Most are often involved with substance abuse including drugs or alcohol. Peer influence often persuades the individual to engage in criminal behavior.
They will also typically present with a lack of pro-social community involvement. Anti-social personality: These traits often include atypical behavior conducted prior to the age of fifteen and can include, running away, skipping school, fighting, possessing weapons, lying, stealing and damage to either animals or property.
Dysfunctional family: One of the most common traits includes a lack of family support, both emotionally and otherwise. More often than not, they are also involved with criminal activity. The mindset is of the here and now, and not on the consequences of the behavior. There is often an increased tolerance to substances, in addition to an inability to stop use. A normal assessment process can take approximately sixty day to complete; any more or less can lead to inaccurate results that may be skewed.
Once an officer has an idea of the risk level and has identified the criminogenic traits involved, they can begin the supervision using appropriate tactics that will help motivate the individual to be successful, but also hold them accountable by using appropriate sanctions to correct negative behavior during the entire course of supervision. In Part II of this article, we will discuss some possible ways to enhance motivation, in addition to identifying a few of the appropriate methods of addressing accountability to ensure compliance with court ordered sanctions.
What would you do to help reduce recidivism? Are you already practicing similar tactics? Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions. Stay tuned for Part II, where we will discuss the process of how to move forward once a risk assessment has been completed. Kaiser, B. Biological Risk Factors for Challenging Behavior.
Retrieved November 3, , from Education. Latessa, E. Community Corrections: Research and Best Practices. Miller, W. Rethinking Substance Abuse. National Institution of Corrections, U. Criminal justice practitioner with over sixteen years of experience working in multiple facets of the justice system. John began his career in working in the probation field in Massachusetts. He relocated to the State of Georgia where he initially worked as an adult probation officer in Atlanta.
After having an opportunity to attend the police academy, he worked as a law enforcement officer, where he focused his training on advanced field sobriety and traffic enforcement. John has a wide array of experience, and has previously held the position of corporal, as well as being a certified field training officer.
He was assigned to the criminal investigations division and worked as both lead detective and as a crime scene technician. In , John relocated to Charlotte, NC to work as a probation and parole officer.
In , he was selected to join the administration, and he currently holds the position of Assistant Chief of Special Operations for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. His main responsibilities involve the development and implementation of a field training program. John is a certified criminal justice general instructor for the State of North Carolina.
An example of this is the introduction of by-laws which allow local authorities to prohibit drinking in designated public places. Laws are made by the politicians we elect democratically - we may not agree with the law but there are democratic opportunities to change it.
He or she will be deemed innocent until proven guilty by a criminal court. The causes of crime are complex. Poverty, parental neglect, low self-esteem, alcohol and drug abuse can be connected to why people break the law. Some are at greater risk of becoming offenders because of the circumstances into which they are born. Individualists tend to focus on personal weakness as the reason a crime is committed.
Therefore peer pressure is another notorious reason for why young people are compelled into joining the bandwagon. Drugs have always been highly criticized by critics.
Drug addicts are often unable to get rid of addiction as a result of which their life starts getting filled with bad habits. After research, when the most violent criminals were asked about their crimes, they blamed drugs as the main reason.
Drug addiction is another rampantly growing disease which has slowly encapsulated many parts of the world. As many as 0. This issue is often brushed under the carpet but is important to bring it in the spotlight.
The drive to get that seat is what swings many politicians to equip the youths with weapons and perform criminal activities. In this day and age it is common for politicians to hire mobs and rent people at lower prices to break into a building or start a war-like situation within the country.
In developing countries it is common for politicians to kill people and to be found guilty of murder. There have been several cases in Asian countries where politicians were found guilty of having killed their people in masses. Religion is another controversial part of this world.
No one can escape from the fact; people still fight on racial divides and sectarian issues in society. Even though practicing own religion is a basic human right, yet many uneducated and illiterate people fail to understand it. In several criminal cases, religious fanatics have been accused of murdering innocent people based on their school of thought.
Especially in staunchly religious communities it is common for people to chop off the heads of their people in case they find somebody talking about the modern world. However, in advanced and secular countries, the criminal rate because of religion is fairly less.
Family is also a weak point of any person who is about to commit a crime. In most cases, when people are asked, they claim they need to provide for the family because of which they end up getting stuck behind bars. There are many things which go on within the family, compelling a person to get involved in criminal activities.
Many young people engage in criminal activities for they believe it is their responsibility to take care of family even if it means to commit a felony. Societal norms and standards have always been topical.
We live in a day and age where money is valued more than relationships and a normal standard of life.
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