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one third during this period ("Where is"). While this increase differed in severity between German states, all states experienced ...
This paper argues that the purpose of prison is punishment. Although some offenders go through the system and are rehabilitated, t...
Clearly, not everyone is a fan of the boot camp approach to rehabilitation, with critics contending how such brutal methods do not...
(Kopel, 1995). Another article supports the notion that the majority of offenders in prison are not violent ("Crime," 1998). Ther...
Juveniles are responsible for an astounding percentage of the crime in this country. Even more disturbing is the degree of violen...
Mahins treatment programs were highly effective at rehabilitating juvenile offenders when critical assessments were done thoroughl...
understanding of the way in which the current system, is failing to serve not only the prison population, but the total population...
eighty percent rate that is currently representative of juvenile re-arrest in this country, only sixty percent find their way back...
United States, everyone has equal rights. That charming theory doesnt always play out in practice, however, and sex offenders tend...
vary somewhat from state to state, juvenile justice typically has a similar protocol. At the time a juvenile is arrested, a decis...
is a great deal of difficulty resuming normal life. This is true for any convict, but it is especially difficult for the sex offen...
In 1899, the first juvenile court case was heard in Chicago as authorized by the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (Penn, 2001). The ju...
under federal law" (Anderson, 2004). The California law allowing the medical use of...
This usually involves some type of probation arrangement or counseling/treatment (The Center for Young Womens Development Handbook...
The concept of "house arrest" is an old one and in the past was accomplished by placing armed guards outside the residence of the...
be arrested, even though he was portrayed as basically a good kid. Jeff is a case study that commences this article which tugs at...
per year, while public safety is not enhanced ("Mandatory," 2002). Non-violent offenders in Arizonas prisons comprise half of the ...
see needs that should be filled. Barber has been in the justice system for many years and she finally began to realize that many o...
In six pages this article is reviewed in terms of structure, content, findings, conclusions, observations, and critical assessment...
In fifteen pages this research paper considers the causes, definitions, and incidences of child abuse and includes theories, stati...
headline: "High-Risk Sex Offenders Identified: Post Reporter, 2 Ridge Residents on List" (Sheppard, 1997, p. 37). On July 7, Mei...
Iin ten pages this paper discuses how in a prison setting sex offender compliance issues can be effectively address through token ...
the number of suspected incidents of child abuse and neglect topped 1.9 million cases; by 1994, over 3.1 million children were rep...
confronting corrections in the 21st century are prison overcrowding, limited funds, and protecting society from criminals by impri...
(32%)" (Anonymous Drug War Facts: Prisoners, 2002; prison.htm). Another study indicates that, "As a result of increased prosecutio...
incarcerated for a drug offense accounted for the largest percentage of the total growth (59%), followed by public-order offenders...
Criminal justice has many problems confronting it in modern society. Three challenges, in particular, exist in todays criminal ju...
Even within the segregated unit there is a hierarchy: "People charged with rape and other sex crimes will attack child sex predato...
meaning that is constantly up for interpretation within the psychiatric community. Clearly, the very concept of normal hinges upo...
In a four page paper, the author considers the issue of hypersexuality in sexual offenders. Many sexual predators have been the v...