number of registered sex offenders have increasingly grew over the years. Every day you see a man or women added to the registry for crimes against women and mostly children. The sex offender registries biggest and main focus is to keep the people in the community in each city and state informed and protected. ”Sex offenders and sex crimes provoke a great deal of anxiety in our society.” Baker‚ J‚ Brannon‚ Y‚ N.‚ Fortney. ‚ Levenson‚ J.S. (“Public Perceptions about Sex Offenders and Community Protection”)
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The Racial disparities in the US prison population has been a problem for a very long time despite only being brought to the attention of the people of America. Unable to help themselves‚ prisoners relied on others to get the word out. The word is that the way the prison system treats blacks and other minorities is prejudiced and unjust. We are supposed to help others so how is keeping minorities‚ who in most cases‚ have committed small crimes which pent up and give them a record. We need to look
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Open-ended sentencing doesn’t state a definitive period of time that the offender will serve but rather a range whereby the convicted criminal may be eligible to leave depending on the states discretionary perception of rehabilitative potential‚ a punishment reserved for ‘dangerous prisoners’ (Human Rights Law Centre 2012). This continuous judgement is assessed by state parole boards whereby the inmates conduct is evaluated in order to determine their release back into the community as jail terms
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The prison population has grown substantially in recent years‚ what is the explanation for this? Academic Integrity Statement: I have read and understood the Academic Integrity rules and regulations for Kaplan Open Learning and the University Of Essex‚ and declare that this assignment bides by all of the rules and regulations contained within it. Name: Michael Locke Module: Introduction to Online Learning Tutor: Byron Davies Submission Date: 6th May 2010 The prison population
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Prisons and inmates In society today‚ it is commonly known that crime rate has increased dramatically by the years. This is where many of us look for ways to solve such issue. It is the last place anybody would want to be in. but unfortunately we have hundreds of thousands of them‚ if not millions around the world. Thousands in just the United States‚ Those are prisons. Just hearing that word makes us think bad things right away. Murder‚ theft‚ violence‚ and everything bad that happens
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons oversees 114 correctional institutions throughout the United States. Most of them are classified as Minimum to Medium security‚ Levels I-IV. These facilities house everyday criminals‚ and only contain a very small number of high-profile‚ high risk inmates. There are 22 prisons‚ however‚ that are dedicated to keeping the most dangerous humans in the country off the streets. These are Super-Maximum Security prisons‚ or Supermax. They are classified as Levels V-VI‚ and
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Introduction This is a case study of Aneka Jacobsen‚ who seeks cardiac rehabilitation (CR) phase III‚ after a recent myocardial infarction (MI) which is commonly known as a heart attack. This is considered the intensive supervised phase‚ usually 4-6 weeks post event and discharge from hospital. It may be offered in supervised groups within the outpatient department of a hospital‚ in community setting or as part of a home-based package. The case study briefly examines her past and current history
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Three inmates could be released from prison today. Two of them will end up right back in the system within three years. This statistic should be enough to conclude that America’s prison systems are failing miserably with the rehabilitation of inmates. How is it plausible for every correctional facility to think isolation‚ segregation‚ and overcrowding could possibly benefit the crime rate? Instead of converting these inmates into proper citizens‚ the system has found ways to hold them down. To suppress
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Community Work Service with Adult Offenders Abstract The focus is on Community work service as an alternative sentencing. Community work service allows the offender to contribute to the community. This type of work can be considered a win-win situation‚ because the offenders provide the service and the community benefits from their work. There are all kinds of work activities for offenders. The points that are going to be addressed are: community work service‚ probation
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Prison Rape is no secret in today’s society. The American media has portrayed prison rape as a joke (Don’t drop the soap) in countless films‚ television shows‚ and in music‚ but have not realized the extent of how dangerous this crime is. Some cops even use this method as a means to get a confession from a suspect. A major obstacle in solving Prison rape is the notorious under-reporting of the crime. Only 16 percent of prison rape victims report their victimization. Reasons for under reporting
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