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    during a Saturday morning detention session. Each student arrived to the school by different means‚ which is a precursor to determining the type of individual each one is. The group is comprised of a "princess"‚ an "athlete”‚ a "brain"‚ a "criminal"‚ and a "basket case". These are the roles the students play during the week. Because of typical stereotypes and status levels‚ at the onset‚ the students don’t want anything to do each other at the beginning of the detention session. However‚ once confronted

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    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‚ 2005). The time a youth spend in confinement not only takes the individual away the negative factors that may influence his behavior but also take them away from any other positive reinforcements such as family and the community. Practitioners

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    prisoners to detention facilities in the continental United States‚ making it virtually impossible to try them in civilian courts. As of April 2012‚ 169 remained in detention at GITMO (Sutton‚ 2012). An assumption made by the Bush administration in selecting this location was that it was beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. The administration wanted to avoid any judicial oversight of how it handled detainees‚ characterized as “enemy combatants.” A possible legal challenge to indefinite detention with

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    BURMA ESSAY

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    BURMA /MYANMAR ESSAY First let me say that this is a really important topic that everybody should know about. It’s unbelievable to think that a country can sit there and treat people like this. Making a small child work for nothing‚ not allow the child to go to school because there is work to be done. It’s outrageous to think that a government does not want their people to have contact with the outside world‚ not allow their people to use other currencies. The documentary (Inside Burma: Land of

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    Aboriginal Cooking Methods The traditional ways to cook for aboriginals used to involve roasting their food on hot coals‚ baking in the ashes & steaming in ground ovens. But today theses things have changed & the aboriginals have easier ways to cook using ’technology’ from today. They have adapted to make the process easier by boiling & barbequing. Roasting; When cooking meat‚ this was the basic technique‚ which was almost always used. They cooked most meat‚ fish & small turtles. To make sure

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    towards people of any “Asian” ancestry turned to racial hatred. Under political and public pressure Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on February 19th‚ 1942 (Alonso 30). Enter one of the Dark times in American History‚ the imprisonment of its own citizens because of racial backgrounds. The act was attacked in the Supreme Court case “Hirabayasi v. United States‚” though the Supreme Court upheld the order as “A means of National Security in war time” (Touro Law 2). In May of 1942

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    in the absence of such conditions‚ through detainment‚ arrest‚ interrogation‚ incommunicado etc.‚ are not acceptable under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Many a times‚ deprivation of liberty involves arbitrary detention. Arbitrary detention is holding someone in custody for interrogation or arrest without any proper warrant‚ charge‚ notice or reason. It is a direct violation of the Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article

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    Women in Prison Introduction The growing rate of women in prison has spawned widespread awareness in our society; leading people to question why the percentage multiplied exponentially over the past three decades. In the past‚ female offenders have not only been compared to their male counterparts‚ but to society’s view on the role of women; the roles that labeled them as housewives and mothers. But how did these housewives and mothers go from the home to the prisons? The subject of women’s

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    Bangladesh (From UNAFEI Report for 1980 and Resource Material Series No Huq‚ Zahirul Law and Practice of Criminal Procedure‚ with Up-to-date amendments (Bangladesh Law Book Company‚ Dhaka‚ 9th ed‚ 2005)868. Marshall‚ P‚ ‘An Analysis of Preventive Detention for Serious Offenders’ (2007) 13 Auckland U L Rev 127. Rustogi‚ Ankita ‘The Right to Bail under Indian Criminal Procedure Law’ (2009) Social Science Research Network 9 Steel‚ A‚ ‘Politicians’ justifications for bail law amendment across Australia’

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    Provincial Offence Act Final Exam Review 1. Initial Interview - Gather all information that may be relevant to both trial and sentencing. - If the client is calling from a police station‚ ensure privacy‚ and gather as much information as possible from the officer-in-charge. - Does the client wish to be interviewed in the presence of a third person? - Consider that the solicitor-client privilege may no longer apply and the third person could be forced to testify about the interview. Documents

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