Criminal Justice Settings offer opportunities for the identification of AUDs and afford a "teachable moment" where a link is made between alcohol use and consequence at which to deliver appropriate interventions
The changing attitudes of society towards children are resulting in reform of the criminal justice system in an effort to accommodate the child witness. This article explores the background to the current debate on child witnesses and summarises the findings of recent psychological research. The ...
In the UK, the concept of the diversion of mentally disordered people from the criminal justice system is more deeply embedded in the legal process than in many other countries (James, 2005). The UK differs in that legal concepts of criminal responsibility in adults are irrelevant in the ...
System of justice: An introduction to the criminal justice system in England and Wales by Mike Fitzgerald and John Muncie. Basil Blackwell (432 Park Avenue South, Suite 1505, New York, New York 10016), 1985, 216 pp., hardcover—$34.95, softcover—$14.95...
"The new government urgently needs to work with charities, education, health, youth workers, the criminal justice system and local communities to find long-term solutions, so vulnerable children have a reason to turn away from crime," he added....
Hirschel and Wakefield provide their readers with an informed and interesting view of two criminal justice systems. The discussion revolves around the history and development of the criminal justice systems of England and the United States. The authors draw comparisions between the two with a view ...
首先,我们先谈谈英国的英国刑事司法制度的基本理念和发展与中国的对比。英国由英格兰、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰四个地区组成,我们所说的英国刑事司法制度,通常是指英格兰和威尔士地区的刑事司法制度(苏格兰、北爱尔兰地区的司法体系和英格兰威尔士地区明显不同,一般不列入英国司法制度考察的范围)。而中国的情况则相对简单,中...
This book is an ambitious attempt to map the main changes in the criminal justice system in the Victorian period through to the twentieth century. Chapters include an examination of the growth and experience of imprisonment, policing, and probation services; the recording of crime in official ...
crime was dominated by the orthodoxy that criminal justice interventions had little or no impact on future offending behaviour (and could even be counterproductive) and that juvenile justice policy should, as far as possible, focus on diverting young offenders from the criminal justice system (see,...
“A discredited JAC chairman reflects badly on judges because the JAC appoints them - it undermines public confidence in the justice system. “Meanwhile the JAC under Ms Pitcher is a failing organisation; senior appointments have been irregular, there is a lack of procedural fairness and...