Essays on Probation

ETHICAL VIOLATIONS BY ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS

The Law and Order SUV episode Parole Violations is a trip on the dark side of law enforcement. The story is a look at how people in power within the enforcement system, in particular, Parole Officers, can and do use their power to manipulate and control parolees, who are entrusted by the system to their care and direction. Parolees are often struggling to find their way while fighting the stigma of being a convicted criminal. This episode examines some concepts that go against the norm, such as whether to believe the word of a convicted criminal over that of ...

Executive Summary:

At the beginning, it is important to say that Riva is one of the famous multinational brands. It is one of the well-known brands under the umbrella of Armada Group. The company was established in 1997. Currently, Riva is operational in five countries of the Gulf region; Kuwait, United Arab of Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabian and Bahrain. Riva has more than thirty outlet stores in the region with an aim to expand to 150 by the end of 2017. The company faces extensive competition globally thus needs continuos development to match the trends in the fashion industry. Riva is ...

How theories of Motivation and the Self and Organizational Culture are represented in the film The internship (2013)? If to consider human life as his/her movement forward on the path of development, we can say that life is a constant process of overcoming the new boundaries, to achieve the best results, self-development and personal growth. In this process, one of the dominant roles is played by the question of the meaning of actions and deeds, which are made by people. What does have an impact on human activity and his/her behavior? For what does the person do something? ...

A police officer is a worker of the criminal justice system, who is not limited in the meaning of a particular rank. As an employee of the police force, officers are the lowest rank, as well as the profession with the most generalized responsibilities. A probation officer, in turn, is rather a supervisor of a limited circle of people. A probation officer is connected to a particular non-custodial criminal, who as well can be a prisoner, released from the incarceration. A prison guard is an officer of the criminal justice system, who works with the imprisoned lawbreakers. The most ...

The rule of law requires a fair access to justice for England and Wales as well as any other sovereign country with a governing constitution. The route towards delivering equitable access to justice to all citizens requires enrolment of all justice department stakeholders as well as other interested parties. For instance, each of the arms of the government has their own responsibilities that need execution to the best of their ability in order to ensure equal justice to all. In this case, each arm of the government is it the legislature, executive, or judiciary should not intimidate or influence ...

Incarceration appears to be one of the most popular forms of punishment for committing crime or other offences. The largest number of prison population is in the United States. According to a study, performed in 2013 by Lauren E. Glaze and Danielle Kaeble, statisticians by the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), about two million adults were incarcerated and others less than five million were under parole or probation. Totally 6 899 000 adult individuals were under the supervision of Criminal Justice System (prisons, jails, parole, probation) in 2013. (Glaze, L., Kaeble, D., 2013) With the establishment of prisons, ...

Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

Introduction

The United States Constitution was framed without a Bill of Rights, and subsequent amendments came to be parts of the Bill of Rights, although this was framed amid the lack of confidence of an oppressive regime. The fourth, fifth, and sixth amendments provided rules to safeguard individual liberty. The Sixth Amendment protects citizens against unfair denials of life and liberty by ordering the federal government to give protections to all suspected criminal offenders (Chhablani, 2008).

The Fourth Amendment protects citizens against unpredictable violations of privacy by government authorities. This protects ...

Chapter 1

The main idea of “The Matthew Effect” is that people frequently attribute success to individual characteristics that they consider to be rare, such as genius or talent. However, oftentimes the real explanation for that success has to do with advantages that are not accessible to the public. The analogy that he provides has to do with the factors that create the tallest tree in a particular forest. It is true that the tree came from a quality seed, but that seed (and sapling) did not have any other trees blocking its sunlight, and the seed was planted in fertile ...

I. The Prosecution’s Offer The first step in making a plea offer is looking into Mario’s criminal background and the specific facts of the particular case. For instance, if Mario had and extensive criminal record including multiple DUI arrests of convictions, then the pleas offer would probably not include much of a choice other than pleading guilty and accepting a sentence of 364 days in jail, completion of a treatment program, and 2-3 years of supervised probation; or 2-3 year in prison. However, assuming that Mario does not have an extensive criminal record or DUI history; a ...

