... renamed), enabling some prisoners to be released earlier than their usual date, under the supervision of probation officers in the community instead. The 1970's saw the birth of the Community Service Order (now called the Community Punishment Order - a tougher sounding name), which requires offenders to make retribution for their crime by undertaking prescribed work, without pay, for the ... agencies, such as employment agencies and alcohol and drug counsellors, so that offenders in the community can be more effectively managed. On the 1st April 2001, the Probation and Police Service be...

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Abstract Ashley Smith had severe behavioral issues and was placed in segregation after she threw a crab apple at a postal officer. She was transferred to several different facilities but received no treatment. Ashley had a history of self-harm and would ... services. - October 21, 2003 is significant because it is the reason Ashley ended up in the criminal justice system after throwing a crab apple at a postal worker. Ashley should have never been sentenced to any days in closed custody because of threatening to self-harm. I would have immediately sent Ashley to a ... from segregation and ...

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... , without your permission to commit fraud and/or other crimes. Criminals are able to gain this information in so many different ways such as the Internet, unlawful workers at the U.S. postal service, Credit Bureau, or Financial Company. You can also find it through the mail, trash, or even having someone breaking into your home. One of the most common ways a person's ... advocacy groups such as the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PIRG) who provided counseling to victims, protested for bills to be passed and lobbied to place a stop to this. Still, there was nothing to help these innocent vi...

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... LISTENER"S BEHAVIOR? MICHELLE MACK The infamous rap artist, Tupac Shakur has a song entitled, "Bury Me a G," off his album, "Thugs Life, Volume 1". One collection of lyrics in this song states: "I got nothen to lose sos I choose to be a killer/ Went from bangin" to slangin"/ Now I"m a dope dealer/ All my a ... struggle for black identity and legitimacy within mainstream society" (615). She feels that it indeed describes black culture. Rapper Mack 10 defends his violent lyrics by saying that his music is:110 percent the truth If I talk about 10 people getting killed in my neighborhood, t...

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... used in these crimes was focused on the music that the perpetrator intentionally left behind. In all four cases, a cd or cassette was left behind whose lyrics connected to the crime or the evidence in some way. In addition, the weapon used varied in each murder case in which two that weren't identifiable. ... on the wall". As mentioned above, the perpetrator leaves notes behind in three of the crimes two of which are in the form of musical lyrics from rock music all of which the songs describe death. Motive The primary reason for these crimes based on the evidence suggest possibly both ...

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... a satellite card or uses and illegal decoder to access channels and programs that the subscriber didn't pay the service provider for. The demand for this illicit service is still growing in all countries that have a market for satellite TV. The decoding of cable services is nothing new; it was just that the use of the Internet as a criminal communication system has allowed this ... to a large group social context in which many people can have their say and express personal opinions to a large number of people. After the hackers found people to sell their service to, the next step was to...

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... continue to cause terror in the homes of many people. In 1995 41 percent of homicides were gang related (Egendorf 39). Gangster rap glorifies the behavior of gangs. In rap lyrics today, the word often tell about a famous gangster's life. These rappers make the gangsters famous and they become idols and heros for young kids vulnerable to a life of gang banging ... life of the inner city, and continues to glorify the lives of many different gangsters. Tupac Shakur is one main example of a gangster whose life was talked about in the lyrics of many rappers as well as himself. Many young kid...

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... . Kenny, the character from South Park is such an example, in that he is killed in every episode "except at Christmas "and he returns each week as if nothing has happened. Another source of exposure to violence, according to Kreiner, is video games. Today's hottest-selling video games are the ones depicting violent acts with almost no consequences. Examples ... of the boys accused in the attack "Mitchell Johnson "was a big fan of the genre of music called "gangsta rap- which depicts violent and deviant acts in the lyrics of the songs, (Kreiner, p. 75.) Often the media provides depictions...

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... around the country. Adding on to the evolvement of community policing regular meetings among departments typically involved school groups, neighborhood associations, business groups, senior citizen groups, domestic violence groups, youth service organizations, religious groups, advocacy groups, and tenants" associations. Within theses groups school groups met regularly 76% of the time, neighborhood associations 52%, business groups 50%, senior citizen groups ... , there are more homicide rates then before. In the interview, Teresa explained that every month she has to go to a meeting to l...

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... will be bought from vendors rather than developed in houses, standardized software will make theft easier." (Carley, A 1:1) A two-year secret service investigation code-named Operation Sun-Devil, targeted companies all over the United States and led to numerous seizures. Critics of Operation Sun-Devil claim that the ... Secret Service and the FBI, which have almost a similar operation, have conducted unreasonable search and seizures, they disrupted the lives and livelihoods of many ... Bulletin Board System) and because of that I had to make drastic cuts, so we laid of eight people out o...

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... , CompuServe, Prodigy, or a BBS (Bulletin Board System), software "pirates" thrive freely online. These so called "pirates" operate by uploading pieces of software, commonly referred to as "warez", into an online service's database then sending through e-mail the rights to download them. "The Information Superhighway has opened the door to a new kind of highway robbery - the home shoplifting network" (Mattia 43). When ... common method of getting online without paying is the use of fake or fraudulent accounts. These are made by giving false information when attempting to gain access to a...

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... will be bought from vendors rather than developed in houses, standardized software will make theft easier." (Carley, A 1:1) A two-year secret service investigation code-named Operation Sun-Devil, targeted companies all over the United States and led to numerous seizures. Critics of Operation Sun-Devil claim that the ... Secret Service and the FBI, which have almost a similar operation, have conducted unreasonable search and seizures; they disrupted the lives and livelihoods of many ... Bulletin Board System) and because of that I had to make drastic cuts, so we laid of eight people out o...

