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Showing 1 to 20 of 397 for “"criminal justice system"”.
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Racial Adultification and the American Criminal Justice System
<p>African Americans are overrepresented in the criminal justice system and known to experience disadvantages in society because of their race, ethnicity and sometimes gender. With determination to understand the barriers that hinder African Americans from equal opportunities; this thesis explores …
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Court management and the Massachusetts criminal justice system.
Thesis. 1976. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alfred P. Sloan School of Management.
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Separation of powers in the Kuwaiti criminal justice system
… the question of separating powers within the criminal justice system of Kuwait, examining the function of this division and the structures that are designed to protect the rights of citizens. Despite being formally regulated according to democratic principles, the criminal justice system of …
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The politics of race and the criminal justice system
The intersection of race, justice and politics create a vicious cycle in the U.S. Those most affected by disparities in the current system are the least likely to participate in politics, while those relatively unaffected are often unlikely to acknowledge the issue as one in need of political …
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The language of racism and the criminal justice system
The question of racial bias in the criminal justice system has long been a controversial one in South African legal, sociological and political discussion. This thesis is an intervention in the discussion, in favour of the argument that the criminal justice system is a site of racial and other …
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Peoples opinion on the punishments in the Icelandic Criminal Justice system
Criminal behaviour is said to be a learned behaviour and punishment is said to be most effective if presented immediately after the behaviour occurs. Studies have shown that recidivism rate it lower among those who have served their sentence with electronic monitoring (EM) or community service …
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Decision Making and Reform Within the United States Criminal Justice System
<p>The United States Criminal Justice System has undergone massive legislative reform in the past decade. These reforms have prompted a demand to analyze the benefits and potential unintended consequences of proposed policies and legislation. The following dissertation measures policy implications …
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Witnesses in South Africa, the stepchildren of the criminal justice system
In South Africa the criminal justice system is primarily controlled by the Criminal Procedure Act1 and its application in the criminal process. The introduction of a justiciable Bill of Rights2 on 27 April 19943 ushered South Africa into a new legal and constitutional dispensation, which in tum …
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Aggravated robbery in the Zambian criminal justice system: controlled use of firearms
The regulation of firearms is a pertinent issue in every nation because it hinges on the protection of human life. A nation with uncontrolled use of firearms is prone to have high levels of insecurity. As a result nations, such as Zambia have developed firearm laws which control the use of firearms …
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Mother-Son Connectedness, Substance Use, and Young Men's Criminal Justice System Involvement
… serious delinquency, violent delinquency, and criminal justice system involvement in young men. This study uses data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (ADD Health), a school-based study of students in grades 7–12 in the United States. Multiple regression, ANOVA, and …
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Women who have been battered : their experiences of the criminal justice system
… on batterers. With this greater emphasis on criminal justice remedies, social workers have an important role in assisting women through the justice system. They need to know, from the women themselves, what their experiences are with the justice system and to have them articulate in their own …
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How Psychology’s Empirical Results Can Benefit the Criminal Justice System: Expert Testimony
… was applied to East Tennessee State University criminal justice undergraduates. Although this study did not find any significant effects in hearing expert testimony on empirical findings regarding eyewitness testimony or participating in an individual recall activity, cross tabulation …
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Sensation Seeking, Early Pregnancy and Criminal Justice System Involvement Among Latino Youth
… level of sensation seeking, early pregnancy, and criminal justice system involvement among Latino youth. It is a secondary analysis of data that comes from the Boricua Youth Study, an ongoing longitudinal study of Puerto Rican children and preadolescents living in the South Bronx and Puerto Rico. …
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The Judge as Bricoleur: Bricolage in decision-making in the criminal justice system
… the normal experience of decision-makers in criminal trials and serve as exemplars of how a bricolage approach is used to solve such problems and the shortcomings of this approach.
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Exploring professional quality of life and personal experiences of the criminal justice system
The thesis is inclusive of a Systematic Review and Large Scale Research Project, focused on the experiences of the Criminal Justice System.<br/><br/>1.<b> Systematic Review - The experiences and perceptions of the criminal justice system as reported by individuals with an intellectual disability …
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The treatment of rape victims within the criminal justice system: a comparative perspective.
… the structural and functional features of our criminal justice system.<br/><br/>Chapter Three then outlines those aspects of the rape trial which have attracted the most vehement criticism, namely the use of sexual history evidence, the corroboration warning requirement and the operation of …
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Gender, crime and discretion in the English criminal justice system, 1780s to 1830s
Historians of English crime and criminal justice agree that females are more leniently treated by the criminal justice system. Fewer females are prosecuted for unlawful activities, and, when they are, they are more readily acquitted, or receive lighter sentences than males. However, reasons for …
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The pains of custody: how young men cope through the criminal justice system
… adequately addressed as they proceed through the criminal justice system, with serious consequences in terms of personal harm’. In order to explore suicide and self-harm, a holistic approach was taken, reflecting on young males’ experiences of police cells, court cells, escort vehicles and prison. …
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Partnership and Power: Domestic Violence, the Women's Sector, and the Criminal Justice System
… investigation into partnership between the criminal justice system and women’s organisations, and its impact on survivors of domestic violence. To examine this, the criminal justice initiatives of the charity Standing Together Against Domestic Violence were researched – Hammersmith and …
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