officially take off until the 1980s with president Ronald Reagan. He coined the term “war on drugs”‚ created the Drug Enforcement Agency‚ and enacted a court procedure that the country is still feeling the effects of to this day: mandatory minimum sentencing. Mandatory minimum sentencing is a procedure in which a judge must sentence a citizen convicted to a minimum amount of years in prison for a crime regardless of circumstance. Because of this‚ the amount of prisoners in federal prison has skyrocketed
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Primary Function of the CJ System The main purpose of the criminal justice system is not to control criminally violent offenders but to deliver an efficient‚ effective‚ and fair justice process for not only the public but for the criminals as well. Cops‚ corrections‚ and courts each have an important role in the CJ system‚ this paper will reflect how none have a main purpose of control. The three most basic arguments for this paper are the history of the CJ system why it originated and the primary
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In order to study the past‚ present and future implications of the probation and parole system‚ I had to study the history of both. I will begin with the history of probation and then talk about the history of parole. I will also talk about how probation and parole work in the present and how and what will happen to both probation and parole in the future. Probation comes from the Latin verb probare which means to prove‚ to rest. Probation was first introduced to the United States in 1841
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CLICK TO DOWNLOAD BUSN 258 Week 8 Final Exam Multiple Choice 1. (TCO 1) The best way to win customer loyalty is to 2. (TCO 2) Which of the following problems is NOT listed as a people turnoff? 3. (TCO 3) Small companies can compete against larger ones if they offer 4. (TCO 4) Which of the following is NOT an example of something a company can do to enhance extrinsic value? 5. (TCO 5) Companies cannot wait years for their customers to see long-term value‚ so they should 6. (TCO 4) Smart
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Capital Punishment in America Capital punishment should be viewed as the stripping away of humanity from a person. The death penalty itself should be "executed" because of racial inequities‚ the concept of murder‚ the possibility of error‚ lack of deterrence‚ the cost‚ and an overwhelmed legal system. "The goal of capital punishment is revenge" (Introduction 1). Capital punishment is simply an outlet for the bloodlust of the American people (Introduction 1). The death penalty is very discriminatory
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Reflections Week Two MGT 230 June 18‚ 2013 Yuvonne Richmond Reflections Week Two Upon the conclusion of each session‚ a review of the subject matter covered was individually assessed. A composite reflection of the previous week’s those objectives and how the material presented has impacted each team member is reviewed in this document. One team member cataloged the experience as interesting. Noting the personal excitement about the acquaintance of new people and the formation of team
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Juvenile Life Without Parole In June 2012‚ the United States Supreme Court ruled that it is a violation of the United States Constitution to sentence someone to serve mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole if the person committed the crime when they were under the age of 18. Since then‚ many states have been trying to re-write their laws to figure out what to do with juveniles who commit crimes. In Michigan‚ it is even more complicated because we have 370 people in prison
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Mandatory Service Program There are many debates concerning advantages and disadvantages of mandating community service‚ however‚ the practice of compelling adolescents to take part in community service is increasingly common. People seek to understand the relationships between mandatory community service and volunteering. A key distinction between mandated community service and volunteering is the freely-chosen nature of the latter activity compared to the compulsory nature of the former
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Freedom to Comment Reflection HSM/230 Freedom to Comment Reflection Approximately 6 six years ago‚ I was caught in a difficult situation involving a possible Vulnerable Adult case. As the advocate for my consumer‚ I felt obligated to report the suspicions that were evident. As a supervisor‚ I must follow protocol and the chain-of-command in the organization. I found myself between a rock and a hard place. My client was reporting to me that the case manager was at his residence to have
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Probation and Parole in the United States: Changes in the Correctional System since World War II Scott Lohr Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Abstract Employee security problems and high risk caseloads progressively will move agents away from customary probation ideas of casework in the direction of ideas lined up with control or disciplinary beliefs. This study analyzes how the role of probation and parole has altered and what the future will be like counting on how we respond to
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