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... Rethinking). The cost of this order is about $2,000, but has no direct payback. The offender can still hold a job, because the community service work is offered over the weekend, and he/she picks up practical, teamwork, and general skills (Payback). The Community Punishment and Rehabilitation Order is ... a "combination" of the previous two alternatives. The punishment reveals both orders. It contains the community service hours, while being on probation. The sentence is also longer, ranging anywhere from 1 year to 3 years. The minimum sentence is twice that of ... time to recover. This...

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... are several other approaches to punishing, deterring and rehabilitating offenders whilst also protecting the public. These include the increasingly popular Community Punishment Order (CPO), previously known as Community Service. This involves the offender doing unpaid work that shall benefit the community, however this also entails the offender learning new skills. Otherwise we have the ever-prevalent fine. This ... and this is predominantly down to the rehabilitation programmes in practice in prisons. These programmes are based on the ideal that a person can reform their character and b...

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... shown today that there is a danger of abuse, which was expressed by several groups who are against the beginning of a modern police service within the UK, during the early part of the nineteenth century. Political and social polarisation grew dramatically during the 1970's and the early part ... traditional police monopoly of responsibility for crime control within the local authority area. The Prosecution of Offences Act (1985) created the Crown Prosecution Service, which helped take away a lot of the responsibility, but giving them more accountability in the operation of cases. There ...

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... crime juveniles. Research shows that most crimes committed by juveniles are done during the hours between 3 and 4. They believe that idle minds and nothing constructed to can be a recipe for getting in trouble. After the program was complete, a lot of the students and parents have very positive ... students, it is required for their program, but it helps them to keep their skills polished, so they can apply for any federal service academy. This program is teaching children that "you are accountable to yourself. You're the one who keeps your scorecard. Your ... kids have taken the progr...

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... from their sentences. "Some prisoners may have to deal with a few feet less of cell space," Helms told Senators, "but that is far better than to continue to turn loose violent felons to kill or rape innocent citizens." (qtd. in Clark) North Carolina was forced to release 26,000 ... recovery meetings per week, and agree to various drug tests taken randomly (Glaubinger). They would also have to go through a set amount of community service and write a daily log (---). The goal of this type of treatment would be to improve the decisions and the self confidence of the drug offenders ... the...

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... but do require some supervision of the offender. Semi-custodial sentences are used for punishments such as a good behaviour bond, probation order, community service order, loss of divers licence and home detention. Both Helen and Tom may be issued with semi-custodial sentences for theft, drug offences, ... must follow certain conditions set out by the judge or magistrate. Such conditions include: Making certain payments to the victim Reporting to the probation service on a regular bases Attending counselling for drug and alcohol addiction A good behaviour bond is inexpensive and can reha...

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... more upbeat in trying to target crimes at their roots in efforts to stop them more efficiently. He had called this scheme problem oriented policing or better known as POP. Problem oriented policing does something very unique that was never done before. It emphasizes its demand for police forces to bring all of ... an act to create a bond between the community and their law enforcement. Each play an important role and enforcing this style of policing will only create a better atmosphere to live. Branching off the idea of POP, John E. Eck and William Spelman created the SARA model. This p...

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... with street criminals." (Beals 18) For cops as for anyone else, money invites corruption. Gambling syndicates in the 1950s were protected by a payoff system more elaborate than the Internal Revenue Service. Pervasive corruption may have lessened in recent years, as many believe, but individual examples seem to have grown more shocking. The flood of cash that has flowed from the drug ... , and developing polices which are intended to focus directly on factors leading to corruption. What have all these changes done to eliminate or even decrease the corruption problem? Little or nothing. De...

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... with street criminals." (Beals 18) For cops as for anyone else, money invites corruption. Gambling syndicates in the 1950s were protected by a payoff system more elaborate than the Internal Revenue Service. Pervasive corruption may have lessened in recent years, as many believe, but individual examples seem to have grown more shocking. The flood of cash that has flowed from the drug ... , and developing polices which are intended to focus directly on factors leading to corruption. What have all these changes done to eliminate or even decrease the corruption problem? Little or nothing. De...

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... to pay-back society; a person can do more alive than dead. The offender should be required to compensate the victim's family with the offender's own income from employment or community service. By working, the criminal inadvertently pays-back society and also their victim/victim's family. The case of Leopold and Loeb (1924) is an example of how effective life imprisonment can ... proven that there have been cases of wrongly executed prisoners. That infact execution costs taxpayers more than life sentencing. I also believe that society would benefit more if a convict does community servi...

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... the criminal justice system. Another thing that the new police department brought forward was the use of uniforms. All police officers were made to wear uniforms as part of their service being an officer. This made them identifiable to the public as a public official. Wearing uniforms made their presence known to the public and to prospective criminals. Lastly the new type ... time the progressive era brought with also a slight change to the police departments. Their focus strayed away from public service to criminal law enforcement. They felt that their main focus should be crime and n...

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... rights, investigating accidents and many more responsibilities. Supervisors will teach these officers what they need to know before beginning their patrol duties. The goals of training are to teach customer service, encourage individual achievement and teamwork. It is essential for any officer to receive in-class training, and to learn field training so that they may develop a way of handling situations ... trouble will likely occur. Traffic enforcement is another duty where officers enforce traffic laws in order to make roads safer. Officers must also respond to emergency calls for ser...

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... released. Rehabilitation is now starting to fully come to a complete circle within the United States of America. When you combined both rehabilitation and punishment together the outcome for criminals becomes better than if they had just received one of those options. When a criminal is sentenced to prison without any rehabilitation the recidivism rate will continue to be on the high side ... -based prevention programs is to not only prevent juvenile delinquency but also adult criminality by reducing the prevalence of risk factors associated with delinquent behavior"(National Criminal Ju...

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