Over the past two decades‚ specialized courts have resulted‚ according to Quinn (2009)‚ in response to‚ the “problem solving court” movement (As cited in Cole and Getz‚ 2013). Such courts‚ Quinn (2009) noted‚ have come to focus on social concerns such as‚ addiction‚ domestic violence‚ and mental health issues‚ and have come to asset that such courts have cured addiction‚ addressed issues of intimate violence‚ prevented recidivism‚ reduced costs‚ and implied that they have even saved lives (As cited
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Drug Courts Elizabeth Johnson was a model student. She was characterized by her teachers as hardworking‚ driven‚ and goal oriented. After being placed on the honor roll and graduating early from Morris High School in Will County‚ Illinois‚ she attended Northern Illinois University to become a lawyer. Within her first year at college‚ her life derailed. She was caught by the police and arrested for possession of marijuana. Johnson was expecting to be placed in prison but she found herself in a drug
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and the probation officer serving the drug court managed mixed caseloads of both drug court and non-drug court participants. ARI funding allows the probation officer and a contract defense attorney to focus solely on the needs of drug court offender. Evidence-based/promising practices in use: LSI-R assessment‚ cognitive-behavioral therapy‚ Thinking for a Change curriculum‚ drug court Target population and reduction goals: Knox County has operated a drug court since 2008. From 2007 to 2009‚ Knox County
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Unarguably‚ drug courts are specialized courts that are intended to manage adult‚ nonviolent offenders suffering from substance abuse issues. Thus‚ drug court integrates an extremely supervised drug treatment program as an alternative to regular sentencing from the court. Characteristics of drug court include the timely identification and placement of suitable applicants‚ drug treatment with concise goals and regulations‚ a cooperative approach‚ a monitoring of asceticism‚ jurisdictional participation
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Ethical Issue in Business – Pfizer‚ Examined Staci Holt PHL/323 Cassandra Giles Sunday‚ August 1‚ 2010 Ethical Issue in Business - Pfizer‚ Examined Pfizer‚ Inc (Pfizer hereafter) is an international pharmaceutical firm with $45.2 billion in profits in previous years and has an estimated allotment for research and development around $7.9 billion (Pagnattaro‚ 2005). Currently involved in a legal battle originating from allegations that the company unethically pursued clinical trials in an
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& ENGINEERING PRACTICUM PROGRAM EVALUATION Name of Trainee: Jasper Clark Y. Rueca Course: BSIT-4 Date: Feb 23‚ 2015 TO THE RATER: This form has been developed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Practicum program by identifying its strengths and weaknesses and soliciting suggestions for improvements. Kindly rate each item by placing a cross (X) on the box that corresponds to the item. Thank you very much for your time and support for the practicum program. Poor (1) Fair (2) Good
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MICROSOFT MONOPOLY ANALYSIS By: Ron Thompson Instructor: Roy Prescott Date: 9/30/2010 ABSTRACT Report analysis based on informational article from Business Ethics textbook and CD related to material. My personal evaluations are provided in context to business ethics involved. HISTORY The definition of a monopoly market is‚ "the only seller in the market is a single firm‚ and new sellers are barred from entering." One of the first unethical behaviors Bill Gates did was involved when IBM
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Ethical Issues Quality. Batching plants‚ ready mix trucks and other machineries should be certified and be inspected on a regular basis. Weight scales‚ volumetric measuring devices and admixture dispensers should be calibrated frequently. Trucks should be inspected on a regular basis for blade wear‚ build-up‚ accuracy of water measurement and functioning revolution counters. Batching plants should have a process for preventing contamination of cementitious materials. There must be a process for
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Ethical Issues in OB Kris Jones Organizational Behavior Prof. Thomas Stone June‚ 11‚ 2012 Ethical issues have become a significant concern in organizations‚ especially in recent years. Ethics involves the study of moral issues and choices; concerned with what is right and wrong‚ bad and good and define what people should do (Kinicki & Kreitner‚ 2011). One of the problems regarding ethics is organizations and their people don’t always share the same idea about right and wrong and are
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Running head: FAST: A PROGRAM EVALUATION FAST: A program evaluation Gazmon Tahiri University of Windsor Quantitative Methods in Political Science 45-575 01 Dr. L. Miljan April-16-15 0 FAST: A PROGRAM EVALUATION 1 Table of Contents Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................
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