problem is placing offenders with minor offenses on house arrest.Prisons could let offenders out early and placing them on house arrest. With the breakthrough in technology this would allow the offender to be monitored by a monitoring device. This would help because it would save the taxpayers money and would let the correctional system focus on more serious offenders. House arrest has become more popular with prisons becoming overcrowded. House arrest is where the offender is restricted
Today, I would like to discuss one of the Intermediate Sanctions: House Arrest and Electronic Monitoring. House arrest is an intermediate community corrections program where offenders can live at home but have restrictions on travel. House arrest is an option in which the court system have mercy and compassion for an offender instead of sending them to prison or juvenile detention time. In some cases electronic communication is assigned to where an offenders conversations will be monitored. Electronic
and visits to home where from surveillance officers. These are only some of the aspects of a punishment, known as house arrest, for those convicted of a crime. With house arrest becoming more popular it raises questions regarding whether or not it is an overall good idea. House arrest along with electronic monitoring is worth it and can be a beneficial alternative to prison. House arrest was not an option even a few decades ago; once anyone was found guilty, they spent their sentences in a jail cell
a crime, and now they must spend a year in jail. Or do they? There is an alternative to doing time in jail. Such as suspended sentence, probation, fines, and community service. But in some cases theirs also the option of hose arrest. It is Assumed that being in house arrest s like being in orison and never allowed to leave your home but that’s not always the case. Depending on the judge yo can go and come from your job, school, appointments etc. But it needs to be approved by the judge also you do
she’s a playwright, a journalist, author, and an actress. She focuses mainly on social issues particularly ones with race. Within the plays/books, Twilight Los Angeles 1992, Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities, and House Arrest, the race issues she talks about relates to recent events. In this paper, I will do my best to compare and contrast the books and the issues within them. I will also be discussing about how I feel about certain parts within these plays, each play
“Your Move” by Eve Bunting and “House Arrest” by K.A. Holt might seem very different. “Your Move” is a short story and “House Arrest” is a chapter book, but if you look past this, you see that they’re pretty similar because they share a common theme. Doing the wrong thing never pays off. In “Your Move,” 10-year-old James does the wrong thing by leaving the house even though his mom told him not to. He is pressured by his peers to do the wrong thing. In “House Arrest,” 12-year-old Timothy does the
On June 5, Aruban police detained Nick John and Abraham Jones, former security guards from the nearby Allegro Hotel which was then closed for renovation, on suspicion of murder and kidnapping. Reports indicate that the two former guards were known for cruising hotels to pick up women, and at least one of them had a prior incident with law enforcement. John and Jones were released on June 13 without being charged. (Disappearance of Natalee Holloway, 2015) On June 9, 2005, Van der Sloot and the Kalpoe
John Smith was arrested for burglary and possession of a narcotic drug. There are several things that will occur in the first hour or so of John Smiths arrest. However, the process from arrest to arraignment and furthermore from John Smiths trail to incarceration then eventually his release to parole or probation is complex and interlocking. First, his person will be secured and transported to the police station to be processed. During this time the crime scene will be processed by the crime
What does one understand by the term ‘Primitive Culture’? According to various texts and discussions the term ‘primitive culture’ refers to a society believed to lack cultural, economical and technological sophistication. They were relatively isolated, relatively simple social institutions and had slow rate of sociocultural change. In these cultures history and beliefs were passed on through oral tradition. There are a lot of things that people might consider culturally primitive, for instance, cultures
LICEING THE 21ST CENTURY The police are the public and the public are the police - Robert peel When we talk about the criminal justice system the public at large plays a very important role right from the prevention to reporting to the investigation of the case. The criminal justice system cannot achieve its goal without the active participation of the general public. If we take a look at the ancient police setup in medivial and ancient
With only thirteen thousand arrests, it could easily be argued that the Roundup was a failure and there are many reasons as to why there were so few arrests. Word spread that the arrests would occur several days before the Roundup, resulting in an exodus from Paris, some police called on the person and informed them they would return to make the arrest and thus allowing some to escape, but there were also over a hundred suicides. When analyzing these arrests, the accommodation camp could argue that
means a lot of crimes go unsolved or not prioritized. Police wouldn’t have enough funding for resources like crime investigation tools and well trained officers. Less training means officers will not know how to properly pursue investigations and arrest suspects. Defunding the police also means less officers at work in the field. Departments will not have enough money to pay employed officers, so the amount of officer staff shrinks. This causes a lot of officers to have to work forced overtime with
Have you ever been watching a movie or a crime T.V. show and there is a police officer arresting someone and saying something along the lines of, “You have the right to remain silent..”? Not only does that happen in shows and movies, it does happen in real life. The Miranda Rights were officially established in 1966 when Ernesto Miranda, was arrested and confessed to his crimes but his confession was later thrown out because the officer who arrested im did not read Miranda his rights. Officially
In 1971, 1 out of 12 Americans were incarcerated. Since that time, the prisoner ratio has exponentially increased; today, that ratio is 1 out of 51. With that number continuing to rise, many problems result out of it. Prison overcrowding is a growing problem in the United States. The number of people being taken in has regressive effects on the purpose behind imprisonment. Though the prisoners are not there for a comfortable and enjoyable stay, ethical rights are being ignored. How can a someone
Abstract Criminal justice professionals, whether they work in law enforcement, the courts, or corrections, encounter a multitude of situations in which they must make choices that affect people’s lives. The law, or accepted standards of behavior, imposes ethical rules and responsibilities on these professionals. This re-search paper shows reasons as to why ethics are crucial in the criminal justice system. Keywords: ethics, criminal justice Ethics in the Criminal Justice System Why is ethics
Have you ever wondered why the common language in India is English? Mughal Dynasty first ruled India and kept the Europeans under control until 1707 when the Mughal empire began to collapse. After the empire collapsed the East India Trading Company took over and then the British took over with the British army which was also staffed with sepoys. When the British took over India they made it significantly better although the British also caused many problems politically, economically, and socially
assaulting a police officer after she was stopped for a traffic violation of failing to signal a lane change. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Sandra Bland became “argumentative and uncooperative. It was not until the video of the arrest was released that we saw exactly what happened during the incident. Cannon Lambert, who played the role as the attorney for Bland’s family, reported to CNN that Sandra Bland was asked to put out her cigarette and when she refused she was asked to
Obstruction and Resisting Arrest On 10/26/2015 around 2230 hours, I, Sgt. Samuel Mendoza, was working in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Jail when we received a call that a deputy was bringing in a combative male. I went to the jail entrance to wait on the deputy. When the deputy arrived with the male subject, I opened the left rear passenger side door of the patrol car and began to talk with him. He was sitting on the right rear side of the patrol car. The man was calm at this time and I asked him
mistake between her gun and her Taser which lead to the death of a Twenty-four-year-old Everardo Torres. This is why office need to train so that mistakes like this will never happen again. Officers should also know when they received enough evidence to arrest someone for the crime the individual have committed. In the summer or 2016 a video flooded the social media and the television, showing Charles Kinsey being shot in the leg while trying to help 23-year-old patient who ran away from his group home
daughter in the year of 2014. An email received by the Loveland police department included video footage of a man, later identified as Yachik and his daughter, hitting and kicking a young female in 2012 which led to an investigation and later, an arrest. Loveland police investigated the allegations instead of the Berthoud Police department due to Yachik’s ex-fiance claiming that she had emailed the video to Berthoud Police Chief Glen Johnson but Johnson had never responded, thus causing her to continue