their criminal responsibility determined by judges and juries. The purpose of having court is to seek justice and discover the truth. The people who make the court function properly are prosecutors‚ defense attorneys‚ and judges. * Corrections: In the corrections including the probation‚ parole‚ jail‚ prison and community based sanctions such as electronic monitoring and house arrest‚ the purpose is to punish‚ rehabilitate‚ and ensure public safety. 3. What are the roles‚ functions and practices
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Constructions of Race and Ethnicity Race has always been a significant sociological theme‚ from the founding of the field and the formulation of the "classical" theoretical statements to the present. No society is composed of genetically “pure” people. In spite of this‚ members of society tend to rank themselves into hierarchies based on race with one race assumed to be better than another. Although traditionally in the US the category white has been ranked higher than black or other categories
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who work in corrections have experienced unique ethical and professional conflicts. Standards were developed to address the conflicts and provide guidelines for professional conduct‚ but dilemmas continue to
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Error Detection and Correction Transmission of data through a noisy medium inevitably introduces errors through interference by changing one or more bits. There are two types of errors‚ in single bit errors‚ a 0 may be turned into a 1 or vice versa. In real world conditions‚ most interference introduce burst errors where two or more bits are switched from a 0 to a 1 and vice versa. Types of Errors 1. Single-Bit Error – a single bit is switched from a 0 to a 1 or a 1 to a 0 2. Burst Error
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FIRST DRAFT INTRO: The issue of Corrections today focuses on female offenders and is a part of the American Correctional Association’s long-standing effort to improve programming and services for women and girls in the criminal justice system. Until recently‚ women and girls were called the "forgotten offenders" because they were frequently overlooked in correctional research‚ policy development‚ program design and organizational management. Female and male correctional officers also face a wide
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SENTENCING GOALS OF CORRECTIONS The five general sentencing goals of corrections are punishment ‚ retribution‚ test of proportionality‚ specific deterrence‚ general deterrence. Punishment is the correctional goal emphasizing the infliction of pain or suffering. As a society‚ we believe that punishment for inappropriate behavior is not only allowable ‚ but also advisable. Punishment is used to teach children from right and wrong. Criminal offenders are brought to justice by the state‚ acting for
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The first step in developing a culture at any institution‚ especially corrections‚ is putting together the right leadership team. There are three basic leadership styles: transactional‚ transformational‚ and laissez-faire. The transactional style is where someone leads with a system of rewards or punishment as they will reward when their expectations are met and punish when they are not (Sickels‚ 2015). There is no attention given to the employee’s personal development or goals (Sickels‚ 2015)
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Final Paper Student ID: Maya DeNola California State University Long Beach CRJU 303 – Corrections December 12‚ 2012 Professor: Ryan Fischer Table of Content Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..2 Historical perspective ……………………………………………………………………………..5 Current Policy surrounding mental health treatment in prisons…………………………………..7 Evidence to support the current/historical correctional approaches………………………………9 Evidence to refute the current/historical correctional approaches………………………………
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Kaplan University CM103-05 Professor Clay 9/1/2011 There are two primary goals of the United States corrections system. One of those goals is to punish offenders. The most common form of punishment is incarceration. There is also probation‚ house arrest‚ home electronic monitoring‚ and other less severe forms of punishment according to the crime committed. The second goal of corrections is to rehabilitate offenders. Some forms of rehabilitation can include job training‚ drug treatment‚ and counseling
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produce (History of Corrections -Punishment or Rehabilitation). Treatment and Punishment in 1980s The moral crusade against drugs and crime is accompanied by a legislative “get-tough” campaign on the state and federal levels. Popular perception is that the country has relaxed penalties and individualized sanctions that are too tolerant and
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