Gangs in Prisons and Jails: Temporary Phenomenon or Management Nightmare 2 Colleen M. Clower Fall 2008 CJS 113 - Penology 12/4/2008 Gangs in Prisons and Jails: Temporary Phenomenon or Management Nightmare * Gangs in prisons and jails in the United States have been around for many decades. A prison gang is defined as‚ “any gang (where a gang is a group of three or more persons who recurrently commit crime‚ and where the crime is openly known to the group) that operates in prison”
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Rhetorical Analysis of Letter from Birmingham Jail In the spring 1963‚ Martin Luther King was jailed due to his non-violent demonstrations against racial segregation at Birmingham. Eight of Alabama’s top white religious leaders criticized his action as “unwise and untimely‚” and called him an “outsider.” Martin Luther King responded with his own article‚ “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” He explained his reasons in Birmingham‚ and necessities of taking nonviolent direct action in Birmingham. He also
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It’s been three years since i’ve been behind bars. All thanks to those stupid bears. Jail gives you lots of time to think about what i’m going to those bears‚ revenge is all I need. My original plan was to go into there house‚ set a couple bombs‚ traps‚ and no harm done. But what ended up happening was‚ I got caught up in the house and decoration that I got a little tired so I took a trip into the little bear’s room but the bed was way too small. So I made m hy way up to the master bedroom but the
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to get you to at least slightly understand their perspective. Dr. King immensely expresses what not only he‚ but all African Americans are and have been going through. He is able to paint a picture in the readers’ head of the abuse‚ pain‚ and hatred they have felt. But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate filled policemen curse‚ kick‚ and even kill your black brothers and sisters; when you see the
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Birmingham Jail” is that in order for Blacks to get their rights they must use non-violent resistance. More specifically‚ King argues that they must demand that they get their rights and he states that with time‚ the non-violent resistance will make situations which will force whites to negotiate. There are two distinct sides to this very complicated issue‚ and while King argues that non-violent resistance is the key to acquiring their rights‚ one can see that the counter-argument that violence can be used
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paragraphs 13 and 14 of Letter from Birmingham Jail‚ we reach the expressive and climactic division of his essay. Throughout the essay King has kept a very calm‚ yet passionate and objective tone‚ but in these critical paragraphs is where we start to see the emotion fall through the page. In order to demonstrate the urgent need for the reformation of segregation laws‚ Martin Luther King Jr. principally focuses on rhetorical devices such as potent imagery. This can be seen in paragraph 14 where King uses
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Emerson’s maxim‚ “Speak your latent conviction‚ and it shall be the universal sense”‚ Emerson supports the notion of individuality and conveying one’s beliefs without the fear of controversy. This maxim relates to the play‚ “The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail”‚ in which the main character Henry doesn’t conform societal expectations and stays true to his beliefs. While instructing a class of students‚ Henry refuses to teach according to the school’s curriculum. He is criticized by the Deacon and is scolded
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Transcendentalism in The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail In order to discuss a topic‚ one must know what said topic is. Transcendentalism is a movement in the nineteenth century and it encourages the idea of individualism‚ dislike for materialism‚ a strong connection to nature‚ and to rely on one’s intuition above all else. This belief and the well-educated people who followed it were decades ahead of their time‚ as it was for self-independence and was against slavery. These philosophies are established
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riminal Criminal Justice System Malika Hamilton Strayer University CRJ100 Mark Davis The criminal justice system is composed of many components‚ and counter parts. The criminal justice system has the responsibility of obtaining law violators and giving out a reasonable penalty for crimes that are committed. The justice system also has the obligation of protecting the innocent and making sure that offenders are treated fairly. Numerous employees within the system find it demanding and those
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the Civil Rights movements‚ non-violence protest is a method used by African Americans to advocate for desegregation. However‚ these protests were initially not accepted by many whites. In 1963‚ while Martin Luther King was arrested in the Birmingham jail because he supported a protest in Birmingham‚ eight Alabama clergymen published a statement accusing the non-violence protest for disturbing order‚ showing untimely impatience and inciting violence. Since the clergymen believed desegregation should
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