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    “On average‚ there are 288‚820 victims (age 12 or older) of rape each year in the United States” (RAINN). Many of these attackers are often known as sex offenders or rapists. Imagine having to wake up everyday dealing with the physical‚ emotional‚ and psychological consequences of being raped. The sex offenders or rapists’ who attacked you have to now go through a legal process and will be put onto a registry. Unfortunately‚ this legal process could take many months‚ and even worse is that several

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    Territory in 1997 introduced mandatory sentences of one month to one year for the third offence regarding property and theft. In the USA possession of more than a small amount of a drug is punished by a mandatory harsh sentence. Mandatory life imprisonment has also been proposed in the US Congress for a second sexual offence against children. The British government has proposed a mandatory five year minimum prison sentence for anyone convicted of carrying a firearm illegally. In addition to these mandatory

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    history‚ Mass Incarceration has heavily affected groups of African- Americans living in the United States. The War on Drugs launched the increase of the imprisonment of young black males across the country. Although‚ The War on drugs began over 30 years ago‚ it is a battle that we Americans continue to fight today. It is a battle‚ we have not yet conquered. With the launch of Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs‚ thousands of people have been incarcerated for crimes that are not violent‚ but drug- related

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    Rehabilitation in Prison and the Disparity Between Rehabilitation and Incarceration Rates Introduction The purpose of this paper is to examine how prison recidivism impacts our society and why there is an enormous disparity between rehabilitation and incarceration rates. Prisons are constantly being constructed and are filled to capacity. Prisons simply do not eliminate crime and criminal behavior. In fact‚ In the United States‚ in many instances‚ the recidivism rate is quite high‚ and the

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    does our correctional system punish offenders? “There aren’t any magic bullets that can end America’s continuing battle with crime and addiction”. M‚ S. (2015). The word punishment is a form of Discipline. In order to better understand the nature of punishment‚ is too consider the development to morally justify society infliction of punishment. The correctional system has a system of monitoring‚ supervision‚ punishment‚ and treatment for the range offenders who are convicted of violations of

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    you believe all drugs in America should be legalized? Chances to that are no‚ but it would actually greatly benefit every American if this were the case. A commonly held belief about most illegal drugs is that they are harmful‚ addictive‚ and most likely to destroy a productive member of society if consumed. However‚ this is not necessarily true and banning drugs may actually expanding their usage‚ broadening their devastation. America as a whole will be greatly better off if drugs are decriminalized

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    Drug Crimes

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    Criminal Justice 1305 October 10‚ 2012 Drug Crimes Drugs have been a part of the United States‚ and Minnesota‚ since the 1800’s. Since then more drugs have been created and used. More drugs in turn led to more drug abuse. This abuse led to more violations‚ which caused the government to form laws against drugs (Rattliff). Today‚ there are laws ranging in degrees of punishment for possessing drugs‚ selling drugs‚ trafficking drugs‚ and manufacturing drugs (Minnesota Criminal Defense Law‚ 2012)

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    In 1982‚ the Young Offenders Act [YOA] was established. It replaced the Juvenile Delinquents Act [JDA] of 1908 and its main objective was to guarantee the rights and freedoms of Canadian Youth were being met. Many revisions and opportunities arose with the passing of the YOA. With the passing of the YOA‚ it provided the young offenders of Canada with extended rights‚ chances for rehabilitation‚ and also therapy institutions. The YOA takes into concern such elements of age‚ maturity‚ reasonableness

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    to become criminals in order to get their drug‚ being able to get drugs for which they ’re sure of the quality." Isn ’t it a gateway drug to harder substances? "The effect of criminalization is to drive people from mild drugs to strong drugs... Crack would never have existed in my opinion if you had not had drug prohibition. It was drug prohibition- why was crack created? Because cocaine was so expensive." [Cocaine was so expensive because of drug prohibition.] But what about the morality

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    future prosperity of the United States; however‚ there is an alarming trend that threatens all of society. That threat is the growing occurrence of Female Sex Offenders. Many times‚ when a child reports that he/she has been victimized by a female‚ that claim is either not believed‚ or it is perceived as not a big deal.(Center for Sex Offender Management; 2007) Traditionally‚ it has been assumed that sex crimes are perpetrated by males. The result of this assumption is that

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