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    correctional system; riots would break out in order for inmates to express their desire for reform and changes in rules. Inmates didn’t approve of the crowded living conditions‚ harsh rules‚ poor food‚ excessive punishment‚ and guard brutality. Inmates demanded change in the correctional system starting with those involving basic conditions to those concerning basic rights. The prisoners were not given the opportunity to express their feeling of deprivation in the correctional system that was until

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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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    Test Corrections- Chap 1 and 2 *I missed questions # 6‚ 15‚ 22‚ 23‚ 24‚ 25‚ 35‚ and 39* 6. The statement‚ “people who have more than 12 years of education and who own a personal computer are more likely to use online dating services than those who have less than 12 years of education and who do not own a personal computer” is a: Incorrect answer: B- theory Correct answer: A- Hypothesis‚ The statement above shows an educated guess between these two variables and how they are related to eachother

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    Corrections and Treatment

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    Most juvenile institutions have some form of treatment program available to juveniles. The most common programs include: counseling‚ vocational and educational training‚ recreational programs and religious counseling. Two community based programs are guided group interaction (GGI) and positive peer culture (PPC). Guided group interaction is a program where a delinquent can acknowledge and solve personal problems with support from other members in the group. Individual members can be supportive and

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    Corrections Notes

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    Corrections MW 2:30-3:45 8/28/13 Deterrence Two types - General and specific General: Punishment as an example to the general public Specific: Punishment inflicted on criminals to deter Asumptions Operates under utilitarianism: human behavior is governed by the individual’s risk vs reward Punishment must be certain‚ swift‚ severe Are these reasonable assumptions? Incapacitation Defined: Simply put‚ when individuals are incarcerated or executed‚ they cannot commit further crimes

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    Summary of Corrections

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    INTRODUCTION Each year more than 700‚000 individuals are released from prisons nationwide. Among released prisoners‚ younger males with extensive criminal histories are often at greatest risk of future recidivism. Social control theories suggest that employment helps prevent criminal activity by providing individuals with legitimate ties to conventional society. However social capital theorists argue that the interpersonal relationships individuals form through employment can aid desistance from

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    The criminal law is in place not only to punish and control the offender but to also offer them a considerable measure of protection through the judicial system of punishment and control. The criminal law provides and distils a feeling and place of safety and well-being whilst providing justice and deterring crime. Within the criminal justice system‚ there are practices in use to identify how an offender is classed and treated an example of these are instrumental factors and non-instrumental factors

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    2. John Wesley is associated with the founding of what religious sect? I chose to omit this question because I couldn’t remember with which “ism” John Wesley was associated. The correct answer is c. Methodism because in the “Impact of the Enlightenment” PowerPoint‚ a parenthetical mentions John Wesley in the description of Methodism. 6. Romanticism changed the direction of the Enlightenment by emphasizing… I answered a. skepticism which is incorrect because skepticism was more of

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    Japanese girl with slanted eyes‚ white paint on her face and dressed in a robe. (Race and Culture) *Will Stereotype for food: By The Latino Comedy Project. Stereotypes Mexicans as people with out jobs that will do any line of work to get by. It has four Mexicans in the back of a truck holding up a sign saying will stereotype for food. (Race and Culture) *The Arabs are coming!: By New York Arab comedy festival. Stereotypes that Arabs will always have a camel with them because they are from the desert

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    Punishment In Corrections

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    to teach them a lesson. Distinctive methods of discipline should be utilized based of the history or the seriousness of the crimes. Not every individual child or adult should be confined for specific violations. With the overcrowding of the prison systems and the absence of correctional officers to place in those prison‚ is it possible for an individual to be punished for their wrongdoing with an alternative strategy? There may be numerous recorded and monetary purposes behind alternatives to detainment

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