Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections Terri Jinks CJA/374 October 15‚ 2012 Jerry Kilgo Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections The juvenile justice system contains a thorough selection of systems and combined facilities intended to assist the youths that enter the system and the community‚ by extension (Champion‚ 2010). Nevertheless‚ the age limits are defined by federal laws and characteristically consist of juvenile wrongdoers seven-18‚ states regulate the methods of judgment‚ juvenile
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Corrections Purpose and History Introduction The history of punishment is a unique one‚ since the dawn of man human kind has punished one another. Man did not merely throw someone in a chamber and let them contemplate their crimes such as we do in today’s society; rather‚ during those early times‚ punishment was harsh and swift. Criminals were not drawn through the litigation processes; instead‚ they were found immediately guilty of a crime and brought forth to be punished in an open forum‚ serving
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Special Populations in Corrections Presentation Leslie M. Clements CJS/221 09/11/2017 Charles Maida University of Phoenix The Elderly In Prison •This PowerPoint intends to •Provide in detail the struggles of the elderly within correctional facilities. •Provide in detail the struggles prisons face with elderly care. Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Loading… Why Are Elderly Inmates A Problem? •Mass incarceration and the get-tough movement •In 1974 there were 162 people incarcerated per 100‚000 residents
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Cited: CNN. (2007‚ ). CNN. Retrieved August 03‚ 2010‚ from CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/02/record.prison.population/ Foster‚ B. (2006). Corrections The Fundamentals. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall . Prisons‚ F. B. (n.d.). Retrieved August 03‚ 2010‚ from Federal Bureau of Prisons: http://www.bop.gov/ Things To Do In Prison . (2003). Retrieved August 2010‚ from Prison Talk: http://www.prisontalk
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MEEF1-Dossier 2 The American Frontier Doc A - Excerpts from Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy‚ Valley Forge Country Club‚ Valley Forge‚ PA October 29‚ 1960 Doc B – Manifest and Other Destinies: Territorial Fictions of the Nineteenth-Century United States. Stephanie Lemenager University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln‚ NE. 2004. DOC C – American Progress by John Gast (1872) Westward Expansion • Land Ordinance 1785/Northwest Ordinance 1787 • 1821 – Revolution overturned Spanish rule in Mexico‚ U.S. recognized
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Racial Differences in the Corrections System “According to Black Star Project Executive Director‚ Phillip Jackson‚ in 2007 there were 321 African American men enrolled at Northwestern University (1.7 percent of the student body) but four times that number – 1‚207- imprisoned at Western Illinois Correctional Center (60 percent of the prison population)” (Walker‚ Spohn & Delone‚ 2012). This is only one example of the astounding percentage of young black men currently serving jail time as opposed
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The Continuing Problem with Cell Phones and Their Negative Effect on the Corrections and Criminal Justice Systems The Continuing Problem with Cell Phones and Their Negative Effect on the Corrections and Criminal Justice Systems Cell Phones are a forever growing epidemic around the world. Cell phones have quickly moved to an item of necessity in today’s world since its invention in 1973. The current generation of smartphones have various features that enhance the ease of organization
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Corrections in America Zachary Gene Mooney Notre Dame College The American correctional system has its flaws like many other programs in America today. A hot topic in today?s society is whether or not the American criminal justice system is effective; often times‚ this leads citizens to believe that the United States can no longer be considered the land of the free because of its various flaws. America has the highest imprisonment rate in the entire world along with a shockingly high rate
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Apart of a Community? What is a community? A community is a group of people who have similar characteristics in common. They provide is with a sense of stability‚ they serve our needs‚ and they also accept us for who we are. When most people think of a community they automatically think about the neighborhood‚ town or city they live in‚ or the religious group they are apart of. No one really thinks about the people who are involved in high-risk behaviors as being apart of a community. Groups engaging
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3. When an auditor believes that an illegal act may have occurred‚ the auditor should first: The answer is C‚ to inquire management at a level above those likely to be involved. The reason C is the correct answer is because it is one of the three things that an auditor should do when they believe that an illegal act has occurred. The other 2 things that they should do are: The auditor should consult with the client’s legal counsel or other specialist who is knowledgeable about the potential
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