In 2003 the Prison Rape Elimination Act was passed. “The purpose of the act was to provide for the analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape in federal, state, and local institutions and to provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from prison rape.” (Prison Rape Elimination Act 2003) Any established prision units were then notified “ The standards set forth in the final rule are binding on the Federal Bureau of Prisons. With regard to states, those that do not comply with the standards are subject to a five percent reduction in funds they would otherwise receive for prison purposes from the department unless the governor certifies that five percent of such funds will be used to enable compliance in future years. No organization responsible for the accreditation of correctional facilities may receive any federal grants unless it adopts accreditation standards consistent with the standards set forth in the final rule.”(DOJ 2012) With the following of this act the PREA commission was
government treated all individuals living in the United States without proper documentation as illegal immigrants (Roby, et al., 2008). As a result of these issues, congress passed the TVPA of 2000, providing the first movement of prohibiting human trafficking in the United States. The TVPA of 2000 created new prosecution methods and provided victim services as an aid to prosecuting traffickers. Additionally, the policy provided protections and assistance for severe victims of Human Trafficking such as being eligible to receive Food Stamps, Medicaid, TANF, and a T-Visa, which allowed them to live and work in the U.S. for three years and later apply for permanent residency (Roby, et al., 2008). Desyllas, M. C. (2007).
A) SECONDARY VICTIMISATION IN THE COURT PROCESS Contents PG 1 Introduction 2 2 Definitions 2 1 Secondary Victimisation 2 2 The Court Process 3 3 Victims’ Rights 3 4 Case Study – Thandeka's Story 4 5 The criminal justice process: Rights vs reality 4 1 The Police 4 2 The Hospital 6 3 The Crime Investigation 7 4 The Trial 8 5 The Judgment and Sentencing 9 6 Conclusion 10 7 Bibliography and References 11 8 Annexure 'A' Thandeka's Story : One in Nine: Rape survivors guide: 2012: 9-11 Introduction “If one set out intentionally to design a system for provoking symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder, it might look very much like a court of law…. Victims [of violent crime] need social acknowledgment and support; the court requires them to endure a public challenge to their credibility. Victims need to establish a sense of power and control over their lives; the court requires them to submit to a complex set of rules and procedures that they may not understand and over which
Medical Marijuana Users to Lose Driving Privileges? House Bill 1261-11 is looking to declare anyone with more 5 nanogram/milliliters of THC in their bloodstream guilty of a “DUI.” This would make them subject to a misdemeanor and a possible loss of license. This all sounds fine and dandy until you learn that there is no correlation between THC blood levels and impairment! The NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) released a study proving this. Their findings conclude that habitual marijuana users usually average a level higher than 5ng/mL.
If an offender is being accused of being seen at a location that has small children then the GPS can verify the story. (“Strategically Monitoring Sex Offenders”, 2008) Also having joint random home visits with correction officers and police officers gives two sets of eyes to look over the home. Society questioned correction officers on how well they monitored homes after Jaycee Dugard was found after 18 years of imprisonment by a sex offender. (Palta,
ex offenders Sex Offenders and the Prison Program Christy Parmentier East Central College Intro to Corrections Hopefully when you are done reading this you will understand sex offenders and the mandated treatment they receive in prison. A sex offender is a person who has committed a sex crime. Most convicted offenders have convictions of a crime with a sexual nature (e.g. sexual assault, statutory rape, child sex abuse, rape, etc...), while some others have violated a law in a sexual category (e.g. sexting, corruption of a minor, etc.)
In the late 1980s the NSW government introduced a cognate package of young offenders’ legislation including the introduction of doli incapax and the Children’s Court. Coinciding with this massive reform was the introduction of the independent body, The Youth Justice Coalition. Before the turn of the new millennium, the Young Offenders Act 1997 (NSW) was introduced with a second period of reform, including the launch of the NSW Youth Drug and Alcohol Court in 2000. However in recent times, political pressure has led to a ‘tough on crime’ stance by the NSW Police Force. As this has occurred, non-legal responses such as rehabilitation and advocacy services have attempted to achieve justice while legal responses lag behind.
Re-Entry of Sex Offenders Francina Moore CRJ422: Criminal Justice Capstone Professor: Robert Jackson February 16th, 2011 One of the worst crimes in the world is a sex crime. Sex crimes are committed by both men and women from all ages. These are crimes that is committed when an individual have sex with an individual without their consent. Statutory rape is when the sex may be consensual, but one person may be old enough to be the victim mother or father, and that person can
Some states, such as Texas and Pennsylvania, are now requiring tougher sentencing. Texas has a mandatory 25-year sentence for a first conviction of raping a child under six, or using a weapon, causing bodily harm, or kidnapping a child aged seven to fourteen; the same sentence applies for repeat offenders. (Ramshaw, 2009) In 2006, Pennsylvania’s Governor Rendell signed bills to protect children, aid victims of sexual assault and toughen penalties for sex offenders. For example, the minimum sentence for raping a child is now 10 years, whereas, it used to be six; repeat offenders could face life in prison. (Newswire, 2006 ¶ 4) California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stated, “What kind of a society do we create here when you can not even let the children go out on the playground, and you always have to worry about them getting abducted and sexually molested…?” (Peckenpaugh, 2006 p. 2) With that said, on August 16, 2005 he signed the Sexual Predator Punishment and control Act, a bill that would have harsher punishments for certain sex crimes and create lifetime monitoring for convicted sex offenders released back into the community and to prevent registered sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of schools and parks.
Probation and Other Community Sentencing Fikisha Broadnax Everest Online CCJ 1020-25 Probation and Other Community Sentencing Who can forget the Chris Brown and Rihanna incident back in 2009 where Chris Brown was charged with felony assault? After Brown pleads guilty to felony assault he was give a sentence of five years supervised probation and six months community service. He was also given a stay away order or better known as a restraining order requiring that he stay at least 50 yards from Rihanna except for industry events where it was reduces to only 10 yards (Siegel, 2012). Believe it or not this type of community sentencing is not uncommon. The prisons are dangerous and becoming increasingly overcrowded so, why would we