preventative detention and continued detention where sex offenders under the "Serious Sex Offenders Act 2006 (NSW) could be held in custody after their sentence has been served - as well as 2 yrs monitoring of sex offenders under the Sex Offenders Registration Act -then I concluded with young offenders - how whilst the community does push for rehabilitation/welf Here is one of the most difficult places for law enforcement to balance the opposing goals of the "best interests of the community" vs. the "rights and freedoms of the individual." The community wants the police to PREVENT crime -- to stop criminals before they get a chance to do harm -- and not just wait around for a crime to take place and then try to solve it. (Even if they do solve it, it would still be better if it had never happened.) So inner-city cops "stop and frisk" bad-looking kids, suspicious characters, etc. 1) If the search of the suspects reveals nothing (no weapons, drugs, burglary tools, stolen goods, etc.
Hypothesis of Police Brutality The problems with police brutality are major issues that face both law enforcement and the communities they protect. My hypothesis is that a lifelong learning process which lacked training and accountability contribute to police brutality. Police brutality has been a major issue since the 1900’s and continues to be a issue in today’s society that plagues our communities and people. Police brutality is defined as unwarranted use of force, and other mistreatment of citizens as police officers are challenged everyday their mission is to protect and serve but it seems their mission has become shoot first and ask questions later. When looking into the sociological concepts of police brutality you must look into
Naming Sex Offenders More and more controversy arises every year over whether to make sex offenders names public. The question lurks in peoples’ minds are sex offenders really and truly rehabilitated or are they just simply claiming to be reformed? The answer to that question is that 89 percent of sex offenders repeat their offense after completing rehabilitation or being chemically castrated. Every state has a community notification system in place to alert the community of sex offender registrations. According to Appelbaum, “Most identified sex offenders reside in the community, having completed their prison terms or having been placed directly on probation without incarceration”.
Overall, the debates focuses on whether the change is crucial to protect women and children or are the proposed changes are really just about placating the critics. The objective of this and other similar papers is to present an evaluation of the current system and make recommendations for changes. The common thread among these papers is the focus on children’s exposure to domestic violence and the fact that it is now considered a form of child abuse. The main concern is for the victim’s welfare, especially those of the children, after the courts have passed judgements. The paper also challenges the FCA and the Family Magistrates Court (‘FMA”) to regard and interpret family violence between adults as child abuse.
Community Corrections Barb Vorachek University of Phoenix (Axia) CJS/230 Theresa Degard 12/11/11 Community Corrections The goals of community corrections are to contribute to public safety, and reduce future criminal conduct (Martin, 2006). Community corrections are a big part of the criminal justice system. Community corrections are a form of punishment that an offender can receive to serve time in the community, instead of serving it in jail. There are many forms of community corrections it does not only involve probation and parole. Other forms include community service and house arrest (Foster, 2006).
These types of measures have all but eliminated the chance for rehabilitation in our prison setting. While punishment and incapacitation is an important part of making sure that justice is served, especially to victims and their families, the fact is that the incarcerated offender will eventually be required to return to society as a reformed member. This makes it imperative on us, to provide the tools of rehabilitation to the offender, both in the prison setting, and especially through parole, where the offender is truly gauged on whether or not he or she is ready to join the
They STOP THE INCARCERATION AND START THE REHABILITATION 15 participate in anger management courses and substance abuse counseling if necessary, and do manual labor on the facility grounds or in the community. (Clark, 2013). Although shock incarceration is a better solution then adult prisons, it has been criticized over its incidents involving abuse of inmates by staff. (Cullen, 2012) Punishment and rehabilitation are a major part of the criminal justice system and will be effective in controlling crime if there is a way to incorporate the two factors to work together. Punishing and following up with rehabilitation through community supervision can help prevent crime.
This was passes as a part of the Omnibus Crime Bill of 1994 and established guidelines for states to track sex offenders, (Office of Justice Programs). The act required states to track sec offenders by confirming their place of residence annually for ten years after their release into the community or quarterly for the rest of their lives if the sex offender had been convicted of a violent sex offense, (Office of Justice Programs). The next major piece of legislation came in 1996 with Megan’s Law. Almost every state had passed a Megan’s Law prior to the federal government doing so in 1996. Megan’s Law provides the public with the ability to access information from sex offender registries.
Holmes & Holmes (2009, p290) stated “To appraise a crime without some knowledge of the victim is certainly remiss.” The victim constitutes half of the crime therefore victimology should be heavily looked at in order to connect them to the offender (Douglas, Burgess, Burgess, & Ressler, 1992).Victimology is important to an investigation process in that, it is not just learning about the victim’s personal history and personality, but it also why the victim was chosen (Petherick, 2010). Holmes and Holmes (2009,p 291) created a list of elements which should be important to victim profiling it includes: "Physical traits, marital status, personal lifestyle, occupation, education, personal demographics, medical history, psychosexual history, court history, and last activities." A victim’s lifestyle, preferences, family, relationships, and routines, can give investigators clues about potential suspects who had access to the victim (Brown & Davenport, 2012). Other concepts that should be considered when victim profiling are the method of approach, method of attack and risk assessment (Turvey, 1999). Con, surprise, and blitz are three methods of approach that an offender will use to capture his victim.
The children are the ones that will carry on our society and it is our jobs to teach them morals and values. The most important factor in children’s lives is domestic trends. Children are very impressionable and look to adults for guidance and role models. There are now many types of family units including: single parents, divorced parents, married couples, homosexual couples and other relatives acting as parents. Studies done by Sara McLanahan and Gary D. Sandefur, they had found that children raised by single parents were worse off in life than children that were raised by both parents regardless of race, educational background or if the parent was remarried.