Incarceration or Rehabilitation for Non-Violent Drug Offenders Statistics have proven that incarceration alone is a monetary pitfall and does not deter the cluster of non-violent drug related crimes in this country. We need to create an alternative habilitation pattern for these offenders including an assessment of their mental health‚ specialized life skills training‚ and occupational employment assistance: in some cases‚ in lieu of incarceration and in others‚ in conjunction with incarceration
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are millions of Americans in the United States (U.S) who have been to prison for conviction of a crime and incarceration rates are increasing (Public Safety Performance Project‚2007‚ Pew‚ 2008). Each year‚ thousands of individuals across the United States confront social and personal challenges related with the shift of transitioning from prison to society outside of prison. Incarceration prisons rates in the U.S. has increased more than any country in the world (Pew‚ 2008). In this informative
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four decades‚ drugs use remains a very serious problem in the US‚ even though the drug war has made these substances less accessible. There are a lot of supporting views for the motion that government should legalize drugs‚ the reasons being: to spend less on war drugs‚ to make drugs more accessible to people and scientists in need of drugs‚ to collect tax revenues‚ etc. Two well-known professors and authors‚ Michael Huemer and Gabor Maté‚ argue‚ in their articles‚ against America’s drug war with two
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part of “civilization” again. Peter Wagner‚ in his article Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2016‚ says that “Every year‚ 636‚000 people walk out of prison gates‚ but people go to jail over 11 million times each year.”Where are those 10.6 million something people that vanished? That is basically the basis of mass incarceration which in other terms mean that more people are in jail then leaving which causes overpopulation. Mass incarceration must end due to its effects. An Example of an effect of
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Against One of the arguments against legalization of drugs is what we have all grown up hearing which is “drugs are bad”. This reason has been said throughout most of our life and is what we learn in schools. However‚ legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco have caused more harm than illegal drugs. Another argument against legalization is that it would send mix signals to children. Drugs are bad and “just say no” have been sayings we have all learned growing up. However‚ if drugs were suddenly legal
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In the essay‚ “Legalizing Drugs Makes Matters Worse by James Q. Wilson‚” Wilson expresses a view regarding legalizing drugs that it will cause more drug use. He warrants this by using 3 main possible results: 1) Drugs would be cheaper due to the fact that the black market inflates prices for illegal products. 2) Drugs would be much safer to gain possession of because you would no longer be receiving them from sketchy drug dealers‚ legitimate companies would be selling them. He expresses this by
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chores. But‚ to this day‚ no list is more important or more scrutinized for its information then the register for sexual offenders list. This list contains names and other important information about the people on this list. What we learn from it and we take the time to learn what establishes the qualifications to be on it‚ it’s clear why we have it. The sexual offenders list was created so that we as a society could have access to the where about of people who may be a danger to kids and families
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Livingston Modern Problems 6 May 2014 Against Drug Testing For Welfare The uprising of unemployment and welfare is exceeding previous predictions and not many states are keeping up with them. Drug testing for welfare is unconstitutional and unfair because not everyone abuses the system. Not everyone uses the money they get for drugs. Some families really need the money while others use it for their own selfish needs instead of the needs of their families. Drug testing only leads to spending more
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Alexander was very detailed in her speech about how drug warm mass incarceration and Jim Crow are connected. She explained that more than half of working-age African American men are having criminal records. People with criminal records lost the right to vote‚ the right to serve on juries‚ access to education and face discrimination in employment. African American men with criminal records are living a life that Alexander claimed to be different than African American people that lived in the Jim
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The relationship between incarceration and crime has been examined for a long time. Some researchers have posited that incarceration reduced crime. Others have argued that incarceration did not reduce crime; even‚ a few of researchers insisted that it increased crime. Also‚ some scholars have contended that incarceration brought about unintended or collateral consequences. By delving into numerous studies focusing on the relationship between incarceration and crime‚ this literature review will illuminate
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