The Department of Corrections is considering adding in-home monitoring as a sentencing option for judges. They have asked you to provide some information to them to assist in making a decision. They need to know what in-home monitoring is and what type of offenders would be considered for this program. You will be speaking at th
1. What correctional policies can be created from the principles of restorative justice (based on indigenous justice principles)? Are these values more compatible with some offenses than others? More appropriate for some types of offenders than others? 2. Can you explain why juveniles of color have higher rates of contact wi
Contact a local or state probation and parole office, and interview an officer. Determine the following information: the officer's duties, background, case load, ideas behind parole and probation, amount of time actually spent with each parolee each month, the needs of the agency to be more effective, the officer's opinion as to
1. With the current threat of terrorism and other dangers to the United States, should the United States combine all the police agencies into one national police organization? 2. For example Federal, State, Local, and County. If you consolidate the police, would you have to do the same to the criminal justice system? Po
I have to do a power point slide on the war on drugs. The thing is that the questions I have to answer are hard to find the answers too. I have looked on the internet and I am feeling that maybe I have looked over something. So I need some good pointers on this question if any body has any and or some good web sites to look at
Please help me with suggestions and ideas on the following: 1. Write a position paper on the following statement: Placing criminals in prisons benefits everyone.
Please describe for me the major differences between adult and juvenile probation? Which one is more effective - adult or juvenile probation?
What are the differences, if any between community corrections, alternative sentencing, and Intermediate sanctions?
1. What are the vital roles that law enforcement play in the community? Please show awareness of community expectations, relationship between community and police, police internal factors. 2. What areas should be addresses if in a law enforcement training on policies and procedure for following the 4th and 6th amendment right
Discuss your views on the practice of allowing convicted offenders to serve all or part of their sentences in the community. Do you support this idea? Do you think it provides value in rehabilitating offenders? Why or why not? Please provide support for your views.
In recent years, the use of forensic evidence has become more commonplace in criminal cases. In using forensic evidence, examiners use fingerprints, lip-prints, and DNA analysis. DNA evidence was used to catch some of the most heinous murderers in America. For example, bite marks were used to identify and convict Theodore Bundy
One of the major arguments against the formation of a true international criminal justice agency is the loss of national sovereignty for the countries involved. Assume you have been asked to propose a true international criminal justice system; how would you address this issue? Include in your answer the three components of the
After overhearing from a public telephone what appeared to be arrangements for a drug transaction, a Florida police officer followed the defendant's car. When Jimeno committed a traffic violation, the officer stopped his car. The officer told Jimeno that he believed that Jimeno was carrying narcotics in his car and asked for con
Define exigent circumstances and how they affect an officer's need to obtain a search warrant to perform a search.
Racial minorities make up a very small proportion of the lawyers and judges in the United States. What accounts for this? What difference, if any, would it make if more of the lawyers representing criminal defendants were racial minorities? Support your answer. Evidence suggesting that prosecutors use their peremptory challe
Connecticut State Trooper Glover was working as an undercover officer in narcotics. He and an informant went to an apartment building in Hartford, where Glover knocked on the door of one of the apartments. A man (the defendant in this case) opened the door and in a 5-to-7 minute period sold $20 worth of heroin to Glover. Glover
Assume Jones has been convicted of murdering another person with an assault weapon in furtherance of street gang activity. The drug charge was dropped before the trial. He has one prior felony conviction and, under California law, that means if the Three Strikes law applies, it will double the sentence whatever it may be. The la
Q1. Do you think all criminals make rational decisions when committing their crimes? Why or why not? Q2. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/restorative_justice/96523-family_group/family5.html This one-page introduction describes the origins of FGC and explains how the tenets of Dr. John Braithwaite's "reinteg
Q1. Explain how the practices of diversion, decriminalization, net widening, and deinstitutionalization of status offenders work in juvenile justice. How do each of these initiatives relate to the basic assumptions of labeling theory? Q2. What do you understand to be the goal of the Iowa Gender Specific Services Task Force?
1. Patents, copyrights, and trademarks, along with other measures, provide protection for the property rights arising in business. Why is it important to protect these property rights, and how does it help our society? 2. What process would an organization establish and maintain to minimize tort liability while still permitti
Could use some help with figuring out these questions: 1. Do the rich have a different system of adjudication than the poor in the USA? 2. What reforms would improve the system and how would you implement these reforms? Please include some ideas on this and also include any sites that are easy to understand sites that
In recent years, the use of forensic evidence has become more commonplace in criminal cases. In using forensic evidence, examiners use fingerprints, lip-prints, and DNA analysis. DNA evidence was used to catch some of the most heinous murderers in America. For example, bite marks were used to identify and convict Theodore Bundy
Create a detailed list of tips you can provide rookie officers on what to look for, what to do and what not to do when they are investigating a crime scene.
You work for a state judge as an administrative assistant. The judge is a proponent of alternative sentencing options but is frequently criticized for sentencing defendants to home detention, probation, community service etc. She has asked you to prepare an evaluation of the effectiveness of such options because he is schedule
1. Discuss the difference between a jail and a prison. 2. What types of criminals are held in each facility? 3. Is it local, state or federal government that funds and maintains a jail? What about a prison? 4. Can jails ever be used to hold defendants more appropriately incarcerated in a prison? Please include intex
The latest development in investigating driving while intoxicated is the Passive Alcohol Sensor (PAS). This flashlight with a built-in breathalyzer enables an officer to analyze a driver's breath without the driver's participation or consent. 1. Does use of this device, which could be called a "sense -enhancing" device becaus
Lopez was having federal tax problems and attempted to bribe an IRS agent. After the IRS agent reported the matter to his superior, he was instructed to keep an appointment with Lopez. However, at the second meeting the IRS agent had a tape recorder in his pocket and recorded the conversation in which Lopez again attempted to br
1. Define exigent circumstances and how they affect an officer's need to obtain a search warrant to perform a search. 2. Perform an internet search and provide two examples of cases that involved exigent circumstances. 3. Cite the city or state and briefly describe what happened in the case. 4. Did officers obtain a
Your campus security supervisor has given you an assignment. Recently there has been an increase in the number of sexual assaults in a particular area. He has responded by increasing patrols during the periods of times that they attacks have occurred and has asked you to come up with a few additional suggestions as to how the
Why is punishment dispensed out after a criminal conviction? There are numerous theories behind this idea including general and specific deterrence, retribution, revenge etc. Select one type of conventional sentence (imprisonment, probation, etc.) and one non-traditional option (boot camp, community service, etc.) and analyze