inquiry into strategies to prevent high volume offending and
... From the evidence before the Committee, keeping young people at school or in training/work is a most important factor in keeping people out of the justice system. Therefore we have looked at strategies that relate to children at a very early age, up to strategies for offenders. The cost of these mus ...
... From the evidence before the Committee, keeping young people at school or in training/work is a most important factor in keeping people out of the justice system. Therefore we have looked at strategies that relate to children at a very early age, up to strategies for offenders. The cost of these mus ...
Situational factors in rape
... perspective relatively recently and comparatively few studies on rape from this perspective have been published. If situational factors are important then a new armoury of sophisticated crime prevention interventions should be available for use. Given that the prevalence of rape has generally proven ...
... perspective relatively recently and comparatively few studies on rape from this perspective have been published. If situational factors are important then a new armoury of sophisticated crime prevention interventions should be available for use. Given that the prevalence of rape has generally proven ...
Knowledge and opinions of marijuana: A farewell to harms, or a
... America today disagree about marijuana laws to the extent that traveling from one state to another can result in an individual going from being in complete compliance with the law to potentially committing of a felony offense simply by crossing state lines. While it seems clear that there is some re ...
... America today disagree about marijuana laws to the extent that traveling from one state to another can result in an individual going from being in complete compliance with the law to potentially committing of a felony offense simply by crossing state lines. While it seems clear that there is some re ...
Part 3 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment
... of the Offender Management Community Cohort Study (OMCCS), a multi-methods study which employs longitudinal survey methods to track a cohort of adult offenders who commenced a community order between October 2009 and December 2010. The data presented is based on an interim dataset of the survey resp ...
... of the Offender Management Community Cohort Study (OMCCS), a multi-methods study which employs longitudinal survey methods to track a cohort of adult offenders who commenced a community order between October 2009 and December 2010. The data presented is based on an interim dataset of the survey resp ...
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers
... selling by licensed retailers is now referred to as the primary market for firearms; both new and used firearms are involved. The secondary market consists of transfers by unlicensed private parties such as the individual attendees at gun shows.7,8 The secondary market is much larger than is commonl ...
... selling by licensed retailers is now referred to as the primary market for firearms; both new and used firearms are involved. The secondary market consists of transfers by unlicensed private parties such as the individual attendees at gun shows.7,8 The secondary market is much larger than is commonl ...
the review of the - CJFS 6945 Research Methods by John Hazy, YSU
... These are only a few examples of the types of violent incidents that sometimes take place in our society. The first question that often emerges when faced with such acts of violence is, why? Why did this crime occur? What motivated the offenders to engage in this type of behaviour? Can one theory or ...
... These are only a few examples of the types of violent incidents that sometimes take place in our society. The first question that often emerges when faced with such acts of violence is, why? Why did this crime occur? What motivated the offenders to engage in this type of behaviour? Can one theory or ...
Estimating the costs of gender-based violence in the European
... develop policies to combat all forms of gender-based violence. An accurate understanding of the costs of genderbased violence can guide EU Member States on which approaches to take while developing policies. It must be remembered that gender-based violence knows no geographical boundaries, no ethnic ...
... develop policies to combat all forms of gender-based violence. An accurate understanding of the costs of genderbased violence can guide EU Member States on which approaches to take while developing policies. It must be remembered that gender-based violence knows no geographical boundaries, no ethnic ...
Strategies and Best Practices in Crime Prevention in particular in
... Many governments, individuals and organizations helped to make the Workshop on crime prevention, which took place at the 11th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Bangkok, Thailand in April 2005, a great success. The professionalism, expertise and dedication shown by all the prese ...
... Many governments, individuals and organizations helped to make the Workshop on crime prevention, which took place at the 11th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Bangkok, Thailand in April 2005, a great success. The professionalism, expertise and dedication shown by all the prese ...
Scoping the involvement of third sector
... pathways. Using existing datasets, it looks at the properties of third sector organisations working with offenders, more specifically their size, number, geographic area of operation and total income. It is estimated that nearly 20,000 third sector organisations work with offenders in England and Wa ...
... pathways. Using existing datasets, it looks at the properties of third sector organisations working with offenders, more specifically their size, number, geographic area of operation and total income. It is estimated that nearly 20,000 third sector organisations work with offenders in England and Wa ...
