Juvenile delinquency refers to the participation of minors in unlawful behavior. The most common crimes committed by minors in the community include disorderly conduct, curfew violations, drug abuse, simple assault, and theft. Nationally, DUI arrests are common, with other common crimes committed by juveniles, including minor possession, rape, murder, and theft (Bohat & Singh, 9). […]
Establishing term limits is necessary for dealing with America’s crucial political problems. Limiting Senators’ and Representatives’ service times would be a major decision that requires amendment of the constitution for two reasons. One is that amending the constitution will establish fundamental structural change that will be carried on for longer. The amendment process is lengthy […]
Capital punishment is the sentencing and executing of convicted offenders to death for capital crimes and carrying out the execution. In such cases, the incarcerated offender who has been sentenced to death and waiting for execution is said to be on death row. Capital punishment is usually executed by use of poisonous gas, lethal injection, […]
As this book shows, the criminal justice system has been unfair to black people and hurt them in several ways. As an example of how mandatory minimum sentence laws are used, she points to “one-size-fits-all” rules that require judges to give defendants guilty of certain crimes a set punishment. During the drug war in the […]
The “broken windows theory” of policing is a criminological academic theory used as a metaphor to illustrate a correlation between visual evidence of disorder and the prevalence of crime (Kelling & Wilson, 1982). This includes social disorder, such as the presence of homeless individuals and unsupervised youth, and a physical disorder, like broken windows, rubbish, […]
Introduction and Background to the Case In 1952, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) was established with the primary purpose of ensuring adherence to the law when applying and interpreting European Union treaties (Court of Justice of the European Union, 2023.). CJEU has always strived to ensure clarity in its interpretation […]
Dear Secretary Submission of the proposal to include s 116A in the Australian Constitution Thank you for the opportunity to submit to the Joint Select Committee for the Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians. This submission has been prepared on behalf of the First Nations Legal Centre. Introduction Indigenous Australians have been subjected to systemic issues […]
Prosecutorial discretion is a powerful tool, which is the freedom offered to the prosecutor to choose cases to pursue and the strategy to use. However, this power has a limited scope as it is susceptible to foreign powers that dictates how it can be employed to align with the will of the people and also, […]
A diversion is a method to steer a defendant out of the criminal system for restorative justice rather than retributive. One is a pre-charge diversion, accessible to people who have been accused of a crime but have not yet been charged. Instead of having the accused detained, police charges are often dropped when a responder […]
The Bail Reform Act of 1984 and its provisions. The Bail Reform Act of 1984 is a piece of legislation that brought significant changes to the bail system in the United States. This law was enacted with the aim of reducing pretrial detention and ensuring that defendants are not unnecessarily held in custody before their […]