Should Convicted drug offenders be allowed the choice of rehab as opposed to jail time? According to the Bureau of prisons‚ roughly half (48.6%) of prisoners are incarcerated for drug offenses. How would putting these offenders in rehabilitation programs help change the way out system works? Would it help the supposed “war on drugs”? Or just make things worse? One reason I believe putting non violent drug related offenders in rehabilitation programs would help is because over the past three decades
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innocent children has been a huge dilemma for many U.S. citizens. First U.S. Citizens passed laws requiring all sex offenders convicted of a crime to register each year with the local authorizes on their where abouts. Next‚ citizens passed Megan ’s law‚ which allowed authorities to post names‚ addresses‚ and pictures of those registered sex offenders online; allowing anybody to view sex offenders in their neighborhood. The state of California took it to the next level. Proposition 83‚ also known as Jessica
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with female sex offenders. Adult characteristics of adult women who commit sex offense have the following Risk factors of female sex offenders include having a low self-esteem‚ there is a history of severe abuse‚ parent absence in childhood‚ they were sexually victimized as a child‚ feelings of isolation and alienation‚ there is a history of sexually activity that is compulsive or indiscriminate‚ and a history of alcohol and/or drug abuse (Barrier‚ 2015). Adolescent female sex offender risk factors
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from its initial intent to house offenders before their trial/ public punishment‚ to housing offenders as a form of punishment to rehabilitating them while withholding them in state’s custody. However‚ at least over the last two decades United State’s federal and local officials have implanted laws and utilized systems that considerably impede the success of an ex-offender’s reentry into society. This essay will analyze the broad range of roadblocks faced by ex-offenders‚ the legislative origin of these
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Young Offenders should not have Harsher Consequences Do you know about the YCJA? If so‚ do you agree with the way it goes about doing things? The Youth Criminal Justice Act passed in 2003 by parliament allows young offenders to be treated differently than adult offenders. The conservatives want to introduce a bill to treat offenders more harshly. I strongly disagree with this. Young offenders should not be given harsher consequences. The YCJA is stable. It has many goals to
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The impact of taubah result in the reformation of an offender. What does it meant by reformation? According to Cambridge Dictionary‚ reformation means correction or improvement by changing one’s behavior from the previous practice or an act. Thus‚ “reformation of an offender” means a person who has committed a crime previously‚ taubah can make he/she realize the mistake and show better improvement. Taubah bring 3 main effects in terms of individual itself‚ society and politics. Man are not perfect
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articles: Force Administration of Sex-Drive Reducing Medications of Sex Offenders: Treatment or Punishment? And Ethics‚ Prisoner Interrogation‚ National Security and The Media Force Administration of Sex-Drive Reducing Medications of Sex Offenders: Treatment or Punishment? The first article I chose was whether or not it is considered a treatment or a punishment to sex offenders if they are forced‚ by court order‚ to take medications that greatly
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Are the laws and services related to mentally disordered offenders adequate and appropriate? Care and treatment for the Mentally Disordered Offender (MDO) has always reflected society’s intolerance and punitive attitude‚ typified by a desire to remove persons with mental illness from public sight (Gostin‚ 1983). Traditionally‚ health care for this population was provided in institutions until the 1950s. De-institutionalisation and large-scale closures of psychiatric institutes in the 1980s resulted
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simply tell the victim not to take the bribe. Yes‚ indeed the victim may be going through financial problems‚ but is the money really worth the pain that the offender has brought upon you? Receiving money from a person who is capable of committing such a horrible crime like rape not only makes you look bad‚ but in fact‚ allows the offender not to receive the full punishment he or she deserves and has a better chance of remaining free in our society where they are more than likely to reoffend. I am
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“I am a firm believer that upon release‚ ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.” Going along with this quote by Charles B. Rangel I think it is important to offer offenders who have proven that they are truly sorry for the crime they have committed as long as it’s in reason‚ a rehabilitation program. There are some offenders who in some perspectives deserve nothing less than to
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