Programs Administered by Probation Departments Programs Administered by Probation Departments Arhonda Smith Everest University CCJ1020-39_Week 9 Individual Work Professor Eileen Carlin March 11, 2012 House Arrest In the state of Louisiana which I reside in House Arrest Residential Community Corrections Residential community corrections programs are an alternative to prison and are intended to help reintegrate offenders into their communities. Programs provide
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Studies reveal that drug abuse is a major factor in recidivism. For instance, Ray et al. (2015) stated that drug-involved offenders are twice as likely to recidivate. This finding is consistent with the literature. Research on substance abuse suggest that many returning offenders may be rearrested and returned to prison because of their inability to refrain from substance abuse (Davis et al., 2012; Ray et al., 2015). In relation to recidivism, Berg & Cobbina (2016) found that drug and alcohol addiction
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sexual offenders, what they should do if faced with an actual molestation situation, and the importance of background checks while also exploring approaches aimed at reducing recidivism rates from the clinical, justice, community protection, and community reintegration model, by combining preventative action, and recidivism reduction to solve the issue of sexual offending , specifically Child molestation. The offenders targeted within this category of sexual offenders are child molesters. Child
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A Justice Policy Institute Report By Barry Holman and Jason Ziedenberg The Impact of Incarcerating Youth in Detention and Other Secure Facilities The Dangers of Detention: The Impact of Incarcerating Youth in Detention and Other Secure Facilities The Dangers of Detention: A Justice Policy Institute Report by Barry Holman and Jason Ziedenberg 1 The Dangers of Detention1 Introduction: The Growing Impact of Youth Detention Despite the lowest youth crime rates in 20 years, hundreds
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Measuring Crime in the United States Kyra Pettit CJA/204 August 5, 2013 Dr. Wafeeq Sabir Measuring Crime in the United States In the following paper, these criminal justice students will address the three major points of crime measurement in the United States. Even though there may be changes of crime statistics, but not changes in the crime rate; that is because crime can be measured in numerous ways. Two measuring systems being the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and Uniform
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such as cognitive behavior programs have been guided by Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) concepts or principles. These types of programs have been considered to be a viable solution to the rising cost associated with incarceration and increases in recidivism rates (MacKenzie, 2006). Many of the benefits of these programs are that they are designed to promote positive changes in the offender’s behavior attributed to their lack of coping skills, cognitive skills, problem solving, moral development and
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Mark Lipsey preformed a study on offenders to see which methods of intervention work best to decrease recidivism rates. The cognitive behavioral approach showed a 26% decrease in recidivism compared to other groups (like a 22% recidivism decrease with the behavioral method, a 5% decrease with individual therapy, and a 12% decrease with meditation). The cognitive behavioral model showed the greatest decrease found in the
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explore the effectiveness of new or alternative juvenile justice programs that are implemented in the United States in order to reduce recidivism for youth offenders. Recidivism is a concept in Criminal Justice. It refers to a person's relapse into criminal behavior, often after the person receives sanctions or undergoes intervention for a previous crime. Recidivism is measured by criminal acts that resulted in rearrest, reconviction or return to prison with or without a new sentence during a three-year
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Measuring Crime Paper Grant Curry CJA/ 204 Introduction to Criminal Justice October 5, 2015 Christopher Cannon Measuring Crime Crime is an act or omission prohibited and punished by law. Crime in the United States has increased since many years ago. Many years ago crime went unsolved or even lost in the system. Today crime can be investigated better in the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniformed Crime Report (UCR) and the National Crime Victimization Survey
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Intergrading Mentorship in Juvenile Justice The history documenting the vicissitudes of policy makers and scholars; each attempting to identify and develop creative methods to lower recidivism throughout the United States is often seen and felt within today’s field of juvenile corrections. Historically, juvenile detention centers “all over the country concern about keeping children out of jail and providing better facilities for care in detention” (Designs and Functions of the Juvenile Detention
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