Wayland Baptist University Lubbock Campus Child Molestation: Does the punishment fit the crime? Justice Administration 3300 Criminal Law Professor Shupe By Lance Sumrall October 18, 2010 Imagine a child, a little girl about the age of 10; she has just walked in the door from a fun day at school. She is surprised to find that mom is not home, only her new step-father. She goes to her room to put away her book bag and take off her shoes. She turns around to see her new dad standing
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In this paper I am going to assess one of the controversial issues regarding the juvenile justice system. I am also going to explain why the juvenile justice system should adopt the focus that I choose. I will try to explain how the specific focus that I have chosen affects everything from law enforcement to probation to intervention programs. Just about every young adult from any community knows that when they break the rules or do a crime, there are punishments that will follow. In the way
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Exploring the World of Pedophilia Abnormal Psychology 201 Abstract In recent years religious groups, policymakers and psychologist have debated information regarding the psychosexual disorder called Pedophilia. Most people agree that this disorder deserves attention, and there are very negative stigmas associated. California Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Democrat, wants to federalize a state law to protect pedophiles. In October 2013, the top cleric in Poland’s Roman Catholic Church said
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Alternative Solutions to Juvenile Sex Offender Registration and Incarceration Introduction Whenever sex offenders are referenced in the news, they are portrayed as horrible monsters. People who hurt others despite knowing better. There is, however, another face to the perpetrators of sexual offenses. This face belongs to the juveniles who make up roughly one-third of the reported sexual offenses against minors (“VII. Sex Offender Laws,” n.d.). These offenders are usually between the ages of
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Criminal Records in the Digital Age: A Review of Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform in Texas Helen Gaebler, Senior Research Attorney William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law The University of Texas School of law March 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................4 II. THE PROBLEM: CRIMINAL RECORDS AND COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES .................
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In chapter nineteen they discuss reentry and rehabilitation. The start of community supervision or probation as we now call it today became a big thing the Progressive Era, and it continued until the 1970s when there was political unrest as to whether or now we were being to soft on crime. Liberals and conservatives agreed, and believe rehabilitation should stop. This eventually led to longer sentences, different sentencing guidelines, and overall prison population growth. Many politicians favor
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that) they did not release anyone who was deemed to be unstable or violent. They really thought about the community in their model and it appears to work. However, like Tennessee they do have an increase in population with the prison due to frequent recidivism (Critchelow, 2017). Offenders are having difficulty with the parole and probation community supervisory program because of the intense stipulations that are placed on them and often they can not meet the requirements. These are the same issues that
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Ethical Issues Research Paper Sherrill Jones AJS/532 Cristina Payne August 3, 2015 Ethical Issues Research Paper In the field of criminal justice, ethics is an integral part of the organization. The public relies on its police agencies to provide protection and maintain order in the community. It is also about a matter of trust the community places with its law enforcement agencies with regards to ethical behavior. This research paper will analyze the contemporary issues involving
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Research Question Gaining Access to Interview Young Female Offenders within a Secure Establishment reconnoitres the methodological challenges encountered by researchers and highlights the key principles in gaining access for a research project. The reflection of methodological issues emanates from a desire to investigate the re-offending behaviour of young girls in the Youth Justice System. With girls and young women entering the Criminal Justice System in growing numbers, this research aims to
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Institutionalization, or the organized effort for the care of the mentally ill, began in America in the mid-18th century with the Philadelphia Quakers. Our country’s historical efforts towards providing care to the masses of those deemed mentally-deficient is certainly a storied one; now, with an almost infamous air, the concept of institutionalized care seems barbaric to the modern-day citizen. Although its reputation as an uncivilized and inhumane practice precedes it, institutionalization was
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