Sentences with phrase «criminal justice problems»

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Despite the fact that we come up with sensible and workable solutions to plenty of criminal justice problems, and despite the fact that defence counsel are clearly stakeholders in the system of criminal justice, the Government never wants to hear our voices, thoughts, or ideas.

Senator Stewart Cousins says if a special session is held, it should as a first priority address the state's criminal justice problems.

Violence is often seen as a social and criminal justice problem, and not as a clinical or public health issue, but the health system has a crucial part to play both in treating the consequences of violence, and in preventing it (Paper 2).

Not exact matches

A Christian MP has said the there is «serious problem in the criminal justice system» after a report... More

A Christian MP has said the there is «serious problem in the criminal justice system» after a report found ethnic minority defendants are more likely to be jailed for some crimes than white people.

For example, one of the great problems of the criminal - justice system is that not enough reform - minded people enter the field.

«The Government will shortly be publishing its Alcohol Strategy to address the growing problem of alcohol abuse, and the many billions of pounds it costs our NHS and criminal justice system.

«From our experiences, we have an intimate knowledge and urgent concern about the fundamental problems plaguing New York's criminal justice system,» the letter, dated April 2, says.

She added: «Of course it's a medical problem, I mean addiction is a medical problem, and it becomes a public health problem and then our society is choosing to treat that as a criminal justice issue.»

Clinton said other necessary reforms include proper treatment for the mentally ill and drug addicted who make up an increasingly larger percentage of the prison population, sentencing reform so people with low level offenses do not face long prison terms, and tackling income inequality, which is often at the root of the problem for many people caught in the criminal justice system.

Governor Andrew Cuomo took the oath of office for his second term Thursday, promising in a symbolism - laden inauguration ceremony set on the 64th floor of 1 World Trade Center to make New York the first state to tackle national problems of economic inequality and a flawed criminal justice system.

The Bronx Hall of Justice, the criminal courthouse at E. 161st Street, is still suffering from structural problems despite its $ 421 million construction price tag and the fact that the building is only three years old.

In a speech to a group of New York lawyers, a federal judge from Brooklyn assailed the criminal justice system in which he has worked for more than 40 years, saying that the country had to «jettison the madness of mass incarceration» and find an alternative to overly punitive sentencing to address the problem of crime.

«Laura Crane and I have heard of many cases where problems have arisen because police and other criminal justice professionals know very little about autism,» says Dr Maras.

A new report published today claims most of the problems associated with the use of illegal firearms in the UK require social and economic rather than criminal justice solutions.

In an era when criminal justice reform is an increasing part of the conversation in New York City, and district attorney seats in Brooklyn and Manhattan have turned over in recent years, some people find his longevity a problem.

«There is a serious violent problem within the criminal justice system and we believe it's out of control.»

In April 2012, NICE announced that, following a topic referral from the Department of Health, people working in health, youth and criminal justice, education and social care sectors would be given NICE guidance on the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of interventions for the prevention and early treatment of mental health problems of offenders.

Alafair Burke, a criminal law and criminal procedure professor at Hofstra Law, said Cuomo's move is part of a larger trend to mitigate problems those in the criminal justice system may have down the road.

«The report recognises the challenges facing the criminal justice system in addressing the problems caused by drug - misusers, the difficulty in treating a chronic relapsing condition and acknowledges improvements made in recent years, including significant increases in resources for drug treatment leading to increased numbers being treated.»

The Correction Department has ended the use of solitary confinement for all inmates under 22 years old and allocated funds to expand public health services throughout the criminal justice system, with the aim of diverting more people with mental health and substance abuse problems from Rikers.

The problem is that the criminal justice system has been too soft on prisoners who just come out of jail and reoffend.

After convening, reviewing practices and policies, listening to stakeholders, hearing from experts, and problem - solving for 12 months, this commission should then make recommendations for criminal justice reform to the governor and state Legislature, and disseminate its findings to the public.

Human trafficking for organ removal (HTOR) should not be reduced to a problem of supply and demand of organs for transplantation, a problem of organized crime and criminal justice, or a problem of voiceless, abandoned victims.

But that problem was not discovered by anybody in the criminal justice system because no one ever looked past the laboratory report.»

Another problem is the continued stigmatization of addiction, which contributes to lawmakers, criminal justice system officials and insurers underfunding and underutilizing prevention and medical treatment programs.

