Restorative Justice and Juvenile Courts Denise Gladden CRJS-450-1402A-01: Advanced Topics in Corrections April 12, 2014 Abstract This paper provides a brief overview of two different juvenile programs, aftercare and institutions. It provides contrasting differences between the treatment received by juveniles in housed institutions and community aftercare programs, and there effects on recidivism. The effectiveness or ineffectiveness of both programs, in treating and rehabilitating juvenile
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San Quentin when this student approached her about college admission and financial aid. This student told people he knew about the help he was getting, and those men also came to ask for help with college, financial aid, housing, substance abuse treatment and many other needs. Over the ensuing weeks and months it became clear that there was no systematic delivery of information about services and opportunities in local communities to prisoners prior to their release. The program expanded to the Level
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paper on the budgetary pressures and cuts faced by all levels of government, and explain how to justify to the tax-paying public an increase in expenditures on prison treatment and rehabilitation programs. To respond to this assignment, the student undertook desk research, wrote and submitted this paper. Keywords: prison treatment, rehabilitation programs, cost, expense, investment Introduction: The context for extra spending Many sections of the United States government over the past
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The roles of corrections officers differ from institution to institution, with some being more or less involved within the prison societies than others. This is mostly due to different management styles being used by different wardens and prison directors. With the tough duty of passing and enforcing policies that preserve the control and protection of the guards, along with keeping the inmates happily non-rebellious, the corrections officials have challenges on their hands. From risking their lives
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M__________ HRM September 11, 2011 D_____ Professionalization has to do with gaining professional status for people working in corrections while accreditation seeks comparable status for their employing organizations. When seeking a professional position in the criminal justice field there is some standards that have to be met. The first step is to identify the distinctiveness of the position one will be in quest for. There is not only one person that is accountable for
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chapter 6. In chapter 6 of my correction process book it talks about the Criminal Client. In this research paper you will understand how the criminal justice system operates as a large selection process to determine who ends up in the corrections system. You will also describe some of the main similarities among and differences between the general population and people who end up under correctional authority. I will identify different types of offenders in the corrections system and the kinds of problems
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formed these ideas, due to the fact they wanted more human treatment for criminals. I believe that the five principles were implemented due to the kind of treatment that the criminals were getting at that time period. “Until the late 1700's, criminals were put to death, shipped to other countries to become slaves, and were thrown to wild animals just so society could literally get rid of them.” (http://voices.yahoo.com/the-early-american-correction-system-326781.html?cat=17) Then when the Pennsylvania
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Community Corrections Paper Every day, all across America, prisons are facing an overcrowding problem. The prisons are receiving more inmates than they can handle. Once in jail or prison an inmate can be released or given parole. When arrested you can be sent to jail or prison or you can be given probation. This leaves us to wonder, what happen between prison and probation. Over the past thirty years, other sanctions have been used to fill the gap between prison and probation; this has led
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and crime, these alternatives actually prevent violence and strengthen communities. Community corrections programs provide many communities with local punishment options as an alternative to prison or jail. These sanction programs are lower cost alternatives to the increased prison and jail constructions, based on the cost per offender. These programs provide local courts, state departments of corrections, and state parole boards with a broad range of correctional options for offenders under their
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development of privative and the for-profit prison industry. [1] In recent years, there has been debate over the privatization of prisons. Both publicly provided and publicly financed prisons operate under the supervision of the various Departments of Corrections that exist at the state and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In a study that used three comparable Louisiana medium security prisons, two of which were privately run by different corporations and the third was publicly run. The data from this study
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