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Collateral Consequences Of Crimes

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Collateral consequences are the negative legal limitations that develop due to the
conviction of criminals. Even with the criminal justice system trying to remedy the correctional
system, it causes significant collateral damage. Firstly, it separates parents from children.
Ferguson (2005) reveals that over two million children have their children in jails, and some kids
have witnessed as their parents got arrested. Additionally, some children are involved in crimes,
abused, neglected, or reshuffled from one home care to the other. The experiences thus increase
the likelihood of children whose parents have been arrested three times to get depression
(Ferguson, 2015). Also, when a person has a criminal record, they are subjected to many laws
that limit them from accessing public resources. For example, getting a job becomes difficult as
people cannot trust a criminal (Berson, 2013). Apart from that, integrating into society and living
like other people, especially in the social world, becomes very difficult. Many people go to
prison with one identity and come out with another, making it hard to re-intergrade with people
they knew before going to jail, even parents to children.
Also, since most correctional systems focus on issues or remedying behavior, it fails to
focus on the mental health implications that people pass through due to the experience
(Ferguson, 2015). It means they have to live with mental health issues while trying to integrate
with society, which is very difficult, explaining why the majority end up back in prison. Finally,
for the young teens who commit a crime, their juvenile crime limits them from having a normal
life despite their efforts to salvage their records. The state loses very capable and talented people
in different sectors because their skills will always be undermined by the criminal record of
something they committed when young (Berson, 2013). Therefore, the government should start
focusing more on the collateral consequences of crimes to improve the efficiency of the criminal
justice system.

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1 Collateral Consequences of Crimes `Name Course Professor Institution Date 2 Collateral consequences are the negative legal limitations that develop due to the conviction of criminals. Even with the criminal justice system trying to remedy the correctional system, it causes significant collateral damage. Firstly, it separates parents from children. Ferguson (2005) reveals that over two million children have their children in jails, and some kids have witnessed as their parents got arrested. Additionally, some children are involved in crimes, abused, neglected, or reshuffled from one home care to the other. The experiences thus increase the likelihood of children whose parents have been arrested three times to get depression (Ferguson, 2015). Also, when a person has a criminal record, they are subjected to many laws that limit them from accessing public resources. For example, g ...
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