The federal prison system has been unable to keep pace with the steady flow of inmates pouring into its facilities during the past five years‚ despite adding space for thousands of new offenders‚ according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. The report also found that the Bureau of Prisons has already surged to 39 percent above capacity and is projected to jump to more than 45 percent above its limits by 2018 (GAO‚ 2012). According to a The New York Times article written by Adam Liptak
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Interestingly‚ recent empirical studies have shown that successful reintegration and lower recidivism can be fostered by a number of factors namely (1) Individual Characteristics‚ (2) Family‚ (3) Peers (Taylor‚ 2012; Visher‚ La Vigne& Travis‚ 2004)‚ (4) State Policies‚ and (5) Spiritualism (Visher& Travis‚ 2003; Walton‚ 2007). Yet there is scant literature looking into why these factors foster successful reintegrationand thereby lead to low recidivism. Thus the present study aims to look into in
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Nicole Daniels Lang Community Corrections CCJ4400 Robert Mark McWilliams February 22‚ 2015 Community Corrections Community Corrections is made up of many different types of agencies working together. There are deterrence programs‚ parole officers and re-entry personnel to help an inmate who is going to be able to use community corrections after release from prison or jail. These people and agencies help the inmate to transition back into the community and also help them to use the available
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Race and Corrections Sheronda Allen Arizona State University CRJ 305- Laura Owen Minorities remain overrepresented in crime‚ offending‚ victimization‚ and all stages of the criminal justice process especially confinement. Overrepresentation alludes to a situation in which a greater part of a particular group is present at various stages within the justice system than would be expected based on its part in the general population (Rosich‚ 2007). Minorities have always had a
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Prison Enviroment A prison environment is a place where inmates are physically confined and deprived of a range of personal freedoms. It is a cold and unfeeling place to be. There are many levels of conflict and tension (Foster‚ 2006). The prison environment influences the institutional management and custody by the growing population and the gangs within the facility. Overcrowding aggravates the natural conflicts that rely within the prisons walls which then escalate violence. When working with
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When prisoners return to communities. Authors: Petersilia‚ Joan‚ U California‚ Irvine‚ CA‚ US Source: Federal Probation‚ Vol 65(1)‚ Jun‚ 2001. pp. 3-8. Page Count: 6 Publisher: US: Administrative Office of the United States Courts. ISSN: 0014-9128 (Print) 1555-0303 (Electronic) Language: English Keywords: parole release; trends; parole supervision; politics; economics; social consequences; prison inmates; juvenile delinquents Abstract: Nearly 600‚000 inmates arrive on the doorsteps
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The Effect of Job Involvement on Correctional Staff Eric G. Lambert The driving force of corrections is the staff of correctional facilities. It is important to understand how the work environment shapes the attitudes of correctional staff; yet‚ the effect of job involvement on correctional employees has received little‚ if any‚ attention. Most of the research to date has focused on job stress and job satisfaction among correctional staff. Only recently has there been research on other important
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Life of a Correctional Officer Nancy Booker CRJ:303 Corrections Instructor Name: Yolanda Tilley August 31‚ 2012 CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 2 Life of a Correctional Officer Correctional Officers are very important people and they perform very important duties. An correctional officer job can become very demanding and on top of that it can be very stressful. Just like police officer. Correctional Officers takes a change each day they are at work and they never know
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underlying concepts of why an individual acted in the method they did has helped us to understand how we might be able to treat similar cases. Within the confines of the criminal justice system‚ we relate primarily to three key areas: law enforcement‚ corrections and the courts. Each of these areas affords us different opportunities to expand our knowledge and use of psychology. Psychologists have become more than just an excuse for the defense; they now assist on multiple levels of the system. From profiling
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The US Correctional System: Final Essay draft The US correctional system punishes offenders in different ways‚ because each offense is on a different level some can be felonies and some can be charged as misdemeanors. In our correctional system they punishes offenders‚ by putting them in jail/prison. But in its early years prison punishments for offenders were cruel. In the early year of the correctional system offenders punishments were very different from their punishments now in this day and
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