CJ130: Introduction to Corrections Unit Quizzes Unit 1 1. Question: _________ are the way society punishes‚ controls‚ and changes the behavior of convicted offenders. Corrections 2. Question: The justification for punishment to stop others from committing a crime was: deterrence 3. Question: One component of community-based corrections is: Parole 4. Question: An example of intermediate sentencing is: house arrest 5. Question: The executive branch can appoint and dismiss
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Corrections Trend Evaluation Tony Lee Merriwether CJA/394 May 22‚ 2014 Ken Jones Corrections Trend Evaluation This paper is the writer’s evaluation based on research of past‚ present‚ and future correction trends in regard to the development and implementation of institutional and community based corrections. There is an urgent need to revamp the antiquated practice of the crime control methodology. The get tough on crime approach requires harsh sentencing laws that subject non-violent
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Stepanyan‚Tatevik ESL 4 Cohen 5-21-2014 My Goals for the Next Two to Six Years It is necessary to have a goal in life; otherwise‚ you cannot be something in your life. We all need objectives to motivate us. Since I moved to the US‚ I have changed my ideas about the future because there are many opportunities here which are achievable. I have some goals for the next two to six years which I want to accomplish successfully. At this stage of my life‚ my main purpose is to keep studying and getting
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The Continuing Problem with Cell Phones and Their Negative Effect on the Corrections and Criminal Justice Systems The Continuing Problem with Cell Phones and Their Negative Effect on the Corrections and Criminal Justice Systems Cell Phones are a forever growing epidemic around the world. Cell phones have quickly moved to an item of necessity in today’s world since its invention in 1973. The current generation of smartphones have various features that enhance the ease of organization
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Racial Differences in the Corrections System “According to Black Star Project Executive Director‚ Phillip Jackson‚ in 2007 there were 321 African American men enrolled at Northwestern University (1.7 percent of the student body) but four times that number – 1‚207- imprisoned at Western Illinois Correctional Center (60 percent of the prison population)” (Walker‚ Spohn & Delone‚ 2012). This is only one example of the astounding percentage of young black men currently serving jail time as opposed
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Goals of Psychology I may be comfortable talking to a friend and okay with speaking in a small group‚ or class. This is not the case when it comes to making a speech in front of a large group. When faced with the opportunity I have found that I am more than terrified and dread the very thought. Knowing that I am expected to deliver a message to a room full of spectators is enough to make me faint. This feeling of anxiety is brought on by low confidence as a result of procrastination Giving a
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Racial Disparities in Corrections Over the last 40 years the prison population has increased 600 percent and it has negatively impacted young Black males‚ especially those living in socially disorganized neighborhoods (Childress‚ 2014). In 2001‚ Bonczar (2003) notes that Blacks accounted for nearly seventeen percent of individuals previously or currently incarcerated‚ which was six times more than White males. Besides having a higher chance of serving a prison term‚ African American are also likely
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and a half years. This paper looks at the comparison between Middlesex House of Correction jail and a maximum security prison called Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center. The Middlesex House of Corrections was constructed
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Goals of Sentencing There are five goals of sentencing: punishment‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation‚ rehabilitation‚ and restitution. Punishment‚ also called retribution is society’s way of getting revenge on a criminal for the harm they have caused. Retribution is society’s way of getting revenge or feeling like they got even with a criminal. In society a crime not only harms the victim of a crime‚ but society as well. A criminal’s injurious actions may outrage society as a whole. This creates the
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Effect of Error Correction on Grammatical Structures[1] Chia-chen Chang gchang@m1.sayhi.net This study aimed to discover the insight of error correction by implementing two correction systems on three Chinese university students in the local context of Taiwan. The three students were asked to write four in-class essays throughout the term‚ in which their verb errors and individual-selected errors were corrected with the Code Correction System and the Individual Correction System respectively
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