542 Search Results for Law Enforcement and Corrections
Ladow. Similar boards were provisioned for federal prisons not in the penitentiary category. Each prison was also provided with a parole officer to supervise parolees during their community corrections phase. Inmates became eligible for parole after Continue Reading...
Racial Discrimination and the Death Penalty
The United States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that at the end of the year 2000 that there was 1,381,892 total number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of federal or state Continue Reading...
Capital punishment: Is it a deterrent to Cop Killings?
Capital punishment is the imposition of death penalty on persons condemned of a crime. (Americana, 596) Killing condemned criminals has been one of the most extensively practiced types of crimin Continue Reading...
Applying equally strict enforcement to minor or merely "technical" violations of law that hardly affect others might reduce the quality of life in society instead of improving it. For example, in many jurisdictions motor vehicle codes are classified Continue Reading...
Title: Ensuring Patient Privacy and Protection: An Overview of HIPAA Regulations
Introduction
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996 with the primary goal of protecting the privacy and security of p Continue Reading...
Crime is Not Just a Criminal Justice Issue
Introduction
The issue of mental health in the criminal justice system is important because, as Stringer (2019) notes, the US Department of Justice has admitted that nearly 40% of individuals in prison have Continue Reading...
Recidivism Rates and Causes
The objective of this research is to examine recidivism rates and causes for recidivism. According to the work of Moak, Lawry, and Webber (2007) "The United States prison system is one of the worst prison systems in the w Continue Reading...
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The significance here, of course, is that the government will continue seeking ways to streamline care and services, and that if a foster care program is clinically proven to be beneficial in deterring criminal behavior amongst Native American Continue Reading...
The over-enthusiasm associated with the extensive and unrestrained caution which the prosecutors avail gives birth to the settings in which a prosecutor is able to cause the conviction of an innocent individual. Besides, the mixture of over-enthusia Continue Reading...
Latin American Music
Music Industry
The music industry is undergoing a global technological revolution which has been induced by the introduction of Peer to Peer (P2P) file sharing services, and the proliferation of recordable CD equipment which hi Continue Reading...
Criminal Justice in Todays SocietyAbstractThe modern-day society has evolved, and so are the security and social issues that face it. To determine the specific challenges that face todays society and thus, the criminal justice system, it requires a c Continue Reading...
GSS codebook or GSS variable search as a reference following is the list of 5 potential topics I would like to explore for the research project:
Drug use and addiction,
Corporal Punishment,
Mental Health,
Old People and
In this section 5 indepe Continue Reading...
Policing Services and Programs:
Even as policing services and programs are being restructured across the globe, understanding this change in customary terms is rather difficult. In these new policing services and programs, the difference between pub Continue Reading...
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They have joint canteen accounts;
They have outside support from other gang members;
They have unique identification signs;
They work to build or shape younger members;
They work in seclusion, protecting the gang from outside penetration;
The Continue Reading...
Drug abuse of both legal and illegal substances has a devastatingly negative impact on American society as a whole.
Definition of Drug Abuse
Legal Drugs
Illegal Drugs
Prevalence of Drug Use
Impact of Drug Use
Financial Costs
Impact in the Work Continue Reading...
Culural Competence |
Cultural Competence in the Criminal Justice System
Culture determines people's experiences of their world. It is important in the reception and delivery of services. Cultural competence starts with knowing your cultural practic Continue Reading...
(Frederickson, 2000, p. 3) Police forces became the fodder for systematic research on the need for and development of improved minority representation in public service as well as a frequently attached public entity with regard to minority status in Continue Reading...
The result is that employees at all levels for their own protection as well as to create a system of mutial support among leaders and subordinates have begun to demand collaborative rights of communication and input on job design, and leadership pra Continue Reading...
Combatting Future Terrorism
Fighting future terrorism
Over the years, the U.S.A. government and the entire world has been battling with the issue of terrorism. This is because the act of terrorism has diverse faces, from the rebel terrorists, the i Continue Reading...
The law enforcement community must present a united front with state agencies against domestic violence if it is ever to be stopped. Until abusers can be brought to justice there will always be frightened victims living their lives, blaming themsel Continue Reading...
