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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"criminal history"”.
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Do open-minded individuals disclose more about their criminal history?
… autobiographical memory, and their initial criminal history disclosure. The overall goal was to test the hypotheses that more Open-minded individuals disclose more about their criminal history, and that they do so due to richer and more elaborate autobiographical memories. Student …
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A veritable revolution: the Court of Criminal Appeal in English criminal history 1908-1958
… formation of what was to be the first court of criminal appeal in English history. Such a court had been debated, but ultimately rejected, by successive governments for over half a century. In each debate, members of the judiciary declared that a court for appeals in criminal cases held the …
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The relation of acculturation, criminal history, and social integration of Mexican American and non -Mexican students to assaults on intimate partners
… partner violence. Additionally, the role of criminal history and integration into society were analyzed to understand their unique effects on intimate partner violence. Furthermore, differences between Mexican Americans and Non-Mexicans in the relation of criminal history and social …
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The impact of formal education, specialized training, and offense type on perceptions of employability: Can bias toward hiring a person with a criminal history be mitigated?
… would otherwise consider a person with a criminal history. Thus, it is unclear whether returning citizens’ level of education or training can mitigate barriers related to their offense history. Therefore, using hypothetical case vignettes of a formerly incarcerated job applicant, this …
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A comparative study of compliant and non-compliant sexual offenders in the state of Tennessee
… offenders have been identified as a group of criminals who must be monitored even after their release from prison or after completion of parole. This is accomplished by requiring sexual offenders to comply with registration requirements such as checking in with law enforcement agents on a …
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Sentence Length and Recidivism: Are Longer Incarcerations the Solution to High Rates of Reoffending?
… for reducing recidivism. Also, individuals with criminal history, especially previous prison experience, had higher probabilities of reoffending. These analyses were done while controlling for age, race, sex, type of crime, sentence length and criminal history.
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Criminal careers and restorative justice
… characteristics such as gender, race and age, criminal history features such as frequency, seriousness, and custody, and ancillary factors such as drug use and victimization can have an impact on offending, and this thesis investigates the extent to which these variables predict time to …
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Juveniles Adjudicated in Adult Court: The Effects of Age, Gender, Race, Previous Convictions, and Severity of Crime on Sentencing Decisions.
… of Justice entitled Juvenile Defendants in Criminal Courts (JDCC): Survey of 40 Counties in the United States, 1998. The cases from these 40 jurisdictions represented all filings during one month in 75 of the most populous counties. The current study found significant differences among race, …
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Using the Survey of Inmates of State and Federal Correctional Facilities to Compare Female and Male Inmate Characteristics.
… Variables examined included current offense, criminal history, drug use history, victimization history, program participation in the institution, disciplinary infractions in the institution, family history, and interaction with family while in prison. Results indicate that male inmates have …
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A counselling psychology perspective on the experiences of therapists working with clients convicted of crime
… therapeutic work with people who have a forensic history. These pieces of work reflect my evolving identity as a counselling psychologist practitioner and researcher and my longer-standing interest in working with people who commit crime. Part B of this portfolio is an original piece of …
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Bail vs remand : what influences the decision-making process?
… and understand the determinants within the criminal justice system (CJS). The research employs a mixed-methods approach and allows for the examination of both objective and subjective factors that contribute to bail and remand decisions, as well as the identification of potential biases and …
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Predicting institutional behavior in youthful offenders: The role of individual and family factors in risk assessment.
… empirically-supported predictors was enhanced by criminal history and family information obtained through extensive file review. Markedly different prediction models emerged based on age. ADHD and PCL Factor 2 predicted adolescents' institutional maladjustment. In contrast, young adults' …
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Violations of Protection Orders: Characteristics of Offenders and Criminal Justice Responses
<p>Criminal justice research often finds gender-based differences with regard to both perpetration and responses to offending. These data indicate that, overall, women's crime rates are far below those of their male counterparts and that women commit less serious offenses. That is there are …
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The 23: Racial and Other Demographic Differences in the Assignment of Risk Factors for Individuals Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Virginia
… walk the line of involvement in both the criminal justice and mental health systems, both of which have literature indicating the presence of underlying racial biases related to practices and outcomes. The current study examined 366 forensic charts from an inpatient psychiatric hospital in …
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Systematic Review of Federal Tax Credit Utilization to Reduce Employment Barriers for Those Convicted of a Felony
Many of those with a criminal history are subjected to unemployment or under-employment because of their status. Being unable to secure employment or make a livable wage can produce detrimental effects on the individual and our society. To combat this issue, the U.S. government passed legislation …
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Strategies to promote safety of staff members in a selected Forenscic Psychiatric Ward, Limpopo Province
… environmental factors, effective teamwork, criminal history of patients, insufficient resources and support needed by staff members. Conclusion: More studies can be conducted in future to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the developed strategies from this study. Ethics …
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Released female economic offenders' perceptions of the economic offences rehabilitation programmes presented by the Department of Correctional Services
… the participants were single mothers who had no criminal history and began offending at a later stage in their lives. Female economic offenders are not passive recipients of rehabilitation programmes presented by DCS. Rather, they are self-reflective, articulate, and aware of their needs, whereby …
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Morte e reincidência juvenil na pós-medida de internação na Bahia: contribuições para redução do arbítrio profissional na avaliação interdisciplinar
… statistical test showed an association between criminal history and recidivism, as well as illiteracy and recidivism. On the other hand, the statistical test showed no association between a long history of school dropout and recidivism. Although there was no statistical test to determine the …
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Neural markers of antisocial behaviour in offenders and their relationship with risk-factors of offending
… psychopathic traits, drug use and features of criminal history). In Studies 1 and 2, cocaine use and number of criminal convictions predicted rs-PS disruptions, but psychopathy and cocaine-dependence status did not. In Study 3, activity within left MOG and left PCC appeared more specific to …
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Criminal Sentencing In the Court Communities of South Carolina: An Examination of offender, Judge, and County Characteristics
… such as the seriousness of the offense and criminal history of the offender were important predictors of whether he or she was sent to prison and for how long. Case processing factors such as whether an offender pled guilty or was found guilty at trial also had a substantial impact on …
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