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Minorities are Over-represented throughout the Criminal Justice Process
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inority members whether racial or ethnic are vulnerable groups who too often face persecution, subjective imprisonment, offensive treatment by law enforcement, and unequal treatment in the court system.... “Ostensibly race or descent-neutral laws can have a disparate impact on vulnerable minorities or even majorities as a consequence of prosecutorial discretion, or sentencing policies, or the nature of the law itself” (Human Rights Watch, 1981).... It goes without saying, however, that they are well under-represented as officials in law enforcement departments as well as in the judiciary....
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Rental and Tenant Laws in the US
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One of these is the violation of the law discriminating tenants on the basis of familial status.... It is basically composed of common law and statutory laws.... It is basically composed of common law and statutory laws.... Conclusion There are so many violations in the tenant law and the only thing the people can do to protect their right is be informed.... rg/public/legalinfo/1246_RightsDutiesTenants.... Citing a case of violation, the jury from Minneapolis, Minnesota concluded that the no pet policy of the landlord is a form of discrimination when he enforced this policy to a man who was grief stricken after the murder of his son....
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Hearsay Evidence in Criminal Justice
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oreover the application of the haphazardly developed exceptions, lead to many anomalous consequences, resulting in probative, reliable evidence being excluded from consideration by the tribunal with real potential for injustice to the public interest, including the interest of the accused.... Thus though the Law Commission might have intended it to be used only exceptionally, but there is nothing in the Act that specifically required it to be so limited: it conferred on the courts a "flexible weapon to achieve justice in criminal law....
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Biological Predisposition to Criminal Behavior
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“The criminal law Implications of the Human Genome Project: Reimagining a Genetically Oriented Criminal Justice System,” Kentucky Law Journal, Vol.... This study showed that when biological parents had criminal tendencies and the adoptees exhibited more criminality as compared to when it was only the adopting parents who were parents.... iological Predisposition to criminal Behavior ... Approach of the criminal Judicial System ...
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The Case Laws in the European Court
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Thinking such as a clear violation of the former Article 12 EC (Article 25 EC) on the common market, the company asked for reimbursements.... The area of interest now would be the rights of an employer against an employee, after she developed migraine attacks resulting from her constant use of computer, as required from her job.... In its decision, the ECJ said that the nature of the EEC treaty on common market implies that the treaty itself does not only laid down a blanket of mutual obligations between the States involved but at the same time, it functions and acts directly to the concerns of the parties in interest....
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Critical Race in Literature
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Specific populations are targeted by the law and hence indicate that some crime is more acceptable for elite members of society.... The second feature, sometimes called “interest convergence” or “material determinism”, adds a further dimension.... Board of Education, considered a great triumph of civil rights litigation, may have resulted more from the self-interest of elite whites than a desire to help blacks (Crenshaw et al.... That society frequently chooses to ignore these scientific facts, creates races, and endows them with pseudo-permanent characteristics is of great interest to critical race theory (Crenshaw et al....
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Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making
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y contrast, the European Court of Justice appears to be more concerned about environmental pollution and public interest, by making pro-public decisions.... Both decisions symbolise the determination of courts, especially since the recent past, to safeguard public interest in decision-making by acting in their best interests.... "Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making" paper discusses the role of public participation in environmental decision-making concerning international, EU, and UK law....
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Treating Juvenile Criminals as Adults
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There is a clear connection which we must take into account when designing this public policy. ... Judges and the public did not like it because the term served never resembled the actual sentence given and was almost always shorter.... The law states that a young offender should be imprisoned in a special jail with other young offenders under 18 years old (Murphy 88).... any young people who break the law come from broken homes or abusive families, but that does not excuse their actions or atone for the damage they have done to other peoples lives....
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Nature of Hearing, Visual and Intellectual Impairment
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The paper "Nature of Hearing, Visual and Intellectual Impairment" states that hearing loss is the reduced function or loss of typical hearing.... It reduces an individual's sensitivity to functions such as listening, understanding speech, and speaking in the same way as individuals with typical hearing....