<<Author>> <<Date>> 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 ...

The media plays a crucial role in society by reporting some of the heinous crimes that a number of individuals perpetrate. They might use the articles of criminal activities to inform, warn or report current stories. This essay will use and analyze two crime reports from The Guardian. These include an article on assault charges faced by a top entrepreneur in the country and the article of a notorious serial killer who has killed about 25 women over a span of two decades. Behavior theory and low self-control theory will explain the first article while mental illness and naturalization ...

Numerous programs prevent or suppress delinquent behavior in the country. These programs rely on some of the factors that cause delinquent behavior such as the use of narcotics and the involvement in gang-related activities. The Juvenile Drug Treatment Court is one of these programs that identifies and treats high-risk offenders who have shown involvement in drugs. Kathryn et. al (631) posits that the use of drugs such as alcohol, cigarettes, and other substances is a leading cause of delinquent behavior in the United States. The program's ability to identify and treat the offenders and juveniles on probation reduces the ...

According to Mackenzie (2002) about five million or more individuals are under criminal justice system supervision and authority in the United States of America. Close to 1.6 million are housed in local, state or federal correctional facilities. An estimated 70% of these individuals are supervised in either probation or parole, which are forms of community corrections. The suggestion here is that a large part of the correctional population at any one point is under the supervision of corrections in the United States (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1997). About 3.8 individuals both men and women are in community parole and ...

There are several differences between probation and parole and this paper goes into detail to discuss the differences between these two and to give examples of each. According to Latessa and Smith (2015, p. 42), “probation represents one of the unique developments within the criminal justice system” and goes on to define probation as “a conditional sentence that avoids an offender being incarcerated; in other words, it is an alternative disposition available to the court.” Similarly, Petersilia (1997, p. 149) notes that The American Correctional Association defines parole as “a court-ordered dispositional alternative through which an adjudicated offender is ...

The goals of retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, rehabilitation, and restoration are all primary goals of those within the criminal justice system. In sentencing individuals charged with specific criminal actions the philosophic principles that such decisions are based upon should be considered. Through the use of methods such as fines, probation, imprisonment, and death the criminal justice system has utilized a variety of measures in order to more effectively enact justice. These measures have, furthermore, been broadly adopted in relation to the financial, social, and international context that the criminal system was established within. Concerns such as the impact that these ...

#1 Situation In this case, the defendant is willing to plead guilty as long as the court will grant him or her sentence of probation as the punishment. This move is commendable, but the defendant has to realize that there is a chance that he might not be convicted of any crime as there lacks enough evidence from the office of the district attorney, therefore walking free. At this point, it is important to realize that as much as the victims wish to see the burglar behind bars, it is probable that the final judgment of the court will ...

In Los Angeles County, California, the Probation Department is one of the largest bureaucratic organizations in the Unites States. Within this Department, there are adult and juvenile sectors. The juvenile sector is comprised of 3 juvenile hall facilities, and roughly about 23 residential treatment facilities, also referred to as camps, and lock down placements for juveniles with a vast array of social, and psychological issues. The facility that I attended was Central Juvenile Hall, which is located in East Los Angeles, California. Central Juvenile hall was established in 1912, and is the largest of the three probation juvenile halls ( ...

Over the years, several problems have emerged in relations to parole management. At some point in time, parole management posed several challenges that people began to think that perhaps it’s something that is relatively impractical; however, intense pressure was laid to law enforcement agencies to come up with programs that could effectively work. Parole is just but a status of a convicted offender being released conditionally from prison before the actual expiry of the incarceration period by a paroling authority (Donald, 2011). Due to this reason, the inmates are thoroughly supervised by the relevant authority; moreover, they are ...

