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    Most women throughout history have made an impact or had a significant role in the society of their time. These women of ancient civilizations have led us to the roles of women in our society today. They have boosted the standing of women in society and have tried to be individuals. In some time periods‚ women were controlled completely by men and in others they were moderately controlled by men. This paper will focus on the roles of women in certain areas. The civilizations that I analyzed

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    Week 2 Checkpoint: Development of Corrections CJS 230 In the 1800’s‚ there were very few women that were processed through the criminal justice system. The small amounts of women in prison were mostly prostitutes and habitual thieves in which case no one really cared about their situation or their well being. The female inmates were mixed in along with the male inmates and were not treated any differently then as the male inmates were treated. In today’s female prison system‚ many things

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    Corrections In the following paper I will be elaborating information on an evaluation I have done on the past‚ present and the future trends of corrections in the criminal justice system. Corrections has made a lot of positive changes since the time it was establish‚ which it was in early 1900’s. The reason I selected this component is because I believe that is very interesting how corrections has improved throughout the years. I will be explaining on the changes that had been made to make correction

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    Correction facilities being ran privately instead of being run by the government is a growing concept that has been meet with both praise and skeptisism. Pratt and Maahs‚ describe privatization in corrections as a growth industry state “Rooted primarily in the political and economic context of the 1980s. The movement to privatize public services has received increasing support in response to taxpayer demands that government provide more services with fewer resources. Advocates of correctional

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    Corrections CJA 444 March 12‚ 2012 Corrections Correctional officers are in charge of overseeing individuals who have been arrested and are currently awaiting trial‚ and those that have been convicted of a crime and sentenced to serve a sentence in jail of prison (Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ 2010-11). Correctional officers usually have no law enforcement duties outside of a prison of jail facility they work at maintaining order within the institute and they over see many inmates preventing assault

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    I chose to omit this question because I couldn’t remember with which “ism” John Wesley was associated. The correct answer is c. Methodism because in the “Impact of the Enlightenment” PowerPoint‚ a parenthetical mentions John Wesley in the description of Methodism. 6. Romanticism changed the direction of the Enlightenment by emphasizing… I answered a. skepticism which is incorrect because skepticism was more of a defining characteristic for movements like the Scientific Revolution. The

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    describe the distinctions between jails and prisons. Address the following in your comparison. The differences between jails and prison are that jails are locally functioned short term imprisonment facilities initially constructed to grasp defendant’s subsequent capture and unresolved track. Prison is a habitation where sentenced criminals oblige time as sentence for violating the law is a comparatively new expansion in the conduct of criminals. Therefore‚ jails and prisons have important differences

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    The Porpuse of Jails

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    The purpose of jails in society is to protect innocent citizens‚ to protect the innocent to make sure people who break the law have a punishment and at the same time set an example so people don’t break the law again. Many observers see this negligence as having far-reaching consequences for criminal justice. Jail is often the first contact that citizens have with the corrections system. It is at this point that treatment and counseling have the best chance to deter future criminal behavior. Until

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    "Jail" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Jail (disambiguation). For other uses‚ see Prison (disambiguation). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2012) The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (January 2012) Criminology and penology Theory[show] Types of crime[show]

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    Pike Place Market was founded in 1907 as a city-sponsored experiment to help local farmers sell their produce directly to consumers‚ cutting out the middleman and avoiding inflated prices. Soon‚ more stalls and permanent structures were built to meet the growing needs of the consumers and farmers. The size of the stalls was kept small and sales were limited to food and food products raised or produced by the seller. The market continued to grow and attract shoppers through the 1930s. After WWII

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