Also, The Anti-Drug AbuseAct of 1988 calls for the death penalty for all drug related killings. ... The death penalty was enforced 45 times. ... In 1995 Hart Research Associated Poll asked law enforcement officers what they thought would help the deteration of crime. 31% said reduce drug abuse; 17% said better economy and jobs; 16% simplify court rules; 15% longer prison sentence; 10% more police officers; 3% reducing guns; and 1% expand death penalty. ... The only way to deter crime is to prevent it from happening, rather then enforce harsh punishment to "scare" off potential crimes. ... ...

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Law enforcement enforces many different crimes; some of the most serious crimes are violent crimes. ... In 1994, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was passed. ... This subject is addressed within the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is section 3626. This section states, " Federal court shall not place a ceiling on the inmate population of any Federal, State, or Local detention facility unless crowding is inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on a particular identified prisoners " (Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, section 3626). ....

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The root cause of prison overcrowding is the War on Drugs. ... Harsh sentencing for minor drug offenses, warrantless searches, and zero tolerance policies are just a few initiatives of the War on Drugs. ... Even America's perception of drugs before the Drug War was insignificant. ... At the beginning President Reagan's War on Drugs, law enforcement agencies were hesitant to enforce such a measure, but the President offered a treat few agencies can resist: cash. According to Michelle, "Huge cash grants were made to those law enforcement agencies that were willing to make drug-law...

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It will take new treatment programs, as well as vigorous enforcement and a committed public. One method they come up with is drug courts that are more successful than the stand-alone programs is the threat of going to prison if a drug user fails to complete the program. Drug courts employ a carrot-and-stick approach. ... Drug courts have received high marks from all quarters of the criminal justice establishment as well as from drug treatment specialists. ... It will take new treatment programs, as well as vigorous enforcement and a committed public (Spelman,1988). ...

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This law does work when it is actually applied to large drug dealers. ... In some cases, the amount of drugs does not even come into question. ... When mandatory sentences are used in Federal cases that do involve high-level drug dealers, the amount of cocaine consumed can be reduced 72 kilograms by per million dollars spent on enforcement. Conventional enforcement at all levels of government can reduce consumption by 27 kilograms (Caulkins 2). However, according to Caulkins, spending an extra millions dollars on enforcing mandatory sentences at all levels of government, consumption would o...

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Kennedy states, in a local news story, he started to do drugs at the age of thirteen and continued being dependent on the high (Kinney 696). ... During this program, he learned how to take responsibility for his actions, quit his drug addiction and crime, and most importantly, how to create an attitude for success. The Salvation Army's rehabilitation program restores lives and is enforced in local prisons, providing ministries to prevent future crime. ... Research showed that the punishment that was enforced didn't teach prisoners as effectively as they thought. ... This restorati...

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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. ... Probation also moved on in the 1990's as it became responsible for developing partnerships with other agencies, such as employment agencies and alcohol and drug counsellors, so that offenders in the community can be more effectively managed. ... (Induction Handbook, 2003) Paul Boateng, Minister for P...

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Both Helen and Tom may be issued with semi-custodial sentences for theft, drug offences, traffic offences, and possible manslaughter. ... 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 rehabilitate the offender, such as the result of attending counselling for drug and alcohol addiction. ... Diversionary programs are designed for offenders who need special needs and treatment for a particular problem that leads to criminal...

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The majority of imprisoned mothers are single parents who primarily committed non-violent crimes such as drug possession, shoplifting, fraud and prostitution (Wirpsa, 1998). According to Justice Work literature, a closer look into women involved in the criminal justice system shows that they are there because of lack of education, poverty, homelessness, drug addictions, and spousal abuse. ... "Justice Works wants to redirect prison construction and law enforcement toward a more effective and less expensive alternative to jail and prison for non-violent crimes" (Wirpsa, 1998). According t...

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Most of the reason for this is drug related. Yet whites and blacks engage in drug offences, possession and sales, at roughly comparable rates (Human Rights Watch 2008).While African Americans comprise 13% of the US population and 14% of monthly drug users they are 37% of the people arrested for drug offences ( Marc Mauer of The Sentencing Project.) African Americans are arrested for drug offences at rates 2 to 11 times higher than the rate for whites. ... Marc Mauer of the Sentencing Project reports African Americans are 21% more likely to receive mandatory minimum sentences than white defenda...

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The author believes that there are exceptions to some cases in which zero tolerance policies enforce. ... He believes that the president has stripped all rights from the criminal by enforcing laws which mandate mandatory sentences to certain offenses. Even the "piddling crimes" (of no worth) are being slapped with sentences that are outrageous because they are simply related with the use of drugs or violence or associated with whatever offense offers the greatest time in the slammer. ...

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In Arkansas you must kill someone with arson, kill a law enforcement officer on purpose, a teacher or school worker, kill a prison worker, a jail attendant, correctional worker, or someone who is in the military. ... In Connecticut "murder of a public safety or correctional officer, murder for pecuniary gain; murder in the case of a felony; murder by a defendant with a previous conviction for intentional murder; murder while under a life sentence; murder during kidnapping; illegal sale of cocaine, methadone, or heroin to a person who dies from using these drugs; murder during firs...

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They have an established hierarchy including a president, vice president, recruiter, secretary, sergeant of arms, and enforcer. ... "White drug addicts tended to join together in order to pool their funds to buy drugs at a volume discount" (Hassine, 63). ...

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Sherry Atkinson Dr. Bunce English 1123/18 03/06/03 Crime and punishment An issue that has continually created tension in today's society is whether the death penalty serves as a justified and valid form of punishment. Whenever the word "death penalty" comes up, extremists from both sides...

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If a member of the execution team injects the drugs into the muscle instead of a vein, or if the needle becomes clogged, extreme pain can result. Many prisoners have damaged veins resulting from intravenous drug use and it is sometimes difficult to find a usable vein, resulting in long delays while the inmate is strapped to the gurney (Description of Execution Methods "). ...

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With the professionalization of police and law enforcement, society moved to punishment focusing on reform and rehabilitation of the offender. ... If we look at the prison population, many prisoners are suffering from life long history of drug abuse, alcohol dependency, abuse, or some sort of mental illness. ...

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The criminal justice system enforces order and respect for everyone's life and as well as their families and property. ... He stated, "The sight of so many of those prisoners with rashes and burns -- to say nothing of the rumors of prisoners' being shipped to mental hospitals after participating in studies of psychotropic drugs, or even dying mysteriously....

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