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Discuss the challenges that individuals face once placed on probation or parole. Provide specific examples.
When faced with probation and parole ex-inmates face many problems matriculated back into society. For one, ex-offenders, once placed on probation or parole may have difficulty securing a job. This is particularly true if the ex-offender is young and has not had the ability to establish marketable skills that can be leveraged within the labor market. Likewise, the required skills and abilities needed to enter the workforce may have dramatically changes making the parolees skills obsolete. This obsolescence of skills is particularly acute given the rapid technology advances occurring in society today. Even after a short jail or prison stint, an ex-offenders labor skill can quickly become antiquated. Research conducted by Ray, Grommon and Rydberg, found that ex-offenders often are heavily stigmatized during their job search further exacerbating the difficulty of landing a job (Ray, 2016)
In addition, the parolee may unintentionally place a large amount of strain on the overall family dynamic. Family members must often acquiesce to various rules and policies that the ex-offender must adhere to. Likewise, family members could potentially endure financial strain due the ex-offenders lack of future job prospects. Here, variable costs such utilities, food, and gas will increase without a corresponding source of income...…on parole. Here, there are several factors that are used with considering liability due to negligence. This can include the parole officers awareness of the offenders intent to harm others, the supervision of the individual, and other factors. In the case of Rock v. McCoy in 1985, Mr. Rock approached his probation officer, when a third party looking for Mr. Rock also approached . A brawl quickly broke out in which turned into a serve brawl by law enforcement of both Mr. Rock and the third party. The city at the time of the incident, had no policy of beating citizens. The city was held liable because adequate training of the…
References
1. Naser, R.L., & Visher, C.A. (2006). Family members’ experience with incarceration and reentry. Western Criminology Review, 7(2), 18-29.
2. Ray, B., Grommon, E., & Rydberg, J. (2016). Anticipated stigma and defensive individualism during post incarceration job searching. Sociological Inquiry, 86(3), 348-371. DOI: 10.1111/soin.12124
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, January 2011). The way juveniles are handled is based on the Illinois Prisoner Review Board, which is "…a body created to decide the fates of adult prisoners in correctional facilities," Hassakis writes in the ISBA magazine article. Very few youths have their parents with them at their parole hearings, and moreover, "…even fewer have an adult present for parole revocation hearings" (Hassakis, p. 2). "After nearly six months of observations"