time you can use the benefits and restricted convicted felons with drug offenses from getting it (Alexander). This clearly is going to affect the Black communities‚ because if they can not get these benefits then they are going to go back on the streets to sell drugs‚ which is going to lead to jail. If the system wants to help people‚ then why put restrictions on the things they need. It seems as
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(Herman‚ 56). This is what victims go through when they are sexually assaulted; they are traumatized‚ scarred‚ and silenced and they feel so insecure because sex offenders continue to commit rape on more and more people everyday. More importantly‚ the cause of all this is due to the lack of efficiency in the treatments available for the offenders. Some of the treatments include castration‚ pharmaceutical prescriptions‚ and psychological treatments all of which contain flaws. Whether it’s ineffectively
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The modern prison was devised by American reformers who believed that people should not be tortured and that criminals could be "reformed" by incarceration‚ labor‚ and "penitence." But with the rise of industrial capitalism‚ unpaid prison labor became a source of superprofits‚ a trend accelerated by the Civil War‚ and the "penitentiary" became the site of industrial slavery conducted under the whip and other savagery. Prior to the Civil War‚ the main form of imprisonment--African-American slavery--was
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per year in Norway. In comparison‚ The United States was measured to arrest 710 people per 100‚000 people in 2013(The Hamilton Project) and to have a 60% recidivism rate (Kofman). America is in the lead in incarceration and recidivism as shown in Figure 1 (Appendix A). Being lead in incarceration rates (Petersilia)‚ the United States has over 2.2 million Americans in prison whereas Norway’s prison population in 10% of that on a per capita basis (Kofman). For the past forty years‚ two-thirds of released
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feminist perspective the family helps to maintain the exciting social orders‚ feminist call the existing social order patriarchy‚ patriarchy is the combination of systems‚ ideology and culture practices which make sure men have power. Feminist theories argue that the family supports and reproduces inequalities between men and women. The real idea is that women are dependent on men. The three main strands of feminist are Marxist feminist sees the exploitation of women as essential to the success of the
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Juvenile Justice: Intervention versus Incarceration Lisa Whipple Professor Sinclair-Appelt English Composition II May 1‚ 2012 Abstract The national trend towards getting tough on juvenile crime by altering the juvenile justice system to more closely mirror the adult system was examined in order to determine whether secure confinement of juvenile offenders is as effective as community-based rehabilitative and treatment programs for these youth. Politicians and public perceptions
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Incarceration rates in The United States have grown drastically and are rapidly increasing. About 5% of the population will‚ on average‚ serve a sentence of about 60 months or more in prison . This rise in incarceration rates has disproportionally affected women . From 1988 to 2008‚ the imprisonment rate for women has increased by 600%‚ while for men it has increased by 300% . Currently about 1 million women pass through prisons every year of about 3.2 million arrests. Out of these sentences‚ about
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Child Killers and Molesters Crimes against innocent children have been‚ and continue‚ to pose serious problems. The victims of such crimes have life long issues that they must deal with for the rest of their lives. Children who are murdered leave family members behind with a multitude of issues to deal with. It ranges from guilt for not protecting their child to all sorts of psychological issues. Child killers and molesters should have more severe punishments including mandatory rehabilitation
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there have been people on earth‚ there have been societal injustices. Societal injustices occur when one segment of society believes it ways are better than another segment of society and tries to oppress them. Eventually‚ the oppressed will revolt against the oppressors. When this happens‚ the revolution can take one of two approaches. There can be a violent movement or a non-violent movement. Revolutionaries such as Che Guevara‚ Fidel Castro and Adolf Hitler used violence and death to accomplish their
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Psychology of Sex Offenders Following offences warrant inclusion on the register: Rape Intercourse with a girl under age of 16 Incest by a man Buggery Indecency between men Indecent assault on a man‚ women‚ boy‚ girl. Assault with intent to commit buggery Causing or encouraging prostitution of‚ or intercourse with‚ or indecent assault on‚ a girl under 16. Indecent conduct towards a young child Inciting a girl under 16 to have incestuous sexual intercourse Production of possession of
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