Incarceration rates of Aboriginal people have increased over the last decade. There are a significant amount of factors that contribute to the over representation of Aboriginals in the Justice System. One way to address this issue is to analyze how stereotypes affect low income in relation to low level of education; gangs; drug and alcohol‚ and assimilation of Aboriginals. These are some of the reasons why there are an increasing amount of Aboriginal men and women among penitentiaries. Over
Premium Prison Criminal justice Crime
As a warden‚ I already know that discovering a program or strategy that will address sexual violence in my prison is not an easy task. Today’s prisons and predators are not as bad as the horror stories that might have been told to us when we were younger. Today’s predators‚ can be compared to pedophile in that they groom their victims (i.e. new prisoners) in a series of predictable stages to get what they want or desire. For some new inmates‚ this can go undetected for quite some time which can be
Premium Prison Crime Criminal justice
As a society‚ we have made many efforts to get rid of slavery and exploitation of fellow humans. Why? This is because a life is worth much more than any money that a human trafficker gains from harming another life and taking away someone’s freedom. It is wrong to steal another person’s right to life and happiness. There are still many cases of human trafficking and slavery in the United States of America‚ but trafficking and abuse is highly frowned upon and will hopefully land the abuser in jail
Premium Crime Prison Slavery
Recidivism is currently the primary outcome measure for probation‚ as it 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
Premium Crime Prison Criminal justice
“I just have to get out of here this is disgusting there is rust‚ bad smells and rats and superbad beds‚” I whispered to my friend/inmate Chase.” Ya man I agree we gotta get outta here I don’t like this nasty life style‚”agreed Chase. “Chase what if we made a plan you know to like escape outta here‚” said Masin. “ Wait how did u even get in here it must have been bad‚” asked Chase. “Ugh it was just barely about a month ago I was out of this rusty old jail cell and was in school reading to
Premium Prison Escape English-language films
Let me take you back to one of the darkest days in American history. Monday April 5th‚ 2013 in Boston Massachusetts two men by the names of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Anzorovich Tsarnaev partook in an act of terror on US soil. Two trash can bombs were planted nearby the finish line of the annual Boston Marathon‚ and the damage these bombs did will forever live in infamy. After the attack‚ a man hunt through the streets of Boston took place tracking down the men who had commit a mass crime
Premium Capital punishment Crime Murder
An example of psychotic and criminal behavior among the wealthy is in the case of the Menendez brothers‚ who are notoriously known for murdering their two parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. Diane Vander Molen‚ cousin to the Menendez brothers‚ spoke out on ABC News earlier this year in January 2017. Diane testified on behalf of her cousins in the late 90’s‚ declaring under oath that the brothers had been sexually abused by their parents. Although the brothers were convicted of first-degree murder
Premium Crime Murder Prison
“About 139 people have been falsely accused in 2014‚ and the numbers have increased since‚” according to the Huffington Post. When people are thrown into jail‚ their lives change and they become a different person; additionally‚ the ones around them also see them differently. Of the many falsely accused people‚ Brian Banks was a victim of a modern day witch-hunt that changed his life. Brian Banks was just a normal Long Beach Polytechnic student who had the ability to play football in college (Lowery)
Premium Crime Prison Criminal law
The documentary‚ The Last Day of Freedom‚ Bill Babbitt discuses his brother and his later sentence to death row. His brother‚ Manny Babbitt had a troubled childhood in where first‚ he was in a car accident. He was then held back four grades because he could not focus. He ended up dropping out in the seventh grade and was illiterate. Manny later enlisted in the Vietnam war and returned suffering from PTSD. Manny’s post-traumatic stress disorder was the reason that he committed his crimes. He
Premium Murder Capital punishment Crime
To be considered insane and mentally unstable‚ I believe a criminal defendant must be unconsciously aware of their actions and there should be no prior intentional plan planned out to commit a crime or felony. However in some cases‚ criminal defendant has used the insanity plea as a defense‚ in which they have thought out and did intend on executing the crime as a result of mental illness. Even though some people are right about abolishing this legal defense because some defendant may take this
Premium Crime Capital punishment Prison