Week 6 Assignment: Corrections and Treatment John Cho University of Phoenix Corrections and treatment within the Juvenile Justice System have a variety of helpful rehabilitative and crime deterrent programs. These programs can help young juvenile offenders correct behavioral patterns‚ therapeutically rehabilitate their mental state‚ and prevent long term criminal activity. The treatment options are separated into two smaller categories: community-based treatment and institutionalization. The
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Community Corrections has faced many issues‚ as the whole Criminal Justice system faces as well. Between every budget crisis within the systems‚ important resources may be scarce or even cut. One of the main issues that I will be focusing on are the budgetary conflicts of interest and the allocation of finances within the Community Corrections system. Budget crisis are expected in systems of great magnitude‚ but the ineffectiveness of cost implementation of programs‚ use of expenditures and spending
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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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Corrections Trend Evolution Roshanda Washington CJA/394 July 10‚ 2013 Tamra Washington Correction Trends Evolution Prisons are at a higher demand in this economy. As our world expands there are more crimes that are on rise and more individuals who are being sloppy and being caught for the crimes that they are committing. With more people being captured that leaves less space to house these criminals. We face more problems now than we did in the earlier years‚ now individuals are committing
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is for all corrections programs. (Pertersilia‚ 1998) Probation is under the constant criticism of people questioning if it actually works. There were multiple studies (and some that are still continuing) that are testing the effects of probation. In 1985‚ a sample of 1‚672 felony probationers sentenced in Los Angeles and Alameda Counties in 1980 were tracked for a three-year period by RAND researchers. Over that time period‚ the researchers found that 65 percent of the probationers were rearrested
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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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Corrections and Treatment Instructor: Lester G. Julian Community-based treatment The three community-based treatment efforts which I would like to focus attention on are Intensive Outpatient Counseling Services‚ abbreviated as (IOP) next‚ a community based program known as: Child Mental Health and lastly Emergency Crisis Response. Community-based treatment efforts vary between states however
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Most juvenile institutions have some form of treatment program available to juveniles. The most common programs include: counseling‚ vocational and educational training‚ recreational programs and religious counseling. Two community based programs are guided group interaction (GGI) and positive peer culture (PPC). Guided group interaction is a program where a delinquent can acknowledge and solve personal problems with support from other members in the group. Individual members can be supportive and
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legitimate power‚ coercive power‚ reward power‚ expert power‚ and referent power. Let’s 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
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