Evaluation (& Continuation) Phase • Criminal Restitution (clean-up): $100 million; eventually $2.2-3.2 billion • Criminal Plea Agreement: $150 million fine (largest ever for environmental crime) (later reduced to $25 million w/ half for North Am Wetlands Conservation Fund & half to Victims of Crime Fund; $300 million in lost wages for fishermen • Civil Settlement: $900 million over 10 years to restore environmental resources • Punitive Damages: $5.3 billion (largest punitive fines
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primary consumers and abusers of alcohol and other drugs (Cappuzzi & Stauffer 2016). Pg. 409. Interviewing clients is best done with nonjudgmental orientation marked by curiosity and a matter of fact quality. Screening is often the first step in the evaluation process. Screening may be a tool for spotting “red flag,” a way to indicate a more comprehensive assessment is needed (Kaminer 2008). Pg. 99. Psychological problems go hand-in-hand with addiction. Men are more likely to experience the dependency
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the most affluent, wealthy, and glamorous neighborhoods like The Gold Coast and River North. Over the last couple of years though, the spotlight has been shifted from all of Chicago’s wonderful things to its poverty stricken neighborhoods, rising crime rate, murders, and drug problems. All of these things can be linked to what many consider Chicago’s biggest problem, street gangs. But today the city seems to be far more segregated and full of poverty in neighborhoods that are home to minorities
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problem of sexual exploitation and sets it in both a historical and a contemporary context. It provides factors that influence police conceptualizations of girls involved in prostitution in six U.S. cities and if the children are sexual exploitation victims or delinquents. It explains that sexually exploited children are vulnerable to this type of abuse. It explains that sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) as one of the most destructive forms of child abuse. It explains the international sexual
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“punished” for the duration. That is why that questions of bail are always to be taken seriously by the courts. However, the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause did not make our Founding Fathers necessarily opponents against the Death Penalty. The Crimes Act of 1790 mandated the death penalty for treason, and also the mutilation of the corpse. There is no doubt, our modern courts would find mutilation of a corpse to be regarded as cruel and unusual as well as abhorrent in practice. The practice
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Criminal Courts Criminal Courts The professional courtroom work groups consist of judges, prosecuting attorney, defense attorneys, public defender, and others who earn a living serving the courts. Schmallager (20010) stated (pp. 269-307). Trail judges duty is to ensure justice he or she is responsible for safeguarding the right of the accused and the interests of the public in the administration of criminal justice. The courtroom judge has authority, ruling of the law weighing objections
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Property Crimes Case Study # 49 Applied Managerial Statistics: GM533 Virginia Davis, Lauren Holder, Stanley Philip and Andrea Watson Executive Summary The Property Crimes study examined data provided by various U.S. government agencies on crime rates in the fifty U.S. states. Other data studied were eight possible contributing factors such as per capita income, high school dropout rate, average precipitation, population density, and urbanization. Analysis revealed, of the eight possible
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suspected him. Being unable to control his horrific addiction, Brooks gives in to his sadistic, all too real alter ego “Marshall” played by William Hurt. A pesky, voyeuristic witness “Mr. Smith,” played by Dane Cook catches him in the act of his latest crime. The rush that Mr. Smith felt after seeing Mr. Brooks brutally kill a couple he used to watch and take pictures of while engaging in sexual activities has set him on a path of destruction and he is taking all the wrong steps to get there. Then there’s
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Criminal Justice Trends Evaluation Ericka Espiru CJA/394 April 08, 2013 Ronald Bayne Criminal Justice Trends Evaluation The criminal justice system has evolved greatly, throughout the years, and has made great progress. We have gone from English law, where people would get corporal punishment, to having a constitution that ensures each person is given their rights. When going through our criminal justice system, as any party, there are always laws established to protect your rights. The
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Counsel, Substance Abuse Evaluations, Pre-Indictment Events , Plea Bargains, Pretrial Intervention Program (P.T.I.), The Grand Jury, The Indictment Process, The Pre-Arraignment Conference and Arraignment, The Status and Pretrial Conferences, Trials, Presentence Investigations, Reports and Sentencing, Post-Conviction Motions, and the "TEAM" concept in Criminal Case Processing I will address a few of those process and how they work. The first process is the reporting of a crime and the arrest. The second
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