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    discuss each one‚ and how to incorporate them in the course of a corrections officer’ work day. According to‚ The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2017)‚ legitimate means conforming to recognized principles‚ rules‚ and standards. Legitimate power allows a correctional officer to exercise structured control over prisoners‚ setting boundaries that establish a guard’s position‚ as well as the position of an inmate in a correctional facility (Schmalleger & Smykla ‚2015). A correctional officer working a yard

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    Juvenile Delinquency Rationale When a young adult has problems in their life (home‚ school)‚ there is a big percent that they will get into trouble and go to jail for committing crimes of degree of some sort. These young adults will face time in detention halls or youth correctional facility‚ which can hold up to hundreds of young adults‚ some of these young adults might even go to an adult super max prison depending on the crime. As some young adults go through the criminal justice system‚ they

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    emotions and feelings in a positive constrictive way. * (Motivation talk for children and teenagers) Work on teaching children life skills and ways to increase their self confidence and self esteem. Teaching children and youths to appreciate differences and to see their own strengths and believe in themselves is an issue that NGO’s can work towards. Government : * (Job training) Providing youth with necessary skills to engage in meaningful employment is essential to reducing youth crime. Federal

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    The juvenile system works similar in function as the adult system does mainly because they both aid in rehabilitation and changing people’s lives in a positive way. The juvenile criminal system has community-based treatments‚ issues with the prisons and jails‚ and the aftercare programs. There are different programs that help treat different problems with these juveniles. Institutions are separated just like adult institutions are for men and women. There are aftercare programs that help ease a person

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    committed in the United States. The correction facilities that house the offenders have a daunting task of keeping society safe and that entails trying to keep the offenders from re-offending. Correction facilities have primarily four options or theories on how to obtain and complete this task. The four theories are deterrence‚ incapacitation‚ rehabilitation and restorative justice. In the early 1900’s rehabilitation had emerged as the primary theory of corrections and shaped every aspect of correctional

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    There are many community based programs for juvenile delinquents and they come in many different forms. For instance there is probation‚ restitution‚ and vocational training. Probation is a non-punitive‚ legal disposition of juveniles emphasizing community treatment in which the juvenile is closely supervised by an officer of the court and must adhere to a strict set of rules to avoid incarceration (Siegel‚ 2005). For example‚ the juvenile may be required to random drug and alcohol testing or have

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    Corrections Tantaneice Scott CJE 330-01 Professor Hayden January 23‚ 2013 According to the text “American Corrections (10 ed.)”‚ corrections is the variety of programs‚ services‚ facilities‚ and organizations responsible for the management of individuals who have been accused or convicted of criminal offenses. The three main purposes of the correction system are offense‚ guilt‚ and punishment. The main purpose and/or goal of corrections are to carry out the criminal system with regards to the judicial

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    Future of Corrections Annali Zieroth CJA/394 November 2‚ 2012 Troy Hokanson Future correctional problems that will need to be addressed by prison administrators are the lack of inmate education. Studies show that imprisoned individual is disproportionately and increasingly undereducated. Inmates who are released from confinement have a very difficult time obtaining employment due to the lack of education. If the confinement center would push harder for the inmates to learn basic reading‚

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    The juvenile justice system was created for a simple but specific reason‚ and that was to have a separate system for juveniles. Juveniles were treated as adults before the first juvenile court was established in the 1800’s. According to the book the juvenile system was created to focus on “rehabilitation of youthful offenders” (Lawrence & Hemmens‚ 2008). I think there are two systems for a reason‚ but they are different in a lot of ways. One the big difference is age‚ most juvenile are under the

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    produce (History of Corrections -Punishment or Rehabilitation). Treatment and Punishment in 1980s The moral crusade against drugs and crime is accompanied by a legislative “get-tough” campaign on the state and federal levels. Popular perception is that the country has relaxed penalties and individualized sanctions that are too tolerant and

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