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    Bureau of Correction

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    Corrections in the Philippines started during pre-colonial times when the task was community-based. It was only during the Spanish regime that an organized corrective service was made operational. The main penitentiary was the Old Bilibid Prison at Oroquieta Street in Manila which was established in 1847. It was formally opened on April 10‚ 1986 by a Royal Decree. About four years later‚ on August 21‚ 1870‚ the San Ramon Prison and Penal Farm in Zamboanga City was established to confine Muslim rebels

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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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    Corine Lightner POL 140 Essay #1 (Ch. 3 & 4) Dominant-Minority Relations In the early years of the United States‚ dominant-minority relations were shaped by the agrarian technology and the economic need to control land and labor. The agrarian era ended in the 1800s‚ and the U.S. has gone through two major transformations in subsistence technology since‚ each of which has transformed dominant-minority relations and required the creation of new structures and processes to maintain racial stratification

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    Dominant Women in Society

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    In the story Hunger as Ideology by Susan Bordo women are portrayed as passive and inferior to men. Bordo looks into advertisements to prove her point about how visible it is that women are how they are suppose to be dainty and quaint. In the movie "The Thomas Crown Affair" it is totally opposite; the woman in this story is independent‚ strong‚ and self-reliant. She is able to outsmart him and prove to him that she is able to survive without any help. The modern women has transformed and broken the

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    Week 6 Assignment: Corrections and Treatment John Cho University of Phoenix Corrections and treatment within the Juvenile Justice System have a variety of helpful rehabilitative and crime deterrent programs. These programs can help young juvenile offenders correct behavioral patterns‚ therapeutically rehabilitate their mental state‚ and prevent long term criminal activity. The treatment options are separated into two smaller categories: community-based treatment and institutionalization. The

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    Macmillan Publishing. Veysey‚ B. (2009). How Offenders Transformed Their Lives. . Portland: Willan Publishing. MacKenzie‚ D. (2006). What Works in Corrections. New York City: Cambridge University Press. Roberts‚ A. (2008). Correctional Counseling and Treatment. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall. Cullen‚ F. (2007). Make rehabilitation corrections ’ guiding paradigm. Criminology and public policy‚ 6(4)‚ 717-728.

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    Dominant Epic Heroes

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    Asians resemble (got rid of to-be verb) nerds‚ they aren’t great drivers‚ they are cheap and all they eat is fried rice and eggrolls. Today‚ heroes are known to show power‚ wear tights with their underwear outside of their pants and use superpowers to fight crime. (Reworded for concision and got rid of to-be verb) Nobody would believe that Kevin Wu could be the dominant epic hero over Odysseus‚ but while Kevin and Odysseus share certain traits‚ Kevin’s superiority in epic heroism (changed from heroicness

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    be defined by the dominant discourses in society‚ such as gender and sexuality. Michael Foucault’s definition of discourse is more than just the ways of thinking and producing meaning through communication. The notion of discourse defined by Foucault have become closely associated with power and knowledge (Miller‚ 1990). Dominant discourse demonstrates how reality has been socially constructed. They can be found in many forms of media and communication. Discourses become dominant because they are

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    Dominant Firms GCSE

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    Dominant Firms: Impact on consumers and producers plus issues of control and regulation Dominant Firms Part 1 A Definition (2 marks): A dominant firm is one which accounts for a significant share of a given market and has a significantly larger market share than its next largest rival. Dominant firms are typically considered to have market shares of 40 per cent or more. Part 1 B Key features of a dominant firm include: High market profile – A well known name/brand amongst their competing

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    Juvenile Corrections

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    Raheel Hanif Allan Skrocki Juvenile Justice‚ CJ 221 Juvenile Corrections: Probation‚ Community Treatment‚ and Institutionalization Until the early 1800s‚juvenile offenders‚as well as neglected and dependent children‚ were confined in adult prisons.The inhumane conditions in these institutions were among the factors that led social reformers to create a separate children’s court system in 1899. Early juvenile institutions were industrial schools modeled after adult prisons but designed

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