Psychopathic and antisocial personality disorder traits as predictors
... of Investigation [FBI], 2010). Although these numbers have fallen slightly within the last few years, rates of violence in America are still troubling. Despite this, our society and the discipline of psychology have yet to reach a consensus on what exactly constitutes an aggressive act. Definitions ...
... of Investigation [FBI], 2010). Although these numbers have fallen slightly within the last few years, rates of violence in America are still troubling. Despite this, our society and the discipline of psychology have yet to reach a consensus on what exactly constitutes an aggressive act. Definitions ...
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 ...
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... of probation in India. Some of the respondent, also cautioned against the imposition of law of probation and have agreed with the views that keeping in view the political atmosphere and reformative attitude, the most important consideration is to appraise the risk involved to the society in releasin ...
... of probation in India. Some of the respondent, also cautioned against the imposition of law of probation and have agreed with the views that keeping in view the political atmosphere and reformative attitude, the most important consideration is to appraise the risk involved to the society in releasin ...
Youth Justice Secure Residences - Ministry of Social Development
... Young people admitted to Child, Youth and Family’s (CYF) youth justice secure residences are some of New Zealand’s most vulnerable and challenging. The main function of these residences is to provide a response to when a judge decides that a young person is unsafe to live in the community. Young peo ...
... Young people admitted to Child, Youth and Family’s (CYF) youth justice secure residences are some of New Zealand’s most vulnerable and challenging. The main function of these residences is to provide a response to when a judge decides that a young person is unsafe to live in the community. Young peo ...
Post-Sentence Supervision and Detention
... Around Australia, and in many other jurisdictions in the common law world, governments and legal systems are grappling with the practical and jurisprudential problems posed by high-risk offenders whose sentences have expired but who are still considered to be dangerous. Over recent years particular ...
... Around Australia, and in many other jurisdictions in the common law world, governments and legal systems are grappling with the practical and jurisprudential problems posed by high-risk offenders whose sentences have expired but who are still considered to be dangerous. Over recent years particular ...
Alcohol, young persons and violence
... moderate levels. Indigenous persons were, however, aware of and concerned about the effects of alcohol, with over 95 per cent believing alcohol consumption to be a serious issue and over 90 per cent believing that alcohol-related violence was a serious issue. Over one-third of Indigenous persons age ...
... moderate levels. Indigenous persons were, however, aware of and concerned about the effects of alcohol, with over 95 per cent believing alcohol consumption to be a serious issue and over 90 per cent believing that alcohol-related violence was a serious issue. Over one-third of Indigenous persons age ...
David James Farabee - UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
... The major goal of this project was to examine the treatment system impact and outcomes of Proposition 36 in five selected counties and to explore the effects of the implementation of Proposition 36 on California’s treatment delivery system, the system’s response, and the relationships between the tr ...
... The major goal of this project was to examine the treatment system impact and outcomes of Proposition 36 in five selected counties and to explore the effects of the implementation of Proposition 36 on California’s treatment delivery system, the system’s response, and the relationships between the tr ...
Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice: A Guidebook for
... The primary purpose of this Guide is to provide a structure for jurisdictions, juvenile probation or centralized statewide agencies striving to implement risk assessment or to improve their current risk assessment practices. Risk assessment in this Guide refers to the practice of using a structured ...
... The primary purpose of this Guide is to provide a structure for jurisdictions, juvenile probation or centralized statewide agencies striving to implement risk assessment or to improve their current risk assessment practices. Risk assessment in this Guide refers to the practice of using a structured ...
Aggressive Driving
... that problem. Thorough analysis of problems often reveals that individuals and groups other than the police are in a stronger position to address problems and that police ought to shift some greater responsibility to them to do so. Response Guide No. 3, Shifting and Sharing Responsibility for Public ...
