Juvenile Justice Legislation in India The first central legislation on Juvenile Justice was passed in 1986‚ by the Union Parliament‚ providing a uniform law on juvenile justice for the entire country. Prior to this law each state had its own enactment on juvenile justice with there being differences in the way juveniles were treated by different state legal systems. The Juvenile Justice Act was thus passed to provide care‚ protection‚ treatment‚ development and rehabilitation of neglected or delinquent
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T.B.T JOHN 200903179 SOC127: INTRODUCTION TO PENOLOGY TERM PAPER CAN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE REPLACE THE EXISTING SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE? What is Restorative Justice ? Restorative justice is a way of thinking about crime and conflict. It is not a particular practice or type of program‚ but rather a philosophy‚ or a set of principles. The United Nations Working Group on Restorative Justice defines it in the following way: a process whereby parties with a stake in a particular offence resolve collectively
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Pathway to Justice: The Changing Face of the Criminal Justice System and Forensic Science Forensic science has perpetuity transformed our criminal justice system. Justice‚ “the quality or fact of being just‚ the principle of fairness that like cases should be treated alike‚ a particular distribution of benefits and burdens fairly in accordance with a particular conception‚ the principle that punishment should be proportionate to the offence‚ the administration of law according to prescribed and
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Malmsbury Youth Detention Centre in Victoria‚ Rita Panahi contends that the justice system for juveniles is a system that is soft on criminals resulting in the riots and damage of property. Panahi’s article ‘We need more stick and less carrot in detention centres’ mocks the juvenile system by emphasizing its ineffective “softly softly” nature or carrot.The article is also accompanied by an image depicting two rowdy escaped juveniles. This article was also accompanied by an opposing point of view in the
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Should the public sector be privatized? Replies: Posted By: meenakshisekar Yes of course privatization of public sectors leads to some healthy changes in an org. b’s when you take public sectors u can find some slackness (or a little bit) delay in their services. But in case of private since service is there first and foremost duty they act rapidly. Posted By: ssrkraju Hi All‚ Privatization of public sector. Lot depends of which sector we are talking about. Let me clarify few doubts
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many common features which originate from their common English origin. These include the presumption of innocence‚ the neutral role of the trial judge‚ and the use of the jury trial. However‚ between the jurisdictions there are also significant different approaches especially in relation to the treatment of illegally obtained evidence‚ improperly obtained confessions and entrapment. The transparency of the jury is also an important distinguishing feature of the United States’ system not evident in Australia
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PROVEN INNOCENT There is a problem with our justice system. When a person is arrested and they are innocent‚ one of the first questions they will ask is what about my rights. Nowhere in the Constitution of the United States of America or the Bill of Rights‚ is it written that a person is innocent until proven guilty. There have been people on death row and some that have already been put to death even though they were innocent. Our justice system has changed and improved over the years. There
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Topic: If you could be attractive and stupid or intelligent and ugly. Which one would you prefer? Why? A person of high intelligence will get successes effortlessly no matter how he looks; therefore‚ I’d rather become an intelligent ugly girl than become a beautiful stupid one. A smart person with unattractive appearance; in my opinion‚ has much motivation to step forward as well as has been treated with much more respect from other people. In fact‚ an ugly person can also change to a beautiful
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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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Juveniles entering in the criminal justice system can bring a number of serious problems with them. The problems include substance abuse‚ academic failure‚ emotional disturbances‚ physical health‚ family problems‚ and a history of physical or sexual abuse. However‚ the rehabilitation programs in the juvenile criminal justice system is not meeting the needs of the adolescent population and the problems that come with them. Effectively addressing these problems require the programs to be successful
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