Question one read‚ “What do you think is the best solution for helping a young offender?”. In relation to my results (Refer to appendix 3)‚ 15 people out of 25 suggest that counselling is the best form of help and a solution for a young offender‚ whereas only 7 agree that therapy is the best form of help. In line with parliament.uk (2014)‚ “All young offender institutions and prisons are required to have procedures in place to identify‚ manage and support
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There are a lot of sanctions on sex offenders but there are only put in place to help the people that live in the communities and it can help the offender not try to commit any more sex crimes. The sanctions are helpful and can reduce recidivism among sex offenders. These sanctions are warranted and are needed. There are many types of sex offences. A lot of them are more common than most. `Sex offences include: Molestation/Lewd Act with a Minor‚ Rape‚ Statutory rape or Unlawful Sexual Intercourse
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Slavery and Mass Incarceration 12/6/2010 The institution of slavery dates back before written records. The term slave was originally a derivative from the historical French and Latin medieval word for Slavic people of central and Eastern Europe. [ (wikipedia‚ 2010) ] In North America‚ the class system is systematically at the root of every socioeconomic and political issue resulting in Super companies‚ multibillionaires and the formation of lobbyists and special interest groups; there always has
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Gandhi’s nonviolent movement worked because of his clear communication‚ nonviolent tactics‚ and his commitment to India gaining independence. Gandhi wrote a letter to Lord Irwin clearly explaining his views and intentions of ending British rule in India. “My ambition is no less than to convert the British people through nonviolence and thus make them see the wrong they have done to India‚” he says in this letter. In this quote‚ Gandhi tells Lord Irwin exactly what his end goal of his nonviolent movement
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School‚ where she was an associate professor of law and directed the Civil Rights Clinics. Alexander published the book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. In it‚ she argues that systemic racial discrimination in the United States has resumed following the Civil Rights Movement’s gains; the resumption is embedded in the US War on Drugs and other governmental policies and is having devastating social consequences. She considers the scope and impact of this current law enforcement
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social categories this is the case. However‚ when analyzing incarceration rates and the gender distribution of incarceration rates‚ there is an obvious discrepancy. Spanning the width of any historical timeline‚ the rates at which men are sentenced to imprisonment far exceed those of women. While it can be argued that man is generally responsible for the majority of crimes historically committed‚ when strictly comparing the incarceration rates of men and women charged for the same crime‚ it is undeniable
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These are the major laws that affect the incarceration at the federal level; many states have mandatory minimums and similar policies. But that is changing. It is simply ineffective and inappropriate for states to focus only on new drug legislation. Twenty-three states have recently repealed drug penalties‚ including revision or even elimination of mandatory minimums‚ reclassifying what constitutes a drug offense‚ revising sentencing enhancements (being convicted of the same crime twice results
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Juvenile Offenders Juvenile offenders are classified in most systems as people who have not yet reached the age of maturity‚ which by law is the threshold of your adult years. 18 years old is the line between being a teenager and a full grown adult when they will be able to be tried for a criminal offense‚ while fourteen years old is the youngest age a person can be tried for a seriously violent crime. In the text it states‚ “Juvenile crime has been a feature of almost every society‚ but how
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four women are statistically shown to recieve a sexual assault in their lifetime. Sex Offenders are a danger to men and women everywhere. Megan’s law gives each state the privalge to make private and personal information about regesister sex offenders accessable to the public. In Michigan‚ "all offenders are entered locally by a probation/parole agent or criminial justice agency that deal with offenders. Offenders must be registestered after conviction (Megan’s..)" and be published. Megan’s law has
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deny a mother the opportunity to care for her child‚ even if that mother is a convicted felon? As society continues to grow and change these are important questions to ask. According to statistics today‚ “Female incarceration is growing at a rate far outpacing the growth in male incarceration” (Schubert‚ Duininck‚ and Shlafer 2016). With the emergence of a more prominent female prisoner population there are different factors to consider. Including the fact that it is still expected‚ based on gender
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