Racial Disparity in Sentencing Donna Black CJA423 October 18‚ 2010 Shomari L. Gilford Racial Disparity in Sentencing Racial disparity in sentencing continues to be a long time culmination in the criminal justice system. The disparity in criminal sentencing is seen when individuals who commit similar or the same criminal act results in acquiring different sentences upon conviction (Jones-Brown‚ 2002). The paper will take a look at racial disparity in sentencing today‚ do an examination of
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Policing Practices and Operations Susan Hornberger CJA/394 8/4/2014 Jean Pierre Lapre Policing Practices and Operations The primary goal of any law enforcement agency is to maintain public safety‚ primarily by reducing the number of occurrences of crime in their jurisdiction. Although this seems simplistic in nature‚ it takes many policing agencies working together in a successful working relationship to achieve this success. This paper will provide an assessment of each of these policing agencies
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Society of the 1800’s During the 1800’s there were three prominent cultures that could be found within Antebellum or Pre-Civil War America. These cultures include the North‚ South‚ and the Southern Black or Slave culture. These societies differed in many ways‚ some to an extreme degree. The Northern culture is the closest to the modern day America that we know as it was the most progressive culture. The Southern culture was extremely elitist and intolerant of social reform not benefiting the slave
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The effects of punishment and sentencing The four fundamental philosophies surrounding the purpose of sentencing are; retribution‚ this philosophy is the belief that those who commit criminal acts should be punished according to the seriousness of the crime and that no other circumstances are considered‚ deterrence‚ this strategy is the thought that if the punishment given is severe enough that it will stop the potential criminal from committing the crime or to be a repeat offender. Incapacitate
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The Impact of Information Technology/ Information System on Digital Society Information technology is the technology used to store‚ manipulate‚ distribute or create information. The type of information or data is not important to this definition. The technology is any mechanism capable of processing this data. Kathleen Guinee wrote‚ "By information technology‚ I mean the tools we use to perform calculations‚ to store and manipulate text‚ and to communicate. Some of these twentieth century tools
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Public policy is defined by Webster’s as the "The basic policy or set of policies forming the foundation of public laws‚ especially such policy not yet formally enunciated." The United States Government has many policies in the area of the environment. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in 1970 to help identify environmental problems in our nation‚ and to set policy on how to deal with those problems. Yet‚ with so much money spent by the government to deal with problems with the
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES PUBLIC POLICY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH; OEVELOPING NEOCLASSICAL IMPLICATIONS Robert G. King Sergio Rebelo Working Paper No. 3338 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Masaarhusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 April 1990 This paper is part of NBER’s research program in Growth. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors and not those of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER Working Paper #3335 April 1990 PUBLIC POLICY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: DEVELOPING
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politicians have debated the effectiveness of correctional rehabilitation programs since the 1970’s when criminal justice scholars and policy makers throughout the United States embraced Robert Martinson’s credo of “nothing works” (Shrum‚ 2004). Recidivism‚ the rate at which released offenders return to jail or prison‚ has become the most accepted outcome measure in corrections. The public’s desire to reduce the economic and social costs associated with crime and incarceration has resulted in an emphasis
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He was impacted the society in many ways through music. He sang of problems he saw in society (Corliss 2). Some of these problems were in prisons. His interest in prison reform started after he watched “Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison” (Robins 2). He thinks prisoners are not treated fairly and come out worse than when they went in (“Cash‚ Johnny” 5). In order to solve these problems he first had to make them known. John and two inmates went to the US senate subcommittee to campaign about
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A correctional officer is responsible for the supervision‚ safety‚ and security of prisoners in a prison or jail. They are also responsible for the safety and security of the facility itself. In order to accomplish this‚ they must maintain order by enforcing rules and regulations. Although most Correctional Officers are employed by the government‚ some are employed by private companies. Body A correctional officer must provide custodial care necessary for the security and well being of inmates
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