Punishment and Sentencing Abstract In general, a juvenile cannot be tried in an adult court. All states have the ability to try juveniles in adult courts under certain conditions such as statutory exclusion, judicial waiver, and concurrent jurisdiction. In juvenile courts, a juvenile is entitled to Due Process Rights that include a transfer hearing before trial in adult court, notice of charges, and assistance of counsel, amongst others. However, juveniles are not entitled to a trial by jury
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sentencing options. 1) Economic sanctions – offenders pay a fine or restitution to the victim or complete community service. These are standalone sentences without probation. 2) Probation- a prison sentence is suspended on the condition one is supervised in the community. 3) Intermediate sanctions- a midrange disposition that fall between probation and imprisonment. 4) Short term confinement- a sentence in jail for one year or less. 5) Imprisonment- a sentence in prison for one year or more including life
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Employment contract This contract of employment is entered into between Mr. Pawan Gupta and Mrs. Sneha Agrawal on 27th February 2015(commencement of employment will start from the date the employee sign the employment contract) under the terms and conditions of employment below: Basic terms of contract: 1. Employee's job title: Factory Manager 2. Basic monthly salary: The employee’s basic salary will be Rs9000 which will be provided on the first day of the month, which include a Dearness allowance
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Miles were very beneficial speakers for the class, and especially anyone going into the Correction track. They gave a lot of valuable information that I had never known before about the corrections field and how probation and parole works. Before these speakers I never knew what bond conditions even were, but now I understand them to be the guidelines for a prisoner before they go to jail and are still in the community. The information given on the pre-sentence report was also very interesting because
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parole and probation. Both systems watch convicted offenders and sometimes use the same sanctions and rehabilitation programs, but work differently. For instance, offenders on probation serve their sentencing in the community instead of being incarcerated. On the other hand, an offender on parole served time in prison but was granted to be let out in the community; due to maybe good behavior or time served expired. As policy makers now focus to have community- based corrections, probation agencies
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A crime is an illegal act which may result in prosecution and punishment by the state if the accused is convicted. Generally, in order to be convicted of a crime, the accused must be shown to have committed an unlawful act (actus reus) with a criminal state of mind (mens rea). (Crime, 2007). Mens rea is what has to be proven, you have to prove whether or not the state of mind was consciously aware that he/she was committing a crime. Without the laws, you would have a very difficult time proving
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becomes unable to function socially, physically, or psychologically. 2. Identify professional disciplines that influence human services. Professional disciplines that influence human services are: mental hospital, social philosophies, probation and jail, and treatment of people with mental illness, child welfare. These have been influent on human services. The disciplines allows human services professionals to understand how different aspects of culture and life affect individual (according
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P2: In p2 I am going to be identifying the processes and the assessment tools in which could be involved when planning support. The Cycle of Assessment (The Processes): The process is for example; a support plan for an elderly or a teenager to have for when they feel it is important to them and for what they would like to change in their life. During this kind of assessment process, a social worker for example, will discuss with the individual what is working and also what is not working and
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a program which is supervised to deal with people who have been convicted or are facing conviction. It is a non-incarcerated system of corrections. Late eighties and early nineties have brought a new revolution in the justice system. Parole and probation have always been a way of community correction, but with technological advancement and considering the psychology of convicted people, correction programs have widened to accommodate work releases, day fine programs, electronic monitoring, home confinement
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Pamela has been four times, each ending in divorce. Her first marriage was 1976-1977. She and her first husband, Robert Richardson, divorced due to incompabilty. She married her second husband, Clarance Muszyski, 1978-1980. From this union in 1980 a daughter was born, Ricki Thompson. Her third marriage was to Rick Cedars from 1982 to 1995. She states that the marriage was godo at frist then he became both emotionally and physically abusive. Her fourth marriage started in 1995 and ended in 2000 due
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