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    Contents CHAPTER 1 2 1. INTRODUCTION 2 2 2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION 2 3. LEGAL BACKGROUND 2 3.1. Local legislations 2 3.2. International instruments 3 CHAPTER TWO 4 4. ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION AND IMPRISONMENT IN THE JUSTICE SECTOR 4 4.1. PRE-TRIAL ALTERNATIVES 4 4.1.1. Referrals to alternative dispute resolution 4 4.1.2. Diversion 4 4.2. ALTERNATIVES AT THE TRIAL STAGE 5 4.2.1. Bail/bond 5 4.3. POST TRIAL ALTERNATIVES 5 4.3.1. Probation 5 4.3.2. Community service orders 6 4.3.3. Suspended sentences

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    because case law shows that, for the manner of detention to be reasonable, the employee must not insult the customer, use excessive force, or subject the customer to undue humiliation, even though it was within the employee’s rights to effect a detention by violence and confinement. BRIEF ANSWER NO. 3: Yes. A Texas court will likely find that a customer’s detention of 17 minutes was a reasonable amount of time because case law states than an hour-long detention can be found reasonable considering the circumstances

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    After an incident took place on the 12 of July 2008, Mr Walker claimed damages for false imprisonment, assault and malicious prosecution. This claim arose after an incident which occurred that involved the police officers being responsive to a complaint that was made by the appellant’s partner, Ms Cadice Lecky. At the arrival of the scene, Mr Alexandra Walker was alleged that he has punched his partner and he was also verbally abusive. One of the police officers at the scene PC Adams considered that

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    FACTS: The Senior Partner wants to know if a customer of Bell Department Stores (“Bell”) can establish a false imprisonment claim against Bell, the Firm’s client. The customer is a man named Richard Okon, age twenty-one (“the Customer”). Vince Von (“the Employee”) was the security guard on duty who detained the Customer on August 15, 2015 at the store located in Weatherford, Texas. Motivated by a preexisting aversion to Okon, Von watched him intently from the moment he entered the store. The

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    behind bars. This consultant made us aware of what it was like to be a prisoner. He also introduced us to a number of other ex-convicts and correctional personnel during an earlier Stanford summer school class we co-taught on "The Psychology of Imprisonment." Our prison was constructed by boarding up each end of a corridor in the basement of Stanford's Psychology Department building. That corridor was "The Yard" and was the only outside place where prisoners were allowed to walk, eat, or exercise

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    The book NewJack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover is an profound book to read it gave me a great glimpse of how the prison life really is and how you can put yourself in comparing how Hollywood movies or TV shows displays them. Conover discuss about the history of Sing Sing prison since 1826. It was an authentic and straight forward of how the prison life is especially for those who want to pursue as a correctional officers. It gave two perspectives one from the guards and the other by the inmates

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    The given fact is concerned about the intentional tort of false imprisonment of Donna (D), intrusion and vicarious liability to establish liability against the store. The answer will also discuss possible damages for D. Donna may bring action against Manager under the intentional tort of false imprisonment. False imprisonment is an imprisonment where an individual is detained in a limited area without justification and authority. According to fact, when D was taken into the office and told to sit

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