social context to another. This scenario happens on a daily basis‚ inmates reintegrating into a society that is abashed of a criminal record. The increasing rates of inmates have a direct correlation with recidivism‚ reintegration‚ race‚ and the rank felons hold in the job market. If we as a society aren’t inflicting a positive attitude onto these ex-convicts‚ then we can’t expect them to uphold a positive outlook for their future. If people going into prison can adapt to those norms and take on the
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Authors: Kaplan‚ David A. Source: Fortune. 12/7/2009‚ Vol. 160 Issue 11‚ p14-16. 3p. 4 Color Photographs. Document Type: Opinion Subject Terms: *EXECUTIVES; *CHIEF executive officers AVARICE Geographic Terms: UNITED States Company/Entity: TYCO International Ltd. -- Officials & employees Ticker: TYC People: KOZLOWSKI‚ Dennis‚ 1946- -- Trials‚ litigation‚ etc. Abstract: The author offers observations on Dennis Kozlowski‚ the former chief executive officer of industrial conglomerate Tyco
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What is Probation? For‚ you grasp a better understanding of what probation is you first must know the meaning of probation. Probation has several different meanings to it. Probation could mean a sentence of imprisonment that is suspended. Whereas‚ it could also mean a court-ordered period of correctional supervision as an alternative to incarceration (Fank Schmalleger‚ 2016‚ 2014‚ 2012‚ 2010). Secondly‚ it can also mean the method used to deal with first time offenders‚ or those guilty of minor
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The Right to Own Guns As American citizens‚ we have more rights and freedoms than any other group of people in the world. The founders of this country established these freedoms because they had previously lived in countries where the people did not have as many rights. One of these rights is stated in the Second Amendment to the Constitution‚ which proclaims "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms‚ shall not be infringed." But over the years various laws and regulations have infringed
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RECOVERING ADDICTS IN THE FIELD OF SUBTANCE ABUSE COUSELING Is Substance Abuse Counseling a good career for a convicted felon and recovering drug addict? A person’s past mistakes in life can sometimes prevent that person from getting certain jobs later in life. With a prior criminal record some employers may not consider that individual as a good candidate for the job. Substance abuse counselors can be needed in hospitals‚ institutions‚ rehab centers‚ schools‚ and other government ran facilities
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landslide‚ with 76% of the voters in favor of it. The State Senate soon after voted the bill into law‚ with only seven members voting against it. The three strikes initiative stemmed from the killing of Polly Klass by Richard Allen Davis‚ a convicted felon. The killing outraged the entire state but what enraged people even more was that Davis had been in and out of prison his whole life and was still free to kill again. Soon people began calling for laws that would put repeat violent offenders
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probation search. While searching the apartment they found a hand gun. After searching the residents detective Townsend found out from Kima Downey that Roussell had moved out about three months earlier‚ The detective also found out that Downey was a convicted felon‚ they arrested him for possession of the gun. Downey motioned to suppress the weapon but it was denied and he pled guilty. Discussion united states supreme court ruled that police officers that have a warrant to arrest someone can enter a home
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America’s prison system is broken. The purpose of prison is to teach a lesson of wrongdoing. Taking away the freedoms of an individual is designed to change the behavior or at least that is the intention. However‚ America makes up 5% of the world population but 25% of the world’s prison population. The recidivism rate for federal prisons according to the United States Sentencing Commission is nearly half at 49.3% within 8 years of release (www.ussc.gov). That rate for state prisons is even higher
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evident considering‚ "at the roughly 52‚000 state prison inmates serving time for murder in 1984‚ an estimated 810 had previously been convicted of murder and had killed 821 persons and following their previous murder convictions. Executing each of these inmates would have saved 821 lives." (41‚ 1 Stanford Law Review‚ 11/88‚ Pd 153) We can then look at the number of convicted murderers that are either released too soon due to cases being overturned based on past conviction. New laws brought on by judicial
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Massachusetts bay colony 17th century‚ those who were under suspicion of consorting with the devil were examined as a felon and sent to Jail then there would be a trial. When the outbreak broke out everyone was so scared and just started to accuse people in the village if they did one wrong move. There were more people getting charged and going to jail then there was of people getting sent to the gallow’s. When it all broke out it scared people‚ the aftermath was sad for families who were in it and
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