is known as the risk principle. This includes and targets high-risk offenders. Programs usually are done with the use of risk-assessments for programs to be effective. “Once offenders’ levels of risk are known, programs can target those at the greatest risk of reoffending for the most intenstve treament” (Wright, J., 2012). Research proves that targeting low-risk offenders is less effective than targeting high-risk offenders. Based on risk level, matching treatment to intervention and treatment
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in nature. The state legislature went as far as to pass a law that called for the death penalty for those that are determined to be repeat offenders. Unfortunately the Supreme Court determined that this law was unconstitutional in nature and repelled it. The latest move by the legislators is to have a task force to go after and apprehend sexual offenders that have violated the conditions of their parole or probation and placing new probationers and parolees on strict electronic ankle monitoring
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Understanding and Preventing Online Child Exploitation Julie Swartzendruber Kaplan University Understanding and Preventing Online Child Exploitation Online child exploitation is a growing concern in the United States and abroad. Children of all age groups use the internet for socializing, school projects, entertainment, and music. The internet opens up a world of information but can unfortunately open up a world of danger for children
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what will happen if they have the slightest issues or cause the slightest problems within the prison system. Secure custody is when there is a request by workers from the prison to move someone, whether it is because they are a sex offender or various other offenders, this is done to ensure their safety from other inmates. \ How does the prison environment affect issues of secure custody? How can secure custody within prisons be
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MH/SM offenders. There are a total of 100 isolation/segregation cells. The Phillips State Prison Transitional Center has 200 beds. The mission of this facility is to ensure public safety and effectively house offenders while operating a safe and secure facility by housing offenders who have had management problems at other prisons or centers and those who could pose a risk if housed elsewhere. It provides all levels of Mental Health service to include Level IV, Crisis Stabilization. (Sex Offender
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to standard caseload supervision, while 12% are supervised in specialized programs designed for specific offender populations. Probation is a criminal sentence which allows defendants to remain in the community in lieu of incarceration. It is the most frequently used sentencing option. Nearly two-thirds of all convicted offenders are sentenced to probation. While on probation, offenders must comply with strict conditions that create opportunities and encourages them to become responsible, productive
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Canadian prisons have always been lacking the needs of offenders and programs to help them. Till now they have the same problem; however, they have been improving and meeting the needs of the offender’s population in a slow manner. Many incidents have occurred during prison time as well as after inmates have been released from prisons. Due to that Canadian corrections have slowly taken more time into their programs and treatments to help the inmates rehabilitate themselves and be able to get back
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Catfishing and online dating fraud is an expanding issue that has recently been gaining increasing notice from the public due to productions like the MTV show Catfish and the general increase of occurrences. Because of this, one would think that the attempts at intervention to try and stop this type of scam would increase also, but in reality no real progress has been made. The key to reversing the issue of online dating scams is identity verification. Both government legislation and social media
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and murdered by a convicted sex offender named Jesse Timmendequas who was released from prison after serving a maximum sentence (National Institute of Justice, 2009). Subsequently, after Megan's kidnapping, rape, and murder there was a nationwide movement to increase the access to information pertaining to sex offenders (National Institute of Justice, 2009). In 1996, Congress enacted Megan's Law requiring states to establish an online registry, which made sex offender information available to the
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Law and Sexual Offender Registration Although I found both questions quite interesting, I chose to reply about the “community rights” of both the offender and community to respond to. However, because this chapter is so enlightening (for personal retention of the information), I had to also address Megan’s (and others) law. Because to my surprise they have proven to be ineffective and don’t work! Laws aimed at people convicted of sex offenders may not protect children from sex crimes but do lead
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