Department of Justice retains data for analysis, dissemination, and study to help those in law enforcement and those wishing to research data related to criminal justice. ... A weakness of this database, however, is that is contains only quantitative data, painting only a small part of the profile of an offender, these statistics give mostly demographic information, as a guide, and cannot assist in profiling fugitive criminals to give closure to open cases. The information being researched in this brief paper is the characteristics of the parent prison population and their children and the B...

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Therefore the study into schizophrenia and the result it has on criminal offenders is definitely needed to ensure effective rehabilitation of criminal offenders. ... I used the internet, libraries, books, expert opinions, case references, acts, analysis from case studies, passages from books, and statistical databases with results from cases, interviews, pure research and media headlines and interviews to find as much relevant material as possible. ... This allowed me to have a clear guide from start to finish of what information is important and what should be included as...

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A recent study shows that 57% of teen gang members think it is socially acceptable to be a member of a gang (Lang, 1999:58). ... In a recent study, 80% of males who participated in school sports were tested drug free for every year they have played on the team (Guernsey, 1996:107). ... Extra curricular activities guide teens in the right direction and occupy their time so they can not be out committing crimes. ...

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