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    Error Detection and Correction Transmission of data through a noisy medium inevitably introduces errors through interference by changing one or more bits. There are two types of errors‚ in single bit errors‚ a 0 may be turned into a 1 or vice versa. In real world conditions‚ most interference introduce burst errors where two or more bits are switched from a 0 to a 1 and vice versa. Types of Errors 1. Single-Bit Error – a single bit is switched from a 0 to a 1 or a 1 to a 0 2. Burst Error

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    FIRST DRAFT INTRO: The issue of Corrections today focuses on female offenders and is a part of the American Correctional Association’s long-standing effort to improve programming and services for women and girls in the criminal justice system. Until recently‚ women and girls were called the "forgotten offenders" because they were frequently overlooked in correctional research‚ policy development‚ program design and organizational management. Female and male correctional officers also face a wide

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    SENTENCING GOALS OF CORRECTIONS The five general sentencing goals of corrections are punishment ‚ retribution‚ test of proportionality‚ specific deterrence‚ general deterrence. Punishment is the correctional goal emphasizing the infliction of pain or suffering. As a society‚ we believe that punishment for inappropriate behavior is not only allowable ‚ but also advisable. Punishment is used to teach children from right and wrong. Criminal offenders are brought to justice by the state‚ acting for

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    The first step in developing a culture at any institution‚ especially corrections‚ is putting together the right leadership team. There are three basic leadership styles: transactional‚ transformational‚ and laissez-faire. The transactional style is where someone leads with a system of rewards or punishment as they will reward when their expectations are met and punish when they are not (Sickels‚ 2015). There is no attention given to the employee’s personal development or goals (Sickels‚ 2015)

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    Kaplan University CM103-05 Professor Clay 9/1/2011 There are two primary goals of the United States corrections system. One of those goals is to punish offenders. The most common form of punishment is incarceration. There is also probation‚ house arrest‚ home electronic monitoring‚ and other less severe forms of punishment according to the crime committed. The second goal of corrections is to rehabilitate offenders. Some forms of rehabilitation can include job training‚ drug treatment‚ and counseling

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    Corrections Trend Evaluation Daysha Hopkins CJA-394 May 7‚ 2012 Hector Garcia Ed. D Abstract Throughout the United States‚ there are many correctional facilities that house thousands of inmates. Individuals who work within these facilities have a tough job in maintaining the prison facility and the inmates. Correctional officers are called the front line workers and are responsible for looking after the inmates. The officers who work for the correctional facility deal with issues that may

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    Though Law Enforcement is challenged with maintaining peace and order in our society‚ an equally as important part of the legal system ensures public safety rarely leaving the walls of their facility. This aspect of the legal system is the correctional departments from the city and state facilities to the federal correctional institutions‚ all tasked with the same goal of maintaining offenders away from the general population‚ hence ensuring public safety‚ while simultaneously attempting to rehabilitate

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    Reforming the Current U.S. Corrections System In the United States‚ the corrections system is a network of agencies that administer a jurisdiction’s prisons and community-based programs. It is responsible for implement the punishment for a convicted offender. This can range from being on probation to serving years in prison. The current system has evolved to meet the demands of society for the past centuries. While the current system does a semi-decent job‚ it can be changed in order to be more

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    very important in the present development of industrial revolution. The inductive loading of today’s industry greatly affect the power factor so the power system losses its efficiency. With the increasingpower demand and energy cost‚ power factor correction has gained great attention and attempt to attain the most economical solution. 1.2 Statement of the Problem Deep well water pumping station at Central Mindanao University (CMU) is known of having low power factor due to the presence of inductive

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    Juvenile Justice and Correction Justice has always been the goal of our court system‚ but it is not always served‚ especially in cases involving juveniles. The judiciary process has evolved from a system that did not initially consider juveniles‚ to one where juveniles have their own court proceedings‚ facilities‚ and even rules or laws. The juvenile justice system has come a long way‚ and people have worked very hard in its creation. A juvenile is considered to be an individual‚ under the

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