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The Criminal Justice Standards And Goals Process In Virginia, Ronald J. Bacigal
The Criminal Justice Standards And Goals Process In Virginia, Ronald J. Bacigal
University of Richmond Law Review
Throughout its history, the criminal law has developed primarily through judicial interpretation of case law and legislative enactment of statutes. It is only in the recent past that an effort has been made to apply the planning process of standards and goals to the criminal justice system. At the national level, the impetus has come primarily from the American Bar Association (ABA) Project on Standards for Criminal Justice, which has been in existence for over ten years and has been widely publicized, and from the National Advisory Commission (NAC) on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals. In 1971, the NAC stated …
Sentencing Alternatives For Virginia General District Courts, Jose R. Davila Jr., Robert L. Mordhorst
Sentencing Alternatives For Virginia General District Courts, Jose R. Davila Jr., Robert L. Mordhorst
University of Richmond Law Review
The endless parade of humanity that passes before the benches of Virginia's general district courts accused of minor offenses presents to those charged with deciding these cases one of the most challenging judicial tasks of our day. The challenge in addition to deciding guilt or innocence is also determining what to do with those judged guilty. Those decisions influence to one degree or another the direction of peoples lives for their own and society's good or ill. Most of the offenders appearing before these courts are young people, often first offenders. The behavior patterns of their lives are not yet …