Response to Latrell Cabrigas

Lattrell is right when he says that before making a decision concerning a juvenile defendant as to whether or not to confine them to a detention facility, it is important to do a background search on their family. The only way a probation officer and social worker can understand the reason why the juvenile engaged in a criminal activity is by monitoring his social environment and interviewing his family members to ascertain his behavior. Using moral judgment as a principle of ethical decision making in criminal justice system, the best interest of the juvenile defendant would be served not ...

Since punishment is one of the basic elements of the criminal justice system, all criminal justice actors including probation officers are deeply influenced by theories that justify criminal punishment. To be sure, for probation officers, two of the more common considered theories of punishment are incapacitation and rehabilitation. Incapacitation refers to the idea that an offender should be imprisoned or otherwise restrained in order to limit their opportunities to commit a crime (LaFave, 2000). Rehabilitation, on the other hand, refer to the theory that offenders should be provided the opportunity to reform and change themselves into a law-abiding system ( ...

Reference 1

Lambert, E. G., Minor, K. I., Gordon, J., Wells, J. B., and Hogan, N. L. (2016). Exploring the Correlates of Perceived Job Dangerousness Among Correctional Staff at a Maximum Security Prison. Criminal Justice Policy Review. 00 (0). DOI: 10.1177/0887403415623618. The signs of mental health disorders do not reveal themselves at work most of the time. Only in rare and isolated instances, will the potency of the problems manifest. In addition, the other correctional officers and staff might not have adequate knowledge to corroborate evidence. Hence, this peer-reviewed paper will provide the parameters for testing. The variables, components, variances, and ...

1. Define the ways in which each component (police, courts, and corrections) of the criminal justice system administers justice. Which component is most effective at meeting their goals? Police play the role of working with the public in order to enforce legal requirements and protect the privacy and liberty of individuals. In order to do this, however, police rely on the underlying cultural values and norms of the communities in which they function. Police interact with the public in order to ascertain those that are committing offenses and present these individuals to the criminal justice system for sentencing of ...

Annotated Bibliography

Introduction The correctional system in the United States is a complex and overcrowded problem in recent times. The staff in these facilities is often undertrained and overworked. They lack the professional experience and due to heavy attrition rates, are unable to operate any reliable mentoring programs. This gap increases the stress which exceeds the paradigm of work and invades the private lives of the correctional staff. This paper unlocks the psychological problems that fester correctional staff in the United States. Annotated Bibliography 1. Lambert, E. G., Minor, K. I., Gordon, J., Wells, J. B., and Hogan, N. L. (2016). ...

Sales Management MKT-566-MBOL1

iFetch Sales Management Plan

Company’s background

iFetch is a family startup company, launched in Austin, Canada in 2013. The firm’s motto, mentioned on the web site states “IT’S PLAYTIME”, which perfectly corresponds to the main product it creates: a play tool for dogs, which automatically throws fetch, and a set of extra balls to be played. Except for the fun for home pets, the firm delivers a bunch of free hours for the dog owners. The firm was launched as an online store, which is why it is named as iFetch (goifetch.ca/). Clearly, that it is oriented on the ...

In the criminal justice department, courts system can best be defined as the system that is responsible for the application as well as interpretation of the law in addition to providing a dispute resolution mechanism. Through courts systems, justice is easily administered in a given state. The courts system are very essential in criminal justice as they ensure the law is adhered to in all situations and most important is that they ensure justice is carried out and avoid law breaking (Durant, 2015). The courts system is also highly responsible in the punishing of law breakers and offenders. There ...

Alcohol and drugs have always been associated with crime, as almost all kinds of crime are committed under the influences of either alcohol or drugs. Their use have negative effects on all aspects of life. People who abuse alcohol or drugs are not able to control themselves. These substances negatively affect personality, family and society. Driving under the influence is a real problem that has been existing for many years. It is not a surprise that accidents caused by driving under the influence are frequently fatal not only for the driver, but also for innocent passersby. Drivers can be ...

