Maintenance and Aftercare Mandy McCurdy Southern Oregon University Abstract Corrections‚ is an ever changing field today. One goal of corrections is to rehabilitate and treat offenders so they are ready or prepared to reenter society. It is stated that‚ “Reentry is the process of transition that incarcerated individuals make from prison or jail to the community‚” (Velasquez‚ 2010‚ p. 8). In order for any form of maintenance and aftercare to be effective‚ post prison and after release‚ there
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The Federal government had more power than the state government because the United States Constitution decided to give the federal government more power. States government did not work because the articles of confederation failed to establish power. Federalists were supportive of a a federal government where the constitution should imply powers and the government should have the power make laws. The anti-federalist wanted the states to have all the states to have power and to have each state to have
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the correctional facility). The living condition with that many people can be very stressful when it comes to housing. An option for this is to reduce the amount of pending cases for the inmates that are idle inside of the jail. Having a slow court system has the number of non-sentenced prisoners increasing substantially. Some non-sentenced prisoners may not have appeared in court for many reasons. Another identified issue is the understaffing in faculty. Faculty is ranging from prison guards‚ janitors
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substitution of yet other tactics"(Clear 59). During the mid 1900s‚ many changes came about for the system of corrections in America. Once a new idea goes sour‚ a new one replaces it. Prisons shifted their focus from the punishment of offenders to the rehabilitation of offenders‚ then to the reentry into society‚ and back to incarceration. As times and the needs of the criminal justice system changed‚ new prison models were organized in hopes of lowering the crime rates in America. The three major
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Our government has not always been as successful as it is today. America’s government began with the Articles of Confederation and separate state constitutions. This was difficult. The country was not united. Each state took care of everything on their own and the national government could not do anything. Our country had no national money or militia. Traveling was almost impossible. There were very few positive concepts with the Articles of Confederation. Our present government is a federalism.
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|Kaplan University | |Sentencing Models | |Determinate‚ Indeterminate‚ and Mandatory Sentencing | |Christopher Boone | |1/1/2012
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Sentencing Paper Amanda Robertson CJS/200 8/19/2013 Mr Winkler The four philosophical reasons for sentencing criminals are rehabilitation‚ incapacitation‚ deterance‚ and retribution. Rehabilitation is when a criminal is thought to be better off by
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Corrections Paper CJA/484 April 21‚ 2014 Stephen Rubino Corrections Paper The criminal justice system is responsible for enforcing the laws created at each level of government. A major part of enforcing the laws is detaining the people who break them. The way that an offender is punished for a crime can be different depending on age or the type of crime committed. Depending on the age of the offender they could go through the juvenile or adult corrections system. Each system has levels like
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The role of Federal Government and State Governments have been very important for a longtime in the United States. The relationship between Federal Government and State Governments are defined in the United States Constitution‚ which is a great guideline of development for us to run the entire country. In the Constitution‚ both governments have the same or their own powers. “The Federal and State governments share many similarities power such as setting up courts‚ building highways‚ spending money
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When sentencing a criminal‚ the judge can sentence a variety of different sentences. The judge can sentence offender to pay fines‚ intermediate punishments‚ imprisonment‚ or the death penalty (Latessa and Smith 2015). If a judge sentences imprisonment‚ this poses a pressing topic. Overcrowding is a prominent issue within the correctional system. Overcrowding does not only affect those convicted and imprisoned‚ it also affects the safety of correctional officers and other staff members. Poor conditions
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