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    24 June 2005 Reducing the Prison Recidivism Rate For Violent Criminals Recidivism can be viewed as a public safety failure rate; new crime by convicted felony inmates and probationers and is measured by rates of re-arrest for a new misdemeanor or felony offense‚ reconviction on new charges‚ and re-incarceration or sentence to another court imposed sanction such as probation‚ a diversionary program‚ or a fine. Each measure has strengths and weaknesses‚ but combined‚ the three are a more comprehensive

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    ANALYZING THE RECIDIVISM RATE OF POLK COUNTY INMATES by Name of Student TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I: Introduction to Research Proposal Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………3 Statement of the Problem………………………………………………………………………..4 Purpose…………………………………………………………..4 Research Problem..………………………………………………5 Research Questions……………………………………………...6 Scope…………………………………………………………….8 Literature Review………………………………………………………………………………..9 Dependent Variable: Recidivism Rate...………………………

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    I need Drug Court for many different reasons. Reasons first I was an addict for a very long time over 10 years of my life. I had hit rock bottom I didn’t have any goals and did not know where my life was headed. Second most I did not know or have time to think days went by with me just not participating in them. I was spending money and not knowing where it went the next day. Drug Court helped me out a lot I did not know that Drug Court had the tools to make me stop. The reality hit me when I

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    H. (2005). Family contact and recidivism: A longitudinal study of adjudicated delinquents in residential care. Social Work Research‚ 29(1)‚ 31-39. The research questions addressed by this study were: What types of contacts constitute family involvement and which types of family contact are associated with a reduced risk of recidivism? The independent variable in this study was family contact and the dependent variable was rate of recidivism. Rate of recidivism is a construct operationally

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    is to teach a lesson of wrongdoing. Taking away the freedoms of an individual is designed to change the behavior or at least that is the intention. However‚ America makes up 5% of the world population but 25% of the world’s prison population. The recidivism rate for federal prisons according to the United States Sentencing Commission is nearly half at 49.3% within 8 years of release (www.ussc.gov). That rate for state prisons is even higher 76.6% within 5 years of release according to National Institute

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    ramifications on the adolescent’s behavior‚ self-concept and maturity. Because of this there is a need to view juvenile crime and punishment differently than adult crime and punishment. The reason for this is because some research has shown that recidivism rates among juvenile parolees are very high. It can range anywhere from fifty five percent to seventy five percent (Krisberg‚ Austin‚ and Steele‚ 1991). There is evidence that a vast majority of juvenile offenders who have been confined do

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    empirical studies have shown that successful reintegration and lower recidivism can be fostered by a number of factors namely (1) Individual Characteristics‚ (2) Family‚ (3) Peers (Taylor‚ 2012; Visher‚ La Vigne& Travis‚ 2004)‚ (4) State Policies‚ and (5) Spiritualism (Visher& Travis‚ 2003; Walton‚ 2007). Yet there is scant literature looking into why these factors foster successful reintegrationand thereby lead to low recidivism. Thus the present study aims to look into in depth information as to

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    The textbook defines recidivism as released inmates retuning to illegal activity. Recidivism is important because 93% of all inmates will eventually be released from prison. A 2009 study of 37 states‚ revealed that the recidivism rate for males was 37.6% and 29.3% for females (Bohm & Haley‚ 2012). These numbers beg the question of what is the true goal of our prison system. Critics have debated these questions for years. Should the goal be to rehabilitate or simply incarcerate those who have committed

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    Juvenile Justice records recidivism by tracking rearrests‚ reconvictions‚ and reincarceration for twelve months after release from a juvenile correctional center. Recidivism is the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend. The juvenile justice system does not prepare youth to enter the world and workplace because youth who enter the system lack intellectual development‚ emotional maturity‚ and preparedness to transition out into the community successfully. Recidivism rates are a

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    CONSTITUTIONAL COURT‚ GAUTENG (REPULIC OF SOUTH AFRICA) CASE NUMBER: 10/2012 In the Appeal between: HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT‚ FREE STATE APPELLANT And JOLENE PAKKIES Acting on behalf of Dineo Tau Zozo Tau Lulu Tau RESPONDENT ___________________________________________________________________________ HEADS OF ARGUMENT OF APPELLANT ___________________________________________________________________________ In an Appeal to the Constitutional Court the Appellant‚ the

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