Diversion Research Papers Samples For Students

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The issue of how criminals are sentenced and treated is a problem within in the United States and around the world. The sentence given for a crime that is committed is not always equal from one state or region to another. Diversion programs are therefore a method that have been created to offer a second chance to first-time offenders and youthful offenders that are deemed worthy of a second chance. These programs are designed to be supervised and carried out by certified and experienced professionals at the behest of the court, and are meant to curb any and all ...

International Conflict Political Science

Introduction
There have been a number of issues in the world that has brought about international conflicts for years. It is a fact that every year there are new conflicts that emerge and the old conflicts become worse or improve. There are many countries where people know that no matter what happens conflicts with other countries will continue to persist (Jack & William, 2007). Examples of these countries are Afghanistan, Syria, Israel, Palestine, Nigeria, Sudan, Iraq and Democratic Republic of Congo. Most of the wars have begin as civil wars and ended up being a full blown war between states. In this ...

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The juvenile crime rate has made a significant increase in America as children as young as eight years old are committing violent crimes. The juvenile justice system was first created to keep children out of adult prisons and to rehabilitate the children so that they will become productive non-criminal adults. This system has not been effective. Children are impacted by many factors when faced with decisions in today’s society. They are not as developed and lack the reasoning capability like adults. Thus, new approaches to juvenile justice must be instilled throughout the country in order to prevent more ...

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According to the information, which can be found at the official website of the program, Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBSS) is nation’s premier volunteer-supported mentoring program for youth. (BBBS Official website, 2013). Implementation of the program is based on the vision that all children achieve success in life. Adhering to such a vision, the program aims at providing children, who face challenges with strong professionally supported relationships, capable of changing their lives for better. Let us transfer to more specific questions, regarding activities of particular BBBS chapters, which will allow us getting more profound understanding of the way the whole ...

Research (compare and contrast) two automated hospital dispensing systems - PYXIS, OMNICELL, etc. List the pros and cons of each system.

AUTOMATED HOSPITAL DISPENSING SYSTEMS.

A hospital automation system is a set of elements put together to facilitate the processes and activities in a hospital. It’s mainly designed to eliminate the manual running of activities in a hospital. These systems can be designed in different ways and they operate in different ways but they are all aimed at achieving almost similar objectives (David & Brown 2010).
Among the many automated hospital dispensing systems are the PYXIS, OMNICELL which have products like the OMNICELL’s OMNIRX, ...

Mental Illness Among Criminals

The prison systems have been over populated by many criminals in our country. The increasing rate of prisoners who have been diagnosed with mental illness is increasing. Many criminals have either been diagnosed with mental illness before being arrested and put into prison or they were diagnosed with mental issues after being incarcerated. The inmates with mental illness while committing crimes may have done so because of their illness. The people who were incarcerated and then diagnosed could have had mental problems because of the prisons system they are now living in. It can cause inmates to become depressed, ...

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In the following project I have researched and summarized the main provisions of the statutes as they relate to the questions of arraignment, state sentencing issues and sentencing alternatives in the state of Virginia. Another part of this research covers the issues of practical application of these statutory provisions in the everyday work of courts and correctional institutions.
In the Lesson 1, I have researched the initial procedure of arraignment in the light of its practical application during the work of the court.

In the Lesson 2, I have summarized the statutory provisions which regulate the issues of probation, parole and sentencing alternatives.

In the Lesson 3, I have briefly outlined the community correctional programs and how the ...

Social Security was founded in the early 1930s in America. To be more precise, Social Security Act was signed by President Roosevelt in 1935 as part of the New Deal. To-date, it is one of the largest programmes of the government in the United States. The program is based on the theory that each one generation of the workers that are retiring will be sustained in retirement by those who are still working in the current times. Undeniably, during its introduction, the program showed a great achievement more especially during the era of the Great Depression. Unquestionably, this program was ...

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Apple is a global corporation which is well known for its practices in sustainability and ethical behavior. However, this reputation was not built easily. Apple had to invent and re-invent their supplier conduct and sustainability practices over the years to gain this reputation.
Today, Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct ensures that all suppliers create working conditions which are safe, respect workers and care for the environment (Apple, 2016). Their strict practices ensure that suppliers obey the rules, even if it is above local laws.
Apple has a Supplier Responsibility Standards ...

