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    Federal Prison Comparison Rev. Wesley Crawford Criminal Justice Administration/234 November 12‚ 2011 Professor Jeff Newsome Federal Prison Comparison Paper In society today there are more criminals in the boundaries of the state prison system than there are in the federal prison system. According to Bureau of Justice Statistics (2009) the United States state prison system has 1‚405‚622 within their jurisdiction;

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    Sadly‚ many people have served time for crimes they did not commit. Unfortunately‚ this is an ongoing epidemic that has terrible consequences for the innocent people who are wrongfully accused and incarcerated. In class‚ we watched a video about a man who was convicted of burglary and rape in the first degree and sentenced to life plus fifty years. According to a reporter by the name of Lesley Stahl‚ who did a 60-minute Broadcast on this case‚ the individual who was wrongfully accused and convicted

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    Education vs Incarceration The American government is spending too much of American Citizens’ tax money by providing a “home” for prisoners and not the same amount on current education. The government provides food and a place to sleep for those whom have decided to make wrongful choices‚ but cannot provide new textbooks or even technology to schools that need them. Instead‚ some schools are torn down in order to create another detention area. The budgets between education and prisons are not should

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    Initiation or Incarceration: Hazing in Fraternities and Sororities Frat boys and sorority girls‚ what do they do for society? They party all weekend‚ every weekend. None of them care about academics. They are elitist and snobby. They violate noise ordinances. They do not serve the community. They couldn’t possibly hold any value as individuals in our society‚ right? Wrong. Many people think of those who belong to the Greek system as the rich‚ preppy Caucasian students who get drunk and party

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    The American Prison System’s high incarceration rates are not justifiable because the system does not reform its prisoners‚ nor does it allow fair opportunity for all incarcerated individuals. The first reason the American Prison System’s high arrest rates are not justifiable is its lack of reformation for its prisoners. In a report on prisoner recidivism by the U.S. Department of Justice‚ it shows that over 40% of prisoners who will return to prison‚ return within the first year of their release

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    Suggested Improvements…………………………...7-9 V. Conclusions and Recommendations……………….9-11 VI. References ………………………………………….12 VII. Appendix…………………………………………..13-34 2 ABSTRACT The proposed work design project offers a solution to the overcrowding problem caused by students who gather at the inadequate number of cafeterias at the university during lunchtime‚ cannot find any tables to sit and eat‚ and consequently cannot make it to their classes on time. The Project also provides solution

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    Addicted to Incarceration is a research book that was written by Travis C. Pratt‚ a professor at Washington State University. The main purpose of writing this book was to point out that the USA imprisons more of our population than any other nation. Pratt says‚ "On the one hand‚ we have constructed the biggest prison system on the planet… On the other hand‚ the United States has also been‚ and continues to be‚ the most violent industrialized nation in the world…. It is apparent‚ therefore‚ that our

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    CCJS 461 7380 Psychology of Criminal Behavior Literature Review July 19‚ 2015 Article 1 Homelessness‚ Poverty‚ and Incarceration: The Criminalization of Despair by Larry Covin is the first article that will be reviewed. This article reflects on the impact that homelessness and poverty‚ among other factors‚ can have on incarceration and likelihood of committing crime‚ the conditions that the poor face in prison‚ and how those in poverty are treated during the criminal justice process

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    including police‚ courts and prison. Being in an environment that glorified violence‚ I saw young men fall victim to the delusion that we could avoid the consequences of crime. But I have also seen the unfairness of the system and the bad results of incarceration for individual and families. Since attending Community College of Philadelphia‚ I have taken two classes that have given me a better insight into this subject. Academic work for History 101 and English 102 have shown me the nation we live in has

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    Juvenile Incarceration Name: Institution: Juvenile Incarceration Abstract Juvenile incarceration has created a lot of uncertainties in the legal justice system. This is because it is often assumed that indeed there are several persons that are underage that at the time of the crime did not have the proper mental reasoning to appreciate that indeed they were committing a crime. For this reason‚ there has been several problems regarding Juvenile incarceration and it has been argued

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