Criminal Law Year 11 Legal Studies Term 2 – 2015 What is Criminal? Criminal conduct is behaviour that the law deems to be wrongful. Criminal law covers the acts and omissions that most people in society consider harmful. As well as causing harm to a victim‚ a crime is also regarded as harming the society as a whole. Behaviour that breaks one of these criminal rules is an offence. Sources of Criminal Law Criminal law is the responsibility of the States. The Commonwealth can enact
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Concerning rehabilitation there are many things that come to mind. This paper will discuss what that term means. We will also examine the origin of rehabilitation and the different options that they get for parole. When we think about prisoner rehabilitation it is seen as a form of treatment. Simply because when a person goes through rehab‚ according to the definition‚ it is a form of treatment used to store a person back to good life. So when prisoners go through rehabilitation they are taught
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Individual Punishment Philosophy Paper Robert J. Lawson CJS/220 April 13‚ 2014 Steven J. Weber There are four types of punishment philosophies that are used in the court system. Deterrence Theory is often used as a goal to deter criminal sentencing by placing fear in the criminal of the punishment they could receive. This particular theory is to try and rationalize with the criminal of how freedom from jail could be beneficial to them oppose to receiving jail time for the crime
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Johnson Kaplan University CM103-05 Professor Clay 9/1/2011 There are two primary goals of the United States corrections system. One of those goals is to punish offenders. The most common form of punishment is incarceration. There is also probation‚ house arrest‚ home electronic monitoring‚ and other less severe forms of punishment according to the crime committed. The second goal of corrections is to rehabilitate offenders. Some forms of rehabilitation can include job training‚ drug treatment
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centers and organizations within the United States. The most commonly used within most communities are probation‚ restitution‚ and group homes. Probation is used to deal with offenders without imprisonment and is also a type of community based treatment. With this treatment‚ juveniles are given a trial period to which they are able to redeem themselves for their misconduct. Inspection with a probation officer and abiding by the rules set forth of them they are able to be part of the community is way
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repeat criminals who just cannot handle being in the outside world. When a person is convicted of a crime there are number of places to which they can go to serve out there sentence. There are prisons‚ jails‚ second chance homes‚ boot camps and or probation‚ depending on the crime that was committed and whom it was committed by. When a person is sentenced to serve their time in prison there are so many things that may go through that person’s mind. One is will they have to sleep on the floor‚ which
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Where did Fin’s treatment take place? What happened to fin in the accident was he suffered a spinal injury‚ Fin will probably never be able to walk again or move any part of his body. In legal terms what do the following words mean? Plea‚ bail‚ parole‚ probation‚ character references‚ sentencing‚ conviction‚ rehabilitation. A Plea is a formal statement by or on behalf of a defendant or prisoner saying weather they are guilt or innocence. Bail is a term used when someone is in jail and can be granted
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capricious and coercive nature of plea bargains. In the year of 2003‚ a 16-year-old young man named Terrance Graham attempted to rob a restaurant. Graham was charged as an adult facing a life sentence without parole. Graham was offered one year in jail and two additional years of probation by his prosecutor given
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Police Influence on Society CJA - 344 November 5‚ 2012 Stephen Humphries Police Influence on Society There always has been conflict between law enforcement and ethnic and social class groups. Some argue police will arrest an African American‚ Hispanic‚ or Asian before they will arrest a Caucasian; there is also a belief police will arrest a person coming from a lesser socioeconomic class before he or she will arrest a person from a more affluent place in society. Unfortunately‚ though
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11/4/2013 CJA/484 Correction Proceedings Based on the information gathered from different materials‚ proceeding with jails‚ prisons‚ probation‚ parole‚ juvenile‚ and community corrections may range from many perspectives. Jails and prisons are different from a few perspectives‚ but it may also vary on the length of time to serve for punishment. Parole and probation are reservation options to help educate criminals about ethical knowledge. Community corrections are also provided to help keep the environment
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