Question 1 A. The court structure in Kansas consists of four levels and they are the municipal court‚ district court‚ the court of appeals and the supreme court. All four levels are important and play slightly different roles depending on the crime. The municipal court is where people go when they have speeding‚ stop sign tickets‚ misdemeanor traffic violations‚ driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs‚ driving with a suspended license and expired plates. They may also hear animal
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As noted‚ drug crimes have mostly disadvantaged minorities in inner-city communities. The mandatory minimums created a round-up effect that many believed to do with the decline in criminal rates since the early 1990s. However‚ this decline mirrors that of Canada‚ whose prison population was actually declining in comparison to the rise of incarceration in the United States (Smith‚ Goggin and Gendreau 2002). This means then that a direct statement on the mandatory minimum sentencing cannot adequately
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While Greenberg‚ Grekul‚ and Nelson report on the social causes that lead Aboriginal youth to become involved in crime‚ Stoneman and Artz seek to demonstrate how young female offenders are treated more harshly than their male counterparts once a part of the youth justice system due to “moral panic” (pg. 173). The common‚ unsubstantiated fear remains that girls are committing more crimes and acts of violence (193). Statistics Canada (2012) reports that in reality‚ female youth account for just 3 percent
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Jails and Prisons October 22‚ 2012 Abstract The following information will compare a state prison against a parish jail in the state of Louisiana to note the major differences. Two aspects of the jail and prison culture and subculture are a topic of discussion. An assessment of violent behavior that takes place in the jail and prison along with a strategy in use to control the problem is of discussion. Also I will include discussion of a community-based corrections program in Slidell‚ Louisiana
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showing empathy or understanding it. This would be placing yourself in the victims and or the criminal’s side to see if you can relate of why they did what they did. When placing you in their shoes is something that an investigator would do or even a probation officer. This will help them relate to your client
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additionally contributed to the systematic training of the counselors/therapists and community implementation of the intervention. With results of more than 30 years of clinical research suggest that by following these principles‚ FFT can reduce recidivism and/or prevent the onset of delinquency. These results can be accomplished with treatment costs well below those of traditional services and other interventions. References Danforth‚ J. S. (2016). A Flow Chart of Behavior Management Strategies
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Crime Causation and Diversion Tina Avery CJS/374 June 25‚ 2012 Professor: Debbie Nadeau Crime Causation and Diversion This paper will focus on two diversion programs operating in Florida to help reduce juvenile crime. According to USLegal‚ Inc. (2012)‚ “diversion refers to diverting a defendant out if the criminal justice system by having them complete a diversion program rather than be incarcerated or serve another alternative sentence” (para. 1). The major causes of juvenile delinquent
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What are the types of crime of the powerful? Crime‚ itself‚ is defined as ‘an act punishable by law‚ being forbidden by statute or injurious to the public welfare’. Power‚ or powerful refers to those who have the ‘ability or capacity to influence the behaviour of others or a course of events’ (Oxford 1989). In this essay then‚ the phrase “crime by the powerful” is not exclusive to misdemeanors carried out by elite financial institutions‚ corporations and dominant individuals such as civil officers
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house just one inmate for a year. It costs Michigan between $2‚000 and about $9‚000 per year to provide mental health services to that same person outside prison walls. For these reasons‚ many mental health experts advocate for the increased use of probation and other alternatives to incarceration (Sprinthall‚ DeFrancesco‚ & Lloyd‚ 2015). In conclusion‚ many problems stem from mental health illness when brought against the criminal justice system. Mental health illness can contribute to jail and prison
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Incarceration is seen as the toughest form of punishment; however it is quickly becoming the least operative penalty for juveniles. Recent studies show that community based prevention and rehabilitation programs are better deterrents of juvenile crime and recidivism than incarceration is. Administrators of local police departments should implement these types of programs into their societies in order to reduce juvenile crime. Prevention programs should be focused on educating the youth of communities about
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