offenders are not imprisoned‚ and more than 90 percent 0f all imprisoned offenders are eventually released. If laws are enacted that limit probation or increase the length of imprisonment by abolishing parole‚ there must be corresponding increases in prison space to accommodate the results. Limiting or abolishing parole release causes increases in the use of probation. “Truth-in-sentencing” laws permit only small grants of good time‚ while “three-strikes-and-you’re-out” statutes mean lifetime imprisonment
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How Probation & Juvenile Probation are Different 12/2/2012 Harrison College Nikki N. Robinson Probation is sentence where a convict is released from confinement but is still under court supervision; a testing or a trial period. Probation can be given in lieu of a prison term or can suspend a prison sentence if the convict has consistently demonstrated good behavior. (The Free Dictionary ‚ 1981-2005) The status of a convicted person who is given some freedom on the condition that for
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Explanation of a Situation Where is Your Money Going? “I’m Barack Obama and I approve this message.” “I’m Mitt Romney and I approve this message.” These campaign ads appear on every channel and commercial break. A majority of the time‚ it’s to inform the viewers about what their opponent has done wrong in the past. The candidates travel across the country speaking about what they would change if they were elected as the 2012 to 2016 president. One topic that swirls around every candidate is what
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Probation officers have many duties and roles to fulfill in society. Making sure the offenders comply with their probation qualifications is the main duty of a probation officer. They must monitor the actions of the criminal like their treatment plan‚ their employment‚ and their residence. Probation officers have many duties they must handle all at once for many different criminals. The supervisory role is taken on the moment the sentencing is completed. These officers have a very difficult job
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An Explanation of Terrorism After browsing through Stephen E. Atkins book Terrorism‚ I soon learned many interesting things regarding the history of terrorism. It seems this form of protest has been around since Biblical times. Also‚ the main goal of a terrorist is not to do damage to one peticular person or place‚ but to gain publicity for an idea they support. (page 1) Evidence of this can be found by looking at the recent past of the United States. The Oklahoma bombing was one man’s way
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The beatitudes are eight statements taught by Jesus. They are concerned with virtue and how a believer in Jesus Christ can achieve that virtue. The Beatitudes are a map of life‚ a series of directives helping us on our journey to be with God. They also designate the actual condition of people who follow God’s guidelines. "Blessed are the poor in spirit‚ for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." In the book it states‚ We are poor in spirit when we recognize that everything we are and everything we have
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The first expression that Shakespeare used in the poem is “summer days.” The writer tried to relate the beauty of the summer season with the beauty of his beloved friend. Though‚ he tried to emphasize on the fact that his friend is much more magnificent and charming than the summer season. The speaker used phrases like rough winds and the darling buds of May to describe the qualities of summer. He indicates that his friend’s qualities are much higher than the qualities of the summer day because the
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My constellation is Scorpius and it is the latin word for Scorpion. It is literally translated as the creature with the burning sting. The reason it is so interesting is not because of it’s shape‚ because it is the brightest constellation there is. In the northern hemisphere‚ Scorpius is on the southern horizon. Ancient Greeks considered the claws of Scorpius as the Libra constellation. One myth about Scorpius is that Orion and his mother wanted to hunt every animal on the planet‚ so Zeus sent a
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Name of Course: The Explanation of Crime Code of Course: CMY3701 Semester Code: 02 - Second Semester Assignment Number: 01 - Compulsory Student Name: Riëtte du Bruyn Student Number: 4238-255-6 Unique Number: 363036 Assignment Closing Date: 22 August 2013 Rational Choice Theory Table of Contents Section A: 15 marks 3 1. Introduction 3 2. Definition of Rational Choice 3 3. The Six propositions of Rational Choice (Joubert 2009:19-20) 3 3.1 First: Crimes are deliberate acts‚ committed
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Richard G.‚ Betsie McNulty‚ and Thao Le. ?Implementation of the Intensive-Community Based Aftercare Program.? Juvenile Justice Bulletin. (July 200). World Wide Web. 20 Nov. 2003. http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/181464.pdf Cohen‚ Robyn L. ?Probation and Parole Violators in State Prison‚ 1991.? Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report. (August 1995). World Wide Web. 20 Nov. 2003. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ppvsp91.pdf Allen‚ Harry E.‚ Clifford E. Simonsen‚ and Edward J. Latessa.
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