Sentences with phrase «criminal justice approach»

Develop model criminal justice approaches across the Caribbean region.

Not exact matches

Sen. Jeff Brandes hopes his «basket» of proposals will usher in a new approach to criminal justice in Florida that increases accountability, uses taxpayer money more efficiently and keeps people out of prison

He disdains the «lock»em and leave»em» warehousing approach to criminal justice.

In response to Lento's criticism, Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said that the governor's criminal justice reforms, which were introduced during his annual State of the State address but fell out of the budget, «represent a balanced approach» and were developed «in consultation with activists, criminal justice experts and prosecutors.»

Particularly as the Minister with responsibility for the United Nations, The International Criminal Court and Human Rights I believe our approach in relation to the current conflict is neither consistent with our values, specifically our commitment to the rule of law and our long history of support for International Justice.

The sausage - factory approach that saw Criminal Justice Act after Criminal Justice Act has not resulted in a better system; in fact, it has made it a great deal worse.

Tony Blair's new, more liberal approach to the criminal justice system announced today is not a «soft» option it is the right option.

Mr Cameron said the government has pursued a one dimensional approach to crime and anti-social behaviour and needed to look beyond criminal justice.

State lawmakers have adopted a wait - and - see approach for what criminal justice reforms Gov. Andrew Cuomo may propose when he delivers his combined State of the State and budget address one week from today.

We agree that we will approach forthcoming legislation in the area of criminal justice on a case by case basis, with a view to maximising our country's security, protecting Britain's civil liberties and preserving the integrity of our criminal justice system.

They described him as «strong» and «tough», praising his approach to crime, especially his pro-victim rhetoric - after Mr Blair promised to «rebalance our criminal justice system in favour of the victim» - saying it showed that he genuinely listened to the public.

«I firmly believe that New York can develop an approach to marijuana regulation that addresses public health concerns while reducing the exposure of so many people, and particularly young people of color, to interactions with the criminal justice system that have much more damaging life consequences than marijuana use,» said state Sen. Liz Krueger (D - Manhattan), who's sponsored a bill that would legalize, regulate and tax pot.

The Island is a powerful symbol of a discredited approach to criminal justice — a penal colony that subjects all within its walls to inhumane conditions.»

In a statement, de Blasio said the changes were «about rethinking the way we approach criminal justice.»

The memo comes as Cahill, former Gov. George Pataki's then chief of staff, has increased his attacks on Schneiderman's approach to criminal justice.

Cahill this afternoon sent out a release blasting Schneiderman's «dangerous approach to criminal justice» that he says leaves New Yorkers less safe.

The Council is being thoughtful and deliberative in our approach to criminal justice and police reform and the legislation is going through the normal process,» said Mark - Viverito spokesman Eric Koch.

«We need to take a comprehensive approach to criminal justice reform that ensures a fairer system, improves police community relations and addresses the fact that far too many of our young people — mostly low - income black and Latino males — are locked up at Rikers,» said Mark - Viverito.

He also put in a strong plea for Kenneth Clarke to remain as justice secretary by praising his «earthy common sense» and his approach to criminal justice and civil liberties.

These approaches need to be validated before we put them to use, but research suggests they could be a boon to the criminal justice system.

The approach allows researchers to «actually come up with a valid estimate of the rate of false convictions — knowing something that people say [in criminal justice] is not knowable,» says study author Samuel Gross, a law professor at the University of Michigan Law School and editor of the National Registry of Exonerations, a U.S. - focused exoneration database.

The analysis shows that in 2007, in Cardiff, where this collaborative approach was pioneered, the scheme lopped off almost # 7 million from health, societal, and criminal justice costs caused by violence.

«Understanding the biology and commonalities between trusting social relationships and the opioid system can change the way we think about treatment,» Young says, noting that neither the punitive approach of the criminal justice system nor harsh treatment tactics are likely to increase connectedness.

Supporters of this approach say undue suspensions can make students feel alienated from school, fall behind and drop out — and in the worst cases, end up in the criminal - justice system.

«Reformers should take the approach that a thorough hearing is called for,» said Eric Sterling, director of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation.

