reduction of disaster impacts. For example‚ FEMA’s independent study course on hazard mitigation (Federal Emergency Management Agency‚ 1998a) lists emergency services and public information as mitigation measures along with more logical candidates such as flood control works‚ land use planning‚ and building codes. To overcome this limitation‚ Lindell and Perry (2000) defined hazard mitigation as preimpact
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four theories are deterrence‚ incapacitation‚ rehabilitation and restorative justice. In the early 1900’s rehabilitation had emerged as the primary theory of corrections and shaped every aspect of correctional policy and practice. Then in the 1960’s and 1970’s rehabilitation was attacked for not having evidentiary standing and in the resulting turmoil came about the other theories of deterrence‚ incapacitation and restorative justice. Rehabilitation though was unjustly thrown aside and said not
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Johnson stated “Tocqueville (1833) was correct when he observed that rehabilitation and reformation are two different things: We can measure rehabilitation‚ but we cannot measure reformation. Though we can observe that some inmates unquestionably may have changed in positive ways‚ there is no way of observing whether they have "repented." The former inmate still
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and this prison was said to be humane and gave the inmates the opportunity for rehabilitation. Today our correctional system punishes offenders who violate
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cultures are familiar with the story of the flood found in Genesis. It is a very important and interesting story to many Catholics. The main message of the story is God is angry with all the sin in the world‚ so he decides to start over by sending a flood to wipe out mankind and restart with Noah and his family. Not everyone might be as familiar with the Mesopotamian story of the flood found in Gilgamesh. One would likely assume the story of the flood would have many difference considering the
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The main concept of this study is to effectively display Multidisciplinary Teams and the role they have on the field of Mental Health. MDTs have been proven to be an effective format for collaboration of Mental Health Clinicians to exhibit the core concepts of wellness‚ resilience‚ and prevention for the overall health of the patient. Evidence has been shown to prove that when MDTs are being practiced in the field of study‚ Mental Health Clinicians exhibit enthusiasm of the skills and ideas being
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Clinical Summary and Flow Chart Substance Abuse History: The patient’s is a thirty eight year old single woman. Her drug of choice is alcohol. She had her first drink at age 13 at which time she would sneak drinks at family gatherings and sometimes on the weekends with friends. At age 18 she started to drink more frequently and greater amounts‚ about 8-10 drinks‚ on each occasion. At times she would pass out. She noticed her drinking becoming a problem around the age of 28. She was drinking
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A recovery-orientated approach sees a departure from a focus on treating mental illness with a move towards promoting well-being. The Australian Government Department of Health’s (AGDOH) national policy and theory framework for recovery-oriented mental health services (2013) states that there is no single definition of recovery though for the purposes of the policy document recovery is defined as “‘being able to create and live a meaningful and contributing life in a community of choice with or without
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The 12-step program is only for alcohol addicts‚ right? Wrong. The twelve step program helps so many different people for so many different reasons. Many people think the twelve step program only helps people with an alcohol addiction‚ well‚ it can definitely help them get through that addiction‚ but it also helps other types of addictions and disorders. Whether a person has an eating disorder‚ depression‚ post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)‚ substance abuse‚ or even if they only have Attention
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This is an area around the river that is covered when the river floods. It is a fertile area because of the alluvium (fine layers of clay‚ silt and other sediments that are deposited when the river floods) which makes it a good place for agriculture. In fact‚ if the alluvium is stable enough to support vegetation‚ salt marches may form. A build-up of alluvium can create levees‚ another
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