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    History of Corrections

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    History of corrections Young Arrington Correction System and Practices August 8‚ 2012 Comparison and contrast between Auburn and Pennsylvania correctional systems Comparison The Auburn correctional system began at the New York State Prison in 1819 and was referred to as a congregate system. The Auburn beliefs were crime prevention through silent confinement and fear of punishment. In the Auburn system inmates ate and worked in groups during the day and returned to isolation at

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    defect that brought them to commit the crime. There are also situations where a child was neglected‚ abandoned‚ or abused by an adult they cared about‚ thus bringing violence among the child. A child’s development can play a very important role in corrections. There may be a violent child that may need to be restrained or put in separate quarters to protect themselves as well as other detainees from harm. A child may also need to be medicated because of an underlying condition or disease. All of these

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    Chapter 3 Finance

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    Nicole Morrissey CQ 4‚ 7 BUS2215 Problems 1-8‚ 12‚ 17‚ 18 February 8‚ 2012 4. Financial Ratios Fully explain the kind of information the following financial ratios provide about a firm: Quick Ratio | This ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets‚ which is why inventory is omitted. | Cash Ratio | This assesses a company’s financial durability by examining whether it is at least profitable enough to

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    chapter 3 methodology

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    Study Electricity plays very important role in the lives of people to make their work become easier and faster. It also provides productivity to our community. Industries use it to run motors efficiently. Several years ago‚ REINA which composed of 3 municipalities is simply a single town‚ which is Infanta. There was no supply of electric current in the town. Some public and private sector uses generator and some devices that generate electricity for the operation of different machineries for the

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    Community Correction

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    COMMUNITY CORRECTION Community Correction Ines Romero College of the Southwest CRJ 3313 Correctional Process Professor Lynn Baade 7 October 2011 Community Corrections Community corrections programs are the step stool in controlling prison functions‚ but it was not until the 1970’s‚ community-based programs sprang up across the country (Seiter‚ pg.106). This was the starting point that the government caught wind of it and its strengths. Along

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    Corrections and Treatment

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    Most juvenile institutions have some form of treatment program available to juveniles. The most common programs include: counseling‚ vocational and educational training‚ recreational programs and religious counseling. Two community based programs are guided group interaction (GGI) and positive peer culture (PPC). Guided group interaction is a program where a delinquent can acknowledge and solve personal problems with support from other members in the group. Individual members can be supportive and

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    Privatization of Corrections Criminal Justice 300 Professor Fox Larisa Terwilliger One of the nation’s largest challenges in present times concerns the criminal justice system. Overcrowding in today’s prisons has become a daunting problem with no apparent easy solution (Greene‚ 2008). In the last few decades‚ the number of adult offenders brought into the court system has nearly doubled. From 1980 to 1995‚ the collective population of those on probation‚ parole‚ and in jail grew as quickly

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    sad chapter 3

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    3.0 Data Gathering Procedures and Outputs The success or failure of any research studies depends on how much data have been gathered‚ analyzed and implemented by the researchers. Data Gathering is used to know about the system under study. The proponents need to conduct a data gathering for varied reason; it is used to improve the store’s billing and customer information system; and to produce an output that has value to its user that must be in line with the expectations of the intended user.

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    In chapter 9 of Corrections in America‚ the author summarizes the security and custody functions within a correctional facility‚ various treatment programs‚ and treatment issues associated with inmate health care. This chapter also explains how inmate needs are identified and how prison programs can lessen recidivism. Treatments often include vocational training‚ education‚ substance abuse‚ sex offender behavior‚ counseling‚ and religious activities. As the average nationally‚ treatment services

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    Recidivism In Corrections

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    Recidivism is currently the primary outcome measure for probation‚ as it is for all corrections programs. (Pertersilia‚ 1998) Probation is under the constant criticism of people questioning if it actually works. There were multiple studies (and some that are still continuing) that are testing the effects of probation. In 1985‚ a sample of 1‚672 felony probationers sentenced in Los Angeles and Alameda Counties in 1980 were tracked for a three-year period by RAND researchers. Over that time period

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