Advantages and Disadvantages of Private Prisons and Jails Learning Team A CJA/303 June 9‚ 2010 James Wilson Advantages and Disadvantages of Private Prisons and Jails In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. According to Wikimedia Foundation‚ Inc. (2010)‚ "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is
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SWOK 534- Fall 2012 Mental Health in Texas prisons and jails October 13‚ 2012 University of Southern California A. Introduction: Issue‚ Policy‚ Problem: Texas has approximately 24.3 million residents according to 2010 state statistics from the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Close to 833‚000 adults live with a serious mental illness. Within these 24.3 million residents of Texas in 2008‚ approximately 37‚700 adults with a mental illness were incarcerated (NAMI.org). Additionally‚ there
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Jail and Prison Paper Kerri-Ann Pimentel CJA/204 September 29‚ 2014 Erica Veljic Jail and Prison Paper The United States has approximately four types of penitentiaries. These correctional facilities are: Juvenile‚ federal prison‚ county jail and state prison. Generally‚ county jails are regarded as a facility that remands convicts for a moment before they are transferred to a penitentiary. In addition‚ county jails are used to detain convicts who have been imprisoned and have a prison
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Jails‚ Prisons and Community based Corrections Anthony Canez CJA/204 June 27‚ 2013 Robin Downey Jails‚ Prisons and Community based Corrections In this essay I will attempt to explain and discuss probation and how it compares to other forms of sentencing‚ the types of prison‚ the origins of rehabilitation in prisons‚ parole and how it differs from mandatory release and finally options of community corrections. Ending the essay will be a critique on the current rehabilitation options. The history
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Criminal Acts and Choice Theories Response Stephanie Bangerter CJS 200 April 7‚ 2014 Criminal Acts and Choice Theories Response The two criminology models that best suits the basic knowledge of law in this country is the classical and neoclassical criminological theories. The classical theory makes basic assumptions such as: • “Crime is caused by the individual exercise of free will. Human beings are fundamentally rational‚ and most human behavior is the result of free will coupled
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celebrities who have gone to jail were only left there for a couple hours because they paid money. They got sent off drugs and alcohol some of of the people. They inmate that they could put more funds. Some put $175 dollars in month. All the money is consumed on phone calls that they are made to the families or friends. Some people went to jail that have shuttle some of the prisons. They have to wear jumpsuit‚ and shackled in some prison they take the prisoners to different jails. If there is to much people
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Crime rates have changed through out history. This information is available to us because of programs designed to track the rate crimes increase in comparison to a component of the population. The crime rates are guidelines that help us manage the potential increase in future crimes and help us devise a system that is prepared to deal with the complications they pose to our society. There are three programs commonly used to establish crime rates. Uniform Crime Reporting
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Thibeault CJS 200 November 23‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Violent Behavior Response In today’s society the behavior of inmates continues to get worse. Many inmates in prisons have violent behavior because they feel they have nothing to live for anymore especially when they get life in prison without parole. To many inmates they feel like it does not matter what they do because they are never going to leave prison anyway. Many prisons have gangs and when one first gets to prison they are told
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Reactive Patrol CJS/210 January 17‚ 2012 Michael Catanzarita Reactive Patrol As I read chapter seven “Patrol and Traffic “‚ I learn that a reactive patrol is a form of random patrol. Random patrol is said to be incident driven‚ or reactive‚ in that officers are responding to crimes only after they occur‚ either through rapid response to calls for service or to a violation or call in progress. Due to officer constantly moving it makes responding to these 911 calls easier and faster to respond
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Jails and Prisons Grace Melendez CJA 490 December 24‚ 2012 Kevin Perry Jails and Prisons In the world of Criminal Justice‚ jails as well as prisons play an extremely important role in society. These facilities serve the purpose of housing individuals who have committed a crime. This paper will focus on the various types of prisons‚ the comparison of jails and prisons in the United States correctional system‚ the advantages and disadvantages of probation and parole‚ the role of community-based
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