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    Prison Reform

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    Prison Reform Rehabilitation Process CJA/334 July 13‚ 2013 Prison Reform Prison Reform is presented through the penal system in an effort to improve prisons‚ provided not only but also punishment rehabilitative efforts as well. Rehabilitation is one of the philosophical reasons for sentencing. The general area that will be studied within prison reform is its rehabilitation process. We will study the rehabilitation process as it pertains to both male and female. This study will also show

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    Prison Ineffectiveness

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    Do prisons deter crime? Considering the recidivism rate‚ the percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested for a similar offense‚ of the United States‚ no‚ prisons do not deter crime. The recidivism rate of prisoners in the US is 60%‚ one of the highest rates in the world. Prisons take criminals off the street‚ but fail to cure their need to commit crimes. Prisons‚ in a sense‚ add fuel to the fire. I believe prisoners leave prison in a worse state of mind than they were before they were locked

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is a problem largely attributed to the increase of drug convictions. Decades of tough-on-crime laws coupled with minimal financing for treatment programs have left prisons overcrowded and under funded. With the advent of crack cocaine and the response of a scared nation President Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs in 1982 (Clear‚ Cole‚ & Reisig‚ 2009). In 1987 congress implemented mandatory minimum sentencing effectively increasing the time

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    Trends

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    Pentacyclic Triterpene Distribution in Various Plants – Rich Sources for a New Group of Multi-Potent Plant Extracts Sebastian Jäger 1‚*‚ Holger Trojan 1‚ Thomas Kopp 1‚ Melanie N. Laszczyk 2 and Armin Scheffler 1 1 2 Carl Gustav Carus-Institute‚ Am Eichhof 30‚ D-75223 Niefern-Öschelbronn‚ Germany Betulin-Institute‚ Blumenstrasse 24‚ D-64297 Darmstadt‚ Germany; E-Mail: m.laszczyk@betulin-institut.de (M-N.L.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: sebastian.jaeger@carus-institut

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    As a judge‚ they play many roles; but the main purpose of their role is‚ “Sentencing.” Sentencing: is when a criminal is being put on trial‚ and is being told the amount of time he or she is serving. Judges inquire a great power in the decision-making process to pursuit justice. Depending on a case‚ some of the jury may see things in a different perspective. Some may lean toward the liberal side‚ which is more complex and focuses more on why the criminal committed the crime. In addition‚ liberals

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    Corrections Trend Evaluation Misty Schwandt Contemporary Issues and Futures in Criminal Justice CJA 394 Troy Hokanson January 15‚ 2013 Corrections Trend Evaluation This paper explains the many trends in the public and institutional criminal justice system. These trends‚ starting from the past‚ push the research into the present and future with the implementation

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    For decades now‚ prison overcrowding has become a problem all over the United States. Because of this overcrowding‚ many individuals are let out of prison before their sentence is complete which poses a threat to the community and society as a whole. However‚ while that is valid‚ the real threat is directly to those who are released before they are fully prepared to become functioning members of society once again and who will ultimately end up back in prison because of this. There are many universal

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    Jails And Prisons

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    Jails And Prisons Adam Putnam CJA/204 February 18‚ 2014 Leroy Hendrix Jails And Prisons In the following paragraphs comparisons between the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford County‚ Virginia and Federal Corrections Institution Petersburg Medium in Hopewell City‚ Virginia. The types of prisons will be identified. The major differences between the Rappahannock Regional Jail and FCI Petersburg Medium will be examined. Jail and prison culture and subculture as well as the violent behavior that

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    Principles of Sentencing There are five general aims or functions or justifications of punishment: 1. DETERRENCE There is a belief that punishment for crime can deter people from offending. There are two forms: - Specific deterrence is concerned with punishing an individual offender in the expectation that he will not offend again. - General deterrence is related to the possibility that people in general will be deterred from committing crime by the threat of punishment if they are caught

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    History of the Prison

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    the prison in America. How it came to be in its present state? Things I will be writing about in this paper are the early history of the prison history in England. I will be talking about early American prisons‚ the goal of rehabilitation‚ prison labor‚ changes in the prison system‚ rehab programs‚ population‚ housing and prison organization we will hit briefly on all those aspects of the history of prisons. The reasoning behind this paper is because many people do not know why prison are

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