understanding child abuse‚ homelessness‚ and prison overcrowding. Some individual needs include suicide prevention‚ mental health help‚ and justice for victims. Preventing and understanding child abuse is one social need of the criminal justice profession. Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver causes harm to a child. Harm is pertaining to any injury‚ death‚ emotional or maltreatment. Maltreatment is any neglect‚ physical‚ sexual‚ exploitation
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the United States because it’s an alternative to incarceration for eligible offenders. (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011) Probation and parole reduce the prison population from overcrowding; however‚ if probation and parole‚ if abolished‚ the criminal justice would not have any resources‚ taxpayer money will continue to pay taxes for housing prisoners‚ and contribute to the rehabilitation of offenders. Prisons in America are being sued due to the overcrowding.
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intermediate sanctions consist of fines‚ community service‚ restitution‚ forfeiture of property‚ and pretrial diversion groups. Probation administered intermediate sanctions consist of day reporting centers‚ ISP (Intensive Supervision Probation)‚ shock incarceration‚ home confinement‚ and electronic monitoring. Day reporting
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since 2003. Another prison was built‚ but is still not operating due to lack of funds. (Prisons in PA‚ 2004) Why is the building of prisons on the rise in Pennsylvania? Overcrowding is the only logical answer‚ but why they are overcrowded is another question. Drug offenses are a major factor when it comes to the overcrowding issues. The laws in Pennsylvania are strict when it comes to illegal drugs. All drugs prescribed or not by a medical doctor‚ are subject to the "Controlled Substance Act
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in the office a state senator‚ I have been asked to prepare a detailed outline on correctional theory in general and then make a series of suggestions on ways to implement some of the nontraditional theories of corrections. In reviewing mass incarceration there is often criticism of simple warehousing of human beings who are convicted of crimes. If it is a violent crime there is a need to safeguard society from future criminal acts of a person who is convicted of the most heinous offenses. I will
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And how many people are getting arrested for minor possessions each year? The illegality of marijuana in Texas is a problem because it is causing users to resort to supporting the black market; it’s a drain on taxpayer’s money and causing major overcrowding problems in the prison system. I propose legalization of medicinal and recreational use of marijuana‚ and decriminalizing charges associated with marijuana along with age and quantity restrictions to solve this problem. Texas legislature
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increase its population and cannot be effectively rehabilitated because of lack of funds (Foronda‚ 2007). Overcrowding in prisons will result if these problems will not be solved or if not be minimized. Over congestion also brutalizes life in penitentiaries and in provincial jails. Herding individuals in cramped spaces is cruel‚ inhuman‚ ill‚ degrading‚ and unjust punishment. Overcrowding is dangerous to health and to human life. It breeds diseases‚ breaks down discipline and exacerbates tensions
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ability totally to comprehend that the criminal justice system must move forward from only incarcerating criminals but to rehabilitation. The governor is not from the criminal justice field and does not know that the prison system is plagued by overcrowding and that is one critical issue that must change quickly. Question One I would respond to the governor’s request to dismantle the programs in a professional manner by sending him a list of the pros and cons of how the programs are working
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administrators scrambling to find ways to run effective correctional facilities. The reality of corrections administration today is that it is changing. Major issues of this changing environment include ongoing budget concerns‚ privatization‚ technology‚ overcrowding‚ program issues‚ personnel management‚ security issues‚ and legal issues. This paper examines these current issues facing correctional administrators today. Budget issues in today’s tight economy are a constant source of pressure on correctional
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Prison overcrowding By: Beth Kelly‚ Karlee Atkinson‚ Taylor Burciul and Peter Kotowitch Definition: a demand for space in prisons exceeds the planned capacity Statistics Costs taxpayers 3 billion dollars a year for correctional services‚ including policing its approx $10 million There are 35‚000 persons locked up in Canadian jails‚ giving Canada one of the highest incarceration rates among western industrialised countries Cost of incarcerating a Federal female prisoner (2004/5):
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