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Future of Parole in the United States
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Sentencing law and Policy.... The Future of Parole as a Key Partner in Assuring public Safety.... Kentucky uses a half-back way program as incentive for gang members to avoid going back into incarceration over technical violation usually with agreements.... By 1989, the number of hearings heard by the commission had declined to 16,619 as the new law began to take effect.... Higher functional monitoring and integrated surveillance efforts with local law enforcement is necessary....
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Freedom of Speech on the Internet
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Laws that increase regulations and its associated costs to the common webmaster jeopardize this developing modernization and globalization of public dialogue.... To censure or prohibit free speech on the Internet is a violation of law, the highest law, the Constitution of the United States. ... "It is possible for any court to string together words in an important sounding way, crafting phrases such as 'prurient interest,' or a mythical national consensus, and claim to have created a uniform definition of indecency....
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Impacts of Californias Criminal Justice Realignment
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Stanford journal of criminal law and policy 2 (1).... Realignment report: an examination of offenders released from state prison in the first year of public safety realignment.... Understanding the basics of public safety realignment.... ccording to the public Policy Institute of California, there was an increase in the crime rate in the state from 2011 to 2012.... he public policy institute of California also argued that the rate of violent crimes in the state rose to 422 per 100,000 residents in 2012 (Green, 2014)....
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Analysis of Black Criminal Stereotypes And Racial Profiling Article Authored by Welch
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law and Contemporary Problems, 66 (3): 71-98. ... Nevertheless, public estimates of Black criminality exceed the reality and the media often perpetuate ideas connecting race with criminality, which may be propelled by political agendas.... Welch asserts that the outlined phenomena play a critical role in entrenching the stereotype of young Blacks as criminal threat among the public within American society, which in turn, propels the practice of racial profiling within the criminal justice system....
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Fair And Equitable Treatment in Bilateral Investment Treaties
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In other words, the concept of fair and equitable treatment (FET) is an indispensable part of BITs; in the case that one of the parties fail to meet its obligations (as described in one of these treaties) then the other party or any person (or organization) that suffers a damage because of this violation of the terms of the relevant agreement can brought the case before an international tribunal.... In order to understand the above role it is necessary to refer primarily to the various aspects of these treaties as part of the international law....
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Internet Crime, International Terror, Identity Theft
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Officials often take criticism for discrimination that may indeed be necessary and may desire to leave the public spotlight after experiencing a great amount of public scrutiny.... International terrorism can call for profiling and also relates to privacy violations in how law enforcement often uses invasive practices such as body searches and wiretapping.... hese challenges increase stress and burnout in law enforcement because they place great responsibility on law enforcement professionals, who must act in a manner that is respectful and polite despite the necessity to make some citizens uncomfortable....
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Criminal Punishment in American Society
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Usually, the actions that are deemed to be more serious as far as violation of the law is concerned are punished heavily.... Usually, the actions that are deemed to be more serious as far as violation of the law is concerned are punished heavily.... They issued punishment based on their interpretation of both scriptural law and that of the English.... Some take the criminal to the court of law for prosecution, while others punish the criminal without giving him the benefit of the court of law....
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The Syrian Crisis: A Challenge to Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention
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The Muslim Brotherhood though founded in Egypt as early as 1928, it is a political outfit, international and it focuses on creating Sharia law in a state.... The paper "The Syrian Crisis: A Challenge to Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention" highlights that according to Simon Caney, he asserts that in the case of intervention, states tend to take a defensive aspect rather than finding a suitable way of practicing humanism....
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Liability of Law Enforcement Officers WK7
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Basic laws, such as in the first case, the Fourth Amendment violation, they neither respect nor were punished for it.... law is law, and it must be same for all of us. ... ot Liability of law enforcement officers Liability of law enforcement officers ''No oppression is as heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.... law is law, and it must be same for all of us....
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Business Law - Securities Exchange Act and the Security Act
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n this case, Jonny Jones, Joan, and Jake will be liable to such fines and even imprisonment for the violation of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act.... Johnny, Joan, and Jake had a fiduciary role to play in the committal of acts that are deemed to be in violation of the Security Exchange Act together with the Security Act as they were all participating as beneficiaries in the commission of the said fraudulent acts.... This is the duty to disclose which is made public for a market evaluation of the specific company together with the way the company conducts the pricing of its securities (Smith, Washburne, & Pham)....