Federal Sentencing Guidelines

First, the court determines the guideline applicable to the offense committed by convicted defendant. In cases where the defendant offers a plea that establishes the commission of a more serious offense, the defendant is deemed to have committed extra offenses. However, the guidelines are not applied to misdemeanors and infractions. The base offense level is then determined according to the characteristics of the committed offense and any special instruction in the specific guideline applied. Adjustments are then made according to the harm done to the victim, the role played by the defendant in the offense, and any obstruction of ...

The United States has the highest prison population in the world while having only 5 percent of the world’s population (Liptak, 2008). While most of the people who are incarcerated are in the prison system because of non-violent or drug related offenses. With most of these consisting of Hispanic and African American people from lower income areas. This disproportion is caused mainly because of the lack of equal access to education. Four in every ten prisoners returns to jail within three years of being released “a collective rate that has remained largely unchanged in years, despite huge increases ...

Introduction

Alternative sentencing makes way for committers of minor crimes and those with no criminal records to transform and comply with varied ethical standards as laid out by the state. With enhanced supervision as an alternative to incarceration, court administrators are involved in monitoring activities such as substance abuse treatment, random drug testing and community services performed by the offenders. The probation officers have to work closely with the Office of Community Corrections to ensure that the benchmarks set by the judges are met and that the offenders are able to contribute to long term growth and stability of the ...

Onboarding is a process of assimilating new employees into an organization and providing them with the necessary knowledge and tools for successfully accomplishing their goals. The process is long and for long-term employees, it should be continuous over a period of time until the employee is fully on board to conduct duties in line with the organization’s culture as explained below (CAL HR, 2012).

Pre-Arrival

Send the employee a welcome letter detailing the necessary information such as benefits, organization chart, their parking information, the name of staff members, and agenda for the first day. Assign an existing employee to ...

Mental illnesses are the mental disorders that cause changes in a person’s thinking, emotion, and behaviour. The illnesses are likely to cause problems to a person’s social and work functioning (Parekh, 2015). There is inadequate knowledge and skills on how to deal with people with these disorders. The involvement of mentally ill people in the criminal justice system continues to increase, which raises concern for administrators, policy makers, and treatment providers in the justice system. This is one area that requires change and people to be more educated on the subject. I had a chance to work ...

One of the most serious challenges facing most parole or probation and community corrections supervision officers in the criminal justice system is the issue of specialized caseloads that they have to handle at any given time. This is particularly acute in cases where there are poor caseload management systems in place. Such specialized caseloads usually consist of cases relating to domestic violence offenders, offenders with mental health problems, high risk drug and substance abuse offenders and sex offenders. According to a research study by Alarid, Cromwell and Carmen, two of the greatest challenges for supervisors working with specialized caseloads ...

Abstract

In any state, the court system and structure plays a significant role in ensuring the judicial system is effective. States that have a strong court system have proved to be successful in solving major challenges as pertains to the interpretation of the constitution. Puerto Rico needs to have in place a strong court system to ensure that the enforcement of various dynamics is effective. In coming up with the court system and structure, this paper heavily borrows from three states: Tennessee, Florida and South Carolina. These states are well-known for their strong legal systems. Because of this, it would ...

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ABSTRACT The underage offenders can not be treated as adult criminals. Children have more chances to change. A special court system for juveniles has created a service-delivery system that provides minors with education, guidance, and supervision. The courts for juveniles also differ from the ones for adults. Commonly, the juvenile courts are informal in order not to stress the child, but minors has still have less rights in the court than adults. Also children can be punished for the cases that are absolutely legal for adults, like possession of alcohol and tobacco and running away from home. Minors are ...

Probation and parole are alternative sentences to incarceration, which offer convicted offenders the opportunity to remain in the community, but operate under supervision (Hanser 12). Whereas probation takes place before and often instead of imprisonment, parole usually occurs as an early prison release. The convicted offender is required to comply with probation and parole conditions. The offenders are subjected to warrantless searches without any reasonable cause. In the United States, over 2,000 agencies administer probation on offenders who commit felonies as well as misdemeanors. Adult probation as well as parole are established in executive branches of state government ...

