Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2009 University of Wisconsin La-Crosse La-Crosse‚ Wisconsin April 16 - 18‚ 2009 Prison Culture‚ Education‚ and Recidivism Rates Caleb L. Fry and Lauren T. Rios Department of Anthropology Lake Tahoe Community College One College Drive South Lake Tahoe‚ California 96150 USA Faculty Advisor: Daryl G. Frazetti Abstract Given the number of inmates in the prison system and the high level of recidivism‚ it is important to seek out possible solutions to this growing problem
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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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crimes committed during the Civil War at Andersonville Prison‚ however that does not justify his acts or make him an American hero. Ever take a midnight train to Georgia? No‚ well ever drive through Georgia? When driving through Georgia on State Road 49‚ there is a little town called Andersonville that is very easy to miss. To many it is just another town. Yet this town has its own trail. The
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Shouldice Hospital Case Analysis Question 1. How successful is the Shouldice Hospital? Generate a P&L statement using available information from the case. Treat each of the two operations – hospital and the surgery – separately Compared to other medical institutions that provide a wide array of medical procedures‚ Shouldice Hospital specializes in one procedure for patients that suffer from abdominal hernias. This specialization allows each doctor at Shouldice Hospital to perform approximately
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Third Rock Assignment 1. Reinforcement Theory In this episode‚ Dick is having dinner in a restaurant with Mary and attempts to understand the process of tipping. Mary explains to Dick that the money used for tipping is for rewarding the waitress for the service. According to the Reinforcement Theory‚ if the consequences following the waitress’ service are favorable‚ she is more likely to demonstrate similar behaviors in the future. But‚ if the customers do not tip the waitress‚ she is less likely
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regions like the US‚ UK and Australia experiencing consistent rising imprisonment rates and the limited availability of public resources‚ efficient use of prison and criminal justice resources is imperative (Marsh‚ Fox & Hedderman‚ 2009). A cost benefit analysis (CBA) of prisons essentially measures how effective and efficient certain criminal justice interventions are. Marsh et al. (2009‚ p. 146) states that this measurement is done by assessing an intervention where the aim is for the benefit of
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The Healing Hospital – A Daring Paradigm Katherine Perona 02 June 2013 310HL-V – Spritiuality in Health Care Prof. Verree Laughlin The Healing Hospital – A Daring Paradigm 2 The medical community has reached a very important nexus in terms of providing care to the injured and infirm that find themselves in a hospital environment. The so-called Healing Hospital represents a radical shift
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comes to prisons‚ anything that can’t be bought in the commissary or that isn’t given to them when they get to prison is contraband. Contraband is a major issue behind the walls and can be anything from a “homemade” shank by the inmate‚ or drugs or weapons smuggled into the prison from various ways. Not only is different types of contraband in the prison a threat to the inmates lives‚ but also a threat to the officers on duty and other staff members. Some issues with contraband in a prison are: how
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Hard to swallow The play" Hard to Swallow" telling the tragic story of young Catharine Dunbar. Catherine Dunbar‚ who suffers from anorexia‚ stopped eating when she was about 15 years old and died‚ after a long and hard period of pain and suffering‚ when she was about 23 years old. Who or what facts are responsible for Catherine’s anorexia? Is it her fathers’ attitude? The mothers’ approach? The medical authorities? Herself? From my view it is the fault of many events‚ and not just
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Jail and Prison Systems Jail and Prison Systems Introduction goes here. Prison Violence Many experts believe the reasoning the United States incarceration rate is so high reflects the "get tough" laws in the 1990s that resulted in strict sentencing for criminals. Prisons contain nonviolent inmates who may be drug addicts and repeat offenders. The “get tough” laws passed when federal and state money was available for the construction of more prisons and was also used to hire added correction
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