CRIM 12000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Day-Fine

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Criminology and Justice Studies
• Course: CRIM 12000
• Professor: Allen Lowery

Document Summary

Set the precise court date at the arraignment/initial appearance. No plea bargaining within 24 hours of trial. Reduce the number of continuances allowed (virtually none within 24 hours of trial) Increase the number of waiverable offenses (and utilize the day fine concept) Prosecutors in lieu of a complaint being authorized c. judges in lieu of trial d. go voluntarily. Suspect and victim appear before a board of citizens drawn from the local neighborhood who listen to the case. a. No legal representation is allowed. c. the community court proceeds in an informal fashion. d. the community courts utilizes either the: Mediation model (danzig model) actively: arbitration model (didactic/fisher model) hear both sides and render a decision become involved with dissenting parties and help work out a solution. The community court reaches a mutually agreeable, non- legally binding resolution. That decisions nearly always required both sides in the dispute to engage in some form of compensation/restitution (reflects the mutual culpability principle).