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for Popular Government Vol. 51 Issue 1, Summer 1985
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18399
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The North Carolina prison system is faced with the task of balancing criminal punishment with rehabilitation. To do so, innovations are providing new ways to decide where inmates will be assigned, what privileges and programs will be available to them, new ways of involving their families in the rehabilitation, and in-service training.
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18400
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In 1977, the North Carolina legislature allowed children a voice in court for the first time through the appointment of a guardian ad litem, an attorney to represent a child in the case child abuse and neglect. In 1979, the law required the appointment of an attorney to serve as guardian ad litem. Unlike most nationwide statues, North Carolina's lists the specific duties of the person appointed.
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18401
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Social services, perhaps more than any other area of governmental activity, involves complex interrelationships among the federal, state, and local governments. In North Carolina most public social services programs are administered by the counties and county administration of the programs is supervised by the state. That arrangement and the intergovernmental cooperation it requires generate some special frustrations and problems. But while state administration of social services is sometimes advocated, there is no serious movement in North Carolina to adopt the state administration model that exists in other states.
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18402
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North Carolina's judicial system includes one or more small claims courts in each county. Each small claims court is presided over by a magistrate, and the maximum amount that may be sued for in small claims court is $100.
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18403
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Spot zoning is zoning that does not accord with a comprehensive plan or is sharply different from the zoning of surrounding or nearby properties, or appears to favor or punish a particular property owner. The concept is rooted in the North Carolina constitutional provisions that prohibit the grant of exclusive privileges.
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