With many calling for policy reform to improve race problems in the U.S. criminal justice system, new research suggests that the issue is less political and more behavioral.

The criminal justice system has a problem, and its name is forensics.

In response to Huntingdon's problems, U.K. Home Secretary Jack Straw announced on Wednesday that he would amend the Police and Criminal Justice Bill to stop activists from staging protests outside companies or the homes of employees.

However, what really elevates «The Night Of» beyond the typical crime drama is the superb writing by co-creators Richard Price and Steve Zaillian, which delivers a probing examination of the systemic problems in the U.S. criminal justice system (from the police, to the prisons, to the lawyers) and how one crime can affect the lives of not only the accused but the people connected to them as well.

His new eight - part television series «The System with Joe Berlinger,» about systemic problems within the criminal justice system, debuts May 18 on the new Al Jazeera America network.

In our seventh - grade humanities class, students dissect the American criminal justice system, identifying problems and proposing solutions that better represent a fair and balanced system.

Brown's new plan will be just like Criminal Justice Realignment in that the state will give the locals all the problems and the state will walk away.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, delivering his State of the State address along with a budget proposal heavy on infrastructure, laid out an ambitious social agenda on Wednesday that focuses on problems not so easily solved with cash: the erosion of confidence in the criminal justice system, public schools and teachers that he said were failing students, and a creeping sense that economic mobility is not what it once was.

Another remarked that she appreciated the fact that the course didn't merely address the problem of injustice in our criminal justice system; it also allowed students the opportunity to research and propose reforms in such areas as afterschool youth programs and resources for transitioning incarcerated persons back into their communities.

At the March 19 board meeting, I'll be calling on our district leaders to move immediately to deprioritize criminal justice solutions to behavior problems in our schools.

Did you ever think, even for a moment, that melachroming might actually be a good solution to the enormous problems of our criminal justice system?

And as a teacher at John Jay College of Criminal Justice I cant help but feel compelled to impart these same values in my classroom that have been ingrained in us through our education — a commitment to social betterment through divergent, critical thinking and problem - solving, the cornerstones of creativity and innovation.

This Senate Committee report shows no sign of the history of government performance in regard to such problems within the criminal justice system.

Workshop «Mutual Legal Assistance in the Digital Age: Problems, Challenges, Solutions for Criminal Justice»

Therefore, because of the access to justice problem of unaffordable legal services, shouldn't there be an expanded constitutional «right to counsel» in criminal cases?

«The problem here and in other jurisdictions is criminal justice resourcing and reforms [are] piecemeal at best, but I would say chaotic describes how governments have funded and implemented reforms to the criminal justice system to make it more efficient and effective, and it seems to be one of the poor boys on the budget priority list in most provinces,» he says.

Now the IT director at the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, a Baltimore - based legal nonprofit, he creates scalable solutions to chronic problems faced by underfunded legal aid and criminal justice programs.

This is the finding of the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, which yesterday released its 205 - page report, «Delaying Justice is Denying Justice», outlining the problems in the criminal justice system post-Jordan, a drug case which set 18 - month deadlines for trials in provincial courts and 30 - month deadlines for trials in superior Justice is Denying Justice», outlining the problems in the criminal justice system post-Jordan, a drug case which set 18 - month deadlines for trials in provincial courts and 30 - month deadlines for trials in superior Justice», outlining the problems in the criminal justice system post-Jordan, a drug case which set 18 - month deadlines for trials in provincial courts and 30 - month deadlines for trials in superior justice system post-Jordan, a drug case which set 18 - month deadlines for trials in provincial courts and 30 - month deadlines for trials in superior courts.

Recent government measures aimed at reforming criminal justice have the look of solutions searching for problems.

Smith, Clyde and Linda Smith, «Domestic Violence: Problems at the Intersection of Criminal Justice and Family Justice» published by the Ontario Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (2017) Nora Rock is Corporate Writer and Policy Analyst at LAWPRO.

«I have spoken about how access to justice on both the civil side and the criminal side is the most pressing problem facing our justice system.

Many of the people, who find themselves in the criminal justice system, do in fact have an addiction problem.

Ben Burton: Yeah, so the first half of the book is a description of the access to justice problem in both the civil courts and the criminal courts explaining how we've gotten there, explaining the solutions that we've tried and why they failed.