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    It is through this particular study on the private prison system by Burkhardt and Jones that sociologists and even criminologists realize the historical importance of the private prison systems. Established within the early 1980s‚ the introduction of the private prison systems became as a technique to reducing the amount of litigation and judicial oversight demonstrated to the inmates within the federal prison systems. The private firms (prisons) were established in order to provide superior conditions

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    I believe it is a great thing for the prisons to offer vocational certificates‚ and different trades to the inmates. It help in so many ways‚ really more than people would think it do. People that have to go into prison; having to do a lot of time already at times feel worthless‚ and may even feel what do they offer in this world. Only thing on their minds at that time of coming in is trying to make sure that they don’t get raped‚ or mistreated. On the other hand‚ with these vocational certificates

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    The city of Albany was heavily segregated and was on a collision course with the Civil Rights Movement. It was in Albany where Martin Luther King suffered one of his greatest defeats. The movement in Albany was started and organized by SNCC. After the federal mandate to end segregation in interstate travel‚ SNCC sent student protestors to bus stations to challenge local authorities. The initial strategy applied by SNCC was to put as much pressure on the authority in Albany until there was a clear

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    |Discussion Question | |Week 1 DQ 1 | Due Week 1 Day 3 Please post your response to the following discussion question. Responses should be between 300-500 words. Give an example of a contemporary issue currently facing the criminal justice system. How does this issue impact the criminal justice system? What would happen if this issue was magnified (or decreased)? What would the implications

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    In 1790‚ the first penitenteiry was form in Pennselvania. This began with William Penn who adapted the great law. It would change the way prisoners would be treated and punish. By rehabilitating prisoners instead of punishing them severly‚ it would stop them from commiting another offenses. Prison today‚ is being overpopulated because of individuals who are reoffending. Many criminals do not now what to do after they serve their time; and‚ going back to the same environment they were taken‚ can affect

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    The Stanford Experiment is a study of experimental psychology conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 on the effects of the prison situation. It was created with students playing the roles of guards and prisoners. It was intended to study the behavior of ordinary people in such a context and effect was to show that this was the situation rather that the personality of the participants who was at the origin of behaviours sometimes opposite the values professed by participants before the start of the

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    Prisons are actually a new beginning or the stepping stone for a lot of criminals‚ you can tell by the four major purposes of a well-rounded prisons‚ these purposes are retribution‚ incapacitation‚ deterrence and rehabilitation (Stop the Crime). Retribution means punishment for crimes that a person made against and jeopardize the life of many people. Freedom are taken from criminals to pay to society for their crimes and unpleasant things they have done. Incapacitation means that criminals are isolated

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    Delprøve 1a Besvarelse 1a 1. Rettelse: Having heard the terrible news‚ we realized these things could have happened to anybody. Forklaring: Fejl i verbalbøjning. Sætningen er i pluskvamperfektum/perfektum(?) og indeholder modalverbet ’could’. Modalverber skal altid følges af infinitiv uden ’to’‚ i denne sætning infinitiv af verbet ’to have’‚ og når man danner pluskvamperfektum skal man bruge en form af ’have’ + perfektum participium – her ’happened’. Derfor skal det være ’have happened’

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    Jail and Prison History of Prisons During this course we have learned a lot about America has grown and changed over the past few hundred years. We started back in the 1780’s were punishments focused on public humiliation‚ workhouses‚ and corporal punishments‚ then in colonial times (1790s) we began to institute more humane practices that included incarceration. In 1825 we entered the mass prison era‚ prisons then focused on efficiency‚ communal meals‚ no eye contact‚ and other minor changes. In

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