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    Jails & Prisons

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    Jails are the washbasins of the correctional system. They are the oldest of the correctional components and yet it still has a difficult mission and role while having to be diverse. Jails hold a variety of inmates‚ those who have been arrested‚ detained pending trial‚ sentenced to short terms of confinement for minor crimes‚ and those being held for administrative transfer to another unit. These facilities face issues such as dealing with unknown offenders‚ managing medical problems and detoxifications

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    History and Purpose of Penitentiaries Jeffrey Brown CJA234 July 7‚2012 George Chavarria History and Purpose of Penitentiaries Crime has had an impact on society for years‚ and will continue to do so well into the future. The presence of criminals and criminal acts proved that there was and all ways will be a need for penitentiaries. Correctional facilities no matter if they are prisonsjails‚ or penitentiaries are all part of the criminal justice system. Their overall goal and objective

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    Jails are always overlooked‚ but they play a very important role in our justice system. The jails is the oldest of all of the correctional components‚ and have several missions and roles to play in our justice system. Jails have been around since 1166. the first jail was established in England‚ and was used to detained filthy‚ poor‚ and individuals with medical attention. John Howard drafted the penitentiary act of 1779 with the assistance of English house if commons. This act added four requirements

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    Jails and Prisons Nicholas Davis CJA/204 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE University of Phoenix Christopher Cannon May 13‚ 2013 Jails and Prisons Have you ever sat back and thought about what prison or jail is like? Is it just like in the movies or do inmates really not get that much free time? What is the difference between prison and jail? When talking about different kinds of prisons and the level at which they are labeled the three that come to mind are minimum‚ medium‚ and high

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    Women Throughout History

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    “For most of history‚ Anonymous was a woman.” ― Virginia Woolf For much of history‚ women did not have the same privileges and rights as men did. In fact‚ it was only about a century ago that women gained the right to vote in Canadian federal elections. For years‚ women were at a constant struggle against society‚ as they believed their only place in this world involved raising the children and housekeeping. Over the past two centuries‚ women have made the ongoing effort to fight for their right

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    Jails and Prisons Kassi Crum CJA/234 June 18‚ 2013 Rodney Christiansen Jails and Prisons The earliest days of operating jails‚ which were more commonly known as “gaols‚” consisted solely as detaining offenders who were waiting to be tried. The first was ordered to be built in 1166 by King Henry II. Vagrancy‚ meaning to have no real permanent home to live and just wandering from location to location was an increasing issue between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries.

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    Lev Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist who lived from 1896 t0 1934 and he was born in small town of Orshe near by city of Gomel (Republic of Belarus). Vygotsky advanced the theory of Social Development which aims at social interaction which plays a fundamental role in the process of cognitive development of young children in construct to Jean Piaget understanding of child’s development in which development necessary precedes learning. Vygotskian framework based on four principles underlying his

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    State security basically entails the tendency of a nation adhering to its own set of demands in regard to the issue of security policies (Baylis‚ J.2010‚ p.233).Traditional security also involves a host of other aspects that are defined by virtue of subordination. Describing the matter further reveals that state security is primarily the protection of available institutions‚ ethics or values within a nation‚ and above all human beings living inside its boundaries (Brauch‚ 2003‚ 204). State security

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    According to cite‚ up until the early 1800’s‚ actions taken towards criminals were‚ in general‚ strictly punishment. At this time‚ a fairly common way of being punished for a crime‚ from steeling to murder‚ was to be hanged publically. It was not until the late 1700’s and early 1800’s that prisons began to develop and be widely used. One of the largest differences that came with this century-turn was the idea that along with punishment‚ criminals could‚ and should‚ be rehabilitated. It was not until

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    Holding and/or Monitoring of Offenders 1970s At the start of the “modern era” inmate security and control had been improved‚ escape from prisons were difficult‚ system of identification and control‚ including computer banks of data‚ have made escape into society almost impossible. The security of the prisons was so uptight and escape cut off that the frustration and agitation for inmates turned into the prisons (Allen‚ J.‚ & Ponder‚ 2010). Alternatives to Incarceration in 1970s Some alternatives

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