purpose of this study is to explore the different effects releasing elderly inmates would have on the prison system and also on the public. Also this paper would show and explain the pros and cons of keeping the elderly inmates behind bars. This will show the growth of the elderly inmates in prison and the reasoning behind the rapid growing population. Overall‚ the research done would address the issue of if elderly inmates should be released early. Releasing Elderly Inmates Elderly inmates are growing
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Racial Disparity in Sentencing Lori Raynor University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice CJA/423 Ron McGee September 06‚ 2010 Abstract In this paper I will illustrate racial disparity in sentencing in the criminal justice system. The causes of racial disparity and the reasons it is on the rise‚ the research statistics‚ and the proposed solutions are discussed. Racial Disparity in Sentencing The intersection of racial dynamics with the criminal justice system
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List and explain the rights prisoners have while incarcerated. After doing some research I discovered the following information: Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Every inmate has the right to be free under the Eighth Amendment from inhumane treatment or anything that could be considered "cruel and unusual" punishment. Unfortunately‚ the Eighth Amendment did not clearly define what "cruel and unusual" punishment includes‚ meaning much of the definition has derived from case law. Generally speaking
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Trends in popular American culture‚ what we value and idolize will influence where we go in life. Where we look in life will often determine where we go‚ and how we end up. From my viewpoint now and what I see in friends in the media and in the values of the groups I belong to I can see where my future is heading. These trends are setting the course. This can be changed and have a profound influence on others that I am around and even those that are seemingly unconnected to me once I begin
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Discrimination and disparity both play a role in the American criminal justice system. Many people confuse the two words whereas they have different meanings. We will therefore study the definitions of discrimination and disparity in the justice system and explain the difference between the two terms. We will conclude by giving one example from some other area of life. According to the dictionary‚ disparity is defined as “the condition or fact of being unequal‚ as in age‚ rank‚ or degree ». In
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HHP 3410- Health Disparities Research Paper December 2‚ 2012 Disparities in Mental Health Care with Regards to Racial and Ethnic Cofactors There are many significant differences among racial and ethnic groups pertaining to mental health and mental health services. Via this topic‚ disparities among racial and ethnic groups have arisen and been studied and researched in magnitude. Mental health disparities among racial and ethnic groups can be attributed‚ but not limited to: access to health
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Racial disparities the US is clearly seen in many areas like education‚ healthcare‚ income‚ justice achievement‚ and many others. After analyzing diverse types of racial disparities‚ I saw that some causes of racial disparity are the same. For example‚ poverty is affecting people in every stage. If you are poor you cannot have access to good education‚ proper health quality‚ fair justice and so on. Another cause is unconscious bias‚ where people are acting racial unconsciously because this is what
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Trends in Postwar American Culture and Society by Roland Marchand Roland basically created this chart to show some of the cultural trends after the postwar. He uses this chart to argue his claim that a more similar popular culture than anything Americans had ever known emerged in the postwar period and the similarity often appeared as a “decline of class and regional differences in clothing and recreation”. The results from the chart show that there was a rapid change in the number of under age
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no one and it would be beneficial to remove them from the prison system‚ and into the parole system (D’Elia‚ 2010). Prison Cost Prisons are expensive to keep open‚ and most of the money to keep them open comes from the taxpayers. A study in 2012 showed that prisons cost American taxpayers approximately 5.4 billion dollars each year (Henrichson & Delaney‚ 2012). These cost include various expenses that include maintaining the prisons‚ employees salaries‚ educational training‚ providing benefits
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American Popular Culture SOC/105 August‚ 22‚ 2013 American Popular Culture In late 19th century America made two tempting and attractive promises; freedom and land (The Johns Hopkins University‚ 2002). These promises brought many immigrants with the hope of seeing their dreams realized. America today is a multicultural country provides shelter to thousands of immigrants with different cultural background. The Oxford Dictionary define culture as “the arts
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