11 May 2012 The Death Penalty: Keeping Our Society Safe As of April 1‚ 2008‚ there were 3‚320 convicted murderers on death row‚ and of those 3‚320 people‚ 65% of the murderers had a prior felony conviction (“The Death” 1). At the time that the 3‚320 murderers on death row committed their crime‚ 26.7% of the murderers were on probation or parole (“The Death” 1). Therefore‚ it is obvious that convicted murderers pose a colossal threat to our society because the murders may not only commit murder
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respect to employment. SUMMARY A convicted felon could lose a professional license or permit. But‚ licensing agencies are restricted in their ability to revoke licenses because a person cannot be disqualified from engaging in any occupation‚ profession‚ or business for which a state license or permit is required solely because of a prior conviction of a crime except under certain conditions. Employers can ask job applicants whether they have been convicted of a crime although federal anti-discrimination
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Jails and Prisons Tammy Johnson CRJ303: Corrections Professor Jeffrey Cudworth January 7‚ 2013 Jails and Prisons Jails and prisons are both types of sanctions that are used for convicted offenders that have committed crimes‚ but there are many differences in the two. “Jails are locally operated short- term confinement facilities originally built to hold suspects following arrest and pending trail. Today’s jails also serve these purposes: * They receive individuals pending arraignment
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HUS-732L-22A-2012SU l Dr. Brian Noon June 23‚ 2012 Abstract Each year‚ eight thousand felons are released back into the Washington‚ D.C. community from federal confinement and half of them will be re-confined within three years. The purpose of this project was to identify methods and practices that facilitate successful re-entry of District of Columbia felons back into society. This project used the skills‚ techniques and theories learned in the Master’s of Human Services
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man a slave. Amendments II and XV are some Amendments that people would think do not give equality‚ but they are wrong because the Second Amendment makes sure if you are over the age of 18 you can have a weapon to protect yourself unless you are a felon. The Fifteenth Amendment allows all men to vote no matter what skin tone‚ race‚ or religion in all society. With all that being said‚ the Constitution does give for equality in the United States and the
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been convicted of a felony‚ he or she can receive a permit to carry a loaded and concealed handgun” (“Gun Control”). These state legislated laws allow each area of the country to govern themselves as they see fit. By and large this system is effective at allowing its citizens to dictate if they want their state citizens to carry or not. However‚ as with any major law‚ the right to bear arms is a privilege that can be revoked if certain behavior dictates it. For example‚ if you are a convicted felon
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(CriminalJusticeUSA.com‚ 2013). Probation Officers are in charge of monitoring convicted felons who are released from prison on probation or parole. They have a lot of duties that include: seeking treatment options‚ helping them find jobs‚ and monitoring their progress. They document the progress and conduct meetings to discuss different options for their probationers. Probation Officers act as mentors and guidance counselors to felons who are trying to get back on their
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that the condition of society brought about by their observance (481). However‚ there is a very unique law that borrowing its name from baseball. Which is the three strikes law‚ it imposed mandatory minimum sentences for individuals who have been convicted of three felony crimes that were committed on three separate occasions. According to Bazelon‚ the ideology behind the three strikes law is that individuals who commit more than two felonies are chronically criminal and therefore pose a threat to
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In the opinion of many it is an essential concept for prisoners to be allowed to vote. If felons are allowed to vote‚ while in jail it can help them stay active participants with what is going on in politics‚ and society‚ and this will help them when they are released because they will know everything that has happened. In the eighth and ninth
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was treated differently because she was not a family member or girlfriend. A change occured in Asha life when she sacrifed companionship and married Rashad. Though she is not a convicted felon but‚ a hard working author and poet the book tells her story of injustice and humiliation due to her connection to a convicted felon. Whom she later conceives a child with during one of their many conjucal visits. The book goes in depth of the problems associated with her descion to marry and have a child
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