Offenders In Jails

The theoretical paradigm that supports the use of labeling offenders within the criminal justice is cleverly, labeling theory. Mentioned lightly above, was the premise behind labeling theory. This theoretical paradigm is predominantly interesting in exploring labeling of offenders, due to the fact that it both targets the offenders, as well as the individuals who are placing labels or stigmatizing the offenders in the first place based off the perceived deviant action. Labeling theory is truly prevalent, and is still occurring every day within the criminal justice system for a number or reasons. First, there is a political aspect involved. Community members are focused on political messages that stem from the government through the

Between 1980 and 2014 the number of incarcerated people in the United States quadrupled from 500,000 to approximately 2.3 million. At any given time, the United state incarcerates one percent of its population while another two percent are under extended supervision (Wakefield and Uggen 2010). In addition, the United States has faced a dramatic increase in its homeless and housing insecure population since the 1980s (Herbert, Morenoff, and Harding 2015). Reasons include a decline in affordable housing, foreclosure, poverty, eroding work opportunities, and also laws restricting certain populations from housing. This paper will address past and current challenges related to reentry, recidivism, and housing by analyzing relevant empirical research.

Incarceration should not be the only form of punishment in the United States just like it is not in most developed nations. I agree with Dr. Bryant’s week three statements about the word discretion being used as camouflage for discrimination. The stakeholders in the criminal justice system used huge amount of discretion when performing their duties. In this case, the law enforcement officers, prosecutors, defenders, judges etc. The police officer can decide when making an arrest to handcuff the accused, send the accused to the community based service program or gave the accused a ride to his or her parent and warn the accused not to do it again. It all depends on how the officer chooses to use the discretion at his disposal. Indiscriminate

An inherent marker of this case’s problematic nature can be demonstrated within the representation of the defendants by prosecution. The defendants had their socioeconomic status and previous interactions with the ‘justice’ system flagrantly used against them. They were characterized as those people, the others, the ones who commit crimes – preying on implicit jury biases*1. Their background and the neighborhood they grew up in was used as an excuse to typecast them for a role in prison. It seems obvious that in any case, the class roles of any participants should be irrelevant unless their crime explicitly involves the matter. Instead, theirs were touted as evidence. Additionally, the defendants’ previous transgressions were brought up in an attempt to further incriminate them. Though recidivism rates are essentially astronomical in the United States, this argument is beyond irrelevant and at its heart a fallacy that should make this information irrelevant. (If the defendants had interacted with the justice system before and they were convicted of anything, then the system has failed them. It’s clearly ineffective given that in the eyes of the state the defendants were far from rehabilitated).

Youth offenders in the United States who commit an adult crime should they be tried as an adult or sent off to rehab?

It is now a commonly acknowledged fact that the United States incarcerates too many of its citizens and locks them up for too long.

In this society it is easy to dismiss people as crazy, lazy, or violent without knowing a person’s full background. We all come from different walks of the life and we have a tendency to turn a blind eye to that fact. I look at our prison system and see an array of people incarcerated for many different reasons. The background and upbringing of a person plays a vital role in the type of person someone is going be when they grow up. A person who grew up in a home of violence will have to make a decision about their future. The things seen as a child will either cause a person to break mentally or they will have the determination to do better for their family and themselves. In some cases, a person will have to seek help in order to obtain

GED while incarcerated, but such opportunities depend on the availability of education programs and inmate eligibility for those programs” (Visher, Travis).

The article outlines several factors that influence or have an impact on offender’s recidivism rates. An interesting fact is the number of adults who reside in the United States that are currently under some type of criminal justice oriented supervision. There are more than 2 million adults in the United States who are incarcerated and an additional excess of five more million adults who are currently on probation and parole (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2011). There were 125.9 million adults in the United States in 2014 (Wikipedia, 2018). The range of the number of adults who are incarcerated and the amount that is under some type of criminal justice supervision is 118,900,000.

Good job on your post, in addition to what you wrote about the RN being the fundamental teacher and speaker, too students, Juvenile and older communities and in hospitals, and nursing homes. I just want to add one very important population to this and, that is inmates in jails and prisons. Most often this population is not included when we are talking about health, not only the inmates but people working in our Correctional Facilities. I want to suggest educating inmates as soon as they are checked in, and having teaching sessions with the staff, non-medical and medical on how to prevent new viral infections. Educating people on recommended vaccines is very crucial to this goal. Research has shown that patients are more likely to accept a

It can be said like in law enforcement that people resist change, which inevitably leads to repeat offenders. The South Carolina Department of Social Services are experiencing higher caseload these days due to repeat offenders. Once the investigation is over and the treatment is completed, they are out of your lives. The thrill of proving them wrong is gone and parents are left on their own to keep their children safe. But what can be said and what can be done about the parents who are repeat offenders, how can they received the help they need to resist change? An exploration into the city so Spartanburg will introduce you to the Hub City in which repeated child maltreatment continues to be a problem.

I grew up in a highly crime/drug infested neighborhood; which has given me a bias opinion about drug addicts and/or offenders and I doubt that a video and/or learning resource/s can sway that. The vast majority of violent offenders that I have known were on drugs and like most drug addicts seemed to feel a huge amount of self-pity and a have a huge un-realistic self-worth (they thought they were more important than the rest of the people living on the planet earth). My assumption about victims before watching the video is that no victim deserves to have received that title; no one has the right to steal and/or hurt another person for any reason.

Identifying and targeting an offender as early in their criminal career as possible, if successful, will deter those from growing into prolific offenders (Vollard, 2010). Ratcliffe (2008) notes that predictors of having a criminal conviction include socio-economic deprivation, low intelligence, poor parental supervision and an anti-social family. However, most of these are difficult for police to obtain this information.

You presented good points and interesting details. Offenders that lack the necessary tools and skills needed to be successful will reoffend. Although programs such as education and skill trade are offered, offenders with no desire to better themselves will not participate in the programs. On the other hand, offenders that have a support system and a "home" to return to receive opportunities of jobs and competitive pay. Therefore, these offenders are not institutionalized and want to better their chances in society and become tax paying,law-abiding citizens.

There are 2 types of offenders, professionals and those who are not professionals. They steal as a way of life, or to get money to pay for drugs. Thefts not rare, professional theft sometimes has to do with greed, poverty or values and most of the time it has more to do with individuals with needs and personal conflicts. These people know how to distinguish what is good from what is bad, know that there are consequences and often have the money to pay, but still continue stealing. They also tend to steal things they don’t need and sometimes not even use. They usually have the money to pay for the item carried rarely plan their theft in advance and never even try to sell it to make a profit.