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Assignment 1- Court Observation reportAttend a NSW Court. (Not a Children’s Court or Family Court)Observe and report on the court system by visiting a court where a Criminal matter or a Traffic matter is being heard.Identify the following in a report:1. Date and place of the hearing.Penrith local court - room no.5, 11:10 am 22nd April 20132.Name of the accused person from court list.Travis chan( 19 years old) and geoffrey davis (18 years old ),3.Name of the Magistrate or the Judge from court list.Presided over by Mgistrate Sinclair4. What is the court matter about?This matter is a joint case where the accused Mr. Chan and davis both have assualted a victim at the local pub.5. Is the accused person represented by legal counsel?Both the accused were represented by legal counsel who sought to have the punishment in line with deterrence and rehabilitation themes.In you short report of your observations,try to include the following detail:• Could this matter have been dealt with in another way?Donnna help --- ahah• Is the interaction between the Magistrate/Judge, the Police Prosecutor (Local Court) Crown (District Court) and the Defence Counsel appropriate in terms of their responsibilities?dont worry about this•Did the accused person appear to understand what was happening?or this•Did police give evidence in an appropriate and ‘disinterested’ manner? (see definition below)or thishttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/disinterested.•Using the ‘The Rule of Law’ definition by Dicey assess whether or not the court process could be improved.or thisAn assault is any act which intentionally—or possibly recklessly—causes another person to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence. Although "assault" is an independent crime and is to be treated as such, for practical purposes today "assault" is generally synonymous with the term "battery" and is a term used to mean the actual intended use of unlawful force to another person without his consent. On the facts of the present case the "assault" alleged involved a "battery."[13]Assignment 1- Court Observation reportAttend a NSW Court. (Not a Children’s Court or Family Court)Observe and report on the court system by visiting a court where a Criminal matter or a Traffic matter is being heard.Identify the following in a report:1. Date and place of the hearing.Penrith local court - room no.5, 11:10 am 22nd April 20132.Name of the accused person from court list.Travis chan( 19 years old) and geoffrey davis (18 years old ),3.Name of the Magistrate or the Judge from court list.Presided over by Mgistrate Sinclair4. What is the court matter about?This matter is a joint case where the accused Mr. Chan and davis both have assualted a victim at the local pub.5. Is the accused person represented by legal counsel?Both the accused were represented by legal counsel who sought to have the punishment in line with deterrence and rehabilitation themes.In you short report of your observations,try to include the following detail:• Could this matter have been dealt with in another way?Donnna help --- ahah• Is the interaction between the Magistrate/Judge, the Police Prosecutor (Local Court) Crown (District Court) and the Defence Counsel appropriate in terms of their responsibilities?dont worry about this•Did the accused person appear to understand what was happening?or this•Did police give evidence in an appropriate and ‘disinterested’ manner? (see definition below)or thishttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/disinterested.•Using the ‘The Rule of Law’ definition by Dicey assess whether or not the court process could be improved.or thisAn assault is any act which intentionally—or possibly recklessly—causes another person to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence. Although "assault" is an independent crime and is to be treated as such, for practical purposes today "assault" is generally synonymous with the term "battery" and is a term used to mean the actual intended use of unlawful force to another person without his consent. On the facts of the present case the "assault" alleged involved a "battery."[13]

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Policing of Marginal Youth Groups in Public Places
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Table of Contents 
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3 
Crime Control Strategies................................................................................................................. 3 
Dispersal Orders: ........................................................................................................................ 3 
Stop and Search: ......................................................................................................................... 4 
Move along Orders: .................................................................................................................... 4 
Curfews: ...................................................................................................................................... 4 
Effect of strategies on the nature of the relationship between police/private security and one 
marginal youth group (Ethnic People) ............................................................................................ 5 
Youth Inclusive Strategy................................................................................................................. 6 
Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................... 7 
References ....................................................................................................................................... 8
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Introduction 
The criminal Justice system is responsible for treating each and every individual in a fair 
and legal manner whether someone reports as a victim of crime, a witness in a court case or as an 
offender. Police officers are responsible for the fair enacting of the laws framed by the criminal 
justice system. They are the first to respond to any type of crime or illegal happening in public 
places. In this manner, the police are regarded as ‘gatekeepers’ to the criminal justice system 
because their role is fundamental for subduing the offender and determining the strategies in 
order to govern public places. 
They are the ones to decide what charges will be filed against the guilty, collecting 
evidence, and gather information that can be utilized so as to further incriminate the suspect and 
apply strategies that effectively govern public places. However, it is considerable that sometimes 
the strategies used by the police and/or private security to govern public impacts negatively to 
one or many marginal youth groups. 
In this context, this paper will present crime control strategies that police and/or private 
security utilizes to govern public spaces and at the same time the effects of these strategies 
(Denham 2007).  
Crime Control Strategies 
Crime has become a terrible social problem and anti-social behavior is prevalent in public 
places due to the people who harass or at the same time intimidate innocent people. These groups 
of people are controlled by police or private security using numerous crime control strategies 
justified by the criminal justice system. Some of these crime control strategies that police and/or 
private security use to govern public spaces are as follows: 
Dispersal Orders: 
Police sometimes designate a specific area as a Dispersal Zone for a particular period of 
time, for instance up to six months or more, whenever a concern is expressed by local people 
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who feel intimidated by a group of people. Such people create a nuisance in the community and 
sometimes makes it mandatory for police to utilize the dispersal order as a crime control strategy. 
With the help of this, police disperse any group of two or more people from the area so that if 
dispersed people return to the area again they can be arrested or charged to court. However, if 
someone does not disperse and remains in the dispersal order then it is regarded as a criminal 
offense and can be charged with a fine (Crawford and Lister 2007). 
Stop and Search:

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