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Legal Terms – custody
imprisonment or incarceration. The Criminal Justice Act of 1991 established the present policy for the use of custody, which has been further refined by the Criminal Justice Act of 2003 and the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act of 2000. Under the "twin-track" strategy, less serious offenses may be punished with community service instead of lengthy prison terms. However, violent crimes, in particular, will carry lengthy prison sentences. This proportionality approach is reflected in the framework for custodial sentence established by the Powers of Criminal Courts (sentence) Act 2000, which also contains a policy of decreasing prison time for non-serious offenses. To this aim, the Act's section 79 establishes a "custody threshold" that must be met in order for a court to impose a custodial sentence, and section 80 places restrictions on the maximum amount of time that a prison sentence may be issued. 2. in the field of family law Previously, the package of rights and obligations that parents, as well as other people, occasionally have toward a kid. The Children Act of 1989 introduced the notion of *parental responsibility, which has since replaced the term "custody," which was used in a number of statutes.
imprisonment or incarceration. The Criminal Justice Act of 1991 established the present policy for the use of custody, which has been further refined by the Criminal Justice Act of 2003 and the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act of 2000. Under the "twin-track" strategy, less serious offenses may be punished with community service instead of lengthy prison terms. However, violent crimes, in particular, will carry lengthy prison sentences. This proportionality approach is reflected in the framework for custodial sentence established by the Powers of Criminal Courts (sentence) Act 2000, which also contains a policy of decreasing prison time for non-serious offenses. To this aim, the Act's section 79 establishes a "custody threshold" that must be met in order for a court to impose a custodial sentence, and section 80 places restrictions on the maximum amount of time that a prison sentence may be issued. 2. in the field of family law Previously, the package of rights and obligations that parents, as well as other people, occasionally have toward a kid. The Children Act of 1989 introduced the notion of *parental responsibility, which has since replaced the term "custody," which was used in a number of statutes.
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