treatment in dealing with the drug- involved offender. Several of these underlying issues are highlighted below, along with the CJ-DATS efforts related to them. Assessing Offender Problems ...
Chapter 4, Crime and Violence
... changes. Considering trends such as the “graying of America,” do you think crime rates will increase or decrease as a result of demographic changes as we move further into the 21st century? Is the proportion of minority offenders likely to increase or decrease? ...
... changes. Considering trends such as the “graying of America,” do you think crime rates will increase or decrease as a result of demographic changes as we move further into the 21st century? Is the proportion of minority offenders likely to increase or decrease? ...
Social Control Theories - Hi Tech Criminal Justice online
... Classical theory was difficult to apply in practice. It was modified in the early 1800s and became known as neoclassical theory. A modification of classical theory in which it was conceded that certain factors, such as insanity, might inhibit the exercise of free will. Copy Right 2005 Hi Tech Crimin ...
... Classical theory was difficult to apply in practice. It was modified in the early 1800s and became known as neoclassical theory. A modification of classical theory in which it was conceded that certain factors, such as insanity, might inhibit the exercise of free will. Copy Right 2005 Hi Tech Crimin ...
Second Chance Act
... drug war. The number of people behind bars for nonviolent drug law offenses increased from 50,000 in 1980 to over 400,000 by 1997.” (The Drug Policy Alliance, 2012). Since much of the same laws and policies, which were responsible for the mass incarceration of drug offenders still remain in place, i ...
... drug war. The number of people behind bars for nonviolent drug law offenses increased from 50,000 in 1980 to over 400,000 by 1997.” (The Drug Policy Alliance, 2012). Since much of the same laws and policies, which were responsible for the mass incarceration of drug offenders still remain in place, i ...
race, bias, and problem-solving courts
... 6. See, for example, Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003). 7. See also ROSICH, supra note 1, at 2, (noting that “over the past fifty years . . . U.S. Supreme Court cases and legislation inspired and led by the civil rights movement, ‘due process,’ and other reform movements have made discrimina ...
... 6. See, for example, Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003). 7. See also ROSICH, supra note 1, at 2, (noting that “over the past fifty years . . . U.S. Supreme Court cases and legislation inspired and led by the civil rights movement, ‘due process,’ and other reform movements have made discrimina ...
the new technology of risk assessment
... Authorities assume that by narrowing down the key players that are most likely to be involved in violence will allow them to stop it. Police superintendent Eddie Johnson says that there is a small segment of people driving the violence, and although homicides are on the rise after three years of the ...
... Authorities assume that by narrowing down the key players that are most likely to be involved in violence will allow them to stop it. Police superintendent Eddie Johnson says that there is a small segment of people driving the violence, and although homicides are on the rise after three years of the ...
Recidivism: Costs and Solutions
... by their sexual orientation or gender. The group that is being referred to is the 2.3 million Americans that are incarcerated at any given time. The incarcerated population in the United States dwarfs all others. Even nations with much larger overall populations have much lower numbers of incarcerat ...
... by their sexual orientation or gender. The group that is being referred to is the 2.3 million Americans that are incarcerated at any given time. The incarcerated population in the United States dwarfs all others. Even nations with much larger overall populations have much lower numbers of incarcerat ...
Where Title VII Stops: Exploring Subtle Race Discrimination in the
... forms of workplace discrimination caused by a person's race, color, sex, religion or national origin.17 This history and the resulting legislation provided a broad framework to address all forms of discrimination facing racial minorities, whether obvious or subtle. Thus, the central focus of Title V ...
... forms of workplace discrimination caused by a person's race, color, sex, religion or national origin.17 This history and the resulting legislation provided a broad framework to address all forms of discrimination facing racial minorities, whether obvious or subtle. Thus, the central focus of Title V ...
Home Office circular 010/2010
... are also published by The Stationery Office. Telephone orders/general enquiries can be made by phoning 0870 600 5522 or online at www.tso.co.uk/bookshop Background Summary overview 7. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 ('the 1971 Act') controls drugs that are 'dangerous or otherwise harmful' under a 3-tie ...
... are also published by The Stationery Office. Telephone orders/general enquiries can be made by phoning 0870 600 5522 or online at www.tso.co.uk/bookshop Background Summary overview 7. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 ('the 1971 Act') controls drugs that are 'dangerous or otherwise harmful' under a 3-tie ...