private correctional facilities within the state and federal correctional industries. At the forefront of the private corrections industry are the Correctional Corporation of America and The GEO Group‚ Inc. These two privately contracted companies have become billion dollar corporations. Since the influx of these types of correctional institutions‚ there have been many studies and statistics developed‚ which have outlined the benefits and detriments of using privately operated correctional facilities
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Rehabilitation Counselor According to the American Medical Association‚ an estimated 43 million Americans have physical‚ mental‚ or psychological disabilities that restrict their everyday lives and prevent them from obtaining or maintaining jobs (Burns). Rehabilitation counselors recognize this and are paid to fix these problems every day. Before becoming a rehabilitation counselor they must gain specific job skills and requirements needed for the job. A rehabilitation counselor’s job effects
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An Evaluation of the Effect of Workforce Training and Development in Organisation (A Case Study of Namibian Correctional Service (NCS) in Namibian) SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LEGAL STUDIES (Correctional Management) Research Methodology (RMA411S) Semester 1/2012 Submission Date: 31 May 2012 STUDENT Mr. M.S. Kapuku (201073994) SUPERVISOR Dr. H. Bruyns Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 BACKGROUND
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How does our correctional system punish offenders? Convicted felons can be punished in many different ways‚ but one thing is sure it would not be cruel and unusual. Before we look at how we punish offenders we must first understand why we are punishing them. The general purpose behind punishment is to inflict upon criminals some kind of suffering for the crime that they have committed or to protect society from those considered too dangerous to live amongst us. Punishment‚ a necessary evil‚ is sometimes
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METHADONE AND IT’S EFFECTIVENESS INTRODUCTION Methadone occupies a position of huge prominence in drug misuse treatment to date. It is estimated there are around 650‚000 illicit drug users receiving treatment globally (WHO 2008). Historically it was the earliest form of opioid replacement therapy and continues to be the most widely used form in the United States‚ Europe and Australia (Ward et al 1998). The most recent figures for Scotland show approximately 22‚224 people are receiving methadone
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SESSION PLAN Sector : TOURISM SECTOR Qualification : Bread and Pastry Production NC II Unit of Competency : Prepare and Produce Bakery Products Module Title : Preparing and Producing Bakery Products Suggested Duration : 20 Hrs. |Learning Outcomes:
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Rehabilitation CJS240 October 23‚ 2011 Rehabilitation What is prisoner rehabilitation? Foster (2006) defines prisoner rehabilitation as something that inspires a positive change during confinement. Dependent on prison and era‚ prison rehabilitation has included drug rehabilitation‚ counseling‚ behavior modification‚ religious or social meetings‚ educational‚ vocational or adaptive strategy training (Foster‚ 2006). Notably‚ as well‚ federal prison adopted the medical model during the late
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THE SECURITISATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF FINANCIAL ASSESTS AND ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST ACT‚ 2002 (54 OF 2002) An Act to regulate securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets and enforcement of security interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third year of Republic of India as follows: -- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title‚ extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Securitisation and Reconstruction
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is effective to an extent with regards to promoting human rights which all people are entitled to and enforeability. Human rights are known as a series of the basic rights and freedoms incorporated into a body of international law in which states accept it as a prerequisite for people’s enjoyment of a life based on human dignity. Human rights are said to follow four conditions that are in being Universal (applying to everyone)‚ indivisible (equally
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In the wake of the technological age we live in‚ most of our daily activities consist of the usage of oil as a form of energy. This means from an economic standpoint that the demand in the market for oil is highly inelastic. This gives oil producers high incentive to produce so they can achieve large profits. Unfortunately supply for this industry is also inelastic and due to the nature of oil as a natural resource there is a limit to how much producers can produce. Due to its worldwide need‚ the
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