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    History 201 Winter Session‚ 2011 This course is concerned with the history of Modern Europe from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the present. However‚ it will not be a survey of all the “important” events and personalities of the period. The central theme will be revolution. This term refers to momentous events such as the French Revolution‚ the Russian Revolution and World War I. We are also interested in revolutionary changes in thought such as occurred during the

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    History of State and Federal Prison According to "History Of State And Federal Prisons" (July 7‚ 2011)‚ “State prisons are primarily operated by state governments. Overcrowding is a persistent problem in most state and federal prisons. By the end of 2001‚ state prisons were operating between 1 and 16 percent over capacity. This makes the prisons more difficult to operate‚ and puts the health and safety of inmates and staff at risk. The prison systems known today are based on eighteenth century Age

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    The History of Alcatraz Alcatraz is a historic prison located on an island in San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the most famous prisons in the country known for holding the most notorious criminals in the world and being “escape proof”. Alcatraz was first founded by Native Americans who believed evil spirits were on the island and first called it‚ “Devil’s Island” (Weiser). The island was isolated for many years after its discovery and after the Mexican-American War ended‚ the U.S.

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    The histories of the state and federal prison systems have some connections which both systems has something distinctive. The State is usually operated by the state governments and consists of prisoners that are considered blue collar criminals and the federal systems are mainly associated with white collar criminals. Both prison systems have security levels which include minimum‚ low‚ medium‚ and high levels of security. To learn the knowledge of the history about federal prison in so many different

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    The history of state and federal prisons is quite interesting. Long ago‚ prisons did not really exist. Prisoners were housed in jails until trial‚ discharge‚ or execution. Since that time‚ state and federal prisons have been introduced and utilized. State prisons were the first to be invented. Prison facilities house criminals sentenced to one year or longer of incarceration‚ (usually felons). State prisons are run by the government of the individual state they are located in and the federal

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    The history of U.S. prisons from the late 1700s to the late 1800s was marked by a shift from a penitentiary system primarily concerned with rehabilitation to one concerned more with warehousing prisoners. The failure of reform minded wardens to justify rehabilitation caused state legislatures to set economic profitability as the new goal for prisons. This resulted in a worsening of prison conditions during this period. Early colonial criminal law was a curious mix of religion

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    The prison had a staff of 1‚720 people. Of those‚ approximately 300 were office staff‚ internal workforce and interrogators. The other 1‚400 were general workers‚ including people who grew food for the prison.[2] Several of these workers were children taken from the prisoner families. The chief of the prison was Khang Khek Ieu (also known as Comrade Duch)‚ a former mathematics teacher who worked closely with Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. Other leading figures of S-21 were Kim Vat aka Ho (deputy chief

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    History of fashion 1900-1990 What a Difference 100 Years Makes Looking back over fashion trends for the past 100 years can only cause one to marvel at the drastic changes that have occurred‚ often in lockstep with societal changes. Women’s liberation‚ for example‚ can be visually measured through the evolution from suffocating corsets to jersey fabrics to bikinis. A timeline of the past century shows how the times have changed. During ancient times people wore limited clothing made from animal

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    History of the United States from 1800 to 1900 MW 1:30pm-3:20pm Instructor:Knittel YuChuan Zhou This this personal introduction. The most important thing in life is a course to know yourself. After entering university‚ entered into a new environment -- totally different from my hometown of an environment. Whenever I encounter problems in interpersonal‚ my mind emerge out of such a question: what the hell am I how? After repeatedly the feeling of frustration‚ I found that I own a lot of changes

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    Jails and Prisons History and Development Introduction Jails and prisons lay at the heart of the Criminal Justice System. These facilities helped forge the concept of rehabilitation. These institutions have changed over time and now reflect the modern methods of housing convicted individuals who need to be reformed or punished. Description of jails The clear concise difference between a jail and a prison is the time limit a convicted person is sentenced to and what offenses were committed. In

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