What is Parole? When someone is paroled‚ they serve part of their sentence under the supervision of their community. The law says that the U.S. Parole Commission may grant parole if (a) the inmate has substantially observed the rules of the institution; (b) release would not depreciate the seriousness of the offense or promote disrespect for the law; and (c) release would not jeopardize the public welfare. Parole has a three-fold purpose: (1) through the assistance of the United States Probation
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a level that is unacceptable and they are treated as adults. When this happens a juvenile child can be lost forever and sent into an adult system. In this paper we will look at some statistics as they relate to delinquency prevention and juvenile justice. It will talk about the total decrease in juvenile arrests. It will talk about the increase in simple assaults as well as drug offenses. This paper will mention the conclusion that can be drawn for juvenile females and members of racial and ethnic
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Draft The trouble with the laws these days is that criminals know their rights better than their wrongs. ~Author Unknown. I truly believe in this quote. Criminals know when they do something wrong they will get out of it with a plea bargain or they might not even step foot in the court room because someone else is already getting prosecuted for it. Courts and plea bargains go hand in hand these days. To me‚ I think plea bargains are not true justice‚ its laziness. According to BGA‚ there were 85
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Essential Interview Skills Kathy Thomas Criminal Justice Communications September 28‚ 2012 You are a probation officer who was conducting a home visit for probationer Bobby Jean. You walk up to the door‚ she answers‚ and you notice a bag of marijuana sitting on the kitchen table. She promises that it is not hers. You provide her with a urine screen and it is clean. Based on the above scenario‚ please respond to the following questions: * What would you do? * Would this scenario lead
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HALEY‚ JENNIFER APOL 104- D14 WORLDVIEW ASSIGNMENT NOVEMBER 11‚ 2013 Part One: A worldview does not just appear one day. It is a view that you have your entire life which helps outline the way you choose to live your life. In the book‚ Life Answers by Ken Hemphill states‚ “A worldview is our underlying perspective of life.” Each person’s worldview helps them make a choice in a way that they may see the world. Part Two:
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WOULDN’T TELL ANYONE WHERE HE WAS‚ WHAT SHOULD YOU TELL THEM? If I were to be put in this situation and had sincerely promised the man that I wouldn’t tell where he was‚ I believe that it would be best to tell the cops that‚ yes‚ I had seen him. However‚ I would be very vague. I would let them know that I had seen the man and I would point in the general direction in which he ran past me to get to the bush‚ but I would not let them know he was hiding there. 2. WHAT DID YOU DECIDE WAS THE RIGHT THING
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Read the insanity defense articles in the "insanity defense" folder (found in module 2). Summarize the insanity defense in Arizona. What purpose do you think this defense was intended to serve? Do you think the "insanity defense" should exist? Use your module readings to support your answer. Arizona uses a modified version of the M ’naghten rule (A test for criminal insanity). The defense team is responsible for proving that. The state of Arizona also uses the "Guilty but insane" verdict as well
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al Justice Know your Terrorists Juan Ceballos Johnny Innocent Lerue Sarvis Sony Cameau David E. Allende Susan Johnson University Of Phoenix Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice CJE 313 Sgt. Patrick Hart December 11th‚ 2007 Know your Terrorists Terrorist" is a word used so often and so loosely that it has lost a clear meaning. Currently‚ the term "terrorist" is
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major problem for both society and law enforcement‚ but for El Paso‚ Texas it seems to be more of a struggle due to close proximity to the Mexico border. As of 2009‚ El Paso had 539 reported gangs and 5‚665 documented gang members‚ (Borunda‚ 21Oct2011). The gangs in El Paso are not only largely populated but law enforcement has noticed the Mexican drug cartel has strengthened its ties with the U.S. gangs. According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment‚ the gang-cartel link is most highly
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ear canals but what happens when sounds are interrupted by dense walls or by a simple thin bag? Many factors can prevent multiple screams and shouts to effectively alarm and demand assistance‚ but in many cases‚ the sounds are successfully concealed as the perpetrator accomplishes their malevolent actions. Reality can cause a grown man to tremble at the sight of death and violence just like how a child begins to tremble at the sight of his ruthless father’s fist. Criminal justice is completely involved
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