Case Attrition CJS/220 March 28‚ 2012 The exercising of discretion by all system actors‚ public and private‚ and from the nature of the criminal process itself is a result of case attrition. Basically‚ case attrition is when an arrest does not end in a trial conviction‚ which happens quite often in the court justice system. This is not new experience‚ nor one limited to the United States; several other Western countries and in the early parts of the twentieth century
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rehabilitated and were confined with other adult men and women thus creating overcrowding and thought to “merely make them worse†(Meyer & Grant‚ 2003‚ p. 492). “House of Refuge†centers were established to house youth that were thought-out to be unruly. Juveniles could be committed by either a parent “the doctrine parents partite (the State as Parent)†(Meyer & Grant‚ 2003‚ p. 492) or the government. Juvenile courts are involved in more than strictly delinquency in minors. All matters involving
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Checkpoint Legal Defense CJS/220 1-18-2013 Checkpoint Legal Defense • Write a 200- to 300-word response describing three of the legal defenses. Include a definition of the elements of crime in your response. Defenses There Legal are three different types of legal defenses I have read about that could be used in court. Therefore‚ even if you are charged with first-degree premeditated murder‚ if you use these defenses you will not take the full charge‚ depending on what the crime was
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controls law enforcement agencies. Finally the judicial branch acts and applies the laws to ensure they are compatible with the United States Constitution and other legal documentation prior to any court decisions (Courts in Our Criminal Justice System‚ 2003). Before a law is passed they must go through each governmental branch‚ a law can not be passed unless it is approved by all three branches; this is recognized today as checks and balances. Laws are rules which are to be enforced if not abided by
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between two strategic emphasises: value creation or value appropriation. Value creation is defined as innovating‚ producing and delivering products to the market and value appropriation is about extracting profits from innovations. Mizik and Jacobson (2003) state that a firm’s strategic emphasis depends on the industry‚ the firm’s capabilities and profitability. Although‚ firms should focus on a balance between value creation and value appropriation‚ rather than the choice between them (Mizik &
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the juvenile judge. The prosecutorial discretion or concurrent law gives the prosecutor sole discretion on whether to file charges in juvenile or adult court. No hearings that take place with this process ( (OJJDP‚ 2011). The statutory exclusion law grants adult courts exclusive jurisdiction over classes of cases involving juvenile offenders. This law requires juvenile courts to waive jurisdiction cases that meet specific age/offense or prior record criteria (OJJDP‚
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Measurement issues in the Meyer & Allen model of organizational commitment Steve Jaros Southern University Paper to be presented at the 2007 Academy of Management Meetings. The Meyer/Allen three-component model of commitment arguably dominates organizational commitment research. Given its widespread use‚ the measures used to tap the affective‚ continuance‚ and normative commitment constructs merit close scrutiny. This paper will outline some of the key measurement
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Overview: Wynona Ryder Arrested in 2001 and charged with grand theft and burglary‚ Winona Ryder reportedly has had previous shoplifting accounts as well (Meyer‚ Chapman‚ & Weaver‚ 2009). Her tumultuous childhood experiences (bullied for her appearance) accompanied with hippie-like parents caused Winona tremendous unease. According to Meyer‚ Chapman‚ and Weaver (2009); “Eventually‚ her parents removed her from public school and home schooled her until she graduated” (p. 239). After moving to Petaluma
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aim of this essay is to discuss why romantic comedy is undeserving of its reputation for being ‘un-feminist’. This statement will be discussed by close analysis of two post-1990 Hollywood romantic comedies such as Something’s Gotta Give (Nancy Meyers‚ 2003‚ USA) and Bridget Jones’s Diary (Sharon Maguire‚ 2001‚ UK). Romantic comedy films which are also known as ‘‘romcoms’’‚ are a sub-genre of comedy films and romantic films which can be traced back from the ‘‘screwball comedies’’ in America and which
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lifetime is with their sibling (Harris‚ 1994; Orsmond &Seltzer; 2007‚ Conway & Meyer 2008). Siblings develop a special connection because they share life experiences (Conway & Meyer 2008)‚ and are often the most available play partners (Beyer‚ 2009). The sibling bond can however be compromised if one of the siblings has autism. With the number of those affected by autism rising 10 to 17% per year (Autism Society of America‚ 2003; Greeff et al.‚ 2010)‚ I would also like to consider the effect autism will
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