... that problem. Thorough analysis of problems often reveals that individuals and groups other than the police are in a stronger position to address problems and that police ought to shift some greater responsibility to them to do so. Response Guide No. 3, Shifting and Sharing Responsibility for Public ...
instrumental and reactive violence - DalSpace
... male (FBI, 2007; Statistics Canada, 2003). Given these figures, a greater understanding of violent crime committed by male offenders appears necessary. The research detailed in this dissertation investigates predictors of the nature of violence committed by male offenders. This research examines var ...
... male (FBI, 2007; Statistics Canada, 2003). Given these figures, a greater understanding of violent crime committed by male offenders appears necessary. The research detailed in this dissertation investigates predictors of the nature of violence committed by male offenders. This research examines var ...
Hate Crimes and the Need for Stronger Federal Legislation
... from the 8,049 reported in 1997, there were nearly 500 fewer agencies reporting in 1998.32 Looking at the statistics reported by the FBI throughout the 1990s, it appears that the number of hate crimes increased early, but has decreased in recent years.33 Although many commentators argue over whethe ...
... from the 8,049 reported in 1997, there were nearly 500 fewer agencies reporting in 1998.32 Looking at the statistics reported by the FBI throughout the 1990s, it appears that the number of hate crimes increased early, but has decreased in recent years.33 Although many commentators argue over whethe ...
Preventing Crime - What Works, What Doesn`t
... o Crime Prevention Defined. Crime prevention is defined not by intentions or methods, but by results. There is scientific evidence, for example, that both schools and prisons can help prevent crime. Crime prevention programs are neither "hard" nor "soft" by definition; the central question is whethe ...
... o Crime Prevention Defined. Crime prevention is defined not by intentions or methods, but by results. There is scientific evidence, for example, that both schools and prisons can help prevent crime. Crime prevention programs are neither "hard" nor "soft" by definition; the central question is whethe ...
Advice on the legislative and governance models under the Serious
... independence of judgment and a critical rigour in our examination of their workplace and work practices, and to recommend change wherever we thought that change would be beneficial, the cooperation we received was universal and unstinting. This cooperation extended beyond members of Corrections Vict ...
... independence of judgment and a critical rigour in our examination of their workplace and work practices, and to recommend change wherever we thought that change would be beneficial, the cooperation we received was universal and unstinting. This cooperation extended beyond members of Corrections Vict ...
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 ...
Cognitive Outreach Groups (COG) Program
... successful completion of probation, new offenses resulting in arrest, and new offenses resulting in conviction. Results demonstrate that COG group completers were more than twice as likely to successfully complete probation than those in the comparison group, and that new criminal offense (as measur ...
... successful completion of probation, new offenses resulting in arrest, and new offenses resulting in conviction. Results demonstrate that COG group completers were more than twice as likely to successfully complete probation than those in the comparison group, and that new criminal offense (as measur ...
Part 3 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment
... protected characteristics. As part of a wider programme of work, MoJ is looking at how best (and most appropriately) the data gaps that exist might be filled, taking into account cost considerations. The following assessments only explore equality impacts arising from the policy reforms in relation ...
... protected characteristics. As part of a wider programme of work, MoJ is looking at how best (and most appropriately) the data gaps that exist might be filled, taking into account cost considerations. The following assessments only explore equality impacts arising from the policy reforms in relation ...
chemical castration: how a medical therapy became punishment
... peers’ research findings by identifying Type IV offenders, paraphiliacs, as being particularly amenable to MPA treatment, now known as chemical castration.5 Profiling and Distinguishing Paraphiliac Offenders In order to fully understand MPA treatments as they were developed, it is important to under ...
... peers’ research findings by identifying Type IV offenders, paraphiliacs, as being particularly amenable to MPA treatment, now known as chemical castration.5 Profiling and Distinguishing Paraphiliac Offenders In order to fully understand MPA treatments as they were developed, it is important to under ...
B l u e p r i n t ... A C o m p r e h... I d e n t i f i c a...
... and analysis phases, including Gail Wasserman and Larkin McReynolds of the Center for the Promotion of Mental Health and Juvenile Justice at Columbia University; Steve Banks of The Bristol Observatory; and Linda Teplin and Karen Abram of Northwestern University Medical School. We wish to thank the F ...
