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Overview of Recidivism

continue to rise" (Hanke, 1993, pp. 22). Baltimore set an unenviable record for the number of homicides in 1992 of 331, which...

Cost Effectiveness, Recidivism, and Standard Prison Settings v. Shock Incarceration Prison Camps

In twelve pages this paper assesses these two alternatives on the basis of recidivism and cost effectiveness with trends apparentl...

Recidivism in the United States

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at prison recidivism. Issues of racial disparity in recidivism are also noted. Paper u...

Programs To Reduce Recidivism

Law enforcement makes it very clear what will happen if the person is arrested again.7 After the panel sessions, a case worker is ...

Concepts of Jail Overcrowding

to 75 percent of inmates presently serving drug related sentences (What Causes Overcrowding in Jails and Prisons). Next, mandator...

Recidivism and Drug Treatment

to the threats to internal validity are an important component of any research design. The first threat to internal validity is...

Criminal Justice and the EPICS Program

the criminal justice system, some designed to help inmates, others to keep track of them. This paper discusses a program called "E...

Solving America's Prison Problems

deterrent because the electronic monitoring devices place the criminals at crime scenes that practically guarantee a conviction (Y...

Criminal Recidivism and High School Dropout

to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of the meanings people bring to them [by using] a holistic perspective which pr...

Recidivism and Prisons

prisoners at Guantanamo is allowed to sit outside in the sun and interact with other prisoners through a chain-link fence for four...

Court-Ordered Rehabilitation

is drug use after program completion (or release from incarceration). Method The research design to be used in this project ca...

One Problem in Criminal Justice

terms of their parole (Pew Center, 2010). Nobody knows exactly what kinds of prison programs would definitely reduce recidivism r...

Overview of the Juvenile Justice System

this development, the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 was passed, which encouraged a policy of "zero tolerance" as it criminalized s...

Keeping Parolees Out of Prison

The number of prisoners that are currently incarcerated in our nations jails and prisons is growing more unmanageable by the day....

Blacks and Incidences of Recidivism

This paper consists of five pages and examines the black rates of recidivism in a consideration of possible reasons why. Eight so...

Juvenile Delinquency Programs and Juvenile Boot Camps

In ten pages this research proposal assesses the recidivism impacts and success rates of juvenile delinquency programs versus juve...

Revolving Door Effect of the American Penal System and Recidivism

In fourteen pages this paper discuses the problems of recidivism in the U.S. system of correction with various models for sentenci...

Laws for Sex Offenses

(not conducted by individuals who have designed treatment programs), differ enormously, but even so, they still offer no evidence ...

Pros and Cons of Juvenile Boot Camps

This paper consists of eight pages and assesses boot camps for juvenile offenders in terms of their pros and cons with such issues...

Reform and Prisons

This paper consists of six pages and considers the lack of success with reforming the prison system in a consideration of perpetua...

Mexico, United States, Canada, and Corrections Systems

In ten pages this research paper examines the prison systems of North America in a consideration of similarities and differences w...

Applied Research Project Proposal on Recidivism and Training of Offenders

Over the course of the last decade, researchers, social and criminal theorists, and the general public have debated the issue of p...

Community Notification on Reported Sex Offenders

is a great deal of difficulty resuming normal life. This is true for any convict, but it is especially difficult for the sex offen...

Journal Article Review Delinquency

This essay reports an empirical research study that focused on the effect of neighborhoods on juvenile delinquency and recidivism....

The Advantages of Community Corrections Programs

The author discusses the positives of widening the net, how job training and even increased visitation with family can lessen reci...

Prison Rehabilitation Program Evaluation

to the criminal justice system (SCP, 2003). The program addresses the roots of recidivism, which are drug addiction and lack of jo...

Reducing Recidivism

The problems inherent in substance abuse must be addressed if recidivism is to be reduced. This eleven page paper lists ten sourc...

Swedish and American Prison Systems

them locked up securely; however, they also note there is a need "to stick with our philosophy of humanization" (Alvarez, 2005). T...

Standard Probation and the Alternative of Intensive Supervision Programs

In fourteen pages this paper discusses how to reduce criminal recidivism through intensive supervision programs instead of standar...

Rates of Success and Recidivism Impacts of Juvenile Delinquent Programs versus Juvenile Boot Camp

use of military drill and strict discipline. The first of these was opened in the states of Georgia and Oklahoma in 1983 (54). A...