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

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Encountering the information about a crime, we tend to find out the allegedly basic issues concerning one’s guilt and the accountability of an offender in the form of just punishment. Such approach is not an exception or a rare case, instead – it is an overwhelming thought.
However, in fact, the committing of a crime is far more complicated issue than the mere interrelation between illegal act and inevitable punishment. Nevertheless, people are still likely to neglect the accomplishments of restorative justice as one of incomprehensible novelties.
Therefore, this paper is dedicated to the revealing of the truth ...

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The Mexican Mafia or La eMe is a ruthless California prison gang. Formed in the 1950s initially to stay safe inside the prison complex especially from the violence perpetrated by other gangs. The La eMe comprised of a small band of gang leaders of other gangs. This gang at present has allegiance with over one thousand street gangs in Los Angeles alone. The La eMe imposes a code of conduct for other gang members to follow. In addition, it takes a tax for protection purposes. The prison gang operates based on a separate code. The contents include lifetime membership, ...

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The Columbine High School Massacre was the bloodiest school killing spree in the United States of America ever committed. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed 12 of other students, one professor and injured 24, before committing a suicide (Aronson, 2000). The perpetrators had versatile arsenal of weapons and pipe bombs, which, according to the US Security Service estimates was sufficient to kill 200 people (Kass, 2009).
Theorists extensively debated about the motives of their attack. Some argued that the reasons were psychological (Atheide, 2009), while others actively advocated the notion that their attack was a retaliation for bullying and ...

The ultimate goal of early childhood education is to improve children’s social-emotional skills, acquisition and use of knowledge and skills and use of appropriate behavior to meet their needs. As said by Albert Einstein, “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think." Therefore, the use of technology is not suitable in early age, as it teaches children to depend on technology rather than believing in themselves. Scientifically proven method states that when a person learns something through the senses of touching, hearing, writing, communication is more prone to remember for a ...

Prostitution is one of the worst and most alarming social issues that countries globally are facing nowadays. Known generally as the world’s oldest trade or profession, prostitution is widely considered as one of the dark sides of a society. However, with the modern twists and turns in every society, the negative image of prostitution has been starting to become favorable in many countries worldwide. And this emergence of prostitution as a favorable or a tolerated industry is best manifested by the increasing number of countries that become in favor of its legalization—one of such is Canada. Studying the prevalence of ...

Zedlewski (2012) says that the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is a program by the federal government to assist poor families. The program founded in 1996 replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). The new program endeavors to improve the lives of the impoverished in American society. The program has withstood fifteen years while operating in economic hardships. TANF legislation entails two Congress Acts enacted in 2005 that include Deficit Reconciliation Act and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The federal government requires each state to fund its families using the federal grant funding.
The reauthorization ...

Communication

When do the PR personnel of a Hollywood star needs to consider rebuilding reputation and image?
Entertainment headlines in the news often depict Hollywood stars getting involved in one or two controversies ranging from DUI offense to drugs and marital breakups. The role of PR personnel seriously damaging reputation is to minimize the subsequent effect effects of the controversies. News about Mel Gibson hurling racist and rather sexist remarks on his ex-girlfriend Oksana, or David Hasselhoff’s hospitalization due to alcoholism are just a few of the issues that PR personnel are trying to mitigate to preserve the public image ...

Missouri Division of Youth Services

The Missouri Division of Youth Services (DYS) is an agency in the state of Missouri that operates under Missouri Department of Social Services as a correctional and treatment facility network for juvenile delinquents within the state. On a broader perspective, DYS operates as a Juvenile Court Diversion program. From a total of forty five juvenile courts in Missouri, only one court sends juveniles to DYS. The DYS was brought into existence by the Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 1974. The agency admits more than a thousand new candidates every year and serves about three thousand individuals in total. Of the individuals admitted to DYS, ...

Special Economic zones represent the areas, which are subject to economic regulations that are not the same as those, applied to the other regions in the country. These regulations pursue the aim to attract foreign direct investment, to create employment and to reform country’s economy on a larger scale, in order to diversify exports and to create long-term structural changes in the economic orientation of the country (Hinkelman and Putzi ).

Free Zones

Free Zones, Free Trade Zones, Commercial Free Zones are the oldest type of the Special Economic Zones, which are usually located in or near the major transportation nodes, mostly ...