Criminal law

Case management is an important factor in community supervision. The transition from jail to the community is important and should be taken with care to reduce recidivism. This transition needs help from community based organization, jails, and probation to work together. The Transition from Jail to Community (TJC) is an initiative that helps the community transition. The goals of this transition is to improve public safety and increase the successful of offenders that are released in the…

In the Cantwell v. Connecticut case, Newton Cantwell and his two sons, Jesse and Russell, were convicted of two crimes that breached the Connecticut state law. The Cantwells were members of the Jehovah’s witnesses and claimed to be ordained ministers, due to their religious practices they believed that it was their duty to carry their messages to others. In order to spread their message, they carried along religious materials such as pamphlets, records, books, and also had a record player that…

That being a California Drug Court. But unlike the other presented programs, the protocols for each drug court can be different in how they operate. The basic premise of the courts is to replace the generally court process. That being, your criminal proceedings are suspended during your time in the program. And if you complete the program, the charges may be dismissed or if the program was not completed or done to an unsatisfactory degree, then any crimes against you would be reinstated and…

Deviance Biography Theory Application My aunt “Maria”, was involved in deviant behavior as a child, truancy, fighting and so on, which precluded a life and criminal behavior involving drugs and prostitution that is now starting to fade out of her life after thirty years. Her criminal life began with running away and eventual resulted in prostitution, drug dealing, larceny and identity theft from late teens to today. Her action have been recklessness concerning her own life and well being and…

The purpose of Incarceration of offenders and the criminal justice processes in general is to ensure that criminals are punished for their crimes however more recently research has found that this follows with some collateral consequences. The states punishment is projected further than just the offender, social networks associated with the offender become affected. and become secondary victims to the crime, however they are not given as much support as victims are and subsequently Collateral…

The attempted murder of Marc Schiller was very intense and very brutal. Lugo and his gang attempted eight times to capture Marc Schiller and every time they failed to kill him. "Mark Schiller was the perfect victim because he was involved in medical fraud, something that was illegal," said Levine (Troy Roberts). Schiller had been Tased, burned, beaten, pistol-whipped. When the gang was done with him, they made him wash down sleeping pills with liquor, put him behind the wheel and rammed it into…

American’s prisons today have plenty of convicted felonies for criminal reasons. Some may say they deserve it. Some may question it. Prisons have more innocent prisoners then their needs to be. Innocent people are sent to jail every day because of the United States court system, fails to do the right judgment. People today believe that the justice system is broken because of how innocent people getting falsely accused, but some think the court system is fine, and should stay the way it is. Some…

I was working at on the Chicago Transit Authority, (CTA) train station in the customer assistant service department. My job responsibilities included assisting customers with directions and handling of emergency situations, monitoring and handling elevator entrapments, as well as viewing camera film. I assisted and helped people who have fallen on the tracks, dropped things on the tracks. Sometimes my job would just consist of helping people get to their destinations, but mainly the thing I…

behavior and let them off because of how that person was raised? Why does today’s society believe that the law is immune to social class? It doesn’t matter if you are rich or poor the law applies to all social classes. For step 4, the article concludes that the case was transferred to the adult court system and the court specified that Couch (the teen) will remain on probation until 2024. The court of law will further make the determination if his crossing to Mexico violated the original…

death penalty for juveniles do not believe the juveniles should not be punished, they believe that the death penalty is a serious sentence that should be given serious consideration. Society expects to be protected from the violent actions of all criminals and that is a valid expectation. In order to keep society safe,…