Category: Criminal homework help

 Are community-based correctional/treatment programs more effective than incarceration?  Explain your reasoning and provide supporting evidence for your argument.  Finally, provide an example of an evidence-based practice in community-based programming or in a correctional institution that supports your side of the argument. 

 How do existing criminal justice and social policies create barriers for effective prisoner reentry and rehabilitation? 

 
 What  factors contributed to the emergence of a market for private prisons in  the U.S.?  Discuss the 
1. relationship between politics,
2. ideology, 
3. and  private prisons.  
How can policy makers optimize the use of private  prisons in the criminal justice system? 

You will discuss the crisis intervention continuum and where on the continuum they ended up when working through your crisis. Refer to the assignment expectations for further detail.

Use of Force & Law Enforcement Image
Do you believe the use of force by the police should be more heavily regulated by the courts and legislative bodies, or should its use be entirely dictated by the state of mind of the individual police officer? Explain.
The image portrayed by police tactical units is much different than a typical officer on the beat. Do you believe this image has been helpful to the police mission in America in terms of police-community relations or has it hindered that goal? Explain.

Provide examples and discuss successful problem-solving courts.  What factors are important to consider when determining that a court is successful?

 Aaron Beck, the Father of Cognitive therapy, suggests that addictions stem from addicted individuals not having a biological disease but rather being in possession of negative and painful psychological ‘core beliefs’, which are often inaccessible to immediate consciousness without the support and guidance of a therapist. These painful ‘core beliefs’ tend to be short rigid statements such as ‘I am unlovable’ or ‘I am a failure’. When these beliefs rise to the surface a system of addictive beliefs are activated. The addicted individual will start to believe there will be significant benefits to using their substance of choice. For example, the individual may believe ‘I cannot cope with this situation, if I have a drink/use a drug I will cope better’. These beliefs result in increased drink/drug cravings. Once craving begins, an individual may start to engage in ‘permissive thinking’, such as “I’ll just have one drink tonight to help me through this. I can handle drinking just this once.” Following permissive thoughts, the likelihood of drink/drug seeking and consuming behavior is greatly increased and the addicted individual may begin to use.
Given the concept that addiction and addictive behaviors stems from these core beliefs, how has the current prison system perpetuates these beliefs? What are some policies that you suggest should be adopted by the criminal justice system to address the root of substance use and addiction? Include citations from the text. 

After reviewing the TEDTalk Video: I Love Being a Police Officer, but We Need Reform by Melvin Russell, respond to the following:
There doesn’t seem to be a question that law enforcement is in crisis today. What steps can be taken to transform the relationship between police and the communities they are sworn to serve and protect?
You heard Lt. Colonel Russell admit that though he believed what they did in Baltimore worked (this video was done in 2016), Baltimore homicides have jumped to an all-time high. Why? Is law enforcement to blame? If not, who is, and how do we at least get 

 Should we revisit how juveniles are prosecuted? Explain your reasoning and address both prosecution in juvenile court and in adult court under the waiver system.  Include the economic implications of juvenile prosecution and consider the individual, group, and community implications of juvenile prosecution in your response. 

Aaron Hernandez was a professional athlete, he was accused of murdering a mutual friend, Odin Lloyd. In 2015, he was convicted of the Lloyd murder.