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¶ … raged among those in law enforcement: do prisons exist to punish, or to rehabilitate? I argue that they can, and should be, both. While certainly some prisoners will never reform and will always remain a threat to society, others do their time and then go on to stay out of trouble for the rest of their lives. Currently we aren't very good at predicting who will leave prison for good and go on to lead productive lives, and who will be repeat offenders. However, we do know that they have the best chance of avoiding prison's revolving door if they leave prison well-equipped to live on the outside. There are three major issues that can make this hard: a history of substance abuse, psychological problems, and inadequate education. I would like to see our prisons make better use of opportunities for drug rehabilitation, psychological counseling and other treatments for those who need it, and solid opportunities to improve literacy...
In my opinion, these services are offered somewhat sporadically and inconsistently. By doing this we can rehabilitate those who can benefit from it, lower the number of re-offenders, and continue to contain those who cannot reform.
Paying for these programs is the biggest obstacle. It will require more funding and more staff. However, both the states and the federal government might look at what kinds of funds have to be used to provide services to these people if they continue in a pattern of substance abuse, or remain chronically underemployed because of marginal literacy or psychological problems. Some of those funds could be channeled into these prison programs, but should be earmarked specifically for that purpose so the funds couldn't be diverted. Prison authorities would need a way of evaluating participants in these programs to make sure the participants are making efforts, but…
Criminal Profiling as an Aid for Apprehending Serial Killers Popular media loves to emphasize the role of the criminal profiler in apprehending serial killers. It has been a central them in books, television shows, and movies for the past two decades, and the concept of the feisty criminal profiler interviewing wily and brilliant convicted serial killers in an effort to gain insight into active serial killers has become so iconic that
Criminal Justice -- Research Method & Theory British Crime Survey (BCS) Review The survey I reviewed is from primary research that provided a transcript for an interview, presumably to use in a face-to-face interview -- there are directions for showing cards to the respondents that give them a change to read response options and choices. Demographic data was collected at the beginning of the survey either to act as a screener or
Furthermore, several of the partnerships that COPS agencies were able to produce within their disparate communities were little more than simple name recognition, and were not able to produce a significantly impactful relationship between those agencies and the surrounding communities. This lack of a true cooperative partnership also accounts for why the research conducted for the COPS program did not truly have as successful an impact as it probably
In the experimental community, the researchers instituted a media campaign to increase seat-belt usage, followed by increased police enforcement of the seat-belt law. It was found that the percentage of drivers using seat belts increased in the experimental community but remained stable or declined slightly in the comparison community (Piquero and Piquero, 2002). An example of the before-and-after design would be the analysis of the impact of the Massachusetts Bartley-Fox
This combination has brought about greater political support for crime victims' rights legislation and increased funding for crime victim services (Victimology Theory, 2003) There are many important questions that need to be looked at when studying victims of crime. Some of these questions include: Why was a particular person targeted for a crime? How were they targeted, or were they a victim of opportunity? What are the chances of that person becoming a
Criminal Justice - Research Methods Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics Online http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t200282010.pdf Respondents' concern over effects of illegal immigrants Gallup, Inc., The Gallup Poll [Online]. Available: http://www.gallup.com/poll/ 127649/Americans-Value-Aspects-Immigration-Reform.aspx [June 16, 2010]. Table adapted by SOURCEBOOK staff. Overall, the survey respondents indicate substantive concerns with the presence of illegal immigrants in the U.S. Three items relate to the overall question: (1) Unfair burden on U.S. schools, hospitals, and government; (2) Encourages other immigrants to move here illegally; (3)