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    types of prisons are federalstate‚ municipal‚ and military. Federal prisons are operated and managed by the federal government. Federal prisons normally house inmates who have been convicted of a crime in violation of a federal law‚ as opposed to a state or local laws. An example of a federal prison now‚ is Ft. Leavenworth‚ KS. At one time‚ it used to be a prison used by the military‚ but has been turned over to the federal government to run. Municipal prisons are a high security prison. Military

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    Substance Abuse Kyra Prall HCA/250 3/3/2013 Marie Smith Substance Abuse Using drugs started in the early centuries. Smoking tobacco became popular after Christopher Columbus discovered the positive affects of smoking tobacco leaves. Alcohol was seen as a gift from God‚ and other drugs stemmed from thrill seekers trying different chemicals and natural substances for pleasure. When using drugs frequently a psychological and physical dependence occurs due to the pleasure and relief assoaciated

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    I am what you might say terrified of mentally ill patients‚ way more than I fear physically ill patients. I believe they are a danger to society. As said in the quiz‚ you can never account for what they can do at any given moment. Physically ill patients are less likely to cause pain on others than mentally ill patients. I would not trust a mentally ill person. I have seen the things they are capable of. They have no regard for anyone’s well being including their own. And I also believe a mental

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    between Jails and Prisons It is very often that the terms are “interchangeably”‚ but what most people do not know there is actually a significant difference between the two. It is not just case of semantics. If a person is in a prison or a jail it has to do with the crime that person committed and the period in the process. Along with that‚ the treatment the inmates receive also fluctuates between the two. People always do not know the difference between the two terms‚ jail or prison‚ because

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    rising substance abuse epidemic has brought about a renewed interested in determining the root cause of substance abuse‚ the effects of substance abuse on individuals and societies‚ and the substance abuse treatment modalities that achieve the best outcomes. In reviewing the current research on substance abuse there seems to be no one clear cause of substance abuse disorders‚ although there is strong evidence that a number of life circumstances may predispose an individual to a substance abuse disorder

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    Jail and Prison Mike Roberts CJS/201 4/13/2015 University of Phoenix Jail and Prison For more than two hundred years the United States has utilized imprisonment to rebuff any hoodlums. Prison and jails are the foundations that judges send offenders to‚ so they can serve time relying upon the earnestness of their unlawful activity that the individual has submitted. Being detained is the empathetic type of discipline that is utilized considering how they used to reform people back in more seasoned

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    opiate overdoses last year [2011] than murders and traffic fatalities combined.” Some opiates have medically valid uses‚ while others are recreational drugs of abuse. All are physically addictive‚ and it has become evident that many people have begun to abuse them. Pharmaceutical drugs have taken over the minds of many Vermonters. I do believe that Vermont is facing a severe epidemic when it comes to opiate addiction. According to Governor Peter Shumlin‚ “We ’re spending roughly $134 million of

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    RESEARCH CASE STUDY: PERSONAL INTERVIEWED - ALCOHOL ABUSE Jennifer Campbell Theories of Personality (PSY 500A) Lynn University December 6‚ 2012 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to create a case study based on a specific theory of personality development. Kelly (1969) stated that personality theory presents a positive view of human nature (Schultz‚ & Schultz‚ 2009). The combination of cognitive and behavioral‚ together forms the infrastructure of the individual ’s personality;

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    Prisons and jails are somewhat similar to each other but are different in some ways so let me tell you a little about jails and prison‚ and those places are for people who have commited a crime or have broken the law. Jails are usually run by law enforcement or local government‚ and are to hold inmates who are awaiting trial or serving a short sentence ‚ jail even often operate work on release programs and boot camps‚ and some offer educational or substance abuse but‚ these programs are created

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    facilitators‚ and at time courts and judges. These people come together to create an individualized treatment plan for each adolescent in the program‚ Sojourner Recovery Services IOP program offers a treatment plan that meets each persons specific needs. The majority of my Service Learning hours were spent directly under the Clinical Therapist. The role of the Clinical Therapist is to make the individualized plan with the adolescent and their family and ensure the youth follows the projected plan

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