Today, the role of Human Resource Manager has termed as an essential activity that enhances productivity and development of the company. The human resource management involves the practice of hiring and enhancing the employees to make them more valuable and profitable to the organization. It is the responsible of the human resource management for conducting employee relations, hiring, and enhance development and benefits for all employees in the organization. As a human resources manager, I understand it is my duty to direct all the activities of workers in the company. In this report, I will develop, analyze and explain ...

Introduction to Travel and Tourism, Hospitality and the Judicial Process

1. A. In this case, Hanna can claim for the damages for the sufferings she met owing to the incompetency of the hotel. Hanna can claim for the compensatory damages, that will include the out-of-pocket medical expenses incurred, lost wages and damages for the mental and physical agony suffered. She is also eligible to claim for the damages due to loss of enjoyment in life, loss of consortium or companionship, inability to engage in sexual activities during the recovery period, loss of services that will include loss of aid, companionship and assistance of the parent or another person, etc. . ...

Milford Industries is a company that sells its products via the partners’ retail stores. It is of great importance for the company to set up reliable relations with the buyers, have a good product layout in the stores and a large number of locations where the products can be solved. Therefore if Milford Industries is going to maintain or grow its customer base, it should pay more attention to the sales people that are responsible for the communication with the buyers and increasing the sales figures. Distribution of the company is divided into the regions and districts, but the ...

Except for the state of Montana, employment in all other U.S. states is presumed “At-Will”. The U.S. one of the few countries where employment is predominantly at-will. The reasons for this include the respect for freedom of contract and the belief that both the employer and the employee want it more than job security. In most other countries in the world, employers can dismiss employees only for just cause. At-will employment means that the employer can dismiss an employee for any cause or for no cause without any legal liabilities. Similarly, the employee can leave a job at any ...

Term researched: Revocation and Termination

Legal citation: 356 N.J. Super. 299; 812 A.2d 409; 2002 N.J. Legal history: the defendant had been indicted for receiving stolen properties in violation to the New Jersey state acts 2C:20-7a. He was also found guilty of theft by deception and placed on a three-year period of probation. While serving probation, Thomas was convicted of two other criminal offences. Besides, he pleaded guilty of handling stolen property and the charge of harassment. However, two weeks after his second sentencing, it was decided that a revocation and sentencing on the probation violations should occur. The court ruled that the Thomas ...

COR160

Assignment 02 SIM University The case for Reformative Training in Singapore is complex. As Reformative Training is applied to younger offenders, scale and gravity of charges vary considerably for each case as to render enforcement of Reformative Training questionable. For opponents, Reformative Training is not enough and more harsh sentences should be applied to younger offenders since, to opponents, younger offenders are not rehabitable. For proponents, Reformative Training is an effective rehabilitation method for younger offenders since younger offenders are different from older offenders. There are, indeed, numerous aspects to Reformative Training. For current purposes, Reformative Training is defended ...

It is an admitted reality that correctional facilities across the United States, and even around the world, are becoming overcrowded. Moreover, the rate of such overpopulation is still growing and counting. The authorities should also take into consideration other related issues like the health of the prisoners and the risk of escaping from detention that accompany the problem of overpopulated prisons. However, not all of those persons incarcerated are convicted felons. Some of them were detained on mere suspicion of a crime. Others are still undergoing trial. Their crimes range from petty, like abuse of the illegal substance, to ...

Introduction

Criminology refers to the branches of Sociology and Law which are focused on the way a country comes together to institute their criminal justice system and deal with crime and criminals to ensure the harmony of the society. Every society has its own system of detecting, trying and convicting criminals. The purpose of this essay is to examine the main institutions of the criminal justice system of England and Wales. This will include the identification of the roles of the different institutions and how they work together to achieve control and reduce crime in the country. Officially, the aim ...

