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    John Greavu 1 Writing Assignment 4: Saving Money Is Not Saving Anyone We‚ the consumers of America are always trying to get the most “bang for their buck”‚ often times without realizing the true consequences of such actions. In a world where we’ve been told most our lives that saving money is good thing‚ you can’t really blame us. We shop at Wal-Mart‚ clip coupons and sometimes turn into savages on Black Friday. However‚ we tend to forget the saying “there is no such thing as a free lunch”; there

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    Corporate Uniforms That Will Impress Anyone Corporate uniforms are the symbol of a company’s professionalism and team spirit. That’s why you can’t afford to have bland‚ unappealing‚ and stiff uniforms for your employees to wear. Their uniforms must exude confidence at all times so that they’ll be ready to face challenges in the workplace that come their way. There are many corporate clothing online available to your liking. All you have to do is to list down what you want to see in them. Here

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    Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper MiSha Bagley Introduction to Corrections/CJS 255 June 15‚ 2015 Sherri Webster Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper It is not uncommon that most people believe that jail and prison are one in the same. Jail is usually the first place a suspect is taking after being arrested and before they have been found guilty of a crime. Prison is the place where criminals are sent to carry out the sentence that was handed down to them by the jury and or judge. The purpose of this

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    confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. This confinement‚ whether before or after a criminal conviction‚ is called incarceration. Incarceration is one of the main forms of punishment for the commission of illegal offenses. Juveniles and adults alike are subject to incarceration. Incarceration is the detention of a person in a jail or prison. The federal‚ state‚ and local governments have facilities to confine people. Individuals

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    someone is a way that it could cause injury. Take the example of the robbery mentioned before. If the person had just hit the person with the gun or shot them in the leg‚ then instead of murder the charge would have been aggravated battery with a firearm. The next offense is armed robbery committed with a firearm. Now if the offender who had been robbing people with his gun just taken their money and left without injuring anyone or

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    Suicide in Prison Introduction: “Suicide is a huge‚ but largely preventable‚ public health problem‚ causing almost half of all violent death in the world‚ resulting in almost one million fatalities every year and economic costs in the billions of dollars‚ according to the World Health Organization” (quoted in Pompili & Lester & Innamorati & Casale & Girardi‚ 2009‚1155). According to Kupers (quoted in Heuy & Mculty‚ 2005‚ 490) “in the United States‚ suicide rates among prison inmates are higher

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    There are millions of Americans in the United States (U.S) who have been to prison for conviction of a crime and incarceration rates are increasing (Public Safety Performance Project‚2007‚ Pew‚ 2008). Each year‚ thousands of individuals across the United States confront social and personal challenges related with the shift of transitioning from prison to society outside of prison. Incarceration prisons rates in the U.S. has increased more than any country in the world (Pew‚ 2008). In this informative

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    classification is in the prison system‚ I feel we have to look at the history of it as well. In the 19th century classification was hardly used. It was mainly used to control the prison system populations. Things like age‚ gender and number of offenses were used to classