I believe that all offenders should have to be chemically castrated. Although chemical castration is presented as a humane alternative to lifelong imprisonment or surgical castration‚ the American Civil Liberties Union opposes the coerced administration of any drug‚ including antiandrogen drugs for sex offenders. They argue that forced chemical castration is a "cruel and unusual punishment"‚ and therefore should be constitutionally prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. They also stated that it interfered
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to the Florida Dept. of Corrections‚ female offenders recidivate at a significally lower rate than males. Within three years‚ a male’s chance at recidivism is around 30% while a female’s chance is 16%. Many factors impact the distinction in these rates. The average time behind bars for a male offender is 38 months. The average time behind bars for females is two years. Which is a year less than what a typical male will spend in jail. Whenever an offender is released from jail they run the risk just
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(1987) and Patton (1987)‚ report on a study of 16 female sexual offenders who were in the Genesis II treatment project in Minnesota. All but one of the women studied were victims of childhood sexual abuse and many were also victims of physical abuse. There were strong and consistent patterns of childhood social isolation‚ alienation‚ and lack of development of interpersonal skills in the women studied. Three categories of female sex offenders were described; the “Teacher/Lover‚” “Predisposed” and “Male-Coerced”
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rehabilitative justice system could give convicts the skills they need to return into society as productive members. Treating a criminal like an animal will only create an animal‚ rather than reprimand a bad behavior. A study conducted in 2005 by the United States Sentencing Commission analyzed recidivism in state prisoners. Over an eight year follow up period the Commission found that “almost one-half of federal offenders released in 2005 (49.3%) were rearrested for a new crime or rearrested for a violation
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physical features reminiscent of apes‚ lower primates‚ and early man and to some extent preserved‚ he said‚ in modern "savages." The behavior of these biological "throwbacks" will inevitably be contrary to the rules and expectations of modern civilized society. Through years of postmortem examinations and anthropometric studies of criminals‚ the insane‚ and normal individuals‚ Lombroso became convinced that the "born criminal" (reo nato‚ a term given by Ferri) could be anatomically identified by such items
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While offender profiling is a significant part of the criminal justice system the exact definition of this practice tends to vary from source to source‚ overall the general consensus is that it is “an investigative technique by which to identify the major personality and behavioral characteristics of the offender based upon an analysis of the crime(s) he or she has committed” (FBI‚ 1998). Although having grown in popularity in the recent decades profiling criminals based on behavior patterns is
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Healthcare delivery for mentally disordered offenders (MDO) in Medium secure Services (MSU) It is a requirement from the government policies that wherever possible‚ mentally disordered offenders (MDO)‚ must receive a comprehensive programme of care and treatment that is tailored to their specific individual needs (Wilson‚ 2004).The National service framework for mental health (DH‚1999)‚ requires healthcare services provided for MDOs to match those available for the general public. MDOs
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Profiles of Violent Offenders 1 Profiles of Violent Offenders Profiles of Violent Offenders 2 Psychology and Biochemical Theories This paper explains what psychology and biochemical theories of violent behavior is‚ their differences and which theory is the best predictor of criminality. Profiles of Violent Offenders 3 As we try to understand the mind of violent human beings and the reasons as to why they commit the crimes they do‚ it is important to know the origin of their
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Running head: The Needs of Special Offenders The Needs of Special Offenders Professor Gregory Baugh Jeremiah Ritzenthaler University of Phoenix/CJA 234 The Needs of Special offenders Inmates with special needs‚ the mentally ill‚ and the substance abusing inmates all make up a large number of the prison population. These inmates affect the prison systems in different ways. Providing programs for the mentally ill inmates is extremely difficult for correctional staff. A very high percentage
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The type of research for that suitable for analyzing the impact of imprisonment on hate crime offenders is quantitative. Quantitative research is a technique that produces measurable results that can be analyzed statistically‚ as to where qualitative research produces subjective results that are difficult to quantify. The pros of using qualitative research is that you can explore more topics in more depth and detail. Is often less expensive‚ because you don’t have to recruit as many participants
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