I was assigned to the Edwardsville Hillsboro Satellite Office. The staff of the Madison County Probation Department is responsible for the supervision and services to both adult and juvenile offenders on probation. They work to rehabilitate offenders by conducting offender risk assessments‚ enforce the conditions of court orders‚ and help to ensure that the offenders are aware of the impact of their crime on the victims and the public. Probation officers help judges to decide on the sentence
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Introduction to Courts in Malaysia Summary There are generally two types of trials‚ criminal and civil. The hierarchy of courts begins from the Magistrates’ Court‚ Sessions Court‚ High Court‚ Court of Appeal‚ and finally‚ the Federal Court. The jurisdiction of the courts in civil or criminal matters are contained in theSubordinate Courts Act 1948 and the Courts of Judicature Act 1964. Article 121 of the Constitution provides for two High Courts of coordinate jurisdiction‚ the High Court in Malaya‚ and
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presumed to have the capacity to form criminal intent. There were no special courts for children‚ and they were treated as adult criminals. Minors were arrested‚ held in custody‚ and tried and sentenced by a court that had discretion to order the child imprisoned in the same jail as adult criminals. Although children received the same punishment as adults‚ they were not provided with many of the due process protections accorded adult criminals. For instance‚ minors did not have a right to "bail‚ indictment
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More than 200‚000 children are prosecuted in adult courts each year. All 50 states can prosecute a child‚ under the age of 16 years old‚ as an adult (Young & Gainsborough‚ 2000). Between 1992 and 1997‚ forty two states and the District of Columbia enacted legislation to enable juvenile offenders to be transferred to adult prisons (Young & Gainsborough‚ 2000). Missouri and Indiana lowered the minimum age for transfer to an adult facility from 16 years of age to the incredibly young age of ten (Flesch
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decision of the United States Supreme Court which passed 5-4 in 1966 in the lawsuit Miranda v. Arizona‚ 384 U. S. 436. Miranda rights gives suspects the right to remain silent when arrested‚ the knowledge that any statement made can be used against them in a Court of law and an understanding they have the right to an attorney and they reserve the right to waive this right and succumb to interrogation by the police. Research abound that addresses the inability of juveniles in fully comprehending the implication
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Preventing Juvenile Delinquency Introduction A major problem in modern day society‚ of course‚ is criminals. It is believed by some that some people are born criminals‚ that they just have a genetic make up to do ‘bad things’‚ but for those who know better‚ we know this is nowhere near true. Criminals are formed by their environment‚ life experiences‚ and other situational factors. You can have the exact same two individuals and raise them in separate places and although they are genetically
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Court System Paper Ronnie Allen Survey of Justice and Security/AJS/502 Version 1 June 10‚ 2013 Mr. Joseph Laronge This paper is about a court case‚ different types of federal and state courts‚ and new technology used in court cases. In everyday life all over the world there are law enforcement officers‚ lawyers‚ judges ’‚ government officials and even accused criminals that are looking forward to some type of reprieve from the United States Court System at some
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Assignment one: Supreme Court case Roper v Simmons. Due February 3 rd 2014. Citation: 543 U.S 551‚125 S.Ct.1183‚ 161 L. Ed 2d 1‚ 2005 U.S. Facts: In 1993‚ respondent Christopher Simmons in the state of Missouri at the age of 17 and his friend‚ had planned to rob and kill a female victim named Shirley crook. Simmons entered the house‚ robbed it and proceeded to kill the victim and later threw her off of bridge in a state park. Subsequent to the trial‚ the court found Simmons to be guilty
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assaulted at twelve‚ he was sentenced to juvenile detention for one week for a vandalism crime. On his first day there‚ he was raped by an older cellmate (Kasier). Juvenile detention conceptually‚ could work; however‚ over the past decade the recidivism rates have increased. Due to the presence of systematic abuse and higher rates of committing crimes‚ statistics and studies have proven it’s more effective for juveniles
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Should eyewitness testimony be used as evidence in a court of law? Discuss using research and/ or psychological theory to support your views. By: Megan Hong Word Count = 799 (Not including headings and bibliography) Eyewitness testimony is the account a bystander gives in the courtroom‚ describing what they perceived happened during the specific incident under investigation. Ideally this recollection of events is detailed; however this is not always the case. This recollection is used as
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