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    Prison Rape

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    Prison Rape is no secret in today’s society. The American media has portrayed prison rape as a joke (Don’t drop the soap) in countless films‚ television shows‚ and in music‚ but have not realized the extent of how dangerous this crime is. Some cops even use this method as a means to get a confession from a suspect. A major obstacle in solving Prison rape is the notorious under-reporting of the crime. Only 16 percent of prison rape victims report their victimization. Reasons for under reporting

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    Money In Jail Essay

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    The amount of money we have has a big effect on the kind of life we can live‚ but should it determine whether or not a person stays in jail due to financial equalities? Money should not be the factor in a person spending a few hours in jail to a few days‚ or weeks. When it comes to one’s ability to be free or to be with one’s family‚ sleep in one’s home‚ or go to work‚ should money really be the sole decisive factor? It is for most people who can’t afford bail. Whether you are rich or poor it is

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    a “hard” image. After our in-depth discussion‚ an interpretation for her particular “hard and strong” image is that she is trying to compete with males by doing everything they do. Her ideology may result from a deep-rooted conviction in Chinese culture that females have to match males and to

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    Prison Gangs

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    Prison Gangs Michael Dooley Aiken Tech CRJ 242.013 Prison Gangs Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized‚ stealthy and deadly‚ they are reaching out from their cells to organize and control crime in America’s streets. Law enforcement personal began to systematically monitor gang activities in the 1970’s. Working together‚ their initial attempts were to identify only gangs which had some semblance of formal structure‚ a constitution‚ bylaws‚ mission statement‚ or some identifiable

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    Mini-Ethnography Assignment Part Four - Analysis Paper Juicing subculture of Nectar’s Juice Bar clients Drinking the suitable fruit and vegetable juices has shocking benefits regarding our health. We already know that eating fresh fruits or vegetables is the greatest process to gain all its advantages‚ but the majority of us do not eat sufficiency of vegetables‚ specifically when you hear about green vegetables. Therefore‚ juicing is the quickest method to obtain plenty of vitamins into the human’s

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    Prison Radicalization Essay

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    Introduction Prison radicalization is not new to the penal system. The prison environment is an ideal and convenient place for radical religious beliefs and extremist ideas. Yet over the years‚ prison radicalization has evolved into what seems to be an uncontrollable epidemic among a specific group of inmates. Prison radicalization threatens the mechanism society uses to contain its worse of the worse and has the potential to spread beyond prison walls. Radical views and extremists beliefs have

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    Controlling gangs in prison is not and has never been an easy task. No strategy is possible to eliminate the vice totally. However‚ some strategies have proved to control prison gangs to a large extent. The main strategy is the one that was applied in the state of Texas in 1990s. In the strategy‚ confirmed gang members were isolated in separation wings and/or prison units‚ along with other intransigent inmates who balked at the institutional regime. Through intelligence-gathering and suppression

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    Language in Prison

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    of each culture and can differ from state to state‚ city to city‚ and even community to community. A community that has a very unique language is prison. Prison inmates use a language called argot‚ which does not make sense to the average person‚ but is very necessary to inmates and guards. Argot is the more scientific term for criminal jargon or prison slang but it is used mainly to communicate between criminals and to create a barrier to keep others from understanding the criminal cultures (Bondeson

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    The Mall as Prison

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    Kimberly Campbell English 1013 Comp 1 October 4‚ 2010 “The Mall as Prison” Author David Guterson‚ journalist and novelist‚ spent a week in The Mall of America on assignment for Harpers Magazine. His essay‚ “The Mall as Prison”‚ tells his views on the Mall as a psychological effect on today’s society. He uses witty and sarcastic comments to get his point across. Is American culture being corrupted by what Americans consider a retail structure that is vital to the survival of our needs? He gives

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    Indeed‚ while the NTIC excludes by being imposed from the outside‚ the business units tend more and more to develop themselves their own technologic solutions‚ ore adapted to their subculture. In this new logic‚ the DSI needs to go in hand with this choice and help them as a business consultant‚ through a collaborative and partnership. The IT Shadow is an example of such process. It is the results of the reappropriation by business of

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