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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"Pre-trial"”.
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Pre-trial detention under contemporary European human rights law
This dissertation presents a study of the concept of pre-trial detention and on all it entails juridically, in the light of the European law on human rights. Some aspects of pre-trial detention have been considered in relative depth, both internationally and comparatively. Consequently, the …
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Coloniality and the Courtroom: Understanding Pre-trial Judicial Decision Making in Brazil
… and international protocols mandate the use of pre-trial detention only as a last resort, judges continue to detain people pre-trial in large numbers. Custody hearings were introduced in 2015, but the initiative has not produced the reduction in pre-trial detention that was hoped. This study …
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The effects of pre-trial publicity on the predictions of duration of jury deliberation
Pre-trial publicity can result in juror bias, memory errors, and biased perceptions, leading to issues within trials and jury deliberation. It is nearly impossible to avoid due to media and that publicity having multiple outlets to share information. Multiple methods have been researched in their …
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The Effects of Pre-Trial Event Stimulus Properties on Timing in the Peak Interval Procedure
… values, regardless of whether these stimuli are presented prior to or during the timing signal. Although the effects of during-trial stimulus properties—temporal location, duration, and salience—have been previously reported, no research exists on how before-trial stimulus properties influence …
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Rebalancing acts?: an evaluation of the changes to the right of silence and pre-trial disclosure
… Justice and Public Order Act 1994), and the pre-trial disclosure regime created by Part 1 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996. The effects are explored through critiques of the debates surrounding the introduction of the Acts, associated research, analyses of the case law …
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Police powers, legal rights and pre-trial procedures in Saudi Arabia : a comparison with England and Wales
… ignored.Therefore, the question is, how do the pre-trial procedures work in practice? No research has been done to examine the pre-trial process in practice in Saudi Arabia.Data collection for the study as carried out using three methods: questionnaire, observation and documentary data from …
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Access to legal assistance for indigent accused person during the pre-trial stage: an analysis of the role of paralegals.
… be understood why few people can afford legal representation and even less can access quality legal representation.The right to legal representation has been recognised in South African statutes from as early as the beginning of the Nineteenth Century.3 The Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act 31 …
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From rule of law towards human rights-based approached to criminal justice reform in Mozambique the case of pre-trial detention
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Moms on a mission : a case study exploring the socio-ecological impact of a pre-trial intervention program on participant self agency.
… entities, such as ReMerge, have established pre-trial diversion programs for mothers to combat these conditions. ReMerge of Oklahoma County is a pre-trial diversion program serving high-risk, high-need mothers facing non-violent felony offenses. Women with children under 18 charged with …
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Ikiteisminio tyrimo pradėjimo probleminiai aspektai baudžiamajame procese /
… theoretical and practical problems of starting a pre-trial investigation, refusing to start a pre-trial investigation and clarifying the circumstances. The grounds, forms and procedure for starting a pre-trial investigation are revealed. Different features of starting a pre-trial investigation are …
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Posílení zásady oportunity v českém přípravném řízení
… the Principle of Opportunity in Czech Pre-Trial Criminal Proceedings Abstract182 This thesis addresses the topic of strengthening the principle of opportunity in pre-trial criminal proceedings in the Czech Republic. The aim of the thesis is to identify the problems created by the …
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Key Operational Challenges to Ensuring the Long term Success of the International Criminal Court
… of charges stage, which in turn requires the Pre-Trial Chambers to be consistent in their decisions. The OTP appear to have accepted the direction from the Pre-Trial Chamber, that its investigations should be largely completed by the time of the confirmation of charges hearing. This is, in the …
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Comparisons of risk factors for violence in defendants referred for psychiatric assessment
… violence in offenders that had been referred for pre-trial psychiatric assessment. b. to assess, by logistic regression modelling, the relative importance of the significant risk factors. All defendants admitted to the Forensic Psychiatry Unit at Valkenberg Hospital for 30 day pre-trial …
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Chronic versus acute ingestion of sodium citrate: a randomized placebo controlled cross-over trial for swimming 200 metres in well-trained swimmers age 13-17
… ± 0.4y; 63.5 ± 4kg) performed four 200m time trials: acute (ACU) supplementation (0.5g/kg), acute placebo (PLC-A), chronic (CHR) (0.1g/kg for 3 days and 0.3g/kg on the 4th day pre-trial), and chronic placebo (PLC-C). Na-CIT was administered 120min pre-trial in solution with 500mL of flavored …
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The limits of young children's understanding of sources of knowledge
… determined whether young children's comprehension of aspectuality, when acquired, was robust enough to cope with demands and variations to the task. Four to 5-year-olds were able to choose whether to look or feel to find out information about a hidden item that was identifiable by sight …
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Extending Our Promise: Providing Help to Mentally Ill Accused As Soon As Practicable
… a specific interest in this interaction during pre-trial phases such as arrest and bail. It argues that the current provisions in the Criminal Code of Canada that allow for limited instances of pre-trial mental health assessments for adults are insufficient. The current options, including …
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Sentencing of youth offenders for housebreaking with intent to steal : practices and attitudes of magistrates and prosecutors
… in probation work, including conducting pre-sentence investigations and compiling pre-trial and presentence reports, inspired him to want to find out more about the attitudes and sentencing practices of magistrates and public prosecutors, specifically in housebreaking offences. Some …
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Ireland’s criminal justice system and its response to victims of crime with intellectual disabilities: adversarial procedure on trial
… By adopting a critical appraisal of Ireland’s pre-trial and trial formalities, this thesis considers the true extent to which the specialised needs of crime victims with intellectual disabilities are being met within the Irish criminal justice system. Insofar as this analysis identifies an …
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The Influence of Opinions on Remembering Revisited
… for an "opinion-learning" relationship. As predicted, the results of the study reported here indicated an influence of opinions in remembering but not learning of opinion related material. After a delay, mock jurors' recognition of material presented on a videotaped rape trial was consistent …
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Translation of a book of evidence and its impact on a criminal trial - A case study
Interpreting in a legal setting in Ireland is not subject to any regulation. Police and court interpreters are neither certified nor tested. The current study aims to analyse the impact on a criminal trial of unqualified interpreters’ assistance in the pre-trial process. The starting point of the …
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