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    The Stanford Prison Experiment During arrests the police use procedures that lead people to feel confused and fearful. In the case of the Stanford experiment when the prisoners were arrested a process of humiliation began. The twelve undergraduates selected to play the role of prisoners were fingerprinted‚ mug shots were taken; they were searched‚ stripped naked‚ deloused and their heads shaved. Then they were dressed in cheap smocks‚ with no underwear and had a small chain around one ankle.

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    Prison vs. Education

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    Prison or Education? Mrs. Kolb Comp. II 12 March 2014 America is ranked number one in the world in the amount of people they incarcerate. On average for every 100‚000 U.S citizens there are 500 citizens incarcerated (Tsai). A high percentage of the inmates are illiterate and about seventy percent of them dropped out of high school (Tsai). The government continues to increase funding for prisons as their population grows and at the same time the funds for education decline. As one might see there

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    Stanford Prison Experiment P R E S E N T E D B Y: J O N AT H A N‚ V I N E E T H ‚ J A K E ‚ R O H I T The Purpose? Psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or a prison guard How would being placed in a position of power or weakness affect one’s actions and mental state? Who Was In Charge? A team of researchers led by Professor Phillip Zimbardo conducted the experiment at Stanford University on students Subjects Involved 24 male students were prison guards and prisoners in a mock

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    Prison over crowding

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    Prison overcrowding By: Beth Kelly‚ Karlee Atkinson‚ Taylor Burciul and Peter Kotowitch Definition: a demand for space in prisons exceeds the planned capacity Statistics Costs taxpayers 3 billion dollars a year for correctional services‚ including policing its approx $10 million There are 35‚000 persons locked up in Canadian jails‚ giving Canada one of the highest incarceration rates among western industrialised countries Cost of incarcerating a Federal female prisoner (2004/5):

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    Zimbardo Prison Eperiment

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    Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment Thesalonica Acunin Bakersfield College Introduction to Psychology: 31675 14 March 2013 In the field of psychology‚ experiments are an essential part of the study. Guidelines have been fenced around the experiments to protect the subjects being tested. Unethical experiments had to take place in order for these guidelines to be placed. In 1971‚ Psychologist Philip Zimbardo conducted an experiment that changed the future of psychology and how it is practiced today

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    criminal conviction‚ is called incarceration. Incarceration is one of the main forms of punishment for the commission of illegal offenses. Juveniles and adults alike are subject to incarceration. Incarceration is the detention of a person in a jail or prison. The federal‚ state‚ and local governments have facilities to confine people. Individuals awaiting trial‚ being held pending citations for non-custodial offenses‚ and those convicted of misdemeanors (crimes which carry a sentence of less than one

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    Death Penalty In Prisons

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    Essentially sentencing someone to death‚ and placing them on death row is basically the same as a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The difference‚ however is that the sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole carries a significantly smaller price tag for tax payers. Furthermore‚ with violence rampant in prisons across the nation life in prison without the possibility of parole is not exactly living a comfortable life. DEATH PENALTY Our criminal justice

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    Introduction The population of the mentally ill in prison is growing in result of the individuals not being treated properly in the community and while in prison. Officials believe that if you confine dangerous criminals it will decrease their sense of violence; however‚ Segregation is not an effective form of punishment for these individuals. Fitter treatment needs to be provided in prison for prisoners with mental illness as well as after their release. If the prison system does nothing‚ then mental illness

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    Harsh Prison Sentences

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    Harsh prison sentences will prevent people from committing crime. Punishment is defined as the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offense (Oxford Dictionary). In this essay‚ an attempt will be made to discuss whether harsh prison sentences will prevent people from committing crime. Firstly‚ in countries like Indonesia different crimes are punished with the death sentence which causes problems in families of those that are executed. Secondly‚ prison conditions have been

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    Zimbardo’s Prison Study

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    male college students who would later be convinced that they were prison inmates and prison guards in less than 24 hours. This study was voluntarily cut short after only six days due to the unexpected results which were found. Psychology Professor Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment of August 1971 quickly became a classic. Using realistic methods‚ Zimbardo and others were able to create a prison atmosphere that transformed its participants. The young men who played

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