There should be no special treatment for convicted young offenders. They should be treaded as adults. In the year of 1982‚ Parliament passed the Young Offenders Act (YOA). Effective since 1984‚ the Young Offenders Act replaced the most recent version of the Juvenile Delinquents Act. The Young Offenders Act’s purpose was to shift from a social welfare approach to making youth take responsibility for their actions. It also addressed concerns that the paternalistic treatment of children under the
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1. Poor people are far more likely than rich people to break the law. A. False B. I believe this statement is false because a social status does not define an individual’s character. Society has cast a negative light on the poor when it comes to crime. They determine that because someone is poor it gives them a greater chance of breaking the law. Breaking the law is not an issue of rich versus poor; it is an understanding between right and wrong. 2. It makes sense to choose a college major in
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Argument for Keeping Repeat Offenders in Jail Why do killers‚ rapists‚ and child molesters go free? A large portion of early release prisoners commit serious crimes after being released. In fact‚ "in a three year follow-up of 108‚850 state prisoners released in 1983 from institutions in 11 states‚ within three years sixty percent of violent crime offenders were re-arrested. More than half of those charged with violent crimes were discharged within two years."(from Truth In Sentencing by James
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Since European colonisation in 1788‚ Indigenous people have been treated as second class citizens by the Australian Government. Furthermore‚ Indigenous Australians have struggled with land rights and in numerous other ways in Australian history. The lack of Indigenous rights was most evident before Federation in 1901.They slowly began to gain rights after Federation. The most significant changes were after the 1967 referendum‚ which aimed to increase indigenous equality‚ following. Historical evidence
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Transgender People Deserve Equal Rights Most transgender people face discrimination every day here in America. New laws are being written to protect transgender people‚ but it can take several years before those laws are passed and go into effect. With or without these laws transgender people are being discriminated against. The United States lags far behind in establishing transgender equality and a majority of all states still do not have civil rights protections for transgender Americans
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women if people found out they are a registered sex offender. People think their mindset is all about messing with kids‚ and how nasty they are. On the other hand women have a better chance of explaining themselves before the public gets to judging them. They get to explain into further details about the case‚ and why the verdict came to the decision‚ also and get to explain convince the people that it was a onetime thing and how it will never happen again. Everyone makes mistakes‚ but people believe
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Throughout American history‚ there have been groups of people that have been denied something. African American people were treated like slaves and denied all rights. At one point a U.S. Supreme court case ruled Black people as property. They had no rights. Only some people saw this as wrong. They were abolitionists and they wanted the immediate removal of slavery. Some people were participated in the Underground railroad‚ people who gave their help to others trying to escape slavery. It was called
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rights------------------------------------------------- Human rights in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Republic of India | Part of the series Politics and Government of India | Union Government[show] | Elections[show] | Political parties[show] | Local and state govt.[show] | * Government of India Portal | * v * t * e | Human rights in India is an issue complicated by the country ’s large size‚ its tremendous diversity‚ its status as a developing country and
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People are people Autumn Heather Lundy Concorde Career College Friday‚ July 12‚ 2013 Prepared for MS Hill Multicultural competence is the ability to appreciate‚ value‚ interact with and benefit from difference cultures. Cultures are group with a common outlook. They may be racial or ethnic; male or female; of a certain sexual orientation belief or age (job readiness‚ 2013‚ page 104). You will always see in this world multicultural competence because every judges everybody. Before I was born
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The Punishment of Offenders When it comes to imposing legal sanctions‚ there are many rationales‚ goals and principles of sentencing. The four traditional goals are: retribution (deserved punishment)‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation‚ and rehabilitation. According Clear‚ Cole‚ and Reisig (2013)‚ “Sentencing and correctional policies may be carried out in such a way that no one goal dominates or‚ in some cases‚ that justice itself is not demonstrably served” (p. 66). Retribution Retribution is punishment
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