The Impact of the law reform in the Scope of Domestic Violence in NSW As substantiated by amendments to Crimes Act 1900‚ Bail Act 1989 and the Firearm Act 1989 the effectiveness of Law reform in NSW is established in the scope of domestic violence. This reflects the changing social standards and sense of public morality as to the role and protection of women and children in society. The Crimes act 1900 established the statute that codifies the common law crimes for the state of New South Wales.
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setting of excessive bail or the imposition of excessive fines. However‚ it has also been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States (according to the Eighth Amendment)to inflict physical damage on students in a school environment for the purpose of discipline in most circumstances. The 8th Amendment stipulates that bail shall not be excessive. This is unclear as to whether or not there is a constitutional right to bail‚ or only prohibits excessive bail‚ if it is to be
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altered. Out of these ten amendments the eighth amendment has been upheld since it was created. The eighth amendment states‚ “Excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed‚ nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” This means that when a person is arrested and being accused of a crime‚ the court are not allowed to set an unreasonable bail and are not allowed to impose harsh punishments. This amendment has been upheld throughout the years in social‚ economic and government
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HSC Legal Studies Holiday Work Analyses a. ‘Briefing Paper on Juvenile Justice: Some Recent Developments (1999)’ The law treats young people differently to adults as it aims to prevent children from being exploited or from facing the consequences of making uninformed decisions. The criminal justice system recognizes young people can be less responsible than adults for their offences and this is most evident in the way the law approaches the age of criminal responsibility‚ known as doli incapax
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Most people go their entire lives without needing to help bail someone out. In many cases‚ the only exposure they’ve had to our industry is based on what they’ve seen on television. That can be scary. At this point‚ the only thing they can focus on is getting their loved one out of jail fast. They might start their search for a bondsman by grabbing the local Yellow Pages or hopping on the Internet. This can soon become overwhelming because bail bonds companies are a dime a dozen. How do you know which
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is not a person. It gives the wrong impression of what government really is and sends people looking for assistance in the wrong direction. I believe that Americans are divided as to whether or not the Government has an economic responsibility to bail out those corporations in financial trouble. Government is an instrumentality; it is a means that we use to achieve our goals and objectives. We need to make sure that we use Government
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in extension: Section 18 of the Juvenile Justice Act‚ 1986 reads as follows: Bail and custody o1 juveniles: (1) When any person accused of a bailable offence and apparently a juvenile is arrested or detained or appears or is brought before a Juvenile Court‚ such person shall not withstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure‚ 1973‚ or in any other law for the time being in force‚ be released on bail with or without surety but he shall not be so released if there appears reasonable
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The major change was removing the presumptions that were skewed for or against bail based on specific offences. Due to the 80 amendments that were previously made‚ the act was very complex and even challenging to interpret by legal professions. This meant that sometimes outcomes did not properly reflect the seriousness of the offense and there was an influx of people in prison on remand (declined bail). Statistics show that in 2012 there were 26% of prisoners that were in jail for an average
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The lack of public defenses cause many problems such as the criminals stay in jail until their case is heard. Many of the criminals convicted of crimes are not able to post bail so they plead guilty in order to serve a quicker sentence than waiting for a public defender. Those accused of a crime continue to stay because almost none of them ever gets their case heard. There are also things that people have already done to keep
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Police Influence Police Influence on Society Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice CJA/344 March 25‚ 2012 Police Influence Police Influence on Society The history of policing in diverse neighborhoods has not been
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