Whether it's a «zero tolerance» approach to gun crimes or domestic assault, mandatory minimum sentences being applied to virtually everything, or blanket policies that demand strip searches of every detainee, the criminal justice system has demonstrated a very dangerous trend in recent years.

Because of the inherent differences between youth offences and their adult counterparts, criminal justice does tend to take a different approach.

Once the case reached the country's highest tribunal, the Supreme Court explained that the intent of the Criminal Code provision, introduced in Parliament in 1994, is to alleviate the higher rate of incarceration for Indigenous offenders and to implement restorative justice — an approach that views crime as harm done to people and that seeks to rehabilitate offenders through reconciliation with victims and the community.

On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Liberal approach to criminal justice is to protect public safety while respecting rights.

«This is the second time his honour has had to be reminded by an appeal court to approach trials fairly and of the overarching importance of justice being seen to be done and not only being done,» said Paul Burstein, president of the Criminal Lawyers» Association at the time.

Two of the reports caught my attention because they deal with non-traditional approaches to criminal justice.

This punitive criminal justice - led approach, premised on the understandable but simplistic concept that drugs are a threat, therefore we must fight them.

«Today's decision provides clear guidance to any lawyer or justice of the peace in a bail court as to how bail should be approached in the criminal justice system / It is indispensable reading for any lawyer who walks into any bail court across Canada.»

The goal of the Measuring Justice Research Project is to increase fairness and access to justice globally by facilitating and promoting an evidence - based approach to criminal legJustice Research Project is to increase fairness and access to justice globally by facilitating and promoting an evidence - based approach to criminal legjustice globally by facilitating and promoting an evidence - based approach to criminal legal aid.

The world of criminal justice has featured a sea change in approaches to mental illness.

Although they praise some aspects of the bill, overall it «undermines the cause and pursuit of fair and equal justice for all, largely ignores the interests of victims of crime, and puts at risk the undeniable strides and unparalleled success of Massachusetts» approach to public safety and criminal justice for at least the last 25 years,» the DAs wrote.

Realities such as poverty, such as addiction, mental health issues, that we collectively as a community need to address — whether that's being preventative or when they are actually within the criminal justice system, looking at restorative justice measures to do as much as we can to ensure for those people that it's not a revolving door — that they're not going to come back based on other issues that they may be having, that we can find a broader approach to ensuring that that door is not revolving.»

[2] JoAnn Miller and Donald C. Johnson, Problem Solving Courts: New Approaches to Criminal Justice 2009 Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc, Lanham, Maryland.

In support of this contention, read Justice Moldaver's approach to many criminal law issues in which he applies the «common - sense» paradigm, such as in the 2012 Walle decision or the 2015 Tatton case.

It is among the growing number of jurisdictions nationwide experimenting with a holistic approach that draws human support services into the criminal justice system.

C - 25 is the work of a government pursuing a reckless approach to criminal justice.

Anand epitomises the quintessential criminal litigator and — armed with a firm belief in the pursuit of fairness & justice without fear or favour — he has applied a committed approach to represent clients in cases ranging from capital and violent crimes to corporate and commercial offences, earning a reputation for specialised skills and professional tenacity as a recognised industry leader.

The state Senate, without debate, gave preliminary support to a pilot project that is to develop a more comprehensive approach to helping repeat offenders stay out of the criminal justice system.

These issues have recently been addressed, particularly as a result of the government's «victim led» approach to criminal justice.

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The advantage of this approach is it minimizes your cost and time investment by letting the criminal justice system do much of the work for you vis - a-vis establishing civil liability for the crime / tort.

Second, despite the Government's position paper decrying a «piecemeal approach» to criminal justice co-operation which it says would be of «limited value», in the eyes of the EU that is exactly the approach we have already adopted.

He drove a number of change initiatives, such as Justice on Target (that reduced, for the first time in 18 years, the time to trial and the number of court appearances per criminal case), a health and safety initiative that reduced workplace injuries by 20 % in 3 years, the 4 Pillars of Family Reform, Civil Justice Reform, the largest funding increase in Legal Aid's history, and was part of a new approach to indigenous relations recognized by the United Nations.

It has been considering a report published last week by the Centre for Justice Innovation, which recommends an integrated approach whereby criminal, family and civil matters would be heard under a «one judge, one family» model.

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