Abstract

As a staffing consultant for the prestigious Sincere College, we have been assigned the task of setting up a recruitment plan for a vacant position. The position is for the Associate/Assistant Professor for the subject of Business Ethics at the Davis Business School. We have been provided with the job description and on the basis of it, we have recommended advertisement as a powerful tool for attracting applicants. Screening, short listing the candidate followed by formal interview sessions has been mentioned in detail. Elements included in the employment confirmation letter have also been included in this paper. Training becomes ...

Abstract

This paper seeks to compare American and Australian Criminal Justice Systems by providing information regarding the way the two criminal justice systems operate. Some of the various aspects that the paper will be seeking to evaluate within the two systems include the legal traditions; law enforcement; measure of crime; criminal procedure; corrections; terrorism and organized crime; courts and legal profession; and juvenile Justice. The paper starts with an introduction, which provides a general overview of the paper. Consequently, the paper will provide insight regarding the legal traditions that are practiced within the two countries.

Introduction

Comparative studies of criminal justice ...

Probation and Parole are the most salient correctional tools in the society’s efforts in enforcing both criminal and juvenile justice. They are essentially designed to motivate offenders into reforming for the better. When a probation sentence is meted, the offenders are allowed to serve their sentences out of prison. They may be assigned community service duties and at the same time be closely monitored by the respective probation authorities. On the other hand parole implies that an offender who is serving a prison sentence is released on account of good behavior especially if the sentence they are serving ...

Overview

The case In re Patrick F., Super. Ct. No. SJ14023322, concerns the conditions placed on a juvenile delinquent’s dispositional order (In re Patrick F., 2015, p. 1). On June 11, 2014, then-17 year old Patrick F. burglarized his next door neighbor’s home and stole a valuable gold ring and coins (In re Patrick F., 2015, p. 1). Patrick F. was soon apprehended by the police as a potential suspect and admitted to entering the home and stealing the items while the relative stood watch (In re Patrick F., 2015, p. 1). The district attorney submitted a juvenile ...

Abstract

In the case of United States v. Knight, the Supreme Court had to resolve the constitutional question of whether a warrantless search, executed on the basis of a reasonable suspicion and stipulated as a condition of probation violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. In order to answer this question, the Court had to determine whether, for purposes of the Fourth Amendment, the constitutionality of searches authorized as a condition of probation must have a “probationary purpose.” Ultimately, the Court held that a warrantless search, sustained on the basis of reasonable suspicion and authorized as ...

Overview of Kris

The file on Kris suggests that the shoplifting incident is his first offence as an adult. However, he might have offended as a juvenile since the Intensive Supervision Probation Program is for repeat offenders and it is also for offenders with a more violent criminal history. Kris is from a low-income family since he was unable to make bail. His offence also suggests that his economic condition is unstable. He pled guilty during his time in custody and the subsequent sentence suspension indicates that he completed probations successfully in the past; probably as a juvenile. Kris is in an ...

Introduction

In the United States of America in the most states it is illegal to use a deadly force in defense of your property. Every state differs from the specific law, but the allowance to use a booby trap is almost in all illegal and a person using it is tangible for the lawsuit. Based on the common law the duty owed to invitees is higher than the duty owed to trespassers. The individual has also the duty not to harm anyone with traps with an intention. Pre-planned traps are no legal and are punishable by law. In the country ...

Without a doubt, integration in the education sector is the answer to achieving long term success throughout the nation. Education plays an imperative role in promoting the socioeconomic well-being of society, and enhancing the long term prosperity of the whole nation. There is an increasing need for specialized skills and knowledge in the job market. This creates the need for stakeholders to be involved in effective implementation of educational policies, and in the funding of minority schools. The main focus is on the need to enhance the equality in education, because minority communities continue to be denied the opportunity ...

