prison system since the three facilities that we currently have are outdated. As the Executive Director for Clinical Social Work‚ I want to effectively create a plan of action along with the guidance of the Large City Mayor‚ Attorney General‚ Chief of Police and the Director of State Department of Corrections. We want to develop post-release programs and concentrate on substance abuse and anger management programs that will allow Large City to continue to be one of the safest cities in America. As
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CJS/220 Cayla Flowers April 27‚ 2014 Juvenile crime rates in the United States fell to a new 32-year low in 2013. In 2012 there were around 60‚000 violent crime arrests involving youths under the age of 18. From 2011 to 2012 there was a 10% decline in the number of youth arrests for all four offenses‚ which contributed to an overall drop of 36 percent since 2003. In 1994‚ police reported 500 violent youth crime arrests for every 100‚000 10-17-olds in the population. In 2008‚ the arrest rate
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Restorative Justice 1 Running Head: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE Restorative Justice and the Criminal Justice System Jeffrey A. McGhee PSF5002 Survey of Public Safety Issues‚ Theory and Concepts 501 West Northern Parkway Baltimore‚ Maryland 21210 Telephone: 410-323-7452 Email: jmcghee6@gmail.com Instructor: Kenneth Szymkowiak Restorative Justice 2 The modern field of restorative justice developed in the 1970’s from case experiments in several communities with a proportionately
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Since the inception of the Juvenile Justice System it has had critics those who side with its current vision of how to deal with offenders. Throughout the years the Juvenile Justice System has undergone several transformations. However‚ I believe the Juvenile Justice System is due for another change. Currently‚ the Juvenile Justice System is at a cross point; to focus on punishment rather than rehabilitation or focus on rehabilitation rather than punishment. Should we rehabilitate offenders or punish
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Throughout this course‚ I have learned about the many segments of the criminal justice system. The criminal justice system is a system of law enforcement‚ involving police‚ lawyers‚ courts‚ and corrections that attempt to manage crime‚ reduce crime‚ and require penalties for the charge of offenses. Various critical segments comprise the criminal justice system; which are the law enforcement‚ courts‚ and corrections (Hendrix‚ 2013‚ p. 9) First‚ a case starts with the law enforcement. The police are
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The Justice System The Justice System is the it racist or is it not. Some might say yes but others might say not. The evidence has been shown about African Americans prison rates are a result from crime‚ not racism. Study have shown that African Americans resave a longer sentences for the the same crime that have been committed by white Americans. African Americans are more likely to get pull over by police and are more likely to get arrested of possession and for distribution of drugs. I think
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EUROPEAN JUSTICE SYSTEM The justice system consists of three categories: the law enforcement officers‚ the criminal justice system‚ and the court system. The duties of the officers are to combat and prevent crime. They must apprehend anyone who has broken the law that was written by the legislators. Secondly‚ the criminal justice system is a system that develops a way to maintain social control and justifying crimes. They also sanction those who have broken the law with necessary criminal
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Criminal Justice System Week One Assignment Loveie Keaton CJA/204 April 24‚ 2013 Scott Drissel Jr. Crime defines as conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state‚ the federal government or no legally acceptable justification‚ or excuse. Schmalleger F. (2008) CRIMINAL JUSTICE (7thEd.). UPPER SADDLE‚ NJ To me it simplest definition‚ crime is any specific prohibited by law for our society has provided a formally sanctioned punishment. Also anybody can do a crime but the failure
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Criminal Justice System Paper The criminal justice system was made to enforce the laws in this country. There are different laws in each state but they all follow federal laws too. There are three main components of the criminal justice system which are law enforcement‚ courts‚ and corrections. Law enforcement is there to make sure the laws are not broken and they are responsible for bringing in anyone that breaks the law. They also make charges against those who break the law and make sure the
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In today’s criminal justice system‚ jails and prisons are becoming more overcrowded due to the recent increase in crime rates. Many criminal justice agencies have recently found a new method of punishment that can be used deter people from committing criminal actions and further prevent overcrowding the prisons. This new method of punishment is known as restorative justice. This new method of punishment focuses on having the offender restore the losses of both their victim and their community in
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