Parole

What is knowledge? Knowledge is defined as facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education. It is important for probation and parole officers to have the awareness and understanding of psychological and sociological constructs and theories because the fact they are involved in another person’s life and they need to be prepared to know whether or not if their client as any mental disorders that will cause them to commit another crime if they release them back…

about “mandatory life without parole” for young adults. Should teens have mandatory life without parole? If they are charged with a murder degree they yes, they should be charged mandatory life without parole. There should be a certain age limit because you don't want them in prison when they are young. The articles we read in class there are some good points that teens should have mandatory life without parole. California's sentencing of youth to life without parole allows no chance for a young…

Intensive supervision parole is an approach that has been developed to manage serious offenders in the community. This approach is mostly used for serious offenders when they are release back into the community with efforts of the treatment and rehabilitation of the offender. It involves heavy monitoring, curfews and follow ups. This form of parole is a more tightly regulated approach to monitoring convicted offenders who are on probation. This approach consists of reducing the caseload of…

is not shared among all states. For, juveniles a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole is unconstitutional. The United States stands on sentences that give juveniles life without parole. There are about two thousand juveniles without parole given the chance, to have their case heard in Supreme Court decisions. But, there are nineteen states that have banned possibility of parole for juveniles. In 2012, the court ruled judges must take into consideration each case from a…

The career I have chosen to do my paper on is a Parole Officer. I chose this career because criminal justice is my major and I find it to be interesting that this is a legal career where you will need a four-year bachelor degree in that major, psychology or a related area. I was not sure what the job entailed, but after doing research, I'm a little more certain that this may be the career for me. A parole officer supervises those who serve their sentences outside of a prison and those who are…

"Prior to receiving a discharge on parole supervision, however, an inmate often must be granted early release by a parole board" (Connor, 2016, pp. 107-126). When it comes to placing convicted felons on probation, I believe that this should depend on the charge that individual was convicted of. For example, someone who has been convicted of murder should not be released with probation in my opinion. Even then, it should still depend on the small details of the case. Was that person defending…

murder receive a mandatory sentence of life without parole? No, I believe that teens should be given another chance depending on their case. The reason is because teens have underdeveloped brains compared to adults, according to experts. Another reason is because teens are also able to rehabilitate if given the chance to and if they really wanted to. Lastly, the majority of the Supreme Court believe that giving teens a life sentence without parole is a violation of their eighth amendment.…

probationers or parolees. If I was sitting on the President’s Council for probation and parole reform, several factors would have to be implemented in order to increase the success of the program. By working closely with probationers or parolee and developing a unique understanding of what contributes to their success, extensive interviews should first be conducted. This allows the goals of probation or parole to assess the needs and downplay rehabilitation to a successful outcome. The…

Case A The French came up with medical parole in 2002 (Steiner, 2003). Yes, Tony should be released on medical parole. Tony’s brain cancer is a terminal illness. He is bedridden and on life support. He could also receive cheaper medical care outside of prison. Because of these things, Tony meets the conditions of medical parole (Alarid, 2015). Medical parole is not always easy to get in the United States. In 2014, 10 inmates were granted medical parole in Kentucky but are still in prison…

Probation and parole have similarities as well as differences. Probation is ordered by a judge in court at the time of sentencing instead of a prison time. However, some of the jurisdictions required a short-term incarceration sentence followed by immediate probation which refers to as a split sentence. Probations have different supervision positions including active supervision, which obligate them to do a regularity report to a probation authority either by mail, in person, or by telephone. On…