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Penalties for aggravated assault depend on the degree, the injuries that may have occurred, and the state where the assault took place. Some charges can be considered as misdemeanors but in other states, it can be treated as a felony. Some states require jail time from four months to a year in county jail and average fines from $150 - $500. Other states require jail time averaging $10,000 plus 15 years jail. Other penalties include electronic monitoring, parole, fines and court costs,…

intervention programs. Probation is also an alternative to prison. Giving lectures on the dangers of criminal behavior is a good alternative to prison. I am all for making an attempt for someone to seek help. However it is dependent on the crime. Shoplifting, DUI, forgery, embezzlement, and arson to name a few would be some for rehabilitation. There will always be religious organizations out there that are willing to help those offenders that seek…

The concept of poverty has plagued society as the popularity of capitalism and social stratification inhibit the underlying issues that are deemed insignificant to powerful members of higher classes. Although this problem can be solved, many are apathetic and prefer to continue their selfish ways of life. Markus Zusak’s 2002 post-modernist novel, The Messenger, follows the life of Ed Kennedy, a young and directionless plebeian who, under the demands of a literary manifestation of the author,…

to adopt lethal injection (“Death Penalty Focus”, 2004). The first person in history to receive lethal injection was Charles Brooks. Charles killed a man while he was on drugs with some friends, then decided to go a store and shoplift. After the shoplifting he went to a car dealership, test-drove a car where he kidnapped the salesman, took him to a hotel, beat him and then shot him in the head. Charles went to court, was found guilty and sentenced to death. However, with all of the new…

was to be violent I would attack the employee or make a mess in the store, but few human beings are not violent just like myself. I felt discriminated, embarrassed, and I was upset because all I wanted to use is the restroom. Is not like if I was shoplifting or asking…

Social workers use many different forms of approaches and methods when working with families. The different types of therapy, approaches and models give insight to the social worker. The Brief Strategic Family Therapy(BSFT) involves using different strategies by the by therapist to eliminate undesired behavior. The idea behind strategic family therapy is to assign tasks to families to change those aspects of the system that continues the behavior that is causing the issues. According to BSFT…

Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary Moral Reasoning Moral Reasoning can be defined as being the process in which an individual tries to determine the difference between what is right and what is wrong on a personal situation by using logic. This is an important and often daily process that people use in an attempt to do the right thing. Every day for instance, people are faced with the dilemma of whether or not to lie in a given situation. People make this decision by reasoning the morality…

This court also helps keeps the labeling stigma of convict off of a juvenile offender. These courts typically handle juvenile offenders between the ages of ten and fifteen who are being charges with minor violations such as disorderly conduct, shoplifting, and other types of criminal mischief. Most of these juvenile offenders have no prior arrest record and have never done anything wrong before in their lives. These juveniles offenders are typically asked to waive themselves into the teen court…

Although punitive approaches to criminal justice are still dominant today, the public acceptance of restorative justice programs is gradually increasing in the United States. Current restorative justice programs have made significant changes in communities all over the country, such as the Longmont Community Justice Partnership in Colorado. The main goal of this organization is to guide victims and offenders into strengthening their relationships while repairing the harm done by the crime. This…

Women have never been as conspicuous as their male partners in criminology, to such an extent, they can be said to have been overlooked for a long time and it was not until the turn of the twentieth century that women who carried out law violations were truly included in criminological talk. The approach of the women 's activist developments all through this time starting with the suffragettes to the current Fawcett commission built in 2003, has seen the acknowledgment of women ' rights and the…