Running head: RACIAL DISPARITY Racial Disparity in the Correctional Population Christina Kaba University of Phoenix Online Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice CJA 420 Kevin Moore April 12‚ 2005 Racial Disparity in the Correctional Population Racial disparity in the correctional population refers to the difference in the number of minorities versus whites represented inside institutions. "The American Correctional Association acknowledges that racial disparity exists within adult
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officers‚ while the remaining staff were performing supervisory‚ support‚ and other functions.11 The number of officers actually carrying a caseload is further reduced when you remove from the totals those officers supervising juveniles and performing pretrial and investigative duties not involving direct supervision. In ballpark or unofficial figures‚ we probably had about 2 million felons being supervised by something fewer than 20‚000 officers. This would average out to more than 100 felons per probation
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safety and added costs to communities‚ according to JPI’s findings. Backed by multibillion dollar insurance giants‚ the for-profit bail bonding industry maintains its hold in the pretrial system through political influence.” (Hughes & Masozi). “For-profit bail bonding harms individuals‚ families and the integrity of our pretrial justice system‚” said Spike Bradford author of For Better or For Profit and senior research associate for JPI. "The industry’s political influence also perpetuates the use of
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Cited: Anderson‚ David. Sensible Justice; Alternatives To Prison. New York: Random‚ 1997. "Between Prison and Probation." Corrections Compendium. October‚ 1996: pp 22-23. Infonautics Corporation. Federal probation and pretrial services-a cost effective and successful community connect. Baltimore: Infonautics Corporation‚ 1998. Lawrence‚ Austin. Prison and its Alternatives. Strategic Planning and Special Projects Office. 6 Aug. 1997. (6 March 1999). Mauer‚ M. Americans
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are ups and downs to pretrial drug testing‚ and in my opinion I think it is better to have pretrial drug testing then not to‚ and I will explain why. Drug testing is something that is needed n court systems‚ it is needed because certain individuals will fail to appear in court or they may commit other crimes while they are out on bail. Pretrial drug testing programs allow the courts to monitor the defendant’s use of drugs; it also helps reduce the pretrial misconduct. Pretrial drug testing has become
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According to Braithwaite (2004)‚ restorative justice is: ...a process where all stakeholders affected by an injustice have an opportunity to discuss how they have been affected by the injustice and to decide what should be done to repair the harm. With crime‚ restorative justice is about the idea that because crime hurts‚ justice should heal. It follows that conversations with those who have been hurt and with those who have afflicted the harm must be central to the process. The process of restorative
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proven to effectively and efficiently resolve disputes. Courts should require alternative dispute resolution during the pretrial period because it can save time and money. Mandatory alternative dispute resolution saves time because it combines the pretrial and the trial process into one efficient procedure. The pretrial process involves four major phases of pleading‚ discovery‚ pretrial motions‚ and settlement conference. Each of these phases require
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is a serous risk that he may before the return date commit an act which if committed by an adult would constitute a crime". Martin was later found to be delinquent and was sentenced to two years probation. However‚ during the time Martin was in pretrial detention‚ his attorneys filed a class action on behalf of all youths subject to preventative detention in New York‚ charging that this form of detention was violating their due-process rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. His appeal
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will try to make. Any time u takes a person into custody he must be offer a court appearance before a magistrate without delay. That amendment was put in effect in nineteen forty three by the U.S. Supreme Court case of McNabb v. U.S. Pretrial Release A
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Correction History Offenders‚ who committed a crime‚ were punished for the offense. Physical force was used instead of jail. Jails housed offenders who were awaiting trial and individual who could not pay their debts. In this paper‚ Learning Team A will discuss the various forms of punishment exercised in the 1700s‚ the crimes that led to the forms of punishment‚ and the criteria between various societies for criminal sentencing during the 1700s. Learning Team A will also describe prisons for
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