is that there exists a superior authority that is titled to care and protect for the inferior persons in the society. A juvenile court system is the judicial system that is tasked with the duty of handling cases relating to youths and or rather minors in the society. The orientation taken by the juvenile courts is far much different from the normal judicial courts. The juvenile courts are mainly focused on rectifying the behavior of individuals through a rehabilitation process. They try shaping the
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For some reasons of justice or cost‚ most offenders are not imprisoned‚ and more than 90 percent 0f all imprisoned offenders are eventually released. If laws are enacted that limit probation or increase the length of imprisonment by abolishing parole‚ there must be corresponding increases in prison space to accommodate the results. Limiting or abolishing parole release causes increases in the use of probation. “Truth-in-sentencing” laws permit only small grants of good time‚ while “three-strikes-and-you’re-out”
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What is the Criminal Justice System? The criminal justice system is the set of agencies and processes established by governments to control crime and impose penalties on those who violate laws. There is no single criminal justice system in the United States but rather many similar‚ individual systems. How the criminal justice system works in each area depends on the jurisdiction that is in charge: city‚ county‚ state‚ federal or tribal government or military installation. Different jurisdictions
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to also. The role of government is to protect us and they can’t do that with a constitution that isn’t fit for our daily life. The constitution doesn’t support a strong central government. There are corrupt officials‚ growing population‚ and it is outdated. Corrupt officials are filling our government. These officials are just buying their way into our government and then not voting the way the people want them to. If you are rich you can get to a position in our government and that is not how our
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‘The United Nations Charter is outdated and needs to be amended’. Agree or disagree. Give reasons. In order to comment on the need of amendment to the United Nations Charter‚ a look into the background and aims of the United Nation is a must. Historically‚ the United Nations was formed as an aftermath of the failure of the League of Nations to prevent the Second World War. The main basis for the formation of the United Nations was to establish security among nations in order to prevent a Third
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Discretion In The Criminal Justice System Discretion is the eminence of once behavior or the way of speaking in order to avoid any offensive occurrence or speaking up any private issues or information in public. It is the self-determination for someone to choose or think what should be better to be done in particular circumstances. Especially for a judge‚ a public official or other private party has the authority to make decisions on any legal matters or other big official subjects. Thus‚ a person
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A Study on Undemocratic and Outdated Laws Meaning of democratic governance - based on the PREAMBLE to the Constitution‚ specifically from the RIGHTS perspective Before heading with the research topic the first thing we have to understand is the meaning of democratic governance‚ it simply means not characterized by or relating to the principles of democracy. The preamble to the Indian Constitution reflects the basic spirit and structure of the Constitution. It is regarded that the PREAMBLE serves
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The second amendment of the US Constitution states that “a well regulated militia” is “necessary to the security of a free state” and that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”. The second amendment is outdated. In the time it was created and passed was a time when the militia was the people. It was made so that people could fight the British‚ which isn’t the case now‚ especially now that we have our own full-functioning army and law enforcement. It was
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beyond‚ the young person is no longer tried for crimes in juvenile courts; now‚ they are tried in adult courts. But‚ does one or two years make such a difference between sixteen year olds and eighteen year olds? Is it fair for one person‚ just seventeen years of age‚ to be tried in a juvenile court‚ receiving a lesser sentence for murder than an person just six months older in age who committed the same crime? I think not. Trying juveniles as adults should be constantly allowed because punishment
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Criminal Justice System Paper CJA/204 Vonnie Cooper March 28‚ 2011 Ken Salmon The word “crime” means an illegal action that is prohibited by law or a breakage of certain laws set forth by the criminal justice system. When someone
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