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26 Jan 2012
court | crime | Crime & Policing | Criminals | Evidence | justice | law | prosecution | Trial | Law General | Human rights | International law | Punishment | Law
A plea bargain is a process in which the defendant arranges a 'deal' with the prosecution. A plea bargain essentially means that a defendant charged...
26 Jan 2012
crime | Crime & Policing | Judge | Judicial discretion | law | mandatory sentencing | Prison | Punishment | rehabilitation | Sentencing guidelines | Trial | Punishment | Law
Crafted in response to rising crime rates and high rates of recidivism, mandatory sentencing laws targeting repeat offenders began to appear during the early...
13 Sep 2011
crime | habeas corpus | Internment | interrogation | Northern Ireland | Rights | Trial | Society
Internment can be defined as the indefinite detention of a person by a government, and the denial of the normal legal processes that would usually be available...
13 Sep 2011
At present police can remove samples of DNA from individuals suspected of involvement in a specified crime, commonly by the removal of cells from the mouth...
13 Sep 2011
The age of criminal responsibility is the age at which a person can be charged with and tried for a crime. It varies between different states and countries; in...
13 Sep 2011
crime | deterrent | Megan's Law | publicise | rape | Sarah's Law | Sexual offences | shame | Law
The issue of sex offenders is always a sensitive one, and the popular pressure this places on the Government often leads to the adoption of measures intended...
13 Sep 2011
Caning | Corporal Punishment | crime | Whipping | Law
Corporal punishment is best defined as the use of physical pain, injury, discomfort or humiliation to penalise unruly or criminal behaviour. It has been widely...
13 Sep 2011
Youth curfews are widely used in the USA to keep children off the street at night; a state of curfew makes it illegal to be out of doors between certain...
13 Sep 2011
Bolsa Familia | crime | Development | higher education | Parenting | poverty | primary education | Violence | welfare | Youth | Education
The majority of the world's states have some form of welfare program meant to ensure the economic and social wellbeing of their citizens who may find...
