Female Offenders in Corrections | Jarrod Birch | | Criminology 252 | Karin Kaercher | | Introduction Female offenders that enter into the correctional system in Canada do so with an entirely different set of risk factors than their male counterparts. Through comparisons and contrasting of facts‚ this paper will set out to identify the issues correctional services in Canada face when dealing with female offenders entering into the system. For example‚ female offenders that end
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In 1982‚ the Young Offenders Act [YOA] was established. It replaced the Juvenile Delinquents Act [JDA] of 1908 and its main objective was to guarantee the rights and freedoms of Canadian Youth were being met. Many revisions and opportunities arose with the passing of the YOA. With the passing of the YOA‚ it provided the young offenders of Canada with extended rights‚ chances for rehabilitation‚ and also therapy institutions. The YOA takes into concern such elements of age‚ maturity‚ reasonableness
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effectiveness of sex offender treatment interventions. It looks at which approaches appear to be most effective and why. Furthermore the paper attempts to identify if the treatment interventions are equally as effective with youth and adult offenders or not. The success of sexual offender treatment interventions is a notable focus for many countries throughout the world (Lösel & Schmucker‚ 2005). This is
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of corrections have evolved with society‚ moving from incapacitation which aimed to simply lock offenders up‚ to rehabilitation which aims to fix the offender‚ now restorative justice is gaining traction. The goal of restorative justice aims to “restore” the harm that was done to the victim by the offender. One of the main methods used to reconcile both parties and the community is through Victim-Offender Mediation‚ which offers a secure and structured environment that supports mediation with the help
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Sex Offender Registry Sexual violence‚ especially involving small children‚ is a horrible crime and the worst nightmare of every parent. While every personal story of such violations is heart-breaking‚ it is important to examine how the entire American public is affected by inconsistent political action in defining sexual offences. Hence‚ in order to approach the dilemma that faces many individuals about what defines a sexual offender‚ it is essential that we examine the current sex offender law
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Drug Offenders in American Prisons: The Parasite Within “I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime” -Howard Zinn‚ You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times Among problems the United States faces‚ one of the most prominent is the incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders. While the jailing of drug offenders does not seem so serious at first glance‚ under close inspection this proves
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privacy of convicted sex offenders has been an Issue that has in recent years been debated much in the media. When a victim‚ for example a child is brutally assaulted and murdered‚ one’s emotion may run high which may result into public outrage. In 1988 Christopher Stephenson ‚ an 11 year old Brampton boy was sexually assaulted and left to bleed to death by a previously convicted sex offender (FRISCOLANTI 01/14/20008). As a result‚ Ottawa was advised that a national sex offender registry be created‚
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(Herman‚ 56). This is what victims go through when they are sexually assaulted; they are traumatized‚ scarred‚ and silenced and they feel so insecure because sex offenders continue to commit rape on more and more people everyday. More importantly‚ the cause of all this is due to the lack of efficiency in the treatments available for the offenders. Some of the treatments include castration‚ pharmaceutical prescriptions‚ and psychological treatments all of which contain flaws. Whether it’s ineffectively
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| Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders | | | | | Sexual violence in the United Stated has become a significant problem over the past decade. Besides being a health problem for the individual‚ it is a crime that every State punishes in accordance to their laws. In an effort to decrease the incidents of sexual assault‚ many states and legislators have passed laws geared towards reducing recidivism among convicted sex offenders. As a result‚ sex offenders living in the United States are
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justice system for juveniles‚ others have proven otherwise. There are separate justice systems for juvenile and adult offenders because of the belief that the mind of juveniles can be reformed unlike adult offenders. However‚ the juvenile justice system is similar to the adult justice system in many ways. In terms of the rights of the offenders‚ both juvenile and adult offenders have the right to an attorney‚ the right to confront and cross-examine witnesses‚ the right to protection against self-incrimination
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