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Gender Discrimination And American Law
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According to the judges, the admission policy of the institution was a clear violation of the fourteenth amendment of the American constitution, under the equal protection clause.... Justice Ginsberg further denoted that the parallel facility that the parallel facility which was under the control of VMI did not offer the curriculum to women, and therefore it did not match the standards set by VMI, on this basis; the policy by the institution to admit only males is a violation of the equal protection clause contained in the fourteenth amendment of the American constitution....
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Criminal Justice Management and Administration
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The research paper has focused on the different ways of looking at the criminal justice system.... The objective of this research is to focus on the administration of the system by offering an overview of the structure that makes up the criminal justice system and a brief look at the distinction of the top offices....
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Internet Privacy
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public place internet such as library is accessible through provisions created by such bodies.... public place internet such as library is accessible through provisions created by such bodies.... This is because it could expose that person's (legal or real) information to the public.... The violation stretches to network providing firms as which bear the financial loss in the equation.... The persons in question are subscribed in transactions cognizable to the law to obtain internet access within their scope....
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How the Internet Creates Communities of Interest, Helping to Forge Global Village
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The affiliations of sports, religion, and professional networks form the communities of interest with the internet providing the necessary backbone to forge a global village.... Individuals with a common interest can form groups on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter and be able to receive local, regional, national, and global content in minutes.... The prevalence of online communities of interest is because of the lack of authenticity of membership....
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Critical Evaluation of the UK Governments Reforming the Law of Company Charge Registration
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The term security interest is used in two different contexts including consensual security, which exists through contractual agreement, and legal security, which exists by operation of the law.... A further classification breaks the term into quasi security and real security whereby the real security is about the grant of interest through security while quasi security is concerned with gaining recourse against some form of proprietary interest rather than through a grant (BIS, 2011)....
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Research foundations in criminal justice
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Review of literature on the topic of interest follows, leading to accurate identification of existing knowledge gap and potential approach to bridging the gap (Sampson, 2012).... It plays an important role in criminal justice that relies on interpretation of precedents for judicial decisions and on law reviews for informed rationale.... Research foundations in criminal justice ...
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The Evolution of the Law on the Anonymity of Witnesses
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- There is a genuine necessity to adopt these special measures to safeguard witness' or other person's life, property or a real harm to public interest.... Or it has been balanced with the public interest?... Therefore, it could be concluded that right of fair trail is absolute in principle but in practice there are few departures in larger public interest.... These grounds were duly raised in Queen's Bench Division and the Court of appeal which certified its point of public importance....
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Analysis of International Legal Enforcement Procedures
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Individuals can be guilty for causing violations to human rights and thus cause severe violation of the IHL.... This means that non state actors can be held accountable in matters relating to violation of human rights in situations involving armed conflicts. ... Agreements between the government and the rebels are important as they facilitate the implementation of rules that are intended to protect victims of war from violation of their rights....
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Business Law Case Study
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It was intended to separate the two races, as a matter of public policy.... Cine filed a lawsuit against the Allied Artists Pictures Corporation with an allegation that Allied artists and local theater owners conspired to prevent Cine from opening its theater, in violation of federal antitrust law.... Essentials of Business law and the Legal Environment 11th ed.... Legal representatives of several black children sought admission to public schools that required or permitted the segregation based on color....
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Criminal Justice - Delinquent and Criminal Behavior
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Juvenile Delinquency: Theory, Practice, and law.... Delinquent and criminal behavior among juveniles, on their journey toward adulthood in this post-modern world, is the cardinal issue that this paper addresses.... AbstractDelinquent and criminal behavior among juveniles, on their journey toward adulthood in this post-modern world, is the cardinal issue that this paper addresses.... Many social services in our communities have been done away with, which has given young people a leeway to engage in delinquent groupings (World Youth Report, p200)ConclusionWhile delinquency is a common characteristic period and process of growing into adulthood, it is very important to acknowledge the fact that a great majority of young people who commit some of these offences at some point during their adolescence do not allow it to metamorphose into a criminal career in the end....
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Public Policing Versus Private Security
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And also executes the usual patrol of public places and responds to emergencies.... comprehensive security plan must suggest for the integration of public policing and private security.... Public policing is the ability to implement the law and maintain order in the society; whereas, private securities are paid agencies which perform defensive and loss-preclusion duties.... The private securities and the public police can grow and work together for the common interest of the criminal justice system....
