small feeder streams -Remove debris 3. Cattle access control -fencing to prevent cattle access to stream -fix bank erosion with brush mattresses 4. Hillside slump stabilization. -brush mattresses In this Plumas Trout Creek Restoration the primary objective is to reestablish the hydrology of the area in an attempt to repopulate the trout that were once running the stream. The Braided stream will be rechanneled and a higher water velocity should help to push sediment build up out
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Mandatory Sentencing “A mandatory sentence is a court decision setting where judicial discretion is limited by law. Typically‚ people convicted of certain crimes must be punished with at least a minimum number of years in prison.” – Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopaedia The difference between normal and mandatory sentencing is the process that this happens in as normal sentencing sets a range of penalties‚ which allows the judge and the magistrates to see out the sentence according to the circumstances
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child sexual abuse. This is not saying what the individual committed was not wrong‚ but that due to a disorder it should be handled differently with a focus on treatment and rehabilitation. Back in the 1980s when a surge of child sexual abuse began being reported‚ people jumped to the action of creating harsher laws and sentencing. The “tough on crime” political atmosphere surrounding the time and even today helped pushed through an escalation of punishment for sex offenders. By the 1990s‚ people began
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| | | Capital Punishment Capital punishment would cost less and ensure effective crime deterrence if the process of execution was not prolonged. Abstract Capital punishment in the United States does not ensure deterrence or punishment and can cost up to 10 times more than life in prison because of the prolonged process of execution. If the United States can shorten the time a defendant spends on death row‚ then it will no longer cost more than life imprisonment without parole
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Research Question: Should mentally ill convicted offenders be incarcerated in jails and prisons or institutionalized in mental health treatment facilities? Incarceration of the mentally ill is a social problem because studies have shown that a significantly high percentage of individuals incarcerated in the United States have been diagnosed with a mental illness. A Stanford Law school study has shown that prisons and jails have become the new mental health care facilities. In their study
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Rehabilitation for Juvenile Delinquents When a child commits a crime‚ they are considered as a juvenile delinquent and are placed in a detention center for punishment. Most juveniles commit crimes because of the environment in which they live. An unhealthy environment can be associated with living in poverty‚ the demise of family‚ and child abuse. Although‚ others commit crimes because of bad decision making. Juvenile delinquents deserve better rehabilitation than they are already receiving because
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6.) Alternative sentencing (Instead of sending juveniles to industrial schools). Example‚ probation which would include the completion of a community service order‚ or drug program. Many juvenile offenders can be effectively rehabilitated through community- based supervision and intervention. There is need for alternatives to detention; research on traditional confinement in large training schools or correctional facilities has found relatively high recidivism rates (Austin‚ Johnson and Weitzer
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The Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English‚ Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Under invitation by leaders of the English Commonwealth‚ Charles II‚ the exiled king of England‚ lands at Dover‚ England‚ to assume the throne and end 11 years of military rule. Prince of Wales at the time of the English Civil War‚ Charles fled to France after Oliver Cromwell’s Parliamentarians
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Principles of Sentencing There are five general aims or functions or justifications of punishment: 1. DETERRENCE There is a belief that punishment for crime can deter people from offending. There are two forms: - Specific deterrence is concerned with punishing an individual offender in the expectation that he will not offend again. - General deterrence is related to the possibility that people in general will be deterred from committing crime by the threat of punishment if they are caught
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outcomes in the sentencing process. The different alternatives are a newer approach than what it used to be before World War 2. The sentencing process is the post-conviction stage of the criminal justice process‚ in which the defendant is brought before the court for the imposition of a penalty. If a defendant is convicted in a criminal prosecution‚ the event that follows the verdict is called sentencing. A sentence is the penalty ordered by the court (“Sentencing‚” n.d.). The main goal of the sentencing
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