I was excited to see your opening for a Probation Clerk, and I hope to be invited for an interview. My background includes serving as a high level clerical specialist with the US Army Reserves. Most recently, I worked as one of the principle administrative assistants to the commander of a unit of more than 200 Soldiers. There my responsibilities included assisting the Commander in his or her normal duties in areas which may include individual and unit training, administration, supply, facility
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The primary source of data for consideration were governmental compilations of statistical information having to do with crime. One of the most important sources is the National Crime Victimization Survey. The NCVS is unique as a record of criminal victimization as reported directly by Americans, not filtered through police reports. Along with many of the other articles, this one also has many percentages and tables showing differences between Whites and Blacks in arrest rates. One table shows the
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and other credits. Criminal drug addicts can be provided with the appropriate health care needs that they need if they aren't in an overcrowded prison and the courts can make use of rehabilitation centers appropriately. Technology for tracking criminals outside of prison with smart bracelets continues to evolve and improve. One technology involves using GPS to create a geo-fence to monitor criminals to keep them within a designated area at certain times. This enables criminals to go to work, school
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or go to Circle Justice? Some people will say that he should go to jail while others say he shouldn’t. If the boy went to jail he would have to serve his trum in there and at a young age that is not good. The American Justice System is not fair because the result of jail can lead to dangerous things,schools are changing, and how people change in Circle Justice. The first reason The American Justice System is not fair because of the results lying in jail. In “Restorative Justice and a Better Future
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to counsel for their first appeal. In contrast, the adult courts seeks to achieve punishment for an offender. The adult courts are formal and adversarial in nature, rules of evidence and rules of procedures are important. Adult courts are based on criminal law, concerned with the punishment of those who commit crimes. Adult courts are open to the public, except for grand jury proceedings. Adult courts allow the accused the rights to a jury trial by their peers. Lastly, adults have no right to counsel
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Sheriff Kirk Taylor is focusing on defendants still waiting on a trial. They make up more than half of the jail's population, which is already housing 137 more inmates than its capacity of 509. 90 are waiting to be charged with misdemeanors; 186 of those felonies. Bernadette Lopez was just released from jail and experienced the overcrowding firsthand. "It's just ridiculous," she says. "It's just out of control. They have ten of us all crowded in one room. The toilets are broke. The facilities are
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In our broken justice system policemen have power but some overrule that power. Policemen think just because they have weapons and wear a police suit, they can rule our streets and could do anything they like but no, we can’t let that happen because they are arresting innocent people and killing innocent people. In Ferguson what happened was a justice system out of control. Policemen found a way to arrest people because they were protesting for their rights and justice. People became angry because
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Many think that police supervisors simply sit in the office, check reports, and simply have no responsibility. That is far from the truth as supervisors, especially Sergeants and Lieutenants, must ensure that police officers meet the agency’s standards, have the training to do their job proficiently, and discipline them when they don’t do the right thing. Since 1978, the law has been clear that when supervisors do their jobs correctly they cannot be held liable just because an officer that worked
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In serious cases, this documentation may be used for a fitness-for-duty evaluation, also known as mental evaluation (Schultz, 2012). The officer’s immediate supervisor job is to monitor the situation for a minimum of six months to a year to make sure the officer’s performance is increasing and that the intervention program is encouraging a positive
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“Drug and alcohol abuse and addiction are implicated in the crimes and incarceration of 80 percent—some 1.4 million—of the 1.7 million men and women in U.S. prisons” (Califano). This statistic from 1998 has risen to 1.9 million inmates of the total 2.3 million (The Nations Health). There are two main problems at hand, one being the large amount of prisoners and two the large amount of prisoners for drug offenses. Overpopulation of prisons is a pressing issue in today’s society, this primarily due
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