The Federal Witness Protection Service has been around for over 45 years. The program has protected families and witnesses from harm and danger. Witness Protection is an important program to help put criminals behind bars. The program was established in 1970 under the Organized Crime Control Act. Although‚ the program officially began in 1971. The program is used to relocate‚ protect and provide new identities to witnesses of federal or state government cases. Since 1971‚ the program has relocated
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art portrays the belief that the Federal Government has more power than the states. When thinking about the tension between who has more power‚ the three of us agreed that both have a say in our nation but‚ the Federal Government has more authority. We chose to give the states 40%‚ because the States are allowed to make specific laws‚ and the people within those states have rights that are protected by the Constitution. Although at the end of the day the Federal Government still has more power‚ therefore
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private prisons are more effective because they have lower recidivism rates. However‚ this is not true. As stated by Peter Kerwin‚ “private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more month behind bars than those assigned to public prisons and are equally likely to commit more crimes after release‚ despite industry claims to lower recidivism rates through high-quality and innovative rehabilitation programs” (2015) this quote shows that more offenders return to private prisons than those
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Federal Taxation Week 7 homework Property Transactions Question 10-1 Distinguish between realized gains and losses and recognized gains and losses. You will always have a loss or a gain due to an exchange transaction. Once the transaction is completed the corresponding amount will be recorded on your income statement. Recognition exists only in the context of tax laws‚ in some cases the exchange transaction will be excluded under IRC Section 1031. Problem 10-47 On April 18‚ 2010‚ Jane
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Jail and Prison CJA/204 Jail and Prison The judicial system has a way of punishing criminals in such a way that will remove them from visual daily contact with society. The punishment is in the form of imprisonment‚ jail or prison. This paper will discuss the four types of prisons and explain the concept of prison as a total institution. Jails can play an important role in the criminal justice system‚ in which will also be discussed. The paper will also study the role of community based
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u10a1 WIC Denise M. Owen Ned Preble BPA 3025 For the final project we were asked to identify a state level agency that delivers a federal program. The program this writer choose was WIC. She will identify where the program sits on the federal level‚ what department it is part of‚ any areas of concern‚ and of course identify its mission and any other pertinent information. We will attempt to explain how WIC interacts on all levels of government and the type of intergovernmental relations
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Prison Gangs Michael Dooley Aiken Tech CRJ 242.013 Prison Gangs Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized‚ stealthy and deadly‚ they are reaching out from their cells to organize and control crime in America’s streets. Law enforcement personal began to systematically monitor gang activities in the 1970’s. Working together‚ their initial attempts were to identify only gangs which had some semblance of formal structure‚ a constitution‚ bylaws‚ mission statement‚ or some identifiable
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happening in prisons and how we can improve the situation we currently have in regards to the prison system. There are major flaws within the penal system‚ and Angela Davis highlighted a main one in secrecy. We know based off of research that our prison population commonly consists of individuals who struggle academically (Petersilia‚ 2003‚ pg 32). Because of this lack of strong schooling‚ they may not possess basic skills like reading‚ with about 20 % performing at an illiterate level within state facilities
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Melissa Fletcher Professor Nagel English 1201: Summary 29 October 2012 Smith Goshin‚ Lorie‚ and Mary Woods Byrne. "Converging Streams of Opportunity for Prison Nursery Programs in the United States." Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation 48.4 (2009): 271-295. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 24 Oct. 2012. In their article “Converging Streams of Opportunity for Prison Nursery Programs in the United States‚” which appears in Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation‚ the authors
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The Prison System CJS/200 The history of the American prison system was based partially on the prison system of 18th century England. Whereas the American prison system emphasized punishment as well as rehabilitation and restitution the English system did not. Those offenders incarcerated in the English prison system were comprised of‚ those awaiting trial‚ banishment from the community‚ debtors‚ or those awaiting execution. The American prison system evolved when William Penn instituted
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