history of America‚ the main goal for the criminal justice system is to keep our communities safe. Providing the best educational programs for offenders inside a prison institution could reduce recidivism. Gordon and Weldon (2003) exemplifies that the ultimate goal of correctional education is to reduce recidivism. This occurs when the inmate becomes self-sufficient they could re-integrated in the community and become productive in the workforce‚ citizens‚ and family member. Through the educational program
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courts are run in the same manor: one is set up for alcoholics and one drug offenders. “While Canadian DTCs vary in their policies and treatment practices‚ the goal of DTCs is to stop drug dependent individuals from using drugs‚ thereby reducing recidivism and increasing public safety. Consequently‚ participants are to become‚ and remain‚ abstinent from drugs and alcohol and re-establish themselves as productive‚ non-crime committing citizens” (Lyons 2013‚ p.416). Before interviewing anyone‚ there
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Research in Crime and Delinquency‚ 35‚ 40-71. Gottfredson‚ M. and Hirschi‚ T. (1990). A General Theory of Crime. Stanford‚ CA: Stanford University Press. Hanson‚ K.R.‚ Bussiere‚ M.T. (1998). Predicting relapse: a meta-analysis of sexual offender recidivism studies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology‚ 66‚ 348-62. Longshore‚ D. (1998). Self control and criminal opportunity: a prospective test of the general theory of crime. Social Problems‚ 45‚ 102-13. Pratt‚ T.C.‚ Cullen‚ F.T. (2000). The
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searches in psychology as well as criminal justice. Articles published from 1970 to the present were acceptable for review‚ as boot camps have been in use since that time. The key words used in searching electronic resource databases were boot camp‚ recidivism‚ adolescent‚ juvenile‚ delinquent‚ and shock incarceration. Bibliographies and references found in the articles were also perused for additional leads. Most of the articles were in electronic full text format or available through interlibrary loan
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2009 Juvenile Sex Offenders: A new issue in the Juvenile Justice System The classification and treatment of juvenile sex offenders is a unique issue in the Juvenile Justice System today. This is either because we do not have much research on the recidivism rates of repeat juvenile offenders or not all cases are reported. In order to understand a sociopathic adolescent with sexually abusive tendencies provides a set of challenges that need special attention from the juvenile justice system. Additional
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Press. Braithwaite‚ J. (2002). “Does Restorative Justice Work?” Pp. 45-71 in (Braithwaite’s) Restorative Justice and Responsive Regulation. New York: Oxford University Press. Cassia Spohn and David Hollerman. (2002). “The Effect of Imprisonment on Recidivism Rates of Felony Offenders: A Focus on Drug Offenders.” Criminology 40 (May): 329-347. Cullen‚ F.T. (2002). “Rehabilitation and Treatment Programs.” Pp. 253-259[references pp.606-614] in J.Q. Wilson and J. Petersilia (eds.)‚ Crime: Public Policies
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We hope to find effective ways to reduce sex assault cases and also to reduce the risks of recidivism but the public often ignores the shortcomings of the laws. They assume that those laws are tools for them to treat victimization and for them to feel safe from sex offenders. However‚ Megan’s Law does more harm than good. It does not help the public to reduce the risk of recidivism‚ while only giving them a false sense of security. Researches that mention above have already shown that
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Serving Mentally Ill Prison Populations xxxxxx XXXX University Serving Mentally Ill Prison Populations In a publication “The Essential Elements of a Mental Health Court (2007)” explains that how mental health courts are a recent and rapidly expanding phenomenon. This interpretation discusses in the late 1990s only a few courts were accepting cases of this nature. Since then numerous mental health courts have been established to examine defendant’s cases that suffer with a mental illnesses
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trying to prove himself by selling drugs‚ stealing‚ getting in fights‚ and eventually raping a woman. Incarceration does not necessarily have an effect on criminals‚ which is shown in this song‚ and effective programs can be created to help prevent recidivism. Growing up in a rough neighborhood can cause young kids to fall
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The intensive supervision model was adopted as an “alternative sanction” to assist in reducing overcrowding in the prison system and aid in the reduction of cost to house an already overcrowded inmate population‚ as well as reduce recidivism (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011). Nevertheless‚ the concept was to allow convicted criminals that posed “less of a threat to society” the opportunity to be placed on probation‚ with the stipulation they be strictly supervised (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011). This
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