Community corrections is a range of alternative punishments for nonviolent offenders. There are two basic community corrections models in the United States. In the first model‚ integrated community corrections programs combine sentencing guidelines and judicial discretion ("front-end") with a variety of alternative sanctions and parole and probation options. In the second model‚ some states have instituted programs in which correctional officials may direct already sentenced offenders into alternative
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their responsibilities differ pertaining to whether the detainee is an adult or a juvenile. Because of the ages of the detainees a correctional officer at a juvenile detention facility are greater than if they were dealing with adults. To understand what the differences are in regards to a juvenile‚ one must know‚ child development‚ punishment‚ and deterrence play a part in the unique situations pertaining to a juvenile detainee. Every child that commit’s a crime has their very own unique
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Additionally‚ while completing court observations I had the opportunity to sit in on three separate criminal trials. The first trial I sat in on was a case involving sexual assault where the defendant was accused of “violating of the sexual integrity” (Arcaro‚ 2009‚ p.151) while she was sleeping. Due to the sensitive nature of the case‚ a publication ban was put in place. The judge allowed us to sit in on the case‚ but made aware to the students sitting in that we were not to publish any names or
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Policy Paper Guidelines What is a Policy Paper? The issue addressed should be a legitimate contemporary policy issue within which the current policy is clearly discernible. There should be clear alternatives to the current policy. There must be sufficient data present to provide the target audience (i.e. the decision-maker) with information to make a decision on the policy proposal. Examples of Policy Issues The following are some examples of general policy issues that can
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State Health Policy Analysis William Bythwood MHA620 Health Policy Analyses Professor Saran Tucker March 7‚ 2011 State Health Policy Analysis Abstract: The rises of health cost have put strains on State‚ Federal and employers budgets and have severely hurt US families’ income in recent years. An analysis of State health policy by the federal government projects that premiums for insurance for employer based programs will increase from 12‚298 in 2008 to 23‚842
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injuries due to assaults and violent acts” (Konda‚ Tiesman‚ Reichard‚ & Hartley‚ 2013‚ para. 1). There were one hundred and thirteen work-related correctional officer fatalities in 2011 (Konda et al.‚ 2013). Per information provided by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ “correctional officers and jailers have one of the highest rates of injuries and illnesses‚ often resulting from confrontations with inmates” (2015‚ para. 2). In December‚ 2010‚ inmates in prisons across
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Criminal Court Cases What makes this country so great? Most people disagree on the answer to that question. Some say it’s the freedom of speech that we have. Others will say that it’s our ability to vote and elect who we want to lead us. This is all well and good‚ but what really sets our country apart from many others is our right to a speedy and public trial of our peers. Some governments in other parts of the world reserve the right to take any citizen right off of the street and place him
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The United States Supreme Court is the highest federal court to decide the outcome of cases from lower courts. All decisions and outcomes of the case are final‚ but the case must go through proper channels before going to the Supreme Court. The United States Supreme Court has the authority to overturn‚ question‚ and investigate cases that were decided in lower courts. Researchers stated that the President of the United States has the authority to nominate a potential candidate with the advice and
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Assesment 1 - What is youth policy and how does it influence the work of youth workers? By Ciara Davis Youth policy is a vital aspect of Australian society‚ and is constantly being re-written and altered. Policy is defined by the Oxford dictionary as “… A course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual”. The term "youth" applies to young people roughly between the ages of 12 and 25 who are beginning‚ amidst‚ or towards the end of adolescence (Children and Young
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Community Correction Paper May 27‚ 2012 CJS/230 – Introduction to Corrections Community corrections programs are to oversee offenders outside of jail or prison‚ and are administered by agencies or courts with the legal authority to enforce sanctions. Such community corrections programs are probation and parole. There are also sub-programs that are parts of community corrections; such programs are drug-involved offenders‚ sex offender programs‚ and electronic monitoring technologies.
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