... and analysis phases, including Gail Wasserman and Larkin McReynolds of the Center for the Promotion of Mental Health and Juvenile Justice at Columbia University; Steve Banks of The Bristol Observatory; and Linda Teplin and Karen Abram of Northwestern University Medical School. We wish to thank the F ...
Predicting Violence - American Bar Association
... judgments about who is likely to commit crimes while on pretrial release and whether we are detaining the right people. Relying on the largest dataset of pretrial defendants in the United States, this Article determines what factors, if any, are relevant to predicting “dangerousness” pretrial and wh ...
... judgments about who is likely to commit crimes while on pretrial release and whether we are detaining the right people. Relying on the largest dataset of pretrial defendants in the United States, this Article determines what factors, if any, are relevant to predicting “dangerousness” pretrial and wh ...
The Importance of Differentiating Between Traits of Autism Spectrum
... How is it possible for such seemingly unrelated concepts (autism and crime) to overlap? The likelihood of involvement in illicit behaviors can actually be aggravated by many of the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (Newman & Ghaziuddin, 2008), and when symptoms are presented by individuals ...
... How is it possible for such seemingly unrelated concepts (autism and crime) to overlap? The likelihood of involvement in illicit behaviors can actually be aggravated by many of the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (Newman & Ghaziuddin, 2008), and when symptoms are presented by individuals ...
the review of the - CJFS 6945 Research Methods by John Hazy, YSU
... that people are biosocial organisms whose behaviours are influenced by both their physical characteristics and the environmental conditions they are faced with. Rather than viewing criminals as people whose behaviours are totally controlled or predetermined by their biological traits, modern biosoci ...
... that people are biosocial organisms whose behaviours are influenced by both their physical characteristics and the environmental conditions they are faced with. Rather than viewing criminals as people whose behaviours are totally controlled or predetermined by their biological traits, modern biosoci ...
- University of Salford Institutional Repository
... disintegrative disorder [2]. The onset of ASDs begins in early childhood and has an adverse impact on the individual's communicative and social interaction abilities and there are tendencies towards restricted interests and/or repetitive behaviours [3]. ASD affects 1 in 110 children in the United St ...
... disintegrative disorder [2]. The onset of ASDs begins in early childhood and has an adverse impact on the individual's communicative and social interaction abilities and there are tendencies towards restricted interests and/or repetitive behaviours [3]. ASD affects 1 in 110 children in the United St ...
McNeill, Fergus (2014) Punishment as rehabilitation. In
... society. Rehabilitation was also coming to be seen as being inconsistent with justice itself because judgements about liberty had come to be unduly influenced by dubious and subjective professional judgements hidden from or impenetrable to the offender. Through the development of the ‘psy’ disciplin ...
... society. Rehabilitation was also coming to be seen as being inconsistent with justice itself because judgements about liberty had come to be unduly influenced by dubious and subjective professional judgements hidden from or impenetrable to the offender. Through the development of the ‘psy’ disciplin ...
Sex Offender Civil Commitment: The Treatment Paradox
... states have increasingly turned to a civil system of confinement for the most dangerous sex offenders. Laws prescribing civil commitment for sexually violent predators identify those persons convicted of sexual offenses who are the most likely to recidivate and provide a mechanism whereby, upon comp ...
... states have increasingly turned to a civil system of confinement for the most dangerous sex offenders. Laws prescribing civil commitment for sexually violent predators identify those persons convicted of sexual offenses who are the most likely to recidivate and provide a mechanism whereby, upon comp ...
rules of juvenile court procedure
... JUVENILE JUSTICE AGENCY is any court, including the minor judiciary, or any other governmental agency specifically authorized to perform the administration of juvenile justice as its function. Juvenile justice agencies include, but are not limited to, organized State and municipal police departments ...
... JUVENILE JUSTICE AGENCY is any court, including the minor judiciary, or any other governmental agency specifically authorized to perform the administration of juvenile justice as its function. Juvenile justice agencies include, but are not limited to, organized State and municipal police departments ...