1000 Search Results for Issues in Corrections
Stated to be barriers in the current environment and responsible for the reporting that is inadequate in relation to medical errors are:
Lack of a common understanding about errors among health care professionals
Physicians generally think of erro Continue Reading...
Gangs
The Issue of Gangs
History of Gangs in the United States of America
Northeast Region (specifically New York City
Midwest Region (specifically Chicago)
West Region (specifically Los Angeles)
South Region First period
Current Status of Ga Continue Reading...
corrections models in the United States have changed significantly over the past several generations, from a rehabilitative toward a punitive paradigm. After World War Two, a strong sense of national security and prosperity prevailed in the United S Continue Reading...
Actually, there are more women in the community corrections field with some having obtained the positions of senior management and executives. On the other hand, a review of demographic data illustrates that the typical woman employed in this field Continue Reading...
industrialized nation in the world has a higher percentage of its population residing in its prison than the United States (Liptak). This fact has witnessed a corresponding increase in the cost of housing and caring for the incarcerated which has co Continue Reading...
Our findings show that social and psychological aspects of work situations are indeed significant risk factors for coronary heart disease, but not in the manner that might initially be supposed. While the psychological demands of work, along with t Continue Reading...
The swing back and forth between rehabilitation and "lock them up and throw away the key" makes corrections officers' jobs more difficult than they might otherwise be. Police and corrections personnel must bend to winds of change that bring little r Continue Reading...
In the end this may require a campaign to recruit more female corrections officers and eliminate or reduce greatly the presence of male officers from female facilities. Because of past abuses, the presence of male officers may cause many psychologic Continue Reading...
South Carolina Department of CorrectionsThe modern ideology of having inmates in prison is to help them develop a positive reinstitution of notions towards the society rather than inflicting more pain upon them through punitive charges, compromising Continue Reading...
History Of Juvenile Justice System, Court and Corrections
History of Juvenile Justice System, Court, and Corrections
What would happen to him if he committed the crime of breaking and entering with the aggravating circumstances of assault during th Continue Reading...
Ethics issues in Criminal JusticeIntroductionThe philosophy on which the American criminal justice system is based is evolving regarding criminal behavior, rehabilitation, and justice. This philosophy is based on ethical principles that dictate justi Continue Reading...
correctional law? Explain why.
The most important source of correctional law is the bill of rights (Bartollas,2002).This is because the basic rights of the citizens including those in incarceration are derived from it.
• Which Amendment in th Continue Reading...
All of the authors' hypotheses have been supported. Results of this study suggest that positive view of the ACA standards has a negative impact on job stress and a positive impact on job satisfaction. The same holds true with positive relations wit Continue Reading...
Survival of Racist Customs and Mores Into the 21st Century: Analysis of the American Correction and Sentencing Trends
Increasing awareness of the US's unsuccessful mass imprisonment experimentation has effected federal and state level modificati Continue Reading...
" (Elsea, 2005) It was stated at the time that it would appear that "…that federal courts will play a role in determining whether the military commissions, established pursuant to President Bush's Military Order (M.O.) of November 13, 2001, are Continue Reading...
Whereas judicial decisions are more likely to concern substantive matters of law and definitions of legal concepts, legislative adjustments generally reflect social consensus, particularly over large spans of time. Admittedly, political access and t Continue Reading...
Second, retrospective analysis of the statistical effect of increasing prison populations through across-the-board increases in prosecution and the length of sentencing suggests that the relationship between merely increasing prison populations and Continue Reading...
Canadian criminal justice system corrections
The Canadian justice system
Since the last decade, there's been a huge hue and cry pertaining unjust convictions and its disastrous consequences. As in the case of Canada, there have been numerous high Continue Reading...
The fact that a guard was able to take information from a prisoner's cell, and give it to prosecutors is a clear violation of basic procedures. As a result, greater amounts of oversight are required to prevent these issues from becoming a problem in Continue Reading...
Policy ( 1250 Words) Addresses Issue
Recidivism Rates: A Cry for Rehabilitation
There are a number of different facets of the criminal justice system to take into account when attempting to effectively reduce the rate of offender recidivism. Sever Continue Reading...
