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    Sex offender registration was largely brought out as a means of increasing public awareness of sex offenders to support community safety. According to Sage Journals (2005)‚ records of 121 registered sex offenders in Kentucky showed that‚ “social stigmatization‚ loss of relationships‚ employment‚ and housing‚ and both verbal and physical assaults are experienced by a significant minority of registered sex offenders." Sex offender registration is publicly accessible

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    have chosen to do my final project writing assignment on female offenders. Today‚ females are the fastest growing offenders of the prison population. Some of the attributing factors to this increase in female prison population is an increase in violent behavior by females‚ increased substance abuse and an increased awareness by law enforcement toward female offenders. Female offenders may have many differences from male offenders in their risks and needs while in the system however they share

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    do their duty. Problems that they run into are not wanting to deal with sex offenders. Their goal needs to be that a sex offender is under watch‚ and it would be officer’s job to protect the community. An ethical perspective would be that are duty is to serve and protect even though at times you don’t feel like it you still have to what is best for the people in the community by protecting them‚ and monitoring sex offenders. We know that a deontologist view is to know the intent of the action. As a

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    Running head: JUVENILE OFFENDERS: RACE AND ETHNICITY Juvenile Offenders: Race and Ethnicity University of Phoenix Juvenile Offenders: Race and Ethnicity "Researchers have long observed differences in rates of serious juvenile and adult offending among ethnic and racial groups in the United States. These differences have prompted competing theoretical interpretations and public policy debates. However‚ conclusions about the racial differences in serious and violent juvenile offending

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    “The policy of diversion of mentally disordered offenders is sound. The problems are in the detail of its scope and application.” Discuss. Diversion is a ‘decision- making process at various stages of the criminal justice system’[1] which enables offenders to avoid being prosecuted‚ imprisoned and punished but alternatively identified and treated in a different way. The treatment of mentally disordered offenders is a controversial area which provokes differences in opinion as to whether they should

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    Running Head: Employment Barriers of Ex Offenders Employment Barriers of Ex Offenders CJ 483 Prisoner Re-Entry Jackson State University Finding Employment quickly is a priority for individuals leaving prison‚ and is usually mandated as a parole requirement. Ex offenders often require some flexibility in their jobs‚ in order to meet court ordered or parole mandates‚ such as drug counseling‚ and therapy‚ and to meet regularly with their parole officers. Returning prisoners also enter a competitive

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    I don’t know how effective my method would be‚ but I would use statics and survivors of pedophiles/ sex offenders to add validity to my argument. I would state that pedophiles/ sex offenders is a widespread pandemic and we must assume a get tougher mentality in order to reduce the number of children being seeing as prey by adults. In 2012 the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Criminal Victimization Survey‚ reported that 346‚830 children 12 years or older fell victim to rapes or some form of

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    shifts. In 2000‚ more than 11000 sweatshops in the US violated the minimum wage and overtime laws‚ while over 16000 had broken health and safety laws. Women make up 85-90 percent of sweatshop workers‚ employers force them to take birth control and routine pregnancy tests to avoid supporting maternity leave or providing appropriate health benefit. Five things that have been done so far by the stakeholders: * Initial efforts to correct or improve sweatshops in the US began in 1884 with legislation

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    question is not black or white‚ there are multiple factors that must be considered when assessing if child sex offenders can be rehabilitated. There are different types of offenders‚ which is an important factor when determining if one can be rehabilitated. I agree with the researchers that have suggested violent‚ sociopath offenders cannot be rehabilitated‚ and paraphilia type offenders that include pedophilia‚ voyeurism‚ fetishism‚ exhibitionism‚ etc. may be able to be rehabilitated. It was mentioned

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    How would you suggest we deal with non-violent drug offenders? While whites consistently report drug usage rates equal to or higher than blacks and Hispanics‚ they are much more rarely arrested for such? Discuss potential reasons for this discrepancy. mandatory minimum sentences for low-level‚ non-violent drug offenders (YES or NO) How do we deal with non-violent drug offenders? That’s the question! There would be no hesitation if putting a violent criminal behind bars for a very long time. Murderers

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