The development of problem-solving courts was an innovative response to offenders' problems such as: drug abuse, mental illness, and domestic violence problems. ... Since the introduction and success of drug courts in 1989, several addition forms of problem solving courts have come to light. ... Key tools of drug courts are frequent monitoring, education, alcohol and drug testing, and rehabilitation programs (Casey 2005), which participants frequently appear before the drug court judge, and meetings with court-affiliated case managers regarding progress. ... For example, if a person is se...

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Drug abuse has sadly become very common. ... Not every drug offender out there is the same. ... Marijuana is one of those drugs that aren't addictive or abused to the extent of more harmful drugs such as heroine, meth, etc. ... Even they believe that, "Distressing as the drug-abuse data are, there are treatments for drug abuse and they do work" (Psychology Today). ... Rapists believe that what they do is right and okay. ...

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Well he had devised a distribution scheme for cocaine and narcotics while not actually having to physically deal with the drugs themselves. ... See, during that time in the Reagan Administration, the war on drugs had begun and the "Just Say No" initiative had begun as well during the 80's. Drug crimes and violence went hand in hand and so anything related to drugs had far more dire consequences in the eyes of the politicians and in turn the public interest as well. ... With all these factors in mind, Santos, again, believed that his penalty would not be that great or harsh. ... ...

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Her mother was addicted to drugs and use to abuse her. ... She ran track, she was on the principal honor roll list, and she received the Young Author's Award for a book she wrote about the effects of drugs. ... Her mother was addicted to drugs so she had no guidance or comfort there. ... Well the State of Arkansas believes so. They believe that according to the 10th amendment they have the right to run their prison system the way that they want to. ...

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Moreover, while large numbers of those in prison are there for crimes involving drugs, the availability to drugs on the streets is still a grave concern. ... Abe's opinion: I believe that sexual abuse is in many prisons and devastating many of our juvenile offenders. ...

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Capital punishment is and always has been one of the most debated topics among people, some believe it should be eliminated whereas others believe it should be re-introduced or kept. ... It is believed that fear of execution discourages people from committing crimes. ... The main problem with this is not just that an innocent person has been executed, but also the fact that once they prosecute someone whom they believe is the criminal, they will stop investigation. ...

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The set time period is given to the offender and during this time they have to abide by certain rules such as; unpaid work, curfews, exclusions, drug rehabilitation and alcohol treatment (http://www.inbrief.co.uk). ...

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Although he believed that time would reverse the blackness is ideologically linked to criminality in ways more insidious and complex than Douglass could have imagined. ... Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with then are relegated to cages. ... Or rather the people who continually vote in new prison bonds and tacitly assent to a proliferating network of prisons and jails have been tricked into believing in the magic of imprisonment. ...

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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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Many people are fundamentally opposed to the administration of justice by the private sector and believe that it should stay in the public domain as with the police and the courts. ... Critics of private prisons believe that they actually create an incentive for legislators to promote prison expansion because private corporations building facilities at their own expense legislators can bypass having to go to voters for the approval of bond issues to obtain the needed construction funds. ... It's common knowledge that the harsh drug-sentencing laws that congress passed in 1986 have greatly...

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The so-called "death penalty" has been around since the ancient Greek times, when Socrates, at the age of 70, was brought to trial and charged with "not believing in the gods the state believed in, introducing different new divine powers, and corrupting the young. ...

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Nor does it mean that it cannot be imposed on Australians traveling overseas, as illustrated by the double execution of Barlow and Chambers who were hanged in Malaysia on 7 July 1986 for drug trafficking.( Rehav, Giroa (1989), 'Homicide and Death Penalty: A Cross-sectional Time Series Analysis', International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, Spring, 7,1, 61-71.) ... It revealed that only 26 per cent of respondents felt that the death penalty was appropriate for a person who had stabbed a victim to death, and only 17 per cent favored capital punishment in respect o...

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However, we believe that capital punishment is rarely if ever justified. ... We believe the death penalty should be used if it is the only possible way of defending human lives against the unjust aggressor. ...

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I believe it is impossible to distinguish when any given person attains his or her own humanity; in other words, the time when we can stop thinking of them as an "it" or thing, and call them an actual person. ... In that case, I believe we would assume that the woman did in fact have an obligation to the violinist. ... My final position on abortion would have to be that even if I may want to believe a child is a human being from the moment of conception, I cannot impose that will upon others when there is no proof. ...

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Through the reading of this paper you will learn the arguments for and against the death penalty, respectively, as well as what I believe to be the proper moral choice and why. ... rder, believing that if two acts have the same ending or result, then those two acts are morally equivalent. ...

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While most Americans believe that the justice system is comparable to CSI, Criminal Minds, and Law and Order, the real American justice system does not work in such a fashion. As one may know, on these television shows, most cases get solved and are brought to justice through a court trial. However,...

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They also believe that if attached to certain crimes, the penalty of death exerts a positive moral influence by placing a stigma on certain crimes like manslaughter, resulting in attitudes of disgust and horror to such acts. ... New capital offenses include the murder of a federal prisoner serving a life sentence, and drive by shootings in the course of certain drug offenses" (Internet 3/8/95). ...

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