Contemporary Problems As American’s, we owe our freedom to the men and women who protect us through their military service, especially those who have been deployed and risked their lives so that we can maintain the privileges afforded to us simply by living in America. Unfortunately, our country has not taken enough measures to protect and restore the mental health of the veterans who have protected us. According to Jaycox eds. and Tanielian (2008) “About One-Third of Returning Service members
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Edward Waters College Juvenile Delinquency Casey Cooper During the late 1980's and early 1990's, the nature of offenses committed by juveniles changed. Juvenile crime grew more serious and violent, the rate of offending by females increased disproportionately, youth began entering the juvenile justice system at younger ages, and gang involvement became more prevalent. Recommendations for improving the juvenile
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| Critically discuss the nature of desistance and evaluate the extent to which current probation practices support desistance. | | | | | | Desistance has many definitions according to numerous theorists. Some definitions are vague. For example, Laub and Sampson explained how Neal Shover (1996) defines desistance as “voluntary termination of serious criminal participation”. Some other definitions are more arbitrary. For instance, Professor Laub and Professor Sampson came across
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Curiosity Kills... Think before you act! “Addiction isn’t about using drugs. It’s about what the drug does to your life.” says Enock Maregesi. Despite the fact that drug abuse is a social drift, the government should implement a more fostering tactic towards drug users to lessen influence on drug abuse. According to Esplanada, the Philippines has the highest rate of drug users in East Asia. He also stated that 2.1% of Filipinos aged 16-24 years old are under the influence of metamphetamine
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Introduction. Historically, castration has been often used as a punishment to sex offenders. However, by late 19th Century, most of the castration sentences were disallowed upon appeal (Spalding, 1998). For this reason, legislative systems have made into law legislations that will revive the ancient castration method to condemn such men. However, this procedure has not escaped criticism from psychological, medical and psychiatric professionals. Some critics, such as the American Civil Liberties Union
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sex offenders in the community from the local and national sex offender registry to GPS tracking. It also shows the perception of safety in a small scale community. Many laws are set into place to manage sex offenders after they are released from prison, but what is the effectiveness of programs set in place for the safety of victims and the community? Keywords: sex offenders, monitoring, tracking, registry, residency restrictions, safety Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction
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In order for a police organization to fully do their job, there are certain responsibilities and strategies that they must first understand and learn to do in order to be a well- rounded police organization and or officer. Police responsibilities include; Enforce the Law, to enforce the laws effectively, officers must know the law and understand the community's priorities about what rules are most relevant. Arrest Offenders, upon identifying individuals who are breaking the law, officers must apprehend
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When a French social worker was recently asked what he considered the most valuable attitude in working with juvenile delinquents, he replied: ‘The ability to accept failure-and still go right ahead.’ W e should not delude ourselves that there are any short, swift or easy solutions. Delinquent behaviour is not a twenty-four hour malady that affects a child as a virus does. The preceding chapter has pointed out how complex, and how deeply set, some of the motivations towards juvenile delinquency can
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several of health issues I then changed my career goal to being a nurse. And needless to say from there I wanted to be a million other things; psychologist, child care provider, massage therapist, all with one thing in common; to help others and to be effective in their life. I became interested in social work after being placed in foster care at the age of fourteen. Confused, frustrated and angry, I was in desperate need, and it was caring social workers who, with my best interest at heart, provided me
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of the prisoner reentry programs is to ensure effective prisoner rehabilitation back to the community in order to reduce the likelihood of recidivism. While there have been increased efforts by the government organizations and other not-for-profit organization to promote effective reentry, the effectiveness of these programs are based on the efficiency of the strategies. Studies indicate that the rates of recidivism are greatly reduced where effective reentry programs are utilized (Baglivio, Wolff
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