Site Visit to the Travis County Adult Probation SMART Program Tony Lee Merriwether HSCS/311 June 23, 2014 Sheri Meyer Site Visit to the Travis County Adult Probation SMART Program This paper is an overview of adult probation program designed to provide an alternative to incarceration. The Texas Criminal Justice Program designed the program as a diversionary mechanism to provide comprehensive treatment to offenders that require treatment for substance abuse and chemical dependency. The
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did not agree this aggressive war. To resist, he refused to pay the Massachusetts poll tax, which was a “per head” tax imposed on all citizens to help support the Mexican War. His refusal landed him in the Concord jail in 1846. As he stood considering the walls of solid stone in prison, he ridiculed the foolishness of the administration. He criticized the administration for imprisoning him, because his chief desire was not to stand in the other side of that stone wall. He declared that under a government
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Coming into language n weekend graveyard shifts at St. Joseph’s Hospital I worked the emergency room, mopping up pools of blood and carting plastic bags stuffed with arms, legs, and hands to the outdoor incinerator. I enjoyed the quiet, away from the screams of shotgunned, knifed, and mangled kids writhing on gurneys outside the operating rooms. Ambulance sirens shrieked and squad car lights reddened the cool nights, flashing against the hospital walls: gray-red, gray-red. On slow nights I would
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self-incrimination. The Fourth Amendment protects us from unreasonable search or seizure. People have the right to confront witnesses and accusers. Nothing can change these rights unless the U.S. constitutions was rewritten and that is not likely to happen. This paper will be examine the Fourth Amendment, learning the requirements for obtaining a search warrant, defining probable cause, describing when search and seizure does not require a warrant. We will also explain the rationale for allowing warrantless searches
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a second chance because many have not received even a first chance. Additionally, rehabilitation is by far the best option for them because of the way they would almost certainly be exploited and turned into hardened criminals if sent to prison. This paper will provide further background to the issue of rehabilitating juvenile offenders, and strongly argue that it is the right approach. The justice system fulfills an important symbolic function by establishing standards of conduct. It
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By this reaction paper I would like to continue our discussion after the presentation of the second chapter of « Crime and American Dream » with Tami Miller, using the reading of the « Crime and American Dream », the first two Chapters. After the reading of the two lasts weeks, of corse between all the reader books, I was mostly influencer by Messner and Rosenfels « Crime and American Dream », not because the authors approach the very popular in US but also worldwide task of the American Dream,
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Victims and Crime Evaluation Paper Victims and Crime Evaluation Paper This paper will describe roles and functions of individuals in the criminal justice system and how victimization affects each role. The roles that will be discussed are prosecutor, defense attorney, criminal, and the victim. Then discuss the goals of sentencing associated with each role and alternative sanctions. Finally, identify any recommendations that regarding victims’ rights. The criminal justice system protects
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American Prisons Noreen Harman ENG122: English Composition II Instructor January Pearson July 7, 2014 There is a disparate rate of minorities in the American prison system currently. I will present evidence from scholarly resources proving that the reason why the minority population is so high is due to racial profiling. The judicial system imposes stricter and longer prison terms on minorities because of their culture. Blacks are about eight times more likely to go to prison than whites
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century. A serial killer, rapist, and necrophile, Bundy had accrued a body count of thirty plus women over seven states before being caught in August of 1975. Bundy was ultimately given three death sentences, and died by the electric chair in Raiford Prison, Florida. Numerous books, films, and articles have been created about him and the horrendous crimes he committed, and his name is infamously known to almost every individual. It is reasonable to believe that Bundy may have possessed quite a few personality
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------------------------------------------------- City of Bell Fraud & Corruption Analysis April 17, 2016 Professor Diana Hinton Bryan Ruley April 17, 2016 Professor Diana Hinton Bryan Ruley City of Bell Background In 1876 The City of Bell was founded by a pioneer named George Bell and his wife. Bell was incorporated as a city in 1927. The city is located in Los Angeles County California. With a population of 36,664. Here’s some background on the City of Bell’s City Council members
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