The essence of a punishment implies the use of legal action against the person in response to wrong behavior. The punishment can be used to form socially acceptable patterns of social behavior. Nowadays the theory of criminal law presents various penalties classification because “conviction is not generally considered sufficient punishment in itself” (Becker, 1974, p.2). The criminal law provides different types of sentences based on their comparative severity that includes isolation from society, fine and corrective labor. The most important form of punishment is an arrest that implies strict isolation from society. During the arrest, the convicted person cannot ...

The development in all kinds of technologies changed the methods used by the forensic science too. It is enough to look back in the history to the Sherlock Holmes times described in the crime literature of that time in order to witness the enormous progress done in the way of processing the evidences found on the crime scene. Nowadays when there is a burglary crime scene investigating and the assigned police officer finds some blood drops, fingerprints, shoeprints and a hammer he has to be sure that these evidences belong indeed to the crime scene and are not additionally ...

In attempts to ensure that the society remains free from crimes and the offenders are brought to justice effectively, there have been established various different kinds of laws that keep society in order. Two of such laws that are widely practiced in attempts to minimize crimes and to detain offenders are probation and parole. Probation is a law according to which a person who has made an offence against the law is not detained in a prison but is rather released into the society for a specific period of time in order to give him or her ...

Part 1

You are a probation officer and have a client, John Smith, who is a registered sex offender. One of the obligations of a probationer is to keep in close contact with his probation officer. This particular probationer failed to do that for a period of 4 months. You later found that John was involved with a woman who has three children, ages 6, 9, and 14. You felt compelled to contact this woman and find out whether she knew why John was on probation. During the conversation, she was appreciative that you had concerns but explained that John told ...

Impaired driving remains a crucial social problem in Canada and around the world. Under the Ontario driving regulations, impaired driving implies operating an automobile while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. It is considered an offence and may attract charges such as loss of license, vehicle impound, administrative monetary penalty, fine if convicted, and some jail time. The Canadian army of Mothers against Drunk Driving estimates that between 1200 and 1500 people die every year from alcohol and drugs related accidents. In Canada alone, impaired driving affects close to 70,000 individuals every year (InsuranceHotline.com).

Drinking and Driving

The effects of ...

The Kristin Lardner Case

The Kristin Lardner Case The divide between a theoretical discourse and its practical application has long become a pressing issue for many a concept created by the continuously inventive human mind. Just like when it comes to a practical application of justice, capitalism, socialism and the like, the concept of bureaucracy, in and of itself, initially was created in order to facilitate certain aspects of a society, in this case – its governance. The bureaucratic machine was supposed to be a means of establishing a regulated system of authority. As Max Weber aptly puts it, “The principles of office hierarchy ...

Over the last several decades, the criminal justice system has undergone historic transformations in the thinking and practice of sentencing and corrections. The basic facts are these: Throughout much of the 20th century, the guiding principle of corrections was rehabilitation, a utilitarian philosophy of criminal justice implemented through indeterminate sentencing models. The idea behind this approach was that the duration of incarceration was immaterial, so long as offenders emerged from prison rehabilitated. The 1970s gave way to a new approach, “just deserts” a philosophy grounded in the idea that sentencing and corrections should prioritize retribution over offender rehabilitation. The ...

John Black was arrested on January 1, 2012 for possession of firearm while on school property when he was 16 years old. He was sentenced five years of probation by the juvenile court and has served four years of that disposition. During those four years, John underwent anger management classes, substance abuse treatment and a gang deactivation program. Now 20 years old, John has exhibited new-found maturity, comprehension of his mistakes in the past and is enjoying a warm and happy relationship with his family. More importantly, John has indicated his desire to help young kids who are undergoing ...

Ethics are a big part of the professional world, and have laws of ethics to abide by. The ethics is also adhered to in the legal field. A lawyer is in ethical standard when it comes to his position, to his clients, and to uphold the Constitutional Rights. A person who has chosen to be a lawyer will need to make rational and logical decisions in regards to the best interest of the clients. I am a District Attorney who has a client who committed burglary and does not have a strong case. I don’t think if a ...