Crime prevention and criminal justice

July 29, 2021 / No Comments / Main Any form of crime undermines the rule of law. Preventing crime involves taking measures that seek to reduce the risk of crimes occurring, and their potential harmful effects on individuals and society, including fear of crime, by intervening to influence their multiple causes. The criminal justice system addresses the consequences of criminal behaviour in society

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS: Defense Function

July 14, 2021 / No Comments / Main PART I: GENERAL STANDARDS Standard 4-1.1 The Scope and Function of these Standards (a) As used in these Standards, “defense counsel” means any attorney – including privately retained, assigned by the court, acting pro bono or serving indigent defendants in a legal aid or public defender’s office – who acts as an attorney on behalf of a client

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Criminal Defense Law

July 1, 2021 / No Comments / Main What is Criminal Defense Law? Criminal defense law consists of the legal protections afforded to people who have been accused of committing a crime. Law enforcement agencies and government prosecutors have extensive resources at their disposal. Without adequate protections for the accused, the balance of power within the justice system would become skewed in favor

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