Corrections Trend Evaluation Contemporary Issues and Futures in Criminal Justice Today 8 million people are behind bars around the world‚ 2 million in the United States alone. Some are house in high tech maximum security facility fortresses others are in more medieval looking structures. Inmates are also secured behind prison walls through a variety of sophisticated technology. Correctional officers need the tools necessary to
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Essay on the Causes of Juvenile Delinquency – There is no single cause or simple explanation for the development of delinquent behaviour. According to Healy and Bronner‚ the causes of juvenile delinquency are: (1) Bad company‚ (2) adolescent instability and impulses‚ (3) early sex experience‚ (4) mental conflicts‚ (5) extreme social suggestibility‚ (6) love of adventure‚ (7) motion picture‚ (8) school dissatisfaction‚ (9) poor recreation‚ (10) street life‚ (11) vocational dissatisfaction‚ (12)
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Police 1. What is the management structure of the police component? * The police management has a component called watchmen style of procedures which inform officers to ignore minor violations‚ and settle disputes formally by meeting out street justice. * Another component the police management follows is legalistic style which tells the officers to preform matters formally. With legalistic style the administrators reduce discretion to a minimum and emphasize uniform and impartial arrest for
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“Diversion and Probation”‚ because it looks at how probation is a great way to help juvenile offenders get back on their feet. The article is about the positive changes that juvenile offenders in California have made due to an increase in probationary programs. The probation departments in California have changed the way they operate and by doing this have accomplished something extraordinary. Originally‚ probation for juvenile offenders included‚ “focus on suppression‚ enforcement‚ and monitoring of youthful
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28. After presenting the incident of the visiting cards‚ the speaker employs the rest of the passage by employing: Wrong answer: B. A series of Euphemisms Right answer: D. Two extended metaphors. Vocabulary mistake. In an euphemism‚ a harsh truth is softened with words yet the author does not attempt to disguise of lessen the harsh reality but instead expresses it in a more “abstract” way fitting of a metaphor. 30. One can infer from the passage all the following EXCEPT: Wrong answer: B
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Corrections Task Force Project CJA/234 Corrections Task Force Project The task force has been assigned the mission of creating a training program which will detail the ways that staff for the correction facility are better able to manage the mentally ill offender population safely and effectively. This will review the following information to better explain how this may be accomplished: information vital to improve staff effectiveness for secure and safe operations‚ sill sets required for staff
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Juvenile Recidivism Karen G Liberty University Abstract Recidivism is when someone returns to the same behavior that they were previously doing (Unruh‚ Gau‚ & Waintrup‚ 2009). There are many factors that raise the risk of juvenile recidivism such as single parenting‚ and even when the parents become involved in drug use. When juveniles become high risk for recidivism it is important that the adults whether it be the parents‚ teachers or any adult in authority step in to help the juvenile to
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Corrections Trend Evaluation Daysha Hopkins CJA-394 May 7‚ 2012 Hector Garcia Ed. D Abstract Throughout the United States‚ there are many correctional facilities that house thousands of inmates. Individuals who work within these facilities have a tough job in maintaining the prison facility and the inmates. Correctional officers are called the front line workers and are responsible for looking after the inmates. The officers who work for the correctional facility deal with issues that may
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Development of Corrections Justin Miltenberger CJS/230 9/16/2012 Frederick Waltz 1. What reforms did Elizabeth Fry lobby for the early 1800s? How have women’s prisons changed? Fry had formed the ladies society that would reformate the female prisoners. To this day female prisons are a lot like the male prisons now they have increased security‚ more training‚ and special housing to deal with the ones who are violent. 2. What are the three basic arguments established in the 1800s
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protect people and their rights‚ but when it comes to juveniles there are no laws to protect them in the juvenile justice system whatsoever. Youth are not able to purchase tobacco until they are 21‚ they cannot have sexual intercourse until 16‚ and cannot drink alcohol until 21. Why is it that adolescents have to wait until all these ages to do certain things and aren’t officially considered adults until the age of 18‚ but there are juveniles as young as four years old being tried as adults? It is
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