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Probation: An Overview

individual meeting certain conditions. For instance, an individual on probation may have to regularly meet with a probation office...

Probation's Failures and Successes

In five pages this paper examines the U.S. corrections system in a consideration of its history, failures, and successes with stat...

Probation: Questioning the Effectiveness

is a finely tuned balancing act. Many think of the corrections process as being fairly straightforward: if someone commits a crime...

Probation and the Role of Officers

process of criminal punishment can take two forms: community treatment or institutional treatment. Institutional treatment obvious...

Reflections on Subjects Relevant to Pastoral Work

Working in the church is a challenge. The paper reflects on some pastoral subjects that are important to consider while on probati...

Literature Review of Probation and Policing Fields Discriminating Against Women

a considerable difference between the garment worker of the nineteenth century and the beat cop of the twenty-first century. Howe...

Alternative Punishments in the Justice System

for three offenses, no matter how slight each one is. The idea behind the punishment is to deter criminals, but it doesnt always w...

Probation and Parole

the judicial institution of the federal government. This author further indicates how, "Most agencies in the United States are ope...

Probation and Diversion Programs, Their Effectiveness

This essay/research paper pertains to diversion and probation programs, detailing problems and discussing ways in which their effe...

Discussion of Criminal Sentencing of Whites, Blacks, and the Mentally Ill

In eight pages this paper examines the high percentage of people of color who are currently incarcerated along with those presentl...

Probation and Parole

State probation. The seriousness of a juveniles charge(s) and/or the number of charges determines what type of probation a juvenil...

Parole and Probation Alternative Approaches

while on probation, to the extent that "the issue of recidivism among these offenders cannot be underestimated, since this has a d...

Repeat Offenders After Probation and or Parole

Analysis There are very few people in society today want to see bad men and women doing bad things in public --...

Ex Convicts and Voting in New Jersey

police arrest and charge more black people with crime. It seems that white people get away with crime, or that false allegations a...

Criminologist Sheldon Glueck and His Theory on Juvenile Delinquency:

in 1950 was named the first Roscoe Pound Professor of Law (Rubenser 183). In Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency, which was first pub...

Harris County, Texas' Criminal Justice System and Adult Probation

job. Counseling is available to those who need it. The office may make home visits to catch the probationer by surprise. Mandat...

North Carolin's Justice

of age or older at the time the juvenile allegedly committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. If the al...

Whites, Blacks, Mentally Ill, and Criminal Sentencing

are mentally ill. One of the questions that then arises from this data is, are the white mentally ill sentenced to incarceration ...

Youth Offenses, the Juvenile Justice System, and Probation Issues

rather noble institution and embraces the authority to encompass the most important duty imaginable which is to protect and reform...

Probation versus Jail and Recidivism Rates

when they have only served probation rather than having been incarcerated. The study in England was also based on a population ma...

Incarceration, Probation, and Rates of Recidivism

is a more certain way to monitor the offenders and also serves to result in a higher rate of those who do not return to a life of ...

Effectiveness of Parole and Probation

be more detrimental than beneficial, much of the public connects it with a common sense approach to combating juvenile offenders. ...

Alternative for Parole and Probation

positive relationship between the police and the youth, lead to violence, property destruction, arrests, court hearings and more. ...

Parole, Probation, and Sociological Factors

twenty-five years. Last year just under 2.1 million offenders are incarcerated around the country (Whitford, 2004). Another 15 m...

Criminal Justice and Probation

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the criminal justice system in an analysis of probation in terms of history, how it evolved,...

Comparative Analysis of Parole and Probation in the UK and US

This paper consists of ten pages and presents a comparative analysis of the United States and the United Kingdom as it relates to ...

Parole and Probation Comparisons

Aspects of parole and probation are considered in a comparison consisting of five pages of their differences, similarities, and ot...

Probation Officer Effectiveness

In two pages this paper describes the characteristics necessary to achieve probation officer effectiveness. There is no bibliogra...

Legal Issues Associated with Probation or Parole Revocation

In eight pages this paper discusses parole and probation revocation issues from a legal and judicial standpoint. Six sources are ...

Risks and Benefits of Intensive Supervision Programs

In twenty pages this paper examines standard probation programs and presents intensive supervision programs as a preferable option...