Philip Zimbardo‚ born in 1933 in New York (USA) is a psychologist and investigator‚ who focus in social psychology. His best known work is the Stanford´s Prison experiment‚ searching for an explanation for the violence in the USA prisons. He wanted to know if this behaviour is due to the personalities of the guards (i.e. dispositional) or due to the prison environment and structure (i.e. situational). He later gave class in some of the best universities of the world; Yale‚ NYU and Columbia. His also known
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There was a case in Arkansas where a man that was classified as a paranoid schizophrenic murdered a shop keeper. All they did in prison for him was offer antipsychotic‚ and they did not make sure that he was taking this medication. Without the proper treatment and care this inmate was still considered a danger to himself and others. He got a lethal injection ending his life (McLellan‚ 2004). If this man would have been the proper care by the jail they would have been able to keep his paranoid schizophrenia
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African Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at more than 5 times the rate of whites on average. For example in Oklahoma has the highest incarceration rate for African-Americans. Approximately 4.6% of all African-American males in Oklahoma are incarcerated compared to of only 0.9% white males. In California 1 out of every 22 African-American adult male is in state prison. The racial disparity is greatest in the category of drug arrests and indicates institutional discrimination against African-Americans
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lack of injustice‚ while others seem to believe it is not the justice system place to kill another human being and therefore the prisoner should be given life in prison. Some believe the cost of medical care‚ meals‚ and other required personal care to prisoners cost too much to society‚ Most people argue that the cost of life in prison is too much and taxpayers would save money in the long run with an execution. However‚ the research
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of these agencies is to keep the peace and abolish crime‚ these poor minority men are thrown behind bars for an arrest far greater than what they have committed. The number and type of men thrown into prison indicate that there is a racial inequality and corruption within the penal system. Prison population increased dramatically in the early 1970s once laws became stricter. Drug laws became stricter and the law targeted young black men who dropped out of high school. Incarcerated drug offenders
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Initially‚ physics was a term used to describe the study of matter and its motion through space and time‚ occasionally including energy and force. However‚ in 1900 Max Planck a German Physicist presented the beginning of his Quantum Theory. Since this time studies have commenced on the nature and behaviour of matter and energy on the atomic and sub atomic level. While it is highly unlikely to see these natures directly without scientific equipment‚ the effects and changes that occur are known as
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Punishment or Rehabilitation? You Decide!! Prepared by: DeEtte Heaton Prepared for Communication and Composition 1 University of Phoenix Dr. Diane Hall I want you to imagine yourself in a very different place‚ a different life if you will. Imagine a deep dark life driven by a sick unexplainable need. Every minute clouded by a sickness that you do not understand. This monster growing inside
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The term Jim Crow has been in use for more than a century and still has relevance and meaning in the world today. Many people know the term describes the segregation laws that took place in the 1900’s‚ however that much is not the entire story. The term Jim Crow has roots in the deep south‚ and became so popular it was later used as a nickname to describe laws that dehumanized African Americans and striped them of their rights. “Jim Crow” has its roots in the 1830’s when a white minstrel performer
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Discharged Prisoners: Rehabilitation not Segregation What are the chances that a young teen will be able to get a job‚ buy a house‚ and support themselves without any outside help? Slim to none. Well‚ many people in prison have approximately the same amount of education and resources but they are still expected to achieve those goals. Jails are becoming increasingly crowded and recidivism rates are climbing but no one seems to understand why because the crime rates are relatively stable. The number
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The understanding of mental illness today since the early 1900s has changed significantly. In the 1900s‚ people still had no real understanding of what caused mental illnesses‚ let alone how to treat the disease. The disease was feared and was seen as incurable. Mentally ill patients would be sent to asylums‚ and as a form of treatment they were tortured. Until in the later 1900s‚ it was discovered that certain factors and drug therapy could be a treatment to cure the mentally ill. Today there are
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