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Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
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This 6 page paper provides an overview of Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Its impact on the quality of health care is duly noted. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA016Med.rtf

Megan's Law & The Privacy of Convicted Sex Offenders
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14 pages of in-depth, comprehensive analysis of Megan's Law-- a model (and quite controversial) NJ statute which mandated that neighbors be notified when a child sex offender moves into their community. Writer examines the relevance of Megan's Law to similar Federal law and assesses both sides of the argument in this matter. The practicality and constitutionality of Megan's Law are evaluated based upon existing case law and landmark Supreme Court decision. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Megan.doc

Memorandum: Alternative To The Exclusionary Rule Proposed In Bivens Dissent
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3 pages in length. This memorandum seeks to appeal to yet another alternative to the oft-revised exclusionary rule, speaking directly to that of the Bivens Dissent. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCExcluRul.rtf

Memorandum: Stricter Overall Gun Regulations - Not Gun Control
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3 pages in length. The writer discusses how there is no hidden agenda behind support for citizens' rights to possess guns: It is a clear violation of the Second Amendment to legally mandate any type of refusal. Alternatively, a solution could not be anymore simple than substantial legislative restrictions, which would quickly and easily address the problem of letting guns fall into the wrong hands. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCMemoGun.rtf

Mental Health Courts
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A 9 page paper assessing the origin, development and effect of the mental health court. In October 2001, the Boone County (Missouri) Judicial and Law Enforcement Task Force submitted its final report of a survey of the county’s jail situation and included a recommendation that the county establish a mental health court as an effort to reduce overcrowding pressures in the county jail as well as prevent those suffering from mental illness being criminalized by virtue of being committed to the county’s jail. The paper examines the first such court established in Broward County (Florida) in 1997 and the King County (Washington) court reported to Congress in 2000, concluding that Boone County should adopt the structure as designed by King County. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: KSmentalHlthCt.rtf

Mental Health Effects of Long Term Solitary Confinement
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This 5 page paper considers the mental health effects of long term solitary confinement in prisons such as Pelican Bay. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVSolTry.rtf

Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System in Australia
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This 11 page paper considers how in contemporary society we see to emerging trends affecting people with mental illness. The first trend is using the criminal justice system to give the community greater protection 'dangerous' mentally ill offenders. The second trend is towards making legal processes more therapeutic. The paper discusses whether or not these trends are in complete conflict and cannot co-exist. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEmentalaus.rtf

Mental Illness And The Juvenile Offender
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This 14 page paper considers the link between juvenile offenders and mental illness. The paper assesses the level of the problem, the extent of the link and the types of mental illness noted in juveniles. Using schizophrenia and ADHD as examples the paper demonstrated how and why detection of mental illness and treatment is so important and why this should be adopted as a priory by the criminal justice system. The paper ends by considering the results of testing and treatment where it has been used to reduce re-offending. The bibliography cites 22 sources.
Filename: TEMHjuvenile.rtf

Mental Illness and the Penal System
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This 6 page paper looks at mental illness and how it is treated in the prison population. Why mental illness is prevalent in the system is also examined. Examples of mentally ill prisoners are provided. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA236crm.rtf

Mental Illness, Crime and the Criminal Justice System in the UK
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This 36 page paper examines the links between mental illness and crime and how this is dealt with in the UK criminal justice system. The paper starts by defining mental illness, looking at general definition and then at the legal definition used in the UK. The paper then considers what types of illness are classified as mental illness and the links between drugs, alcohol and crime. The way a crime is deemed to be committed is examined with the concepts of mens rea and actus reus and how the law is applied, including the use of an insanity defence. The paper then looks at the concept and application of care in the community. The bibliography cites 28 sources.
Filename: TEmentalcrime.rtf