accommodations and testimonial aids to facilitate the testimony of children / by Alison Cunningham and Pamela Hurley. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: book 1. Overview of issues related to child testimony – book 2. Testimony outside the courtroom – book 3. Witness screens – book 4. Video-recorded evidence – book 5. Designated support person – book 6. Hearsay evidence and children – book 7. Children & teenagers testifying in domestic violence cases. Text in English and French, on inverted
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fines had quickly added up. Andrea did not even realize that she had those tickets, and she was devastated to hear what she would owe the city. Everyone expected Andrea to pay a large fine, but what happened shocked all of the bystanders in the courtroom. When the
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Crime Control Versus Due Process Models of Criminal Justice When discussing larger issues such as The Criminal Justice System of America, so often that larger issue is comprised of a myriad of contributing issues that must be addressed. All too often these issues cross the boundaries of the codified models. When we approach the laudable goals of crime control, specifically the burden to keep our citizens safe from criminal abuses, we speak of appropriate penalties for breaking laws, deterrents
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a variety of settings including the online learning experience. Mediation, a form of ADR, can be particularly effective when two or more members, of an online learning team, cannot find a solution to a dispute on their own. Not all types of ADR work in all situations so there are various forms of ADR, in existence. The main forms include early neutral evaluation, negotiation, conciliation, arbitration, and mediation. In early neutral evaluation direct communication is encouraged between the disputing
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Carribean boys to have a much higher expellusion rate than white boys. Another example that Graef brings up is the obvious language barrier. Graef works with the Metropolitan Police in London and there are an estimated 320 language groups but only about 140 of those groups are able to be translated from inside the department. This leaves about 180 groups without any form of proper communication and this is especially troubling if they enter criminal justice system. One important point Graef makes
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Personal Values and Ethical Standards Nanette Chambers BSHS/332 April 30, 2012 Theresa Y. Edwards Personal Values and Ethical Standards In the business of substance abuse counseling is not easy. Counselors deal with putting people’s lives back together so that they may enter back into a productive world. However, before this takes place in understanding the development behavior in why it has come to this and how ethical principles can help others to turn their lives around in a positive
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institutions that are voluntarily joined, but outside of their superficial social purpose, all Greek organizations have a set of values all members share as well as a philanthropic purpose that requires civic engagement to benefit a certain charity or group of people. There is definitely an ebb and flow with time periods with some that are more inwardly focused and ones that are outwardly focused. I think that the periods of time that are inwardly focused have a reason that drove them to be so, before
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November 2012 Abstract: A case study for the Strayer University, Woodbridge, VA, Business 508 class, this paper provides for a brief review of 1) The skills that a forensic accountant requires; 2) The role of the forensic accountant in the courtroom; 3) The legal responsibilities of the forensic accountant; and lastly, 4) The role of the forensic accountant in a couple of major accounting fraud scandals. The world of Accounting has seen several major scandals since the early 1990s. These
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afford to pay for legal representation, or prejudice against certain ethnic groups in the legal system, Upton Sinclair shows the
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good. Getting informed on how the Juvenile System works, hearing testimony from the people on the inside of the justice system, as well as specific citing from a former criminal and learning about the “scared straight” program will make it evident that rehabilitation works. It is important to know as much as possible about the Juvenile System. In order to make a decision on if the system is effective, it is imperative to know how the system works and what the goals of the system are. Following
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