Ethical Issues
Conflicts of Interest
Conflict of interest emerges when an inividual in power uses their position to exploit situations to their advantage. For instance, if a law firm attempted representing the same couple in a divorce case (Legal Dic Continue Reading...
Women in Prison
Major Legal Issues Concerning Female Inmates
Problems in corrections:
Dealing with the unique needs of women in the prison system
The number of female prison inmates in America and internationally is growing. Although men still ou Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice Policy Issue
One of the increasing major concerns in the field of criminal justice is the rising fear of crime in public by juvenile violence, also known as 'youth violence'. This paper would discuss a selected journal article that Continue Reading...
Health and Safety Issues
Safety and health regulation breaches are criminal offenses in a number of jurisdictions, and may cause prosecution of the organization, employee, or executive by relevant enforcement authorities in safety and health; the gu Continue Reading...
Accounting: Ethical Issues in Budgeting
What should an employee do when he or she discovers that there is an error in a projection?
Accounting professionals have a duty to observe high standards of conduct and integrity in order to uphold the reput Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership Issues
Reflect on how you would create a safe environment in a healthcare setting by applying the 4 characteristics of a culture of safety. They are:
• Psychological safety. People know their concerns will be openly received Continue Reading...
Financial Crisis
Contemporary Social and Political Issue: The Financial Crisis
The current recession is considered among the worst in U.S. history. As it has been characterized by policy experts, public officials and members of private industries a Continue Reading...
Neither Paul nor Frank ever recognized that this was the principal source of their mutual rivalry, resentment, and antagonism. In fact, to hear either of them discuss their relationship, one would think that the main issue between them is that Frank Continue Reading...
psychological effects of incarceration on inmates are very profound. The effects can be grouped into two main categories. The first category relates to the effects that the inmates experience while they are still in prison. The second categories of Continue Reading...
Mythology Political Issues
Constitutional History: Beginnings and Changes
This paper will explore the historical basis for the Constitution of the United States and the changes that have occurred both gradually and radically during short history of Continue Reading...
They are used to the existing state-based system of commercial regulation, and there are several reasons why they might wish to maintain it. The advantage of using this system is that the MNCs know the system well, and the system uses effective tool Continue Reading...
Professional Development Trends in Policing OrganizationsProfessional development trends in criminal justice organizations, particularly policing, tend to focus on promoting long-term behavior change and performance improvement. They also try to focu Continue Reading...
What are the differences between jails and prisons?
Generally, jails are maintained by local municipalities and by state authorities and they are mainly intended to house criminals charged with crimes pending trial (Schmalleger, 2009). Jails are a Continue Reading...
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While privatization of the prison industry might save the state in terms of costs I believe it does not save the state in terms of face or accountability. True, private prisons are regulated (Seiter, 2014), but there is almost certainl Continue Reading...
Capital Punishment
Solitary confinement represents one among the best means of keeping modern-day prisoners from communication and conflict, but has the most injurious effects on their health. Individuals imprisoned in conditions of solitary confine Continue Reading...
Again, in terms of our prison scenario, we see the apparent and pertinent aspects through the direct definitions of each stage; de-escalation (likely after some resolve has been implemented) and settlement (likely involved with the repercussions of Continue Reading...
The diversion concept includes specific requirements for convicts in the program to participate in educational or vocational programs likely to provide lasting results beyond the period of probation. Probation generally requires only that probatione Continue Reading...
branches of democratic governments create a balance of power, disallowing any one branch to amass or wield disproportionate power. Branches of government also ensure role clarity and stability in the separation of powers. Each branch serves a role, Continue Reading...
Predicting the Future Interest Rate
It is likely not possible to forecast the interest rate accurately, as the Federal Reserve has been keeping it new zero for several years now and more recently has been promising rate hikes yet holding press confe Continue Reading...
growth and use of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments to the Constitution using the modern day criminal justice system.
According to Webster's dictionary of Law, Judicial Activism is defined as: "The practice in the judiciary of Continue Reading...