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The Rule of Law
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This prevents an individual or an entity from being punished for any violation that is not punishable by the law4.... Name: Course: Date: The Rule of law According to Webley & Samuels, 2012, “The rule of law is a theory or a doctrine”1.... Precisely, this means that the term Rule of law anticipates both assumptions and canons that are genuine and universally acceptable.... What this definition therefore means is that, the concept of the Rule of law is not definitive, and thus it derives its meaning from its application, or its desired and expected functionalism....
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Changes in Criminal Justice
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An increase in the availability and subsequent fear of drugs sparked the nation's War on Drugs, Determinate Mandatory law, and Truth in Sentencing.... In relation to drugs, the strict law increases the number of inmates locked up for relatively petty offenses such as possession of an illegal substance because a sentence cannot be reduce due to good behavior and, one has to serve at least 85% of the sentence.... The criminal justice system evolved significantly over the years....
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Law: Civil Liberties and Human Rights
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On a general study, the trend of case-law and legislation is towards recognizing a “general right of freedom from emotional disturbance caused intentionally or by unreasonable conduct”.... There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others ...
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Forensic Psychology and Criminal Investigation
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, Psychology, public Policy, and Law, 10, pp.... The book cites lack of scientific evidence as an impediment in asserting BIAs Misconceptions In Mass Media and Academic Community regarding BIAs In my review I chose to work on an article by three authors dubbed The Usefulness of criminal profiling.... One is the lack of proof of cases whereby a criminal was successfully apprehended and tried based purely on criminal profiling....
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The Cae of Land Law
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Frank could be bound by the interest of Beatrice ... verriding interests: Under the laws of registered conveyancing, when a person purchases a legal interest in land, he would normally be bound by any third party interests in that land, save and except, when it is registered, or deemed to constitute 'overriding interests.... rank may not be bound by the interest of Beatrice.... Therefore, it could be considered to be an interest in land and needs to be protected by an entry in the Register....
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American Criminal Justice System
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It means that judicial precedents, in practice, 'help judicial law-making -an intrinsically decentralized mode of governance- achieve a semblance of centralization and systematic coherence' (Shapiro and Sweet, 121).... However, coherence in the criminal justice system is achieved through the 'established hierarchy of the courts and operates in such a way that generally, a court is bound by the ratio decidendi, or rule of law implicit in the decisions of a court above it in the hierarchy and usually by a court of equal standing in the hierarchy' (Slapper and Kelly, 3)....
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The Role of ICTY in Developing International Criminal Law
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As opposed to the previous years, international criminal law and punishment of war offenders was applied to both side of the divide without practicing the previously common victor's justice.... revious war crime adjudication has contributed to the development of international criminal law and legislation to guide the actions and behaviours of soldiers in the battlefield.... Such legal powers have enabled such international criminal tribunals to influence the development of domestic and international criminal law and influence the institution of legal committees to ensure fairness and legality....
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Analysis of EPAs Policies
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Whereas, delayed costs are the ones that were postponed by the violation but will be incurred to attain compliance.... The conditions are that the discovery of violation must be through environmental audits or EMS- Environmental management system; the Discovery of violation must be voluntary; agreement of taking steps for prevention should be there.... The violation must be disclosed within 20 days after the discovery by EPA....
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The Impact of Technology on Criminal Justice
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(2008) criminal law and Procedure.... he reason for this is because the police are mandated to protect the innocent public and with the support from respective governments, they are under constant pressure to subdue criminals (Hall, 2008, p.... The terrorists also had an operations center across the border in Pakistan that they used to monitor global news and social media in real time, and leveraging public photos, videos to kill more people. ...
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The UK Defamation Law
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The defendant would have to certify that the statements made under libel were true and of public interest.... A defense is introduced which abides the publishers to publish only the material of public interest.... For instance, publishers and electronic media personnel have a right of freedom of expression which allows them to discuss anyone as per the public interest while on the other hand if the printed or broadcasted material brings reputational issues to the targeted person then he can secure his respect through the defamation law....
