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Difficulties In Diagnosing And Treating Comorbidity
805 wordsDifficulties in Diagnosing and Treating Comorbidity By: Joseph L. Lagos In order to understand the difficulties involved in treating dually diagnosed individuals, it is fundamentally important to recognize what this disease is, and how it has been approached by society. The term dual diagnosis, (also known as co-occurring disorders or comorbidity), commonly refers to patients with both mental illness and substance abuse disorders. It has been estimated by the U. S. Substance Abuse and Mental Hea...
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On The Profound Effects Of Child Sexual Abuse
1,327 words... tis fied by another person. She wonders if this may be a reason why. According to a study by pandorasbox. com, Sexuality is regarded not simply as a part of the self limited to the genitals, discrete behaviors, or biological aspects of reproduction, but is more properly understood as one component of the total personality that affects ones concept of person identity and self-esteem. If the child victim does not resolve the trauma, sexuality may become an area of adult conflict. I read an art...
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Criminal Justice System Police Discretion
958 wordsPhilosopher, Ronald Dworkin and H. L. A. Hart refers to discretion as "the hole in the doughnut" (doughnut theory of discretion). In this standpoint, discretion is the vacant area in the middle of a ring consisting of policies and procedures. To be able to make choices freely is called a strong sense of discretion. Discretion lies within the hole of the doughnut. Individualized judgments are often made by police officials, everyday. However, the loose definition often seems to be a bit of a chal...
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Science Dna Testing And Modern Crime Solving
1,545 wordsAfter a long day at work, you decide to crash on the couch and watch a little television. After flipping through the channels, you notice the impressive line-up of police, courtroom, and medical dramas. Finally, you settle upon an episode of Law and Order. Tonights episode is about a young girl who was raped and murdered. In the end, extensive D. N. A. testing reveals the true killer, and the case is solved. Like many other prime time television series, the characters in Law and Order always man...
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Criminal Justice System Number Of Users
1,236 wordsThe concept of marijuana legalization has gone in and out of vogue over the past 20 years, as several states, either de jure or de facto, have decriminalized its possession and use. Some describe the cause of decriminalization in the 1970 s as a wave of permissive liberalism. This is hardly the case, however. In the early 1970 s, a presidential commission chaired by the former Republican governor of Pennsylvania, Raymond P. Schafer, called for federal decriminalization and eventual legalization,...
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Blacks Prison And Institutional Racism
1,451 wordsDescription: The title pretty much says it all in this one. This paper addresses the issue of blacks in prison and explores the socio-economic causes and solutions. This paper uses many goverment ally commissioned reports. Blacks, Prison, and Institutional Racism Introduction Criminal justice and security is one of the largest industries in the United States. Such a statistic is (and rightly so) of great concern to Afro-Americans because a disproportionate percentage of individuals under the con...
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Criminal Justice System England And Wales
1,045 words'We do not believe that the examining magistrate is a real protection against overbearing police practices save in rare cases where physical brutality is involved. Furthermore, despite the fact that only ten percent of cases go before the juge d'instruction, the system is overburdened and works slowly. Discuss in relation to the English and French systems of criminal justice English criminal justice system consist f the 460 r s magistrates' curt's are the first layer f the curt structure and can...
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Law Enforcement Officer Criminal Justice System
2,462 words1. The Processing of a Criminal Case in a Criminal Justice System Criminal Justice System is created to try people charged for certain crimes. A crime is defined by law as an act or omission for which, if a person is found guilty, he is sentenced to death, imprisonment or fine, or, sometimes, both imprisonment and fine. The reason for filing a criminal case is usually a felony, which is divided into two categories Person Felony (robbery, rape) and Non-person Felony (burglary and other property c...
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Criminal Justice System National Drug Control
2,440 words... of Prisoners, 2004, 4) In the United States the inmates rights are guaranteed by the Federal Constitution, Federal Statutes and regulations. So what are rights of the prisoners? First of all, there are political rights right to vote, serve on a jury or run for a political office. Criminals who are imprisoned for felonies usually do not have the right to vote as well as other political rights, however those convicted of a misdemeanor are free to exercise their political rights. Prisoners are ...
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Criminal Justice System Deterrent To Crime
1,743 wordsIn our society's criminal justice system, justice equals punishment. You do the crime, and you do the time. Once you have done the time, you have paid your debt to society and justice has been done. Because our society defines justice in this manner, the victims of crimes often seek the most severe possible punishment for their offenders. Society tells them this will bring justice, but it often leaves them feeling empty and unsatisfied after getting what they wanted. Punishment does not address ...
