By Leischen Stelter Smartphones, laptops, GPS devices, tablets: Chances are you have one of these on you right now. …
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By Dave Malone Albert Einstein once said, “The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the…
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By Leischen Stelter Details continue to emerge from today’s tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.…
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By Rob Stallworth
With budget problems slashing through every arm of various departments of corrections across the country, it’s not easy to come up with solutions that can help stop the bleeding. In Virginia for instance, the Virginia Department of Corrections has cut the fat by either not filling open positions or reducing them. However, California may have come up with an answer.
By Dr. Vincent Giordano
Program Director, Criminal Justice at American Public University
Prior to coming to American Public University as the Criminal Justice Program Director, I worked with Operation PAR as a drug counselor and the Program Administrator of Juvenile Services. I managed a staff that was primarily responsible for screening and assessing youth who were arrested in Pinellas County, Florida. Sometimes parents decide to involve police as their own form of treatment when they discover a child is abusing drugs. These parents misconstrue the purpose of law enforcement by thinking police officers will come to the home and scare the child into not using drugs. This is rarely the case.