This is known as recidivism and it is a problem in our society as it affects communities, families, and public safety. ... These activities are harder for ex-prisoners than the average person because many prisoners have not been rehabilitated, developed skills, or obtained an education while in prison, and have not received adequate transitional services upon leaving prison. ... I discovered that the recidivism rate was greatly affecting many communities and families and that scholars knew the solutions, but our policies did not reflect what these scholars deemed would be effective. ...

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Prison officials had been contemplating a closed circuit broadcast within the prison for approximately 250 family members of McVeigh's victims who all wished to watch the proceedings. ... If someone spends years locked away from their family and friends before being exonerated there is no way to ever replace that time they have lost, and the effect of one person being removed from a family has far reaching consequences for various members of society. It is not only the direct family who is effected, but also all of society, we are paying for that man or woman to be incarcerated, and possi...

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Anti capital punishment campaigners in America view the higher cost of executing someone over life in prison but this is (whilst true for America) has to do with the endless appeals and delays in carrying out death sentences that are allowed under the American legal system where the average time spent on death row is over 11 years. In Britain in the 20th century the average time in the condemned cell was less that 8 weeks and there was only one appeal. ... For example, in the American state of Texas, a death penalty case costs an average of $2.3 million, about three times the cost of imprisoni...

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The average cost to taxpayers to support an inmate is $65.29 per day; the daily cost for house arrest is a mere $9.39. ... However house arrest allows convicts to keep job, actually forces them to have jobs so they can provide for themselves and their families. ...

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The families of the deceased have expressed their anger and have said he should just be executed (Elliot, 2013). ... Dieter has point out how "states [are] spending millions of dollars on a single capital case [that] the average police budget had to be cut by 7% [in 2010]....

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More often than not the assailant will victimize children of their own immediate family or that of a family friend, neighbor, or co-worker. ... When a pedophile is found guilty, the average sentence is three year in a case by case basis. ...

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TIME found that, nationwide, the average cell cost is $24,000/yr. and the maximum-security cell cost is $75,000/yr (as of 12/95). ... The $34,200/yr. cell cost assumes that only 20% of the death penalty-equivalent life without parole cases would be in maximum security cost cells and that 80% of the death penalty-equivalent life without parole cases would be in average cost cells "a very conservative estimate. The $60,000/yr., for those on death row, assumes that such cells will average a cost equal to 80% of the $75,000/yr. for the most expensive maximum-security cells "a very h...

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Each execution results, on average, in eighteen fewer murders... " ("Does the Death Penalty Deter Crime? ... Finally, one must examine if capital punishment is giving the family closure or if it is being inflicted as a form of revenge. Many supports state that the death penalty is implemented as a form of justice as well as aids in giving the families closure for the convicted felon taking one of their loved one's life. ...

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The additional courts include domestic violence, juvenile drug courts, family treatment courts, mental health courts, community courts, peer/youth courts, and homeless courts (Farole et al 2005). ... Each court is unique in that it only deals with one type of problem, hence the name of the court in providing services related to substance abuse treatment, domestic violence, family treatment, anger management counseling, and mental health treatment (Donald 2005). ... On average, it takes about 15 months to graduate from a drug court, at which point participants receive some legal benefit, usuall...

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Community corrections allow offenders to make reparation to the community and recompense to the victim, to maintain relationships with their families, and to sustain a job with the hope of helping them to grow out of crime into responsible citizens (Vass 1990, p.39; Tomasic and Dobinson 1979 p.61). ... Cohen, (1985, p.46) concedes in his research that states that score high on use of community programs also have an above average use of institutions. ...

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Hawkins also states, "Only when we make meaningful investments in schools -- not prisons -- will our nation reap the benefits through increased earnings for families, reduced unemployment, increased tax revenues from more vibrant local economies, reduced reliance on public assistance, increased civic engagement, and improved public -- safety outcomes for neighborhoods at risk of violence and victimization" (4). ... Only 20 percent of California inmates demonstrate a basic level of literacy, and the average offender reads at an 8th grade level" (Hanson/Stipek 2). ...

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The American Bar Association Project on Standards for Probation recommends that there should be a sufficiently low average caseload to provide adequate supervision and to develop variable caseloads for different types of offenders and assignment techniques which will maximize supervision (Albanese et al. 64). ... Interviews defendants, their families and friends and conducts background investigations to determine the types of sentences and to create corrective action plans. 4. ...

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To sell the Probation service to a very punitive minded member of the public, it is necessary to explain how probation has developed over time from a social work attitude, to the modern day National Probation Service with a law enforcement remit, and its aims and objectives as such. The possible reasons and effects of punitive mindedness need be discussed and the effects of a custodial sentence, in comparison to community sentence upon offenders and the public will be investigated. These arguments will prove that the Probation Service is not a soft option' for offenders, but rather an ...

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While it is easy for the average person to recognize why casino growth is so rapid ("the house always wins"), it isn't quite so apparent why prison growth is almost as tremendous. ... But many of the inmates will be in prison for life, so neither they nor their families will ever be able to touch those funds, which will go right back into the system. ...

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Being locked inside of a cell, some no longer than a home closet, is not a fun existence. Spending several months, years, or worse, a lifetime in such a place is unimaginable for most people. The thought of not being with family, being told what, when, and how to do things, and the loss of freedom a...

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