Explain what drug courts are. 5. Explain how day fines differ from traditional fines. 6. Describe what a sentence to community service entails. 7. Explain what day reporting centers are. 8. Describe how remote-location monitoring works. 9. Explain what residential community centers are. 10. Identify the major features of boot camps. 11. Distinguish between a policy-centered approach and a program centered approach to planning intermediate sanctions. 12. Define community corrections. 13. Explain
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Changes in Prison The American Correction system has been in existence for over 130 years. It has been since the meeting of American Prison Congress on 1870 in Cincinnati‚ Ohio. (Allen‚ Latessa & Ponder‚ 2013‚ p 30-31) The reformation was totally encompassing the inmate’s life in prison. The minds that met in 1870 were ahead of their times. With having put accountability and standards in the prison system created an improvement for the prisoner and the term he/she served. The beginnings were
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The continuous promotion of prison reform is supported by various factors such as socioeconomic and financial issues‚ concerns of public health‚ human rights controversy‚ etc. The cost of imprisonment is substantial when factoring in the dynamics of funds spent on each prisoner. Arguments in relation to civil rights claim imprisonment is a deprivation of the basic right to liberty. Efforts of prison reform attempts to ensure the prisoner’s rights are being protected‚ while increasing the outlook
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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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Privatization and its repercussions Hassan Shahzad (10-NTU-59) Ahmad Hafeez (10-NTU-65) Muhammad Fahad (10-NTU-67) Zubair Shan (10-NTU-74) Assignment Submission Date: 31-1-2014 Submitted to: Mr. Malik Muhammad Sohail Department of Weaving NATIONAL TEXTILE UNIVERISTY‚ FAISALABAD Privatization Privatization is a movement to deregulate private industry and/or transfer many government services‚ assets and functions to the private sector. Classic Privatization: Total transfer
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need of "correction" than the prisoner. The caring communities have yet to be built. from Instead of Prisons: A Handbook for Abolitionists Why Decriminalize? Abolitionists advocate drastically limiting the role of criminal law. We do this not because we wish to encourage certain behaviour‚ but because we realize that criminal sanctions are not an effective way of dealing with social problems. There are far too many laws on the books. It would be prohibitively expensive to enforce them
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There are many flaws within the United States prison system‚ as there are with everything. Not only are the prisons decrepit and deteriorating but there are far worse issues behind those barred gates. Overcrowding in detention centers and gang violence threaten to unhinge the fragile system and the threat is increasing with each passing day. However‚ not all of the problems are prisoner related as the issue of guard violence is being brought to light. Failure to address these problems could have
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MPS Paper Privatization and its impacts ‘What virtually all privatization have in common is that the organization has had to undergo radical and uncomfortable change to enable it to survive in the competitive world of the markets and private sector.’ Critically discuss this statement and the choices for the public sector. Evaluate the costs and benefits of corporatization‚ trading-fund‚ and contract-out as forms of privatization. Background A welfare state is a place where the government
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Juvenile Justice and Process and Corrections Crystal Rick Juvenile Justice July 7‚ 2014 Debra Nadeau The juvenile justice process is a long process‚ and it is build on the principle of rehabilitation. This paper will go through the process of the juvenile justice system and discuss the case within the juvenile justice system. A case within the juvenile justice system would be the case of 17 year old Xander L. Before we can discuss the case about Xander L. it is important to discuss the
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The problems and benefits of privatization of public sector organizations Generally‚ privatization has been defined in provisions of the transfer of enterprise ownership from the public to the private sector. More generally‚ privatization refers to shifting the status of a business‚ service or industry from state‚ government or public to private ownership on control. Privatization can be strictly defined to include only cases of the sale of 100 percent‚ or at least a majority share of a Sale of
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