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    The gang’s genesis dates to 1960‚ with a South Side gang called the Devil’s Disciples had become sufficiently large to warrant being given an outreach worker by the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago Youth Services (source: Chicago Historical Society). The Devil’s Disciples were mostly male African-Americans‚ 15-18 years of age‚ frequenting the intersection of 53rd St. and Kimbark Ave.‚ and operated from 53rd and Woodlawn to 49th St. and Dorchester Ave. In the early 1960s this gang known as

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    Mainframe/Pc Evolution

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    they both consist of data storage‚ processors‚ input and output devices. However‚ they have their differences. Mainframes The mainframe was invented in the 1950’s. One of the first mainframes was the Univac 1‚ which was delivered to the Census Bureau in 1952. It measured 25-feet by 50-feet and had a storage capacity of 1000 words or 12‚000 characters (Lexikon Services‚ 1982). In the 1970s the mainframe changed with the development of UNIX operating system (Rogers‚ 2010). A mainframe according

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    Law Enforcement in a Democratic Society cha pt er 1 ISBN 0-558-46766-0 Law Enforcement in the 21 Century‚ Second Edition‚ by Heath B. Grant and Karen J. Terry. Published by Allyn & Bacon. Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education‚ Inc. st Chapter Out line INTRODUCTION The Themes of the Book The Police Function: Social Control and the Use of Force Policing Within the Rule of Law: The Challenges of Discretion The Delicate Balance: Crime Control versus Due Process The Levels of Law Enforcement Municipal

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    AN EXAMINATION OF THE POWER OF THE DARK SIDE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP Frank S. Lockwood‚ Western Carolina University Russell Teasley‚ North Georgia College and State University JoAnn C. Carland‚ Western Carolina University James W. Carland‚ Western Carolina University ABSTRACT "Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side!" Luke Skywalker learned that lesson well in a galaxy far‚ far away and long‚ long ago‚ but modern entrepreneurship theorists may be less well informed than the characters

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    Ethnic & Racist Gangs in American Society Gangs in America are incredibly widespread and continue to grow in size. Gangs are also known as Security Threat Groups (STG’s) in the correctional world. Both the outside world and prisons are affected by gangs daily. The threat of prison gangs seems to keep growing and shows no signs of coming to a halt. There are multiple types of gangs which include White‚ Black‚ Asian‚ and Hispanic. Many things can be done to stop Security Threat Groups and their

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    inmates in the United States Correctional Facilities (Means & Cochran‚ 2012) this is according to the report. The National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) is a federal agency that oversees the medical needs of prisoners. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ “In 2012‚ the number of admissions to state and federal prison in the

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    It is no surprise that rising crime rates‚ public safety‚ and correctional guidelines assisted in the push for a more punitive approach rather than rehabilitative strategies in corrections. Also‚ the business of building prisons to accommodate overcrowding and cuts in the institutions budgets dramatically changed prison life. Lack of funding and new prison administrations initiated cuts in higher education programs as well as diminishing

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    Essay On Prison Violence

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    The newly entered prisoners are specialized victimized of prison violence and become involved in the subculture. Shift lag is also a powerful factor in the professional life of prison workers that results in violence of rules in the prison. They feel hypnotic‚ dull and avoid completing their job tasks with interest and responsibility. Effect of the Prison Violence on the Staff Members After discussing the problem of stress management prison violence in detail‚ a lot of questions arise in the

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    Detectives and criminal investigation is highly appealing due to many reasons. Detectives help to ensure justice while protecting the victims at hand. Detective work is interesting because it entails much fact seeking and clues which together create a solution to a complex problem. The cases that detectives run into are very interesting at times. The job entails a lot of concentration of detail and much theory. Detectives deal with more of the paper work side of the rather than the practical. It

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    Prison Education

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    History of Prison Higher Education in the United States." Miriam Williford‚ 17-31. Phoenix: The Oryx Press‚ 1994. 2. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Education and Correctional Populations. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ecp.pdf (19 March 2009). 3. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Reentry Trends in the United States. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/reentry/reentry.htm (24 January 2009). 4. Bureau of Justice Statistics. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/reentry/recidivism.htm (5 February 2009). 5. Furillo‚ Andy

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