Lopez 1 Ashanti Lopez Mr. Knox AP English Language & Composition 14 January 2015 Mass Incarceration On December 7th of 1989‚ a man named Carlos DeLuna‚ was wrongfully executed for a murder he did not commit (Cohen). The 8th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights states‚ "Excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed‚ nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." Carlos never had the opportunity to prove his innocence before being executed by lethal injection. Prior to being executed
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JUVENILE JUSTICE ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE To Conduct an Assessment of the Juvenile Justice Systems in the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia October 2001 Prepared by Carol Conragan Attorney at Law [pic] INTRODUCTION The Aim and Objective Sponsored by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)‚ the following template
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Three major consequences or costs of mass incarceration is‚ one‚ sever social consequences. Another consequence is sexually transmitted diseases and teenage pregnancy. The third consequence is the ability to vote. These three consequences are severe enough where it affects America as a whole. Now‚ I will discuss each consequence in a little more detail. This will help in the answer of why these consequences are so detrimental to America. I will also‚ be summarizing the article the Sentencing Project’s
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neighborhoods. Based on concrete theory of informal social controls‚ I proposition a 2-step hypothesis that links structure and process: family poverty inhibits family processes of informal social contract‚ in turn increasing the likelihood of juvenile delinquency. This is very important to me because I have a willing mine to try and come up with an idea to
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For several decades prior to the 1970s‚ what was most notable was the remarkable stability of the incarceration rate‚ averaging about 110 per 100‚000 (excluding jail populations). While there were minor fluctuations in this period‚ the rate remained very stable‚ which led some criminologists to hypothesize a “theory of the stability of punishment‚” suggesting that a given society develops a certain culture regarding the level of punishment with which it is comfortable‚ and then‚ consciously or not
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Challenge Questions for Chapter 6: 1. Is Sgt. Kelly making best use of her time? It is particularly important to assign and review cases to her investigators‚ so she is carrying out her duties as a sergeant. But‚ I think she should learn how to manage her time to accomplish the most important in a short time as in order to have time for other labors. 2. How can Sgt. Kelly address the specific needs of the problem investigators? She has to set priorities to her two investigators
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Juvenile files are confidential because there are state laws in every state that mandates that juvenile files are confidential. For a juvenile to have there file sealed they have to request it from the court. Most get probation with circumstances like community service‚ counseling or drug treatment. We have to look at juveniles differently than we do adults because of their developmental progress. Every juvenile officer who goes through training becomes knowledgeable about the juvenile developmental
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Juvenile Recidivism Karen G Liberty University Abstract Recidivism is when someone returns to the same behavior that they were previously doing (Unruh‚ Gau‚ & Waintrup‚ 2009). There are many factors that raise the risk of juvenile recidivism such as single parenting‚ and even when the parents become involved in drug use. When juveniles become high risk for recidivism it is important that the adults whether it be the parents‚ teachers or any adult in authority step in to help the juvenile to
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Slavery and Mass Incarceration 12/6/2010 The institution of slavery dates back before written records. The term slave was originally a derivative from the historical French and Latin medieval word for Slavic people of central and Eastern Europe. [ (wikipedia‚ 2010) ] In North America‚ the class system is systematically at the root of every socioeconomic and political issue resulting in Super companies‚ multibillionaires and the formation of lobbyists and special interest groups; there always has
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For the last few decades the criminal incarceration rate has risen as well as the prison inmate population. Many prisoners have very few privileges in these prisons and have very awful experiences during their incarcerations. Unfortunately‚ many prisoners in the United States are receiving excessive prison sentences for nonviolent crimes due to our current justice system. Laws are indeed laws and should never be broken by any individual. However the primary goal of our criminal justice system should
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