Category: Criminal justice

 Why is it critical that local leaders understand this connection between homelessness and the criminal justice system? Explain.

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Review the NPR podcast and read the Urban institute article on homelessness jail cycle. Then answer the questions.
Click on the NPR podcast and review the Urban institute chart explaining the homelessness-jail cycle.

https://www.npr.org/2012/12/06/166666265/why-some-homeless-choose-the-streets-over-shelters

https://www.urban.org/features/five-charts-explain-homelessness-jail-cycle-and-how-break-it

Answer the following questions

Give a short overview of the video. (1-2 paragraphs)

Why is it critical that local leaders understand this connection between homelessness and the criminal justice system? Explain.

List and explain 2 statistics you found interesting from the five charts on homelessness-jail cycle.

List 1 way the information suggest the homelessness- jail cycle can be broken. What is one thing you would recommend to break the cycle? Explain your answer using the information you have gathered from the learning.

Describe how biases might affect courtroom proceedings, such as a bail/bond proceeding, pretrial proceeding, first appearance, and legal representation (e.g., having a private lawyer instead of a public defender).

A 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you do the following, with supportive examples:

Describe the gender, racial, and ethnic group demographic information for your state’s:
Criminal sentences handed down in court
Corrections institutions (both prisons and jails)
Probation and parole populations

Explain the gender, racial, and ethnic disparities found in sentencing. Address whether there is disparity in who receives probation versus incarceration, and who is paroled versus being denied parole.

Describe how biases might affect courtroom proceedings, such as a bail/bond proceeding, pretrial proceeding, first appearance, and legal representation (e.g., having a private lawyer instead of a public defender).

Propose 2 or 3 recommendations for how to address the racial and ethnic disparities in the areas discussed.

What types of inventories have been sanctioned by the Supreme Court?Explain the limitations on each type of constitutional inventory.

What types of inventories have been sanctioned by the Supreme Court?

Explain the limitations on each type of constitutional inventory.

What types of inspections have been sanctioned by the Supreme Court?
Distinguish between border checkpoints and illegal immigrant checkpoints.

What criteria make a checkpoint pass constitutional muster?

What are school discipline searches?

What justification, if any, is required for officials to conduct a school discipline search?

Under what circumstances are suspicionless searches of government employees’ offices constitutional?

Summarize the U.S. Supreme Court case law involving drug testing.

 What are the historical differences among probation, parole, and community-based alternatives to incarceration?Briefly discuss the issues involved in the administration of policies and procedures related to corrections, probation, parole, and community-based alternatives to incarceration

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In 1/2 to 1 page of single-spaced text for each question below, respond to each of the following 7 discussion items; citations are encouraged as well as a reference page at end of the assignment:

Describe the historical context of American corrections.

List and briefly describe the 5 goals of corrections. Citing at least 2 sources, how effective has U.S. Corrections been at achieving these 5 goals?

Discuss the differences and similarities in the roles between the Pennsylvania and Auburn systems.

What are the historical differences among probation, parole, and community-based alternatives to incarceration?

Briefly discuss the issues involved in the administration of policies and procedures related to corrections, probation, parole, and community-based alternatives to incarceration

Identify and briefly discuss 4 group treatment modalities used in prisons to attempt to rehabilitate prisoners.

Discuss the role of criminal sanctions in rehabilitating offenders.

How do the factors associated with the traditional domestic situation, in terms of race/ethnicity, gender and class, relate to the argument that the Native American and African American communities were victims of American genocide?

Traditionally victimology focuses on domestic violence situations. After reading the material for this session, how do the factors associated with the traditional domestic situation, in terms of race/ethnicity, gender and class, relate to the argument that the Native American and African American communities were victims of American genocide?

By focusing on rape, considering different theoretical approaches and explanations, critically discuss whether the causes of these forms of violence are social or psychological.

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Question:

By focusing on rape, considering different theoretical approaches and explanations, critically discuss whether the causes of these forms of violence are social or psychological.

 

Compare and contrast “Lawful/Effective Policing” and what the author calls “Rightful Policing”.Which do yo think is the best way to measure our law enforcement system in the US? Explain in detail.

Week 3 Discussion

Compare and contrast “Lawful/Effective Policing” and what the author calls “Rightful Policing”.

Which do yo think is the best way to measure our law enforcement system in the US? Explain in detail.