This PDF is a selection from an out-of-print volume from... of Economic Research
... model of rational addiction, they estimated a long-run price elasticity of cocaine demand of -1.35, which is approximately 40 percent larger than their estimated short-run elasticity of -0.96. In addition, they found positive and significant effects of past and future cocaine use on current use, con ...
... model of rational addiction, they estimated a long-run price elasticity of cocaine demand of -1.35, which is approximately 40 percent larger than their estimated short-run elasticity of -0.96. In addition, they found positive and significant effects of past and future cocaine use on current use, con ...
Preventing Crime - What Works, What Doesn`t
... o Effective Crime Prevention in High-Violence Neighborhoods May Require Interventions in Many Local Institutions Simultaneously. The interdependency of these local institutions suggests a great need for rigorous testing of programs that simultaneously invest in communities, families, schools, labor ...
... o Effective Crime Prevention in High-Violence Neighborhoods May Require Interventions in Many Local Institutions Simultaneously. The interdependency of these local institutions suggests a great need for rigorous testing of programs that simultaneously invest in communities, families, schools, labor ...
Alcohol, young persons and violence
... Hennessy and Williams report that while slightly fewer (urban) Indigenous persons consumed alcohol than did non-Indigenous persons, there was a far higher level of hazardous and harmful drinkers among Indigenous alcohol consumers. Less than one in five young Indigenous drinkers consumed at moderate ...
... Hennessy and Williams report that while slightly fewer (urban) Indigenous persons consumed alcohol than did non-Indigenous persons, there was a far higher level of hazardous and harmful drinkers among Indigenous alcohol consumers. Less than one in five young Indigenous drinkers consumed at moderate ...
Policing Alcohol and Related Crimes On Campus
... can compromise their health and well-being. Student drinking is also tied to crime. While prior work explores the nature and extent of crimes involving alcohol on campus, to date no study has examined how police handle these incidents or crime generally. This study fills that gap in the literature. ...
... can compromise their health and well-being. Student drinking is also tied to crime. While prior work explores the nature and extent of crimes involving alcohol on campus, to date no study has examined how police handle these incidents or crime generally. This study fills that gap in the literature. ...
Justice policy reform for high-risk juveniles: Using
... accounts for the majority of criminal behavior (Piquero et al. 2003). That is, a small group of highrate offenders is frequently (if not persistently) involved in crime. Moreover, across life phases, population base rates of crime are highest during adolescence (Hirschi & Gottfredson 1983). If scien ...
... accounts for the majority of criminal behavior (Piquero et al. 2003). That is, a small group of highrate offenders is frequently (if not persistently) involved in crime. Moreover, across life phases, population base rates of crime are highest during adolescence (Hirschi & Gottfredson 1983). If scien ...
Imprisonment Inertia and Public Attitudes Toward "Truth in Sentencing"
... find strong support for moving prisoners into less costly forms of punishment when it is safe to do so. 10 Neither of these competing policy preferences can be fully implemented without detriment to the other. Although our research identifies a dilemma for policymakers seeking to satisfy public opin ...
... find strong support for moving prisoners into less costly forms of punishment when it is safe to do so. 10 Neither of these competing policy preferences can be fully implemented without detriment to the other. Although our research identifies a dilemma for policymakers seeking to satisfy public opin ...
Crime and Justice in the United States and in England and Wales
... American sentence length, time served, and days at risk of serving 54 American homicide 56 An American offender’s probability of arrest, and an arrested offender’s probability of conviction 56 Racial disparities in American incarceration rates 57 Sources of English data 58 English survey offenses 58 ...
... American sentence length, time served, and days at risk of serving 54 American homicide 56 An American offender’s probability of arrest, and an arrested offender’s probability of conviction 56 Racial disparities in American incarceration rates 57 Sources of English data 58 English survey offenses 58 ...
Is Project HOPE Creating,, False Sense of Hope?
... the Integrated Community Sanctions Unit (ICS), Honolulu's high-risk probation unit, Cheryl Inouye, agreed to change procedures so as to require both immediate enforcement and her officers to file motions direct! y with the court. Once the motion was filed, the court staff was responsible for contact ...
