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    Community Corrections

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    Community corrections is a range of alternative punishments for nonviolent offenders. There are two basic community corrections models in the United States. In the first model‚ integrated community corrections programs combine sentencing guidelines and judicial discretion ("front-end") with a variety of alternative sanctions and parole and probation options. In the second model‚ some states have instituted programs in which correctional officials may direct already sentenced offenders into alternative

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    History of American Corrections The corrections system in America began mostly with the arrival of William Penn and his “Great Law.” This was back in 1682; the “Great Law” was based on humane principals and also focused on hard labor as a punishment. The corrections system really began to take hold in North America in the late 1700’s with the idea’s and philosophy of Beccaria‚ Bentham‚ and Howard. These philosophies were based on the thought that prisoners could be treated and reformed back

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    America demonstrated its power to the Soviets and the world by the extraordinary triumph of the first moon landing in 1969. In order to fully appreciate the significance of the lunar landing of Apollo 11‚ one must review the history of the early U. S. space program‚ from its inception to the successful completion of the Apollo mission. The United States and the Soviets began their fierce competition after World War II‚ the Cold War era; not only was the arms race on the ground‚ but also race

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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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    Corrections Paper

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    Corrections Tantaneice Scott CJE 330-01 Professor Hayden January 23‚ 2013 According to the text “American Corrections (10 ed.)”‚ corrections is the variety of programs‚ services‚ facilities‚ and organizations responsible for the management of individuals who have been accused or convicted of criminal offenses. The three main purposes of the correction system are offense‚ guilt‚ and punishment. The main purpose and/or goal of corrections are to carry out the criminal system with regards to the judicial

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    Harassment In Corrections

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    female is experiencing burnout or other psychological consequences due to being sexually harassed at work‚ she may not be able to effectively do her job‚ which may cause a dangerous situation‚ such as a fight or riot‚ in the prison. Although this problem is documented‚ reporting of sexual harassment in the workplace‚ as well as prison setting‚ is very low. This may be due to intimidation factors‚ power struggles‚ or lack of knowledge from the females. While sexual harassment can and will impact the

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    see as some of the advantages and disadvantages of the systems concept of corrections?  Some of the advantages that I that I think that is an impact on the concept of the correction‚ is it helps decrease  some of the crimes that happens on the streets and get it away from our young kids. Another advantage is that it gives a  a road to recovery for many crimes.Some of the disadvantages that I think that is an impact on the concept of correction‚ we the public pay for them to be able to hold them in

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    Study Questions: Anthropology & Contemporary Human Problems 6th Edition by John H. Bodley Chapter 1: Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Human Problems 1. Who is Franz Boas? What does this quote mean? What problems confront us today? 2. What do we mean by ‘progress’? Is human cultural evolution progress? 3. What human system of adaptation do we live in today? 4. What changes in our society have dramatically intensified the problems created by earlier developments?

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