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A greater amount of money is spent on incarceration than on prevention and treatment, despite research showing that treating drug addictions is more cost-effective than incarceration. [11] According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a full year of drug treatment costs approximately $4,700 compared to over $30,000 for a year of imprisonment.
The cost effectiveness of detention and incarceration scores very low compared with alternative approaches to youth delinquency in a cost-benefit analysis. A 2002 government commissioned study in Washington state revealed that for every one dollar spent on juvenile detention systems, a benefit return of $1.98 in terms of reduced crime and cost ...
In the United States, child pornography is illegal under federal law and in all states and is punishable by up to life imprisonment and fines of up to $250,000. U.S. laws regarding child pornography are virtually always enforced and amongst the sternest in the world.
The "DMC" requirement was added in the JJDPA in the 1992 amendments to the Act, [8] the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 93-415). [9] The 1992 reauthorization also established new requirements for states to identify and address gender bias.
The private prison industry has long fueled its growth on the proposition that it is a boon to taxpayers, delivering better outcomes at lower costs than state facilities. But significant evidence undermines that argument: the tendency of young people to return to crime once they get out, for example, and long-term contracts that can leave ...
If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline ...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kansas v. Hendricks that a predatory sex offender can be civilly committed upon release from prison. [5] The Supreme Court ruled in Stogner v.. California that California's ex post facto law, a retroactive extension of the statute of limitations for sexual offenses committed against minors, is unconstitution
The Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act of 2002, H.R. 4623, [19] was introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith on April 30, 2002 and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary that same day. [20] The bill passed the House by a vote of 413 - 8 on a motion to suspend the rules (1 representative voted present). [21]