Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies

Criminal Law

: Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies

Chicago nursing homes: Slaying of nursing-home resident in nearby motel shows how violence can spill into neighborhoods

By "eAdvocate"

Rarely mentioned is, the MAJORITY of nursing home residents are TEMPORARY, there to rehabilitate following some sort of surgery. Most people erroneously think nursing homes house LONG TERM residents only. No matter who the person is, or what the person's background is, there are times when they need the services of a nursing home. Politicians ignore such circumstances as does the media in its reporting.12-1-2009 Illinois:Crimes frustrate Uptown and Edgewater, where a cluster of nursing homes admit mentally ill felonsShe was a beautiful woman with broad cheekbones and an easy smile. But drug addiction dragged Maratta Walker into a life of prostitution and violence.By last year the 45-year-old had been arrested more than 35 times for crimes ranging from crack cocaine possession to slashing three people with a razor blade...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 01, 2009 (boomark / email).