Punishment and Sentencing Paper CJA/224 Garrett LeGrange September 17‚ 2010 There are many different philosophies that are in use in the court systems when determining what sort of punishment will be imposed on someone who is found guilty of committing a crime. These philosophies are in use in both the adult courts and juvenile courts. The juvenile court system is similar to the adult courts‚ but there are many differences between the two. Both court systems try and keep crime from happening
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Capital Punishment: Is it Just for the Mentally Retarded? Thesis Statement: Issuing the death penalty for the mentally retarded is an unjust punishment. I. Legal Stand on Capital Punishment and the Mentally Retarded A. Supreme Court 1. Eighth Amendment 2. Consensus B. States II. Definition of Mental Retardation A. I.Q. Tests B. Adaptive Skills C. Onset Before the Age of Eighteen III. Problems with Mental Retardation and the Law A. Waiving Rights B. False Confessions C. Ineffective Assistance
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Theories of Punishment and their Applicability to Punishment of Juveniles There are several theories that describe the administration of punishment to law offenders. Juveniles are minors who commit crimes punishable by law. There are different drives to committing crimes among the juveniles. Some commit crimes based on the benefits derived from such acts which outweigh the risks involved in such an act. Based on this drive of committing crimes‚ the theory of deterrence is applicable. The theory
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Punishment v. Rehabilitation Introduction to Criminal Justice Kaplan University Within this paper we will be going over the purpose between punishment and rehabilitation. In punishment and rehabilitation we will break down some of the history of both. With each historical fact there are people that keep track of the statistics to see if they work‚ so will be going over some of the statistics of crime after each (whether it on the rise or whether it declined). We will also be answering questions
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In the essay‚ Punishment‚ Communication and Community R.A. Duff seeks to find a way to reconcile criminal punishment in a liberal community. Duff argues the way to go about it is to make sure that punishment is inclusionary instead of exclusionary. Criminals should be treated as equal members of our political community and not as pariahs who need to be separated from the masses. Punishments that are currently in place are exclusionary. In the United States and the United Kingdom some localities
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Behavior * Economic man * Primarily rational 合理的 * Complete knowledge * Needs defined清晰的 * Estimate satisfy action判断令人满意的行为 * Maslow马斯洛 * Physiological 85%生理学上的 * Safety 70% * Social 50% * Esteem 40%尊敬 * Self actualization 10%自我实现 * High evolvement decisions * Low evolvement decisions * Engle-Kollat-Blackwell (EKB) * Mentalist心灵主义者 -exposure揭露‚ attention‚ comprehension理解‚ acceptance‚ retention保留 -stored information personality‚ attitudes
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Gavin Ludwig Behavior Modification Having the ability to modify ones behavior is a trait that I wish to have. It takes so much time and determination for me to change a bad behavior‚ sometimes it feels like it’s not worth it. When the behavior is bad enough‚ like foul language‚ it gives me an incentive to work on it. Changing my use of inappropriate language in everyday life is really important to me for many reasons. First‚ it shows a lack of intelligence when I use language that is not
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Chapter 2 Foundations of Individual Behavior Biographical Characteristics Personal characteristics— such as age‚ gender‚ and marital status— that are objective and easily obtained from personnel records. Age Tenure of the Employees Marital Status Gender Biographical Characteristics Ability‚ Intellect‚ and Intelligence Ability- An individual’s capacity to perform the various tasks in a job. Intellectual Ability- The capacity to do mental activities. Multiple Intelligences-
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position within a job. Their development lies in improving their thought process and their skill at the job when necessary and changes occur almost every day. Industry leaders can make good changes when hiring corrections officers. A good way simply being when hiring staff‚ there is no tolerance for illegal activities. Making improvements in their training programs‚ if need be. In addition to those‚ upgrading the facility with better measures as far as security. All of the things covered
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Abstract The ability to communicate information and ideas effectively is increasingly recognized as critical to the success of the healthcare system. Effective communication is required not only for successful interactions between individuals and their health care providers but also between health care providers themselves. As research and best practice initiatives continue to grow‚ the need for researchers to effectively communicate with these groups is also important. However‚ there are many challenges
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