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Applied Health Care Ethics and Law
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losing interest on eating ………………….... Applied Health Care Ethics and law Total Number of Words: 4,998 Table of Contents I.... Common law of Informed Consent ……………………… 10 ... Health care ethics and law is vital in the regular practice of health care services particularly in the field of nursing....
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Is Criminal Justice System a Fair and Just System
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he Director of public Prosecution and their staff are entrusted with the main function of the prosecuting of the criminal offenders.... t is a very critical point to understand but the fact is that in the Australian judicial system and taking into account its penal system, all of the agencies, including in it the Directors of public Prosecution, the law enforcement agencies, the Courts, the oversight agencies and even the correction services are totally independent of the working of each other....
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Riordan Corporate Compliance Plan
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Conclusion From this report, we can say that the ratification of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has provided for additional liabilities and responsibilities of the managers and directors of public organizations like Riordan Manufacturing.... The Act emphasizes on senior management of public companies to very diligent in their operations.... Handling situations when laws are violated or in question There are manifold defenses that can be used in mitigating the liabilities of directors and officers in instances of the violation of laws....
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Criminal Justice, Organized Crime
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The group's violent illegal activities, its secret rituals, and some of its notorious leaders such as John Gotti and Al Capone have highly affected the entire Italian public as well as turning out to become one of the popular cultures (Albini 45).... The Italian Mafia group alongside with other ethnic groups unlawfully, started to associate themselves with liquor activities as well as transforming themselves to perform other criminal activities such as money laundering, smuggling, and bribing the police officers as well as any other public officers (Albini 47)....
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Global Public Policy and the Case of Money Laundering
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Apparently these criminals attempt to escape any kind of public regulation while exploiting profits at tolerable levels of risk.... One aspect of similarity rests in their transnational group, best portrayed by the combination of corporate and criminal engagements that typifies the global criminal interest group based in Cali, Colombia (Ringland 2002).... Introduction Globalization has resulted in a rush forward not just in legal but also in unlawful economic engagements, providing new challenges for public policy....
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Public Admiration
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Public authorities played varied roles in the realization of public investment projects in the name of public interest and welfare.... Many of the managers attached to the nature of this profession are those who are intellectually gifted to pursue issues and concerns of public affairs.... It is construed that those engaged in public administration have breadth of knowledge and perspectives of the science of public administration.... Science of Decision-Making and E-management In such context, public administration is therefore a science of decision-making based on existing regulations, done by public officials, done often in writing, and is always in congruent to the national policies and laws of public administration (Stefan, 2009)....
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Cheating as a Violation of Objectivity
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The paper "Cheating as a violation of Objectivity" tells us about various actions designed to subvert rules in order to obtain unfair advantages.... For example, if a sportsman uses dope to increase his level of force and get an advantage in competitions it is considered to be a violation of objective sports rules because the results under dope aren't the objective estimation of abilities of the sportsman's body.... ny cheating is a violation of the objective and moral principles established a long time ago....
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Criminal Justice's View on Domestic Violence
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In clarifying what they regarded to be the differential treatment of public and private violence, feminist scholars have claimed that policing is not established by the law but that it functions within a discrepancy built by discretionary powers (Hoyle, 1998).... Edwards (1989) asserted that there is a ‘public/private divide' in theoretical law and actual law which structures and endorses a different degree of reaction to similar behavior in the two areas, involving a different degree of priorities and responses of the police....
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Women and International Human Rights
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However, such forms of harsh punishments only amount to a violation of the rights of prisoners, which ought to stop in my opinion.... The reason for failure of the UN, in my view is because of the politics and conflict of interest in the UN body, which is bad for the world. ... Edwards (2010) study found that the majority of FGMs are performed against the wishes of the girls and this amounts to serious human rights violation, which the world should stand against....
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The Unfairness of the Criminal Justice System on Aboriginal People
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With regards to the unfairness in justice system among the Aboriginal People, what comes into focus the instance that seeks to know whether the indigenous people did follow the same law and justice polices plus the protocols in place despite being regarded as injustice to the Aboriginal people (Yannakakis, 2013).... law and History Review, 29(01), 313-316.... The power on people such as powers of detainment like quarantine, forceful denial of hospitality care and ultimatum screening on infections among all citizens formed the constituent of The public Health Act 1902 and its regulations (Nancarrow, 2006)....
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