Essays Tagged: "Bureau of Justice Statistics"
Juvenile justice
edfor weapons offenses in 1995 were under the age of eighteen (Curriden 66). In the samereport, the Bureau of Justice Statistics stated that in 1995 3 out of every 100eighteen-year-olds was arrested f ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
This essay was originally meant to promote the death penalty.
r than homicide rates in the U.S., which uses the death penalty. For example, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, the homicide rate in the U.S. in 1999 was 5.7 per 100,000 population a ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty
School Violence: Lowering the Statistics
mind. Surprisingly, though, school-related antagonism is not always serious. In the year 2000, the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education reported:"The most prevalent type ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Domestic Violence
lly or sexually abused by their husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Violence Against Women: Estimates from the Redesigned Survey, "Every d ... men are seeking assistance and protection from the threatening and physical abuse they encounter." (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Aug 1995) Fear from the abuser and being scared often results in the a ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Correctional Theories and Suggestions
ssing, using or selling illegal weapons 70.2%, rapist for another rape 2.5%, and homicide 1.2%. The Bureau of Justice Statistics states, "The 272,111 offenders discharged in 1994 had accumulated 4.1 m ... from: http://mycampus.aiu-online.com/classroom/multimediacoursetext.aspx?classid=153690BJS. (2006). Bureau of Justice Statistics. Criminal Offenders Statistics. Retrieved December 14,2006 from: http:/ ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Oklahoma Prisons
ty echo through Oklahoma, which now ranks first in the nation in women in prison, third in men. New Bureau of Justice Statistics state that 622 of every 100,00 Oklahomans are in prison, including 19,5 ... (Observer 18). Meanwhile, thanks to Senator Dick Wilkerson, a former Crime Bureau agent, Oklahoma is investigating in drug courts-alternative treatment programs that are highl ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Private Prisons
most taxing problems facing our criminal justice system. According to U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics, the prison population at year-end 2000, there were 1,381,892 men and w ... bar; they are only interested in the profits"� (Yeoman 284). According to report done by the Bureau of Justice Assistance from July 1, 1994 to June 30, 1995, violations per 1,000 inmates were 4 ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Prison Overcrowding
ore than two million men and women are now behind bars in the United States (Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003). The exploding prison population has been propelled by public po ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Chemical Dependency
.Our criminal justice system is where many of Americas? mentally ill can be found. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics survey (1999), in 1998 about 238,000 mentally ill offenders were incarc ... al Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association, 2000.Bureau of Justice Statistics (last revised February 16, 2006). Prison Statistics. Retrieved March 3, ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Differences in Policing Methods: Correction Variations from State to State
will begin by explaining how the country is doing as a whole. Over the last twenty-five years, the Bureau of Justice Statistics has combined efforts with the National Probation Survey, National Priso ... ." There are almost 7 million citizens in the United States corrections system-simply astonishing. (Bureau of Justice Statistics. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ bjs/glance/tables/corr2tab.htm. Department o ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Capital Punishment
West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. Since 1976 to the present day, data from The Bureau of Justice Statistics (2007) stated that, 119 death row inmates have been found innocent and ... mmit. How many more lives do we need to lose in this way to consider a better way forward?ReferencesBureau of Justice Statistics. Retrieved February 15, 2007, fromhttp://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cp.htmLi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Solutions for Juvenile School Violence
Center for Education Statistics, Indicators of School and Crime Safety: 2007). In 2005, The Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that 19% of students, (grades 9 – 12), reported that they ... of students reported carrying a weapon on school property, (Indicators of School Crime and Safety, Bureau of Justice Statistics: 2006). For the 2007 – 2008 school years alone, there have been a ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Contemporary Problems AXIA
Our criminal justice system is where many of Americas mentally ill are also found. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics survey (1999), in 1998 about 238,000 mentally ill offenders were incarc ... employment are found in the CPS, the Current Population Survey. In the beginning of each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor releases the appropriate figures of how man ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
War on Drugs and Prison Overcrowding
ld's prisoners incarcerated in the United States, we just may have to re-think our current systems (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006). What happens when good people are found in an extenuating circu ... ectional Policy. Retrieved February 3, 2009, from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p83344_index.html Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2006). Prison Statistics. Retrieved February 3, 2009, from http://www ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Infanticide
In 65 percent of child homicides, the parent is the perpetrator (Bureau of Justice Statistics). Millions of infants fall victim to infanticide or the killing of infa ... 146;s underdeveloped countries have high rates of infanticide because of a deficiency of materials (Bureau of Justice Statistics). These countries generally lack food, supplies, and medical care. But ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Guns Essay (One World)
ed. They can injure and kill. "Suicides typically make up 56.5% of all gun deaths, according to the Bureau Of Justice Statistics." � It is rarely required that one has proper training before pu ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry