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Problems in Case Management and Scheduling

and judges are able to conclude the cases more quickly when there are fewer continuances. Though a case may be continued for othe...

MEDIA AND THE COURTROOM - A LASTING BIAS

wheels of justice into a farcical performance (Defense attorneys Johnny Cochrans "if it doesnt fit, you must acquit" was one of th...

Parens Patriae is Sometimes Necessary

parent prevents a child from receiving medical attention. Parens patriae is supposed to be used only for the protection of the ind...

Courtroom Role of Law Enforcement Officers

subpoenaed to testify during this trial and his professional, well-documented testimony was instrumental in securing the convictio...

RISK MANAGEMENT IN JUSTICE AND SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS

The concept of risk management is fairly straightforward: It involves a "systematic approach to analyzing risk and implementing ri...

Guilt Innocence Justice

Our criminal justice system has been established to determine the guilt or innocence of those accused of a crime and to punish tho...

Child Sexual Abuse, Issues

This research paper/essay discusses issues in courtroom procedures that pertain to child sexual abuse cases. Four pages in length,...

Courtrooms in the United Kingdom and the Introduction of Cameras

coverage, becoming overly animated and directing his focus toward the cameras rather than the questioning attorney. When the tria...

Military Courts and Justice

people do not commit more crime but rather they are perhaps caught more often when they do. In other words, a white man is less li...

Forensic Science at Work

of minute DNA details an invasion of privacy on the most cellular level and has overtones of Big Brother written all over it, acco...

Courtroom Audiences and Their Importance

lines firmly drawn. The title of the film is taken from the book of Proverbs in the Bible: He that troubleth his own house shall i...

Courts and Communications

deceptive pricing, comparative superiority and safety-related claims (FDA Consumer, 1993). Media Access to the Courts The ...

Twelve Angry Men Film and the Barriers of Linguistics

throughout the film involves barriers to listening and questioning as well as dialogical processes that can break down these barri...

Overview of Polygraph Testing

(CQT), the Directed Lie Test (DLT) and the Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT) (Carroll, 2005). When the CQT is used, the examiner "compa...

Hypothetical Courtroom Observation

we were required the maintain silence in the audience during the proceedings. Individuals in the group of 20 sat on either side o...

Researching Language Across Cultural Lines

to this perspective is the fact that external forces also impact the linguistic development of a region, and as a result, linguist...

Application of Criminological Theories

study of behaviors by his operand conditioning theory. Basically stated, Skinner demonstrated that positive reinforcers could dir...

Steve Bogira's Courtroom 302

beating two black individuals. These black youth had entered into the neighborhood of the white boys and this was the motive of th...

Courtroom Admissibility of DNA Evidence

majority of people believe that Simpson is a murderer. In fact, the majority expresses this sentiment after watching testimony. La...

Courtroom and the Importance of Psychological Knowledge

The use of psychological knowledge in the courtroom, however, is becoming somewhat more common, even though physical knowledge, or...

Courtrooms Are No Place For Cameras

In five pages this paper argues against the increasing courtroom practice of allowing cameras. Four sources are cited in the bibl...

New Ways of Investigating Street Crime

waiting for the "perp" to arrive on the scene. Community policing, a form of urban law enforcement, is a restructuring plan that ...

Maycomb Setting and Courtroom in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The impact of Maycomb upon the courtroom is the focus of this analysis of the importance of setting in To Kill a Mockingbird by Ha...

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and the Concepts of Justice and Law

In five pages this paper discusses how the concepts of law and justice are featured in the play's famous courtroom scene. There a...

Northeastern U.S.A. County Sheriff's Office Internship Reviewed

In ten pages this paper presents a student's internship experience with prisoner handling, courtroom practices, and relevant issue...

Patients Going to Latin America for Treatment

Medical and dental costs have soared in the United States. Insurance plans are sometimes tricky in their language and they do not ...

Wrongful Courtroom Decisions

In five pages this paper examines what happens when courts make the wrong decisions with the Supreme Court also considered. Three...

Courtroom Graphics and Nonverbal Communication

deciding whether or not to use a particular technique, a lawyer will want to consider a variety of things inclusive of the circums...

Maya Angelou and Malcolm X, No Comparison?

For many, a comparison of the gentle grace of Maya Angelou's poetry with the fiery prose of Malcolm X would be difficult. Yet, as ...

Alfredo Vea Junior's The Silver Cloud Cafe

much better than this -well -maybe. Two neon light angels blink over a down and out adobe that squats on the Mission District cem...