... the Integrated Community Sanctions Unit (ICS), Honolulu's high-risk probation unit, Cheryl Inouye, agreed to change procedures so as to require both immediate enforcement and her officers to file motions direct! y with the court. Once the motion was filed, the court staff was responsible for contact ...
National Drug Control System - United Nations Office on Drugs and
... developed by UNODC to assist law enforcement agencies in managing investigations of criminal cases in general and financial crimes in particular up to the level of passing the case files and evidence to prosecution. ...
... developed by UNODC to assist law enforcement agencies in managing investigations of criminal cases in general and financial crimes in particular up to the level of passing the case files and evidence to prosecution. ...
General Strain Theory and Bullying Victimization
... Characteristics of strain most likely to lead to delinquency. After much criticism, Agnew (2001) expanded his theory by identifying four characteristics of strains that are most likely to result in crime. Strains are criminogenic when they are seen as unjust, are perceived high in magnitude, are ass ...
... Characteristics of strain most likely to lead to delinquency. After much criticism, Agnew (2001) expanded his theory by identifying four characteristics of strains that are most likely to result in crime. Strains are criminogenic when they are seen as unjust, are perceived high in magnitude, are ass ...
McNeill, Fergus (2014) Punishment as rehabilitation. In
... explicitly articulated) standards of behavior. Raynor and Robinson make the critical but often neglected point that correctional rehabilitation is a very broad church; one that allow for almost as wide a variety of theories and methodologies about how ‘correction’ is to be achieved as there are theo ...
... explicitly articulated) standards of behavior. Raynor and Robinson make the critical but often neglected point that correctional rehabilitation is a very broad church; one that allow for almost as wide a variety of theories and methodologies about how ‘correction’ is to be achieved as there are theo ...
THE RISK-NEED-RESPONSIVITY (RNR) MODEL Does Adding the
... The front and center role given to universal needs in GLM we continue to find problematic. We do not discount its value (see RNR Principle 1 in Table 1), but in terms of crime prevention, we think that it cannot supersede criminogenic needs. We will say more about this later. Finally, much has been ...
... The front and center role given to universal needs in GLM we continue to find problematic. We do not discount its value (see RNR Principle 1 in Table 1), but in terms of crime prevention, we think that it cannot supersede criminogenic needs. We will say more about this later. Finally, much has been ...
Do Citizens Know Whether Their State Has Decriminalized Marijuana?
... decriminalization experiences of the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, and other countries.1 Here we briefly summarize that literature. Early U.S. studies generally found that decriminalization had no statistically significant impact on use in the United States. These studies focused on the ...
... decriminalization experiences of the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, and other countries.1 Here we briefly summarize that literature. Early U.S. studies generally found that decriminalization had no statistically significant impact on use in the United States. These studies focused on the ...
Preparing the young offender for return to society
... behavior, proceeded by dialog with and observation of teenagers already adjudicated to be juvenile delinquents. It was premised on those parts of sociological theory that could provide explanation of and suggest treatment for juvenile delinquency. This study tested the tenets of several perspectives ...
... behavior, proceeded by dialog with and observation of teenagers already adjudicated to be juvenile delinquents. It was premised on those parts of sociological theory that could provide explanation of and suggest treatment for juvenile delinquency. This study tested the tenets of several perspectives ...
Florida`s Truth in Sentencing Effectiveness on Recidivism
... and selective incapacitation has had or could have a major impact on crime rates. Similarly, a 1998 review of “what works” by Sherman et al., concluded that while the incarceration of offenders who will continue to commit crimes would reduce crime, it also noted that “ . . . the number of crimes pre ...
... and selective incapacitation has had or could have a major impact on crime rates. Similarly, a 1998 review of “what works” by Sherman et al., concluded that while the incarceration of offenders who will continue to commit crimes would reduce crime, it also noted that “ . . . the number of crimes pre ...
The Costs of Crime and Violence - Inter
... outcomes in those sectors, spending on citizen security has not been associated with improved security and lower crime rates. In fact, countries with similar spending levels may have completely different homicide rates, suggesting the presence of potential inefficiencies in public spending. The stud ...
... outcomes in those sectors, spending on citizen security has not been associated with improved security and lower crime rates. In fact, countries with similar spending levels may have completely different homicide rates, suggesting the presence of potential inefficiencies in public spending. The stud ...