Running Head: DRUG COURTS AND THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE Drug Courts and The Treatment of Substance Abusing Offenders Traci R. Howard Guilford Technical Community College Drug treatment courts also known as Drug Courts‚ provide treatment services to offenders in the criminal justice system. These particular courts use various models to provide treatment to drug offenders such as strategies to assist offenders with recovery from substance abuse. The process
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The 1960s-1970s Cultural Revolution’s Impact on Culture Today To what extent did the cultural revolution of the late 1960s – early 1970s impact culture today? The cultural revolution of the late 1960s – early 1970s has had a major impact on current American culture. The distress caused by the Vietnam war forced American citizens to search for a new outlet of false-happiness or an ability to forget their worries to avoid what was currently a dull and depressing war-time state of living.
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In 1982‚ the Young Offenders Act [YOA] was established. It replaced the Juvenile Delinquents Act [JDA] of 1908 and its main objective was to guarantee the rights and freedoms of Canadian Youth were being met. Many revisions and opportunities arose with the passing of the YOA. With the passing of the YOA‚ it provided the young offenders of Canada with extended rights‚ chances for rehabilitation‚ and also therapy institutions. The YOA takes into concern such elements of age‚ maturity‚ reasonableness
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The 1970s for the United States of America was a time of recession‚ war and a world famous government scandal. The war in Vietnam left the people of the nation in disarray and turmoil. The government took a great deal of abuse from the people with the decisions made during the Vietnam War. President Nixon attempted different strategies than used before to end the Vietnam War with little success. The public’s image of the government was distorted when the Watergate Scandal was made public and Richard
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Punishment vs. Rehabilitation Helen Olko October 1‚ 2012 Abstract The expectations that our society has for the criminal justice system is to punish and rehabilitate individuals who commit crime. Punishment and rehabilitation are also two of the four acknowledged objectives of the criminal justice system‚ with deterrence and incapacitation being the others. In the United States‚ punishment has always been the primary goal to achieve when dealing
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Capital Punishment is a complex topic taking someone else’s life to benefit the others they have stolen beginning a cycle that nobody can really end. The costs and effects could be grave to the system and everyone in and around it without some sound advice and reasoning to make sense of why it is done. I chose to look at three viewpoints that define and pick apart the justifications and oppositions of capital punishment. The first view is coming from a duty point of view; the second a consequences
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Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders Peter Greenwood Summary Over the past decade researchers have identified intervention strategies and program models that reduce delinquency and promote pro-social development. Preventing delinquency‚ says Peter Greenwood‚ not only saves young lives from being wasted‚ but also prevents the onset of adult criminal careers and thus reduces the burden of crime on its victims and
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The title "Christmas 1970"‚ means the authors memories of Christmas in 1970. In Christmas 1970 the author recalls putting together a silver Christmas tree‚ branch by branch‚ first the stand goes up‚ then they put each branch in its place. Each branch is numbered and fits perfectly into its base. To remember your first Christmas tree and putting it together is amazing‚ wonderful and precious all rolled into one. This poem is like reliving a very happy time in your life and a memory to cherish all
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| The Environmental Movement of the 1970’s | | | | 12/5/2011 | | Katrina Kelley Professor Gunderson English 99 8 April 2013 The Environmental Movement of the 70’s Although the 1960s were the formation to hundreds of grassroots green organizations‚ not until the following decade did these groups surpass national boundaries and become international organizations. The environmental organizations established were primarily concerned with nature conservation‚ wildlife protection
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After witnessing the complete social and cultural upheaval of the 1960’s‚ Americans did not expect to see as an exciting of a decade in the 1970’s. However‚ new forms of media and an increased dependence of the news allowed people to witness a decade in which journalism expanded and pushed new boundaries. The 1970’s displayed the country’s dependence upon newspapers as a primary source of their daily information‚ along with a shift in government coverage. Two of the decade’s biggest stories came
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