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    to their guardian or sentence them to a juvenile correction facility. “Detention can be a traumatic experience because many facilities are prison-like‚ with locked doors and barred windows; Consequently‚ most experts in juvenile justice advocate that detention be limited to alleged offenders who require secure custody for the protection of themselves and others” (Siegel & Welsh‚ 357). This evidence proves that juvenile detention facilities may not be the best option of punishment for all juveniles

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    delinquency services are organized at both the state and local level in California. County probation departments administer detention‚ commitment‚ delinquency intake screening‚ predisposition investigation‚ and probation supervision (Neubauer‚ 447). New Jersey is a combination state where the state operates most delinquency services for youth in New Jersey‚ with the exception of secure detention. However‚ responsibility is divided between the state judicial and state executive branches (Center on Juvenile &

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    party’s arrest‚ imprisonment‚ or detention. The federal court’s review of a habeas corpus petition is considered to be collateral relief of a state court decision rather than direct review. Habeas corpus originated in English common law as a means to protect individuals from illegal detention. An individual who had been held in custody could file a petition seeking a writ which would require the custodian to provide adequate legal justification for the detention. If the custodian failed to do so

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    Having refugees not only locked up in detention centres‚ but also stuck in refugee camps elsewhere is harrowing. As not only Australians‚ but humans‚ we have responsibility to protect their human rights‚ which is supported through Article 13 and 14 in the UN declaration of human rights‚ which Australia has signed onto (UN General Assembly‚ 1948). Through spending millions by placing them into offshore detention centres has shown to be way more costly than bringing them to

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    Abstract This report is about Burma in the year 2007. After civil disturbance the leaders of the country went drastically against demonstrators without concerning human rights. The three most important points in this report is the rule of the government‚ the sanction and the application of the human rights. Furthermore‚ it informs about the rule of the military and their impact on the inhabitants. The minister of Burma states that the regime is doing a very good job. However‚ the articles prove

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    Terror. Like Cuba’s detention in Guantanamo Bay is known to be where people who have committed terrorism have had been put into. Morris Davis states‚ “ More than 170 men remain in indefinite detention without having been convicted or in most cases even charged with any criminal defense” In other words Morris Davis asserts that there could be innocent men locked up (Davis). These men await their trials up to this day and are dealing with the harsh conditions in the detention. Jennifer Daskal states

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    Our society is plagued by violence‚ and as concerned citizens we must closely analyze the existence of delinquency and prevention of future crimes. “Regarding the causes of delinquency‚ citizens’ belief often center on biological defects‚ inadequacies of family life‚ bad companions‚ or similar forces thought to be unique to delinquents‚ In other words‚ citizens usually attribute juvenile misconduct to a few bad influences- forces from which the public respondent is immune” (Gibbon‚ Krohn 1995).

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    in addition to readings in your text‚ read the following article paying particular attention to pages 588 to 593. Hewstone‚ M.‚ Rubin‚ M.‚ & Willis‚ H. (2002). Intergroup bias. Annual Review of Psychology‚ 53‚ 575-604. You are a counselor in a detention center for delinquent adolescent boys. Your current project is to devise a way to reduce intergroup conflict that has been escalating between the boys at the center‚ many of whom were active in local gangs. Discuss in detail the concepts that

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    For starters‚ Ron takes the place of Neville in the movie. There are four people in detention plus Hagrid and his dog fang. Their purpose in the Forbidden Forrest is to find out the cause of the unnatural death of the unicorn population. They split up into two groups‚ in the book they end up regrouping; whereas‚ in the film Draco and Harry

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    INTRODUCTION To a great extent‚ the Supreme Court of India finds its strength in Article 21 of the Constitution‚ for the reason that much of its judicial activism has been based on interpreting the scope of this Article. Majority of the PIL cases have been filed under this Article only. The Supreme Court is now known as an activist court. There has been no change in the words used in Article 21‚ but there has been a change in the way it has been interpreted. The scope of the Article has expanded

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