Drug Courts came about as a result of a backlogged court system and a steady‚ rapidly increasing prison population. Drug courts are a form of diversion that helps the offender through rehabilitation and the community through an increased sense of protection‚ which serves the best interest of everyone. Drug Courts are community based intermediate sanctions that incorporate treatment principles into the Criminal Justice System and divert drug offenders from traditional punishments of probation and
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Q1. What is the dual-court system? Why do we have a dual court system? A. The dual-court system is the result of a general a agreement among the nation’s founders about the need for individual states to retain significant legislative authority and judicial autonomy separate from federal control. The reason why we have a dual-court system is‚ back then; new states joining the union were assured of limited federal intervention into local affairs. The state legislatures were free
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Court Visit Report Case CIV499511 - MANUEL E DELGADO JR VS SEQUOIA UNION SCHOOL DIST1 1. Judge V‚ Raymond Swope‚ clerk‚ court reporter‚ sheriff‚ defendant - SEQUOIA UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT PRESENT WITH COUNSEL JOHN SHUPE‚ Plaintiff - MANUEL E DELGADO JR PRESENT WITH COUNSEL DAVID SECREST‚ MATTHEW ZITO‚ PRINCIPAL FOR MENLO ATHERTON HIGH‚ WITNESS KAREN ANN BRESLOW‚ WITNESS CLAUDIA KISPERSKY1 and 16 jurors were present in the court. 2. Sketch TBD 3. Plaintiff‚ Mr. Delgado lost employment
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In the article‚ “Fat Is a Feminist Issue” by Susie Orbach she discusses and has many opinions on women and how they become and increase in being overweight. Orbach discusses many reasons and ways of obesity in women and how it has increased in the past years. She mainly focuses on women and why they are overweight and the reasons that cause obesity in women’s society. Susie talks about how women’s magazines always include a diet column‚ which can be very biased to many women and people. Overall‚
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Sociological Problem Article Review: Eating Disorder among Women Name Institution Date People and especially women in today’s society are largely concerned with how they look‚ their body size‚ and how they are perceived by others. The problem is‚ however‚ largely associated with women than men‚ and has raised the debate regarding the aspects of womanhood in the society that has made eating disorder a social problem. To understand this problem‚ we need to consider the rising standards of beauty
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knowledge many people view immigration as natural and harmless: these people often reject those who have a different view on the issue of migration. This comes as no surprise because the United States is divided in to two sides‚ the Democrats (Left) and the Republicans (Right). Both sides are extremely stubborn and refuse to give any ground on coming to compromises on the issues. The Left feels as though there is not a problem with immigration. They feel that those who want to should be able to; they
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important asset to the United States‚ is shares 1‚954 miles of border with the United States‚ and has become an important economic trading partner with the United States. Relations between these two nations are paramount‚ but we must address a list of issues that need answers‚ economic reform‚ homeland security‚ drug control‚ migration and even the environment. Every day over one million people cross the border legally‚ in 2012 two way trade totaled over $500 billion dollars. Mexico has remained one of
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“The Big Issue” is intended to meet the public in common. The article itself is destined to victims who‚ are seen as those people who have enough money to have homes and jobs‚ and are really widely concerned about society rather than being selfish persons. Readers are probable to be young rather than in the adulthood and moderately wealthy who can afford this kind of ‘specialized programmes’. It as well is aimed to people who are mostly well informed‚ or more aware of ‘current issues’‚ restless
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Gustavo Garcia said‚ “I am glad I was able to tell the Supreme Court justices that they were a little confused in thinking that we are all wetbacks”. I remember the first time I heard the term‚ wetback. I was young‚ twelve years old in the sixth grade. I had gone to this elementary since kindergarten‚ and had the same classmates too. We were all friends‚ but as we got older we began to break into cliques. It did not seem like a big deal‚ we still talked to each other every now in then. One day while
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in Common Pleas Court‚ Domestic Relations Court‚ and Municipal Court. Two of the judges (Dinkelacker and Hogan) did not serve in the same court for the entire three-year period. The purpose of the newspaper’s study was to evaluate the performance of the judges. Appeals are often the result of mistakes made by judges‚ and the newspaper wanted to know which judges were doing a good job and which were making too many mistakes. You are called in to assist in the data analysis. Use your knowledge
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