Juvenile justice system Checkpoint/Juvenile Court Process The Juvenile Court system is managed under the theory of rehabilitation rather than punishment in which also acts as parens patriae. Parens patriae is when a parent is reluctant or incapable to control a child‚ the state has the power to step in and act in the child’s and society’s best interest (Meyer & Grant‚ 2003). All juvenile courts have a judge of some type and have limited jurisdictions in which the judge is only allowed to hear
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There is no such thing as justice in or out of court. There is no justice in court. Decisions in court are made by judge and even though he’s supposed to be impartial he’s just human and he makes mistakes too. As shown in Devil’s Advocate the outcome of a case often depends on lawyer’s ability to influence the judge and juries. Lawyers try to persuade people to believe that a criminal is not guilty‚ although they know he is. Leopold and Loeb case is a good example of that. Clarence Darrow took
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The Contempt of Courts Act‚ 1971 The Contempt of Courts Act‚ 1971 has been enacted to define and limit the powers of certain courts in punishing contempt of courts and to regulate their procedure in relation thereto. Punishment for contempt affects two important fundamental rights of the citizens‚ namely‚ the right to personal liberty and the right to freedom of expression. According to the provisions of this Act‚ contempt of court means civil contempt or criminal contempt. Civil contempt means
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Going to court was a new experience for me‚ since I had never been to a court here in the United States. When I arrived to the court‚ on one side of the room was the plaintiff with his lawyer Andrew McCormick and on the other side‚ was the defendant‚ who was being defended by himself. The plaintiff’s attorney presented his opening statement to the judge‚ arguing that his client Mr. Weinberg was claiming $85‚246.87 in disparagement of property and for breaking a leasing contract. When it was the defendant’s
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know what to do in a medical emergency because they have seen it done on television. The same goes for Americans’ knowledge about Court hearings and the judicial system. Many things are done on television by actors playing lawyers or judges that are done just for the purpose of entertainment. “Reality-based” Court shows such as Judge Judy‚ People’s Court and Divorce Court dominate television ratings every day. Because the judicial system is not well understood by most people or learned in school or
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The drug court is a unique effort that uses the occasion of a drug offence arrest as an intervention opportunity for drug offenders even though historical problems in criminal justice diversion and referral programs the Dade County success rates have shown that these problems can be overcome through unique collaborative relationships‚ innovative treatment design‚ and the elimination of conventional gaps in the referral- treatment-monitoring process. It is the purpose of this paper to explore the
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ideas about court. I expected to walk into an open concept room with two tables‚ one for the defendant and one for the prosecutor‚ a jury section‚ and a section for the common people. The television definitely persuaded me to only thinking that the courtroom looked a certain way. I came into court believing that the courtroom would look like a courtroom from the 1920s‚ consisting of wooden pews‚ a big witness stand and one wooden bench for the judge. I visited Peachtree city municipal court on March
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Criminal and Civil Court Structures and Legal Personnel This assignment contains ..............................words Introduction This assignment will discuss and compare the court structure‚ legal personnel and their functions and the type of cases that are brought before criminal and civil courts. Criminal courts The criminal court system has many levels of superiority (refer to diagram 1.1 in Appendices). Lower courts are bound by all
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1.1 The court visit and its general role in the English Legal system. The court visited was ‘Uxbridge Magistrates Court and Uxbridge Youth Court’‚ which is managed by the ministry of justice. The magistrates’ court is one of the courts at the lowest level of court hierarchy. It deals with offences with are regarded as less serious offences. Cases in the magistrates ’ courts are usually heard by a panel of magistrates (Justices of the Peace). This court must normally be composed of not more than
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COURT HISTORY AND PURPOSE PAPER INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT Neil Holmes CJA/224 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL COURT SYSTEMS 02/16/14 LEESA MC NEIL
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