We hope to find effective ways to reduce sex assault cases and also to reduce the risks of recidivism but the public often ignores the shortcomings of the laws. They assume that those laws are tools for them to treat victimization and for them to feel safe from sex offenders. However‚ Megan’s Law does more harm than good. It does not help the public to reduce the risk of recidivism‚ while only giving them a false sense of security. Researches that mention above have already shown that
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Serving Mentally Ill Prison Populations xxxxxx XXXX University Serving Mentally Ill Prison Populations In a publication “The Essential Elements of a Mental Health Court (2007)” explains that how mental health courts are a recent and rapidly expanding phenomenon. This interpretation discusses in the late 1990s only a few courts were accepting cases of this nature. Since then numerous mental health courts have been established to examine defendant’s cases that suffer with a mental illnesses
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trying to prove himself by selling drugs‚ stealing‚ getting in fights‚ and eventually raping a woman. Incarceration does not necessarily have an effect on criminals‚ which is shown in this song‚ and effective programs can be created to help prevent recidivism. Growing up in a rough neighborhood can cause young kids to fall
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The intensive supervision model was adopted as an “alternative sanction” to assist in reducing overcrowding in the prison system and aid in the reduction of cost to house an already overcrowded inmate population‚ as well as reduce recidivism (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011). Nevertheless‚ the concept was to allow convicted criminals that posed “less of a threat to society” the opportunity to be placed on probation‚ with the stipulation they be strictly supervised (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011). This
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the shift of policies and practices toward offender rehabilitation. However‚ the U.S. female jail population rose about 45% between 1996 and 2011‚ which suggests that a greater focus on gender-based needs in reentry strategies may further reduce recidivism. This study examined gender differences in social‚ medical and human needs in an urban jail population. The results revealed significantly greater problems for women than men. Women showed more needs for chemical dependency and mental health services
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T.B.T JOHN 200903179 SOC127: INTRODUCTION TO PENOLOGY TERM PAPER CAN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE REPLACE THE EXISTING SYSTEMS OF JUSTICE? What is Restorative Justice ? Restorative justice is a way of thinking about crime and conflict. It is not a particular practice or type of program‚ but rather a philosophy‚ or a set of principles. The United Nations Working Group on Restorative Justice defines it in the following way: a process whereby parties with a stake in a particular offence resolve collectively
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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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to be important predictors of delinquency: 1. Early conduct problems—aggression‚ stealing‚ truancy‚ lying‚ drug use—are not only general predictors of delinquency many years later‚ but especially of serious delinquency‚ and in certain cases‚ of recidivism. 2. Children who have not outgrown their aggressiveness by early adolescence appear to be at high risk for delinquency. 3. Although juvenile arrest or conviction is a predictor of arrest or conviction in adulthood‚ the seriousness of the juvenile
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to‚ “Does a specific program‚ technique‚ etc. actually and factually reduce recidivism rates of offenders?” Where Latessa et al. (2014)‚ defines correctional quackery as‚ “occurring when we are dismissive of scientific knowledge.” Furthermore in my opinion I think that there should be a variety of programs and techniques labeled or not labeled as quackery. First‚ I believe that if a program actually increases recidivism as Latessea et al. (2014) states‚ then I would define this quackery. However
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Statutes have typically directed parole boards to base their decisions on one or more of these criteria ’s‚ the probability of recidivism‚ the welfare of society‚ the conduct of the offender while in the correctional institution‚ and lastly the effectiveness of the parole plan. Three models that guide the parole decision making have existed over time are‚ the surveillance model‚ the procedural justice model‚ and lastly the risk prediction model. Early parole decisions were based not on formal policies
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