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10 Cards in this Set
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What is the firt advantage of LM? |
Local involvement: work/live in local JA |
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What is the second advantage of LM? |
Lay involvement: anyone can be LM = makes JS much more transparent |
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What is the third advantage of LM? |
Cost effective: unsalaried role = expenses are capped Cost of £200million Fines bring £270million |
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What is the fourth advantage of LM? |
Volume of cases: cost effective again due to the amount of cases they see (97%) |
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What is the fifth advantage of LM? |
Few appeals: shows the current JS is functioning properly |
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What is the first disadvantage of LM? |
Sentencing: there is huge inconsistency with sentencing in offences |
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What is the second disadvantage of LM? |
Unrepresentative: young people/working are rarely represented in LM's |
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What is the third disadvantage of LM? |
Biased to the Police: LM's become case hardened and become 'numb' to the same defence over and over again |
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What is the fourth disadvantage of LM? |
Legal Advisors: LM's can become overly reliant on LA's for support |
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What is the fifth disadvantage of LM? |
Cheap amateur justice: Should unsalaried/legally untrained people be upholding the Law? |
