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    should receive life sentence? For the past 20 years there have been many cases of teen murders‚ teen rape‚ etc Most people see this and want justice‚ as in death‚ life in prison‚ eye for a eye‚ but what if a child was being sentence not everybody will be approve. Because of this controversy some of the most famous murder cases are students turning on their teachers or parents‚ some as young as thirteen to seventeen years olds. The american people are deeply divided on teen life sentence‚ because are

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    between probation and parole are that the probation places the offender under court or under supervision by the probation officer. The parole offender is released from being incarceration to live in the community for the remaining of sentencing. By defining the roles of probation and parole officers in corrections is? The probation officers in their role of duty is to investigate offender’s history‚ background checks and present the report to the court system. A parole officer’s duties include

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    such as probation and parole were developed and implemented by the criminal justice system (Travis 1998‚ p.308). The aim of this paper is to examine the issue of parole‚ which has been discussed prolong and many controversies related to it have arisen. The essay will explore the advantages and disadvantages of the existence of parole in the criminal justice system. Firstly‚ various community measures addressing offenders will be explored. Next‚ a definition of the concept of parole will be provided‚

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    The broad problem area that I intend to research is the department of probation‚ pardon‚ and parole and its effectiveness of keeping defendants out of prison. This department is like a “risk management” type program for first-time and minor offenders. It serves the purpose of reducing the number of prisoners in our already overcrowded prison systems. In a sense‚ it is like a slap on the wrist for many criminals to give them a second chance to learn from their mistakes. It also rehabilitates recently

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    03.01 Vocabulary and the Multiple-Choice Test 1. Which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the second sentence in the passage? (a) It makes an appeal to authority. (b) It restates the thesis of the passage. (c) It expresses the causal relationship between morality and writing style. (d) It provides a specific example for the preceding generalization. (e) It presents a misconception that the author will correct. I am not really confident on what the answer is.

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    Parole is a highly controversial issue in Australia and around the world. A likely cause for this controversy is the general public’s ignorance of the specifics where parole is concerned. Any casual observation of a local newspaper or current affairs program on TV will likely result in the discovery of a member of the public’s opinion of crime and criminals and the criminal justice system in general‚ and what they believe to be wrong with it and no doubt suggestions on how to fix it. These opinions

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    In the documentary‚ “Criminal Kids Life Sentence‚ Children in Prison Documentary”‚ published on Youtube in 2016‚ discusses about the cruelty death row punishment kids faced in the United States Juvenile Justice System before the year 2010‚ and still do if the crime is any higher than murder now.. “The United States is the only country in the world that condemns children for life in prison.” quoted as part of the documentary. The social problems addressed in this documentary include juvenile delinquency

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    to do just that‚ and is writing about it for the web Introducing "Living Plastic Free" Envirowoman is the blogger behind the site Living Plastic Free. She has completed two full years of living with the pledge to bring no new plastic into her life. Her total plastic garbage for 2008 amounts to a mere .42 kilograms‚ or just under 1 pound. While Envirowoman lives a lifestyle that may not appeal to you (she is a vegetarian who has been willing to give up her car to avoid plastic)‚ she is an

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    What is parole you ask? According to the Online Dictionary (2014) “Parole is the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.” There are currently three different types of parole the parole board utilizes: discretionary parole‚ supervised mandatory release‚ and unconditional mandatory release. In order to be eligible for parole the offender must prove to the parole board he or she has been rehabilitated and are no longer a danger to society. Over the

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    Probation and parole officers are a real important component of the criminal justice system. Although there are several community corrections the most well-known community systems are probation and parole. However‚ the service quality probation and parole have evolved over there years. Also‚ probation and parole are experiencing current challenges confronting the service quality approach. The parole and probation system have significantly has evolved throughout the years. The meaning of parole is the

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