Corrections officer

The use of crime data is important to criminal justice agencies for various reasons. Some of which include the prevention and prediction of crimes. The data is collected and stored in “crime categories on which local and federal authorities maintain data, ordered by their increasing degree of harm to the general public” (Chen et.al 2004, para 6). It is important but it also has its drawbacks. If for example, a person commits multiple crimes, only the most serious is counted into the data.…

The Cost of Justice Name Institution The Cost of Justice The society is governed by laws that regulate individual’s behavior and protect their rights. When a person goes against the set rules, they are considered to have committed a crime. It is the work of the judiciary to administer justice by ensuring that those who commit crimes are punished as stipulated in the law. The judiciary, therefore, looks into a case or a complaint, determines if the accused has committed a crime and…

Of importance is the core prosecutions unit, the National Prosecutions Service (NPS). The NPS is mainly responsible for general prosecutions and the appeals that might follow, inclusive of the resolution of criminal matters outside of the formal trial process through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, determination of admissions of guilt for minor offences and the consideration of dockets brought by the police where persons have not been formally charged (National Prosecuting Authority,…

Criminal justice system entails correction of behaviors among other duties, when they fully understand the entire process; such groups of people will be in a position to help the victims of crime from recommitting such a crime, through counseling sections and proper understanding of the…

In the poem “One is One” by Marie Ponsot says that “jailers are prisoners’ prisoners too” which means that the jailers are the prisoner of the prisoners. I personally agree to Marie Ponsot quote “jailers are prisoners’ prisoners too” because Jailers are obligated to keep the prisoners in check and order, they are entitled with a set of rules and routine which is followed not only by the guards but inmates as well. The two components are brought together as a connected unit, prisoners and jailers…

In today’s society most people look down on the prison culture. They view prison as a place filled with corruption, drugs, sex, and pop culture likes to follow this trend. As a result, people were unable to see the good that can come out from prison culture and how not everyone is as horrific as they at times can be be portrayed. In the book From the Big House to Your House, readers are able to dive into the minds of six women who all found happiness through cultivating food. These women created…

Although it may seem unbelievable, the population of female inmates in the United States continues to increase while the population of male inmates is on a slow decline. According to Glaze (2009), there has been a profound change in the involvement of women within the criminal justice system over the past quarter century. “Between 1980 and 2014, the number of incarcerated women increased by more than 700%” (Carson, 2015). There are many philosophies that attempt to explain this increase. One of…

amount and type of drugs being administered by the medical facility to the inmate and other medical personnel. Then the over watch officer ensures the perimeter distance is sustained at all times and checks to see if the inmate has swallow their medication by opening their mouth and physically showing that they swallowed the medication. However, it is not required that the inmate must take their prescribed medication by the medical staff. Like in the constitution, even an inmate has rights to…

There are numerous problems that arise within the correction system. Although, one problem stands out the best would be prison overcrowding. Numerous people are committing crimes and being incarcerated. Thus, leading to congestion and problems within the prison facility. This paper will discuss the purpose for prison overpopulation and what can be done to prevent and fix the problem. Overcapacity in prisons has been an ongoing mêlée for the longest time. But with every problem must come a…

later seen as a criminal act. A prominent example of this is during the Holocaust, in which the slaughter of Jewish people wasn 't considered criminal at the time, but is now be referred to by some as one of the greatest crimes committed. Only a few officers were punished and seen as individually responsible as most of them were just following instructions from their superiors…