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British Medical Journal Criminal Justice System
745 wordsDrug Related Crime According to the definition the drug related crime is consists of using, possessing, manufacturing, or distributing drugs classified as having a potential for abuse (such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and amphetamines). Drugs are also related to crime through the effects they have on the user's behavior and by generating violence and other illegal activity in connection with drug trafficking. Drugs and alcohol are the factors, which can easily destroy humans psyche, body and ...
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Native Born Americans Criminal Justice System
804 wordsThe Changes and Affects on the Criminal Justice System that Occurred After the Terrorist Attacks of 9 / 11. After the attacks of 9 / 11, Americans demanded its government to tighten the domestic security policies, to prevent terrorist acts from taking place in U. S. in the future. In response to this, the government had suggested that this was to be done at the expense of taking away certain civil liberties from American citizens, while it shouldve simply reconsidered the principles of its prese...
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Wackenhut Corrections Corporation The Truth Behind Private Prisons
2,974 wordsWackenhut Corrections Corporation - the truth behind private prisons Within the conceptual framework of this research, we will elaborate on Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, a private prison system that is nowadays notorious for numerous human rights abuse cases. History of Wackenhut Corrections Corporation as well as its owner will be briefly discussed, followed by detailed elaboration on numerous problems that Wackenhut Corrections Corporation experienced. After careful research, it is appare...
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Roles Of Women In Oklahoma Supreme Court
1,918 wordsRoles of Women in Oklahoma Supreme Court The American southern states are usually regarded as not being very progressive, when it comes to representing minorities in its governmental institutions. There are many historical and cultural reasons for this, nevertheless, in recent years there are a few distinct socio-political trends can be defined that affected all three branches of Federal Government in the state of Oklahoma. The Supreme Court of Oklahoma has always been associated with stronghold...
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Criminal Justice System War On Terror
2,532 wordsArticles Critique The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, Nor success to the skilful; Time and chance govern all. Ecclesiastes. There is a wild spirit of adventure that looks like malice. Nietzsche. In the two articles The Australian left to rot behind bars by Gay Alcorn and Justice required but mercy is not by Piers Akerman the authors talk about the David Hicks, an al Queda member, who is currently at the military base i...
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Criminal Justice System War On Terror
2,301 wordsArticles Critique The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the intelligent, Nor success to the skilful; Time and chance govern all. Ecclesiastes. There is a wild spirit of adventure that looks like malice. Nietzsche. David Hicks was captured by the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan in early December 2001 while travelling with Taliban soldiers who were defending their territory from the Northern Alliance. Davids father, Terry, said his son se...
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Capital Punishment Cases Criminal Justice System
1,250 wordsThe Effects of Race on Sentencing in Capital Punishment Cases Sam Houston State University, Huntsville CJ 478 W- Introduction To Methods Of Research TTH 8: 00 - 9: 30 Throughout history, minorities have been ill-represented in the criminal justice system, particularly in cases where the possible outcome is death. In early America, blacks were lynched for the slightest violation of informal laws and many of these killings occured without any type of due process. As the judicial system has matured...
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Capital Punishment Cases Criminal Justice System
938 wordsThe Effects of Race on Sentencing in Capital Punishment Cases Throughout history, minorities have been ill-represented in the criminal justice system, particularly in cases where the possible outcome is death. In early America, blacks were lynched for the slightest violation of informal laws and many of these killings occured without any type of due process. As the judicial system has matured, minorities have found better representation but it is not completely unbiased. In the past twenty years...
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Ernest Van Den Haag Criminal Justice System
1,108 wordsThe Case for Capital Punishment Society, in general, agrees that the taking of an innocent life is an unforgivable act, and that the rape of children is particularly heinous. I will argue that all persons convicted of the crime of murder or the rape of a child under ten years of age should be given a mandatory death penalty. Capital punishment is not only justifiable but is morally correct and should be the mandatory sentence for such crimes once an individual is found guilty. It would be neithe...
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Criminal Justice System Sentenced To Death
783 wordsIdeas Penalty Death Penalty I feel that the Death Penalty is wrong, and I dont see how anyone could justify killing somebody with killing somebody. I think our society is just using this for a band-aid for the real problems of our society, we need to get back to our roots and stop the problems before they start. Nobody knows the date and the hour in which they will die, but in many states now you know the date and hour very well. Also there are to many issues that nobody but God should decide on...
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