These are obviously issues that have not been addressed in the inmates childhood and should be addressed now before it is too late, if it isn't already. A hypothetical survey and results are included for the student to gain ideas. A reference page follows containing 16 sources. The role of probation in the American criminal justice system is explored in this 15 page analytical paper. The debates surrounding the issue of probation are also included and recommendations are made.
Bibliography lists more than a dozen sources.
This 6 page research paper analyzes the controversy surrounding the penalties given to status offenders and the likelihood that probation will become the most viable answer to the problem. The opinions of reputed caseworkers are cited to evidence the idea that while harsher sentences for status offenders must be ruled out, the lack of some penalty is unacceptable and therefore, probation-style programs are the most likely answer to the problem. Bibliography lists 8 sources. This 5 page report discusses the shooting of African immigrant Amidou Diallo by four members of the New York Police Department in February of 1999. Standing in the doorway of his apartment building, apparently either coming from or going for something to eat, New York police officers fired 41 times at him.