By focusing on our own worries about grades or self-image, we were doing ourselves and our careers a disservice. The two of us managed to pull together the draft of the report with no problem because we were willing to put aside our self-interest in Continue Reading...
For the purposes of directing ex-offenders "from darkness to light," we felt that the first and most important step was to introduce the inmate population to the wealth of resources already existing in the community. Community Partners in Action, t Continue Reading...
The war on drugs led to the creation of stringent measures and policies that create more difficult problems in the country, which include the worsening of the prison system, rising illegal drug prices, and proliferation of drug trafficking. Consider Continue Reading...
Why the Arguments in Favor of Abortion Outweigh the OppositionToday, the issue of abortion is at front and center of a heated national debate that could easily determine the next president of the United States as well as the reproductive freedom of A Continue Reading...
Administrator Challenges and What I Have LearnedChallengesThere are many present-day challenges for criminal justice administrators. One of the most significant challenges is related to budget cuts. In recent years, many state and local governments h Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice Program Evaluation: Oklahoma County Veterans Treatment CourtA growing body of scholarship confirms that many military veterans, especially combat veterans, experience difficulties in transitioning to civilian life. Although the vast Continue Reading...
Budget Proposal Strategy in California Criminal Justice AgencyBudgeting is one of the essential professional skills that help plan the future. Knowing the strategies required in budgeting is an advantage since it can help an organization manage its f Continue Reading...
Crisis in Immigration Detention Centers at the BorderFrom the onset, it is important to note that as Heyman, Slack, and Guerra (2018) point out, the situation in border detention facilities can only be described as pathetic. As a matter of fact, the Continue Reading...
The concept of good and evil has perpetuated mankind for centuries. It has provided numerous philosophical doctrines and principles in which to live by. The idea has also created foundational principles which are embedding all factors of life includi Continue Reading...
It should be noted, from the onset, that uranium could be enriched for two main reasons. To begin with, uranium could be enriched with the intent of building a nuclear weapon. According to the BBC (2020), “highly enriched uranium has a concentr Continue Reading...
Introduction Race has always been a cultural factor in the U.S. and it is certainly a factor in today’s criminal justice system. James (2018:30) has shown that current “research on police officers has found that they tend to associate Afr Continue Reading...
Today, social science researchers have a wide range of research methods available for criminology and criminal justice applications, divided generally between quantitative and qualitative methods. Although quantitative and qualitative research method Continue Reading...
According to the National Gang Center’s (2011) National Youth Gang Survey, the majority of gangs are comprised of non-white minorities, especially Hispanic/Latino (46 percent of all gang members) and African American (35 percent of all gang mem Continue Reading...
Meek Mill Freed for Now Hip hop recording artist Meek Mill had been sentenced in November 2017 by Common Pleas Court Judge Genece Brinkley for violating probation related to a 2008 conviction on gun and drug charges—but now he is free. Arrest Continue Reading...
special needs, mentally ill, and substance-abusing prisoners affect the jail and prison systems at state and federal levels? The Federal Bureau program functions inside the prison and is a drug abuse platform which has individual units in several p Continue Reading...
Civil disobedience has had varying degrees of prevalence ever since the history of civilized man. This fact is due to a variety of causes including social points of stratification, basic economics and even religious concerns. What is interesting abou Continue Reading...
Women have not played a significant role in law enforcement until recently, and especially since the 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission legislation. Law enforcement continues to be a male-dominated profession, although women are becoming in Continue Reading...
law enforcement for a number of reasons. Technically, "anyone who discloses investigative information can be considered an informant" (Osterburg & Ward, 20130, p 183). There are open or closed informants that have different motivations; anything Continue Reading...
Psychology of Fear Management One true tale of horrific prison abuse comes from Abu Ghraib, where guards tortured and psychologically damaged a number of prisoners. In talking about the issues and atrocities that occurred there, the Stanford Prison Continue Reading...
Organizational Trends of Criminal Justice Criminal justice organizations were typically comprised from public resources and structures, yet there have been movements towards different style organizations that do not rely on the public domain for the Continue Reading...
Texas Parole Board The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (herein referred to as the board) is a Texas-based state agency charged with determining "which eligible offenders to release on parole or discretionar Continue Reading...
Performance-Based Standards Accreditation plan for the American Correctional Association The accreditation of the correctional facilities is aimed at ensuring the well-being of the inmates but also is targeted at benefiting the employees, the victi Continue Reading...
Homeland Security and Emergency Management. M7D1: Social Media and Risk Communications According to Bullock (et al. 2013) the four methods of risk communication include mitigation or "to promote implementation of strategies, technologies, and acti Continue Reading...
Roles of a Police Psychologist in an Investigation The following paper describes the roles played by a police psychologist in an investigation of a situation in which a former police officer has been killed. The police force constantly takes risks t Continue Reading...
Crisis Negotiation and Deception Crisis negotiation entails law enforcement communication and interaction with people threatening to cause actual bodily harm or property destruction. This may include hostage takers, suicidal individuals, stalkers, a Continue Reading...
Correctional Officers: As an attorney working in the Office of the Inspector General in the State Bureau of Prisons, I have been asked to evaluate two major issues involving various correctional officers at the state prison and the behavior of the Continue Reading...
Recidivism Probation and parole have historically been used to provide someone with a second chance. It is designed to offer alternatives other than keeping them in jail or sending them directly there. At the heart of these ideas, is to allow the in Continue Reading...
Assault Prosecution of Sexual Assault Cases Sexual assault remains a charge much embattled in our courts. Approaches to prosecuting in cases of sexual assault have been both inconsistent and generally ineffective as a true deterrent for repeat offe Continue Reading...
After continuous pleading, I realized that the officers were not going to help me, and in fact they seemed to perceive that I was mentally unbalance and were even more aggressive with me. I took it upon myself to defend my issues the only way I coul Continue Reading...
Police civil liability is one of the more complex areas of civil law. Because of their unique position in society, police officers have to be free to engage in behavior that would be tortious if it was committed by people outside of law enforcement. Continue Reading...
U.S. Supreme Court and the Rights of Inmates The objective of this study is to identify the constitutional amendments that deal directly with the rights of correctional inmates. For each amendment, this work will describe the rights of inmates and c Continue Reading...
Miranda Rights Should Be Available to Individuals Detained by Private Security Most people are familiar with so-called "Miranda Rights" that are named after the 1968 Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona. Fewer people actually understand what Continue Reading...
Internal Affairs Police Internal Affairs Procedures for Handling Investigations All professional organizations have an ethical standard that they are required to comply with, but some occupations have a much greater code due to the reliance of the Continue Reading...
prison gang is a select group of inmates with an organized chain of command and an established code of conduct. They operate in secrecy with a view to controlling their prison environment through intimidation and violence meted on non-members. Some Continue Reading...
Patriot Act and the Rule of Law The Patriot Act The Rule of Law on the Local Level The Effect on Law Enforcement The Effect on Homeland Security Affecting Social Change The Patriot Act was a serious change to government and the Rule of Law. Ad Continue Reading...
For example, Cook County, IL, has built a network of support for juvenile female offenders within the local community. The county has developed its own gender-specific assessment and treatment guidelines and has trained youth-facing community worke Continue Reading...
Discretion on the Beat: Working in the Best Interests of the Community The mandate to "protect and serve" is translated in a number of different ways across the country, but in many jurisdictions, community-oriented policing methods are replacing th Continue Reading...