Ethics and Discretion in Probation
"…Encourage relationships with colleagues of such character to promote mutual respect and cultivate a professional cooperation with each segment…" [and] "respect, serve and empathize with the victims of Continue Reading...
Community Safety and Crime Reduction: An Evaluation of the Role of New Technology
Recent technological advances have effectively changed the way we conduct business, secure our borders, fight our wars, diagnose diseases, etc. Indeed, thanks to advan Continue Reading...
Ethics
Criminal justice is an inherently ethical profession. The judiciary ostensibly crafts laws that reflect the ethical sensibilities and social norms of the society, which are often embedded in the American Constitution. The role of the criminal Continue Reading...
Despite these constraints, GPS-enabled tracking systems stand to promote public safety. In this regard, Schwabe and his associates report, "Better technology for offender tracking has the potential to increase public safety by making information on Continue Reading...
Since GPS tracking costs around $300 plus a monthly service fee that is similar in price to a pager or cellular phone, it would be very expensive to outfit everyone requiring electronic monitoring with a tracking device (Under, 2001).
As has been m Continue Reading...
Next, the researcher will conduct a query of the computer awareness of education administrators, teachers, parents, and students in the New Orleans school district, then evaluation of documented data will provide a research base of the required elem Continue Reading...
(1990) Municipal Government Involvement in Crime Prevention in Canada. This work provides insight into the way that municipal government interacts with the police in the organization of crime prevention structures and the delivery of crime preventio Continue Reading...
The sources provided background and reviews of published literature: Holmstrom (1996); Marcus-Mendoza (1995); and Osler (1991). Finally, three reports took on a narrower focus in investigating boot camps: Clark and Kellam (2001); Mueller (1996); and Continue Reading...
Factors Influencing Recidivism among Juvenile OffendersApproved by:_____________________________________Spring 2021Table of ContentsTitle Page. 1Table of Contents 2Abstract ...... 3Chapter One: Introduction... 4Statement of the Problem............... Continue Reading...
Project HOPE
What is Project HOPE and what are the goals of the program?
In basic terms, Project HOPE according to the OPPAGA Report (2004) was "a pilot program in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties intended to break the cycle of prostitution and Continue Reading...
Introduction
Title: Introduction to Public Safety Evaluation
Public safety evaluation is a process that assesses the effectiveness of public safety measures and policies in ensuring the safety and security of individuals within a community. This e Continue Reading...
Factors Influencing Recidivism Among Juvenile OffendersNameSOCW 5513- Masters Research Project in the Department of Social Work.ProfessorDateTable of ContentsTitle Page.Table of ContentsAbstract ....Chapter One: Introduction...Statement of the Proble Continue Reading...
Hybrid Gangs in South Florida
On Public Policy towards Volatile Movements
South Florida has an increasing prevalence of criminal gangs in their communities and it is posing a growing threat to their security and safety. It is clear that in that reg Continue Reading...
Gangs in Prison
Although the United States prison system remains extremely dangerous due to overcrowding, guard and administrator abuse, and widespread detention and isolation practices that would be considered torture by the United Nations, they al Continue Reading...
Wireless Broadband Technology
Overview of Wireless technology
Presently it is quite evident to come across functioning of a sort of wireless technology in the form of mobile phone, a Palm pilot, a smart phone etc. With the inception of fast connect Continue Reading...
Budgetary Politics
The United States of America has long grappled with the problem of drugs and has form time to time initiated measures to combat the usage and trafficking of drugs. It is common knowledge that the various wars that have been part o Continue Reading...
Prison Industrial Complex and the Private Prison System
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Legal paternalism is the idea that the state can coerce individuals into doing something for their own good, whether it is preventing them from engaging in self-harm by holding them in a menta Continue Reading...
Conflict Resolution: Analysis of the Virginia Tech Shootings
This paper examines the horrible tragedy that struck Virginia Tech on that took place on April 16, 2007. This paper goes on to examine things such as the delays of reporting the correct in Continue Reading...