The efforts of NOVA were boosted further by the enactment of the Victims of crime Act 1984. ... Its functions were supplemented by the enactment of Victims of Crimes Act 1984. ... It is worthy to note that since the organization is non-profit, the skilled advocates render their services voluntarily with very little cases of paid advocacy. ...
Although Butler lists it last, he does note that the problem of high incarceration rates among Black males is the one noted most frequently. ... First, in 1984 almost 46% of those arrested for violent crimes were Black, while Blacks constitute only about 12% of the national population on the whole. 5 Overall, Blacks are twice as likely to be arrested when compared to whites.6 This data could be construed to mean simply that Blacks commit more crimes than whites. ...
Due to the overwhelming caseloads processed through the court system, the needs of the offender for additional treatment (i.e., drug addiction, mental illness, alcohol abuse) find themselves incarcerated in an already overcrowded jail or prison with little or no treatment programs to address their issues. One point of view to take is offenders do not have constitutional right to treatment. They committed the crime; they can do the time. On the other hand the view point of balancing prison and jail overcrowding, public policy, the right to fair and equal treatment, and assessing those who can...
