Community Corrections James Waylon Jahns Instructor Eicher Introduction to Corrections April 7‚ 2013 Community Corrections Introduction Community corrections does not work! Foster (2006) gives us ample information concerning community corrections‚ from probation to house arrest‚ we provide our criminals with a gambit of programs designed to rehabilitate themselves as well as help them start a new life. Recidivism is at an all-time high and the crime rate is stagnant as criminals pass
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Materially‚ things can make me happy but it really can’t suffice my craving for the real happiness. As a person‚ some of us wake up each and every day that whatever they have is what make them happy. Lucky to those who are rich‚ for they have fame and wealth that they can use for their everyday living. Lucky some of those who are poor that some of them can still eat at least three times a day. Ironically‚ we humans sometimes seek and find happiness on material things. And more so‚ we forgot the real
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The correctional system has three main goals: punish‚ protect the population and rehabilitate the offender. However‚ it is unclear how well the modern U.S. correctional system achieves these goals and whether the money invested in the correctional system might be better spent. (http://www.ehow.com/about_5087269_role-correctional-system.html) The only goal the correctional system has is to punish those who are incarcerated‚ so they never commit another crime and have to come back. It is the most
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Kleinsmith Lisa Rochford 8:00- 9:20 MW 18 March 2013 What Can You See? For many‚ you have to see something to believe it. However‚ when looking at the beliefs of a blind person‚ we discover that seeing may actually distort our beliefs. In Raymond Carver’s short story “Cathedral”‚ an unnamed narrator tells a story of meeting a blind man for the first time in his life. Before meeting Robert‚ the narrator tells us of how uncomfortable he is about him. If it had not been for his obligation to meet this
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Community Corrections Interventions or Strategies that Improve Outcomes for People Under Community Corrections Supervision I. Research strongly supports a number of evidence-based principles that have been shown to reduce recidivism for the general population under community corrections supervision. A. The RNR model is a set of principles that maximize the effectiveness of community corrections interventions. 1. Several meta-analyses of existing evaluations show that offenders
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Jails‚ Prisons and Community based Corrections Anthony Canez CJA/204 June 27‚ 2013 Robin Downey Jails‚ Prisons and Community based Corrections In this essay I will attempt to explain and discuss probation and how it compares to other forms of sentencing‚ the types of prison‚ the origins of rehabilitation in prisons‚ parole and how it differs from mandatory release and finally options of community corrections. Ending the essay will be a critique on the current rehabilitation options. The history
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someone may act or the lineage and community in which some are born into. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee shows the strengths and weaknesses of a community through the white community‚ black community‚ and lastly the community within a family. Though there is much strength in a White community‚ like holding their values high‚ there are also weaknesses like being racist toward the “Blacks.” For instance Jem points out a weakness in the White community when he tells Scout‚ “They’re real
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The Continuing Problem with Cell Phones and Their Negative Effect on the Corrections and Criminal Justice Systems The Continuing Problem with Cell Phones and Their Negative Effect on the Corrections and Criminal Justice Systems Cell Phones are a forever growing epidemic around the world. Cell phones have quickly moved to an item of necessity in today’s world since its invention in 1973. The current generation of smartphones have various features that enhance the ease of organization
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Brigitta Jordaan 29 971 Stephanie Hall 29 267 Gabrielle Alberts 27 304 Tali Ovadia 29 297 Khensani Baloyi 30 202 Musiiwa Mamburu 29 841 Table of Contents * Introduction * Reason for the Prison System * The Challenge * Hypothesis * Our Approach * Research * Research Objectives * Research Methodologies * Secondary Research Findings * Primary Research Findings * Key Findings * Insights * Issues & Objectives * Concept * Recommendation
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Issues in the Correctional Systems of the United States I have chosen to research the correctional system of the United States for many reasons. The first reason is that I believe this component of the legal system has the most problems facing it. Another reason is that this topic interests me and I would like to learn more about it. There are many important issues‚ challenges and problems within the United States correctional system that need to be addressed. I found it difficult to focus on just
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