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  2. Youth offending team - Wikipedia

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    Following the White Paper "No More Excuses", [3] the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 [4] was passed setting up YOTs and introducing a series of community-based interventions for the prevention and control of youth violence. The overall aim of the Act was to reduce the risk of young people offending and re-offending, and to provide counsel and ...

  3. Wasting police time - Wikipedia

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    The offence carries a maximum penalty of six months' imprisonment and/or a fine. Less serious cases may result in a penalty notice for disorder of £80 for persons aged 16 or over and £40 for younger offenders. The same applies to Northern Ireland according to Section 5(3) of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967. [2]

  4. Fixed penalty notice - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, a fixed penalty notice (FPN) is a notice giving an individual the opportunity to be made immune from prosecution for an alleged criminal offence in exchange for a fee. [1] Fixed penalty notices were introduced in Britain in the 1980s to deal with minor parking offences. Originally used by police and traffic wardens, their ...

  5. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia

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    ADA says that "a public accommodation shall take those steps that may be necessary to ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated differently than other individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services, unless the public accommodation can demonstrate that taking ...

  6. Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

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    Among other measures, the act: Gives courts greater discretion to issue conditional discharges for young persons pleading guilty to a first offence [4]; The objectives of the Act included making significant savings in the cost of the scheme, [5] discouraging unnecessary and adversarial litigation at public expense, [5] and targeting legal aid to those who need it the most.

  7. Milwaukee Bucks' Bobby Portis suspended 25 games for ... - AOL

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    Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis was suspended 25 games without pay for violating the NBA's anti-drug program, the league announced Thursday.

  8. Disorderly conduct - Wikipedia

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    Disorderly conduct is a crime in most jurisdictions, such as the United States and China.Typically, "disorderly conduct" is a term used to refer to any behavior that is considered unacceptable in a formal, civilized or controlled environment.

  9. Crime and Disorder Act 1998 - Wikipedia

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    The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The Act was published on 2 December 1997 and received royal assent in July 1998. Its key areas were the introduction of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, Sex Offender Orders, Parenting Orders, granting local authorities more responsibilities with regards to strategies for reducing crime and disorder, and the ...