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Sentencing: The Probation Officer
Sentencing offenders of the criminal law is a widely diverse and complex problem. Few guidelines are available for those upon whom the task has been thrust.
Lowenthal, James
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Toward a feminist geo‐legal reading: US country‐of‐origin information in asylum adjudication
Abstract In this article, we offer what we call ‘a feminist geo‐legal reading’ of documents used in spaces and practices of law. Legal cases and decisions are often based on different legal and non‐legal documents, including laws, explanatory memorandums, testimonies, medical reports, and so forth. In contemporary asylum adjudication, country‐of‐origin
Malene H. Jacobsen +2 more
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Bibliography: p. 221-224.The present thesis is the result of my curiosity about delinquency in South Africa. In Part One I review juvenile delinquency in general, the system of probation, and the institutionalized treatment of delinquents.
Ullmann, David-Nathan
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Rights, Pains and Illusions: The Experiences of Welsh‐Speakers at Wales’ ‘Flagship’ Prison
ABSTRACT This article challenges claims of ‘inherent’ bilingualism in Wales’ largest prison, HMP Berwyn. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews and extensive documentary research, we find that Welsh‐speaking prisoners at this ‘flagship’ prison have experienced widespread neglect of their needs and overt interferences with their use of the Welsh language.
Robert Jones, Gregory Davies
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Fourth District Juvenile Court P.1
The Fourth District Juvenile Court in session, Manti, Utah.
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Demographic and social factors in the prediction of reoffending [PDF]
296 subjects, who were convicted of a criminal offence in the Christchurch District Court, during June to July in 1986, were asked by their Probation Officer to fill in a Social History and Demographic Questionnaire.
Anderson, Georgina Jane
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Exploring and Explaining the Use and Proliferation of Whole Life Orders in England and Wales
ABSTRACT Whole life orders (WLOs) represent the power of the state to inflict harm at its most extreme, with such sentences being found to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. However, very little research has endeavoured to understand the use of WLOs.
Hannah Gilman, Jake Phillips
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Prejudicial but not unduly so? Addressing the epistemic and non‐epistemic dangers of rap evidence
Abstract Recent years have seen mounting concern about the use of rap music as evidence in criminal proceedings, alongside an ever‐increasing number of cases involving ‘rap evidence’. Yet, while rap music is widely recognized to be highly prejudicial as evidence in court, little is known about how ‘prejudicial effect’ is, or should be, conceptualized ...
ABENAA OWUSU‐BEMPAH
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The defendant was convicted of a violation of the National Motor Vehicle Act and a sentence not exceeding one year was imposed, subject to reservation of a power to grant probation later. He served a portion of the sentence.
Renz, Virginia M.
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Role strain in probation and parole work and strategies used to reduce strain
Probation and parole officers play a vital role in the operation of the correctional system. As a part of their role work in community-based corrections, probation and parole officers must act as both a client monitor and treatment counselor to not only ...
Shoger, Samantha A
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