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    Cjs 250

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    Axia College Material Appendix E Evaluating Safe Working Conditions Directions: Read each scenario and answer the following questions. 1. Workplace Violence Sam is a security officer for ABC Corporation in the Phoenix area. He is always stationed at the security desk in the main lobby to greet employees and visitors. One day he observed an employee from the finance department muttering something under his breath and acting strangely as he walked by the security desk. He noticed

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    Power In Corrections

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    use in an institution‚ and rely on‚ to achieve compliant behavior from inmates. They are: legitimate power‚ coercive power‚ reward power‚ expert power‚ and referent power. Let’s discuss each one‚ and how to incorporate them in the course of a corrections officer’ work day. According to‚ The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2017)‚ legitimate means conforming to recognized principles‚ rules‚ and standards. Legitimate power allows a correctional officer to exercise structured control over prisoners‚ setting

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    Recidivism In Corrections

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    Maintenance and Aftercare Mandy McCurdy Southern Oregon University Abstract Corrections‚ is an ever changing field today. One goal of corrections is to rehabilitate and treat offenders so they are ready or prepared to reenter society. It is stated that‚ “Reentry is the process of transition that incarcerated individuals make from prison or jail to the community‚” (Velasquez‚ 2010‚ p. 8). In order for any form of maintenance and aftercare to be effective‚ post prison and after release‚ there

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    Community Correction Paper May 27‚ 2012 CJS/230 – Introduction to Corrections Community corrections programs are to oversee offenders outside of jail or prison‚ and are administered by agencies or courts with the legal authority to enforce sanctions. Such community corrections programs are probation and parole. There are also sub-programs that are parts of community corrections; such programs are drug-involved offenders‚ sex offender programs‚ and electronic monitoring technologies.

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    History of Corrections

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    History of corrections Young Arrington Correction System and Practices August 8‚ 2012 Comparison and contrast between Auburn and Pennsylvania correctional systems Comparison The Auburn correctional system began at the New York State Prison in 1819 and was referred to as a congregate system. The Auburn beliefs were crime prevention through silent confinement and fear of punishment. In the Auburn system inmates ate and worked in groups during the day and returned to isolation at

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    Juvenile Corrections

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    defect that brought them to commit the crime. There are also situations where a child was neglected‚ abandoned‚ or abused by an adult they cared about‚ thus bringing violence among the child. A child’s development can play a very important role in corrections. There may be a violent child that may need to be restrained or put in separate quarters to protect themselves as well as other detainees from harm. A child may also need to be medicated because of an underlying condition or disease. All of these

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    Future of Corrections Annali Zieroth CJA/394 November 2‚ 2012 Troy Hokanson Future correctional problems that will need to be addressed by prison administrators are the lack of inmate education. Studies show that imprisoned individual is disproportionately and increasingly undereducated. Inmates who are released from confinement have a very difficult time obtaining employment due to the lack of education. If the confinement center would push harder for the inmates to learn basic reading‚

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    cj 425

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    charged as an adult Purpose for juvenile transfer serious and violent juveniles chronic offenders cannot and do not benefit from rehabilitation factors influencing transfer seriousness of offense prior record youths responsiveness to treatment community protection amount and quality of evidence maturity of the juvenile victim

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    Corrections Notes

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    Corrections MW 2:30-3:45 8/28/13 Deterrence Two types - General and specific General: Punishment as an example to the general public Specific: Punishment inflicted on criminals to deter Asumptions Operates under utilitarianism: human behavior is governed by the individual’s risk vs reward Punishment must be certain‚ swift‚ severe Are these reasonable assumptions? Incapacitation Defined: Simply put‚ when individuals are incarcerated or executed‚ they cannot commit further crimes

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    Recidivism In Corrections

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    Recidivism is currently the primary outcome measure for probation‚ as it is for all corrections programs. (Pertersilia‚ 1998) Probation is under the constant criticism of people questioning if it actually works. There were multiple studies (and some that are still continuing) that are testing the effects of probation. In 1985‚ a sample of 1‚672 felony probationers sentenced in Los Angeles and Alameda Counties in 1980 were tracked for a three-year period by RAND researchers. Over that time period

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