Young Offenders should not have Harsher Consequences Do you know about the YCJA? If so‚ do you agree with the way it goes about doing things? The Youth Criminal Justice Act passed in 2003 by parliament allows young offenders to be treated differently than adult offenders. The conservatives want to introduce a bill to treat offenders more harshly. I strongly disagree with this. Young offenders should not be given harsher consequences. The YCJA is stable. It has many goals to
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Written Rationale We are currently reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and for our English class‚ we are required to create an Anthology. This project is connected to the book because each piece needs a theme that the book also contains. My Anthology is heavily centered around identity and how your identity is what you want it to be. I chose this theme because I could easily relate to the main character’s struggles between choosing his culture and choosing
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Robert Munoz Jr CJAD 350 25 January 2015 Professor Carden Rapid Changes in Sentencing Structures Judges in the United States used indeterminate sentencing for nearly 45 years. This type of sentencing has a set limit of incarceration that a convict may serve for the crime committed. If the judge gives an offender two to five years imprisonment‚ then that offender will serve a minimum of two years but will serve no more than five years. This system was put into place to make the offender
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RATIONALE The interior to be designed is a medical group suite with modern contemporary as its concept. Fundamentally‚ simplicity‚ subtle sophistication‚ texture and clean lines help to define s the contemporary style. Interiors showcase space rather than things. By focusing on color‚ space‚ and shape‚ contemporary interiors are sleek and fresh. The wall is painted Satin White for a clean and unifying look. Rubber flooring was used for reasons: has good resistance to chemicals‚ excellent dimensional
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Lax Sentences for Celebrities: A Look at Criminal Injustice David House Prof. Ashli Arbo CJUS 230 9 August 2010 Lax Sentences Page 1 Lax Sentences for Celebrities A Look at Criminal Injustice Abstract Disparities between sentencing practices of celebrities and regular citizens are becoming a heated issue across the nation. This subject has received much attention due to the fact that
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RATIONALE OF PRACTICAL LIFE Many have questioned the true purpose and success of the Montessori method‚ specially the practical life area because it comes across as wasted time where the child spends spooning‚ pouring and playing‚ doing whatever he/she pleases‚ but many don’t know that “Dr. Maria Montessori designed the didactic apparatus as means to the achievement of the sensory‚ motor and intellectual development through the free exercise of the child’s interest” (Dr. Montessori’s own handbook
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Racial Disparity in Sentencing Donna Black CJA423 October 18‚ 2010 Shomari L. Gilford Racial Disparity in Sentencing Racial disparity in sentencing continues to be a long time culmination in the criminal justice system. The disparity in criminal sentencing is seen when individuals who commit similar or the same criminal act results in acquiring different sentences upon conviction (Jones-Brown‚ 2002). The paper will take a look at racial disparity in sentencing today‚ do an examination of
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Determinate Sentence Determinate sentence is use by some states; the judge is who determinate the time that the offender will serve in jail. In this type of sentence‚ the judge can’t use discretion at the time of sentencing he only apply the law as it is. The period of time that these offenders will spend in jail cannot be change by parole board. In a determinate system‚ the offender knows when he will be released from jail. The released time is determinate by the judge. Overall‚ the judge has to
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Sentencing Paper Rochelle Gordon CJS/200 November 12‚ 2012 Dave Ross Sentencing Paper Americans are so use to the traditional sentencing and the options that have been probation‚ fines‚ and going to prison. Concerning the way things were done in the past to now it has changed drastically. Sentencing philosophies‚ or the justifications on which various sentencing strategies are based‚ are manifestly intertwined with issues of religion‚ morals‚ values‚ and emotions. Talking about philosophers in
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here both briefly review Lonergan’s philosophy (particularly the “self-affirmation of the knower” ) and suggest traces of Ignatian influence. My rationale for focusing on the self-affirmation of the knower is that it contains the most traces of Ignatian influence‚ and it overlaps with Descartes’s cogito‚ thus allowing readers of this study to consider ways in which the two thinkers differently appropriate Ignatian ideas and practices. In service of this‚ I will also review Lonergan’s own assessment
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