The offenders are able to make some independent decisions while engaged in the activities and this prepares them for freedom. Such rehabilitation programs assist offenders in their transitioning back to the community. A rehabilitation service offered by prison facilities is hosting community resource fairs within the prison. Mohr explains that this is done as part of the transitional release planning program. In the fairs, community agencies, potential employers and employment agencies are invited to the prison.
Here they share material to aid offenders in their search for employment after they are released. The offenders are provided with information on the local community resources and they are even able to apply and obtain employment while still in prison. Mohr observes that this rehabilitation effort aids in the re-entry of inmates by ensuring that they are able to easily find employment and therefore make a living when outside the prison.
Another rehabilitation program offered by the criminal justice system aims at assisting offenders who have drug problems. Drugs contribute to criminal offenses in a number of ways. To begin with, the consumption of illegal drugs is a punishable criminal offense. Most addicts are therefore likely to end up in correctional facilities due to their involvement with drugs.
Jones reveals that drug offenders make up a significant number of incarcerated offenders in US prisons. While some of these offenders are social users, others are addicts who have developed a chemical dependency due to using the drugs for a long time. In addition to this, drug use contributes to the increase in criminal activity.
Drug users are known to engage in crime because of their altered state of mind. Others engage in criminal activities to obtain money to fund their drug habits. Rehabilitation aims at helping the offenders to overcome their drug dependency Mohr, Offenders are offered therapy programs that help to promote personal growth and overcome drug use.
This paper set out to discuss various crime prevention programs and rehabilitation efforts used by the criminal justice system. It began by underscoring the importance of the criminal justice system in the harmonious existence and continued success of the society. The paper has noted that crime prevention programs are aimed at ensuring that crimes are not committed by offenders in the future. These programs include increased monitoring for young offenders, day reporting and electronic monitoring.
The paper has discussed rehabilitation, which is meant to restore offenders to normal life after they have served their sentence. The paper has shown that effective rehabilitation leads to the releasing into the community individuals who are fully reformed and well equipped to lead a crime free life.
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The initiatives highlighted in the report have reduced the incidence of one or more specific crimes, either by focussing on high-risk individuals either perpetrator or victim and high-risk areas or by creating mechanisms that reduce crime. Full text [PDF - 4.
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