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    the Stanford Prison Experiment to investigate causes of conflict between military guards and prisoners. Zimbardo and his team were seeking to observe the inherent personality traits of prisoners and guards and see if this was the chief cause of abusive behavior in these settings (Haney‚ Banks‚ and Zimbardo‚ 1973). This study is one that is well know and well-recognized. Zimbardo and his study are often discussed in many psychology courses today‚ and have even caused reform in prison systems as well

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    This archive file comprises CJA 234 Week 2 Federal Prison Comparison Paper Law - General Law CJA 234 Week 1 Individual Purpose and History Paper CJA 234 Week 2 Individual Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper CJA 234 Week 3 Learning Team Correctional Officers’ Experiences Summary CJA 234 Week 4 Individual Prisoners with Special Needs CJA 234 Week 4 Learning Team Prison Life Presentation CJA 234 Week 5 Learning Team Determining Conditions of Probation Simulation

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    Alicia Alcaraz Period 3 AP U.S. History December 8‚ 2014 APUSH Chapters 27 & 28 Homework Assignment Chapter 27: 1. Whites finally overcame resistance of the Plains Indians ultimately with various factors. The whites had a fire-and-sword policy that was the last step to shatter the spirit of the Indians. The railroad‚ diseases‚ locomotives‚ and the near-extinction of the Buffalo in the plains all contributed to the “taming” of the Plains Indians. The railroad sprang right through the heart of the

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    Jails and Prisons History and Development Introduction Jails and prisons lay at the heart of the Criminal Justice System. These facilities helped forge the concept of rehabilitation. These institutions have changed over time and now reflect the modern methods of housing convicted individuals who need to be reformed or punished. Description of jails The clear concise difference between a jail and a prison is the time limit a convicted person is sentenced to and what offenses were committed. In

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    Since the internet has become so important in today’s society‚ people have been debating whether or not it should be monitored. No one likes being watched‚ but what if that monitoring prevented a murder or a terrorist attack? I believe that the state and federal government should be able to monitor the internet because it is a public place where people should have nothing to hide‚ the constitution has no provisions protecting internet privacy‚ and because monitoring the web can prevent crimes before

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    February‚ when the President submits his proposal to Congress. The budget process is used to create the United States federal budget. The President ’s proposed budget includes extensive supporting documentation to make the case for White House spending and saving priorities. The federal budget is divided into two categories mandatory and discretionary. There are five steps in the Federal Budget process. The first step beginning with the President submits a budget request to congress. Second the House

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    Abortion History of Abortion By Tom DeVito Human Sexuality 267 11/4/2013 Abstract This paper will describe the history of abortion starting with back in the ancient Hebrews‚ Romans‚ English‚ and colonial America. Then it will look at the court case Roe vs. Wade and see how it has led to Americans opinion on abortion today. Finally it will look at America today on how women can now get an abortion and the new laws being put in to stricken the reason and

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    Should we close Guantanamo Bay‚ and move the inmates to a federal prison in the U.S ? Are they getting the rights they should be getting? Many people are convinced that Guantanamo Bay should be shut down for a handful of reasons‚ one of them is that they’re not getting treated like they should be‚ it is also an exorbitant amount of money that us taxpayers pay just to run and keep open‚ some are in their with no trail no chance to prove their innocence. The people who are locked up in here are

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    Federal Courts vs. State Courts Courts in the United States are made up and governed by the United States Constitution and then separated by Federal and State levels. Both levels are different in how they are made up‚ how they run and the laws they are in charge of enforcing. Federal: 1. United States Supreme Court; the highest appellate court in the Federal judicial system. This court is tasked with taking on its own cases and normally takes from lower courts that struggle with defining Federal

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    Extrinsic motivation drives me to do things for tangible rewards such as money or pressures‚ rather than for the fun of it. In a workplace this motivation would be the most used because most people work for money. I am employed at the Corcoran State Prison and this is an extrinsic motivation because I get paid to watch and protect inmates and control any possible hostile situations. One way where my occupation wouldn’t apply as an extrinsic motivation‚ but as an external regulation‚ is if I was

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