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Emerging Issues in Criminal Justice - Coggle Diagram
Emerging Issues in Criminal Justice
Mental Illness
Decriminalizing the illness
Diversion from incarceration to treatment before an arrest
The establishment of "mental health courts"
Specialized training for parole officers
Handling of MIO
Patience
Supervision of hygiene and health habits
Includes being properly dressed
Treating them like humans/adults
Ensuring they are taking proper medications
Sex Offenders
Most hated and despised of offenders
In and out of the CJ System
Unethical treatment of inmates is to be placed with these offenders
Ethical treatment
While challenging, they are still required to be treated as any other criminal
Stigma/Public perception
Very few want them in their neighborhoods or around their children
Perception is they are the most dangerous of all criminal offenders
HIV/AIDS
Inmates at highest risk
Risky behavior
Sex offenders
Interventions
Some jails distributing condoms to inmates
Controversial
Precautions
Education and training
PPE
Prevention
Prison Rape
Ramifications
Violence
Mental health disorders
Forms
Female inmate on inmate
Male inmate on inmate
Female CO on Female inmate
vice versa
Male CO on Male inmate
vice versa
Male CO on female inmate
vice versa
Female CO on male inmate
vice versa
Prevention
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003