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    Prisons

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    In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is contracted by a local‚ state‚ or federal government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with local‚ state‚ or federal governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or

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    Women in 1900s

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    Women were supposed to fulfill certain roles‚ such as a caring mother‚ a diligent homemaker‚ and an obedient wife. The perfect mother was supposed to stay home and nurture so society would accept them. A diligent housewife had dinner on the table precisely at the moment her husband arrived from work. After World War II‚ there was an expansion of the population; therefore caused the need for more housing and other needs of people. The first mass-produced suburb - Levittown‚ New York - was built

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    Healthcare and nursing in the 1900-1919 period would change history forever. Nursing during this time would change from the traditional bedside nursing at home to a more institutional based nursing within the hospitals (Porter-O’Grady‚ T. 2004). In the Early 20th century most nursing education was hospital based and students learned by doing. Care was now being delivered at the hospitals. Organized medicine begins to emerge with the American Medical Association (AMA) reorganizing as the national

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    University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course is an introduction to the various components of the corrections system within the criminal justice system. It provides an overview of corrections‚ including corrections history‚ the persons‚ agencies‚ and organizations that manage convicted offenders. Other topics that are covered include policy and procedure‚ sentencing‚ probation‚ and rehabilitations of prisoners. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held

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    Throughout history there are many different moments that have defined who and what we as a nation have become today. Society in the United States has come a long way from how it functioned back in the 1776s; a large part of this change happened as a result of the mass immigration that occurred in the 1900s. This paper will specifically focus on how the immigrants who helped to shape how the U.S. today immigrated to the U.S. and how they assimilated into this country. During the first few years

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    Prison

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    Memo Date: March 27‚ 2013 To: Federal Bureau of Prisons From: Karrington C Norris Subject: Overcrowding of Juvenile Correctional Facilities Introduction Within the juvenile correctional facilities community‚ there are public and private institutions that both experience and suffer from similar problems. The problems that face these facilities are overcrowding. Through close comparison of the major issues with juvenile correctional facilities‚ the institutions are revealed to be ineffective

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    1900 Parenting Styles

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    Every parent and child should have trust in their relationship with each other. There is a signifacant difference in the parenting styles in 1900 than the parenting styles in today’s society. In the 1900s‚ it was socially acceptable for parents‚ mainly the fathers‚ to punish their children in a forceful manner. “Fathers typically were there to punish and enforce the children” (Museum‚ n.d.). Today‚ if parents were to paddle their children in the behind‚ the beating would be viewed as assault. Mel

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    The existence of Prisons can be traced back to the ancient period. Initially there was a belief that rigorous isolation and custodial measures would reform the offenders. In due course it is being substituted by the modern concept of social defense. Custody‚ care and treatment are the‚ three main functions of a modern prison organization. For over 100 years‚ there was emphasis on custody which‚ it was believed‚ depended on good order and discipline. The notion of prison discipline was to make

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    Leavenworth Prison

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    security federal prison in the United States from 1903 until 2005. It became a medium security prison in 2005. It is located in Leavenworth‚ Kansas. It is an all-male‚ medium-security facility committed to carrying out the judgments of the Federal Courts. Leavenworth is one of three first generation United States Penitentiaries built in the early 1900s. The other two were Atlanta and McNeil Island(although McNeil dates to the 1870s the major expansion did not occur until the early 1900s). Prior to its

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    Fashion 1890-1900

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    IN 1890- 1900 GAY/ NAUGTY NINTEIS REASERCH SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF COSTUME Table of contents Introduction……………………….…1 History and Events…………………..1 Art and Architecture…………………4 Fashion in the 1890s…………………6 Conclusion…………………………...11 Appendix………………………………12 Bibliography…………………………22 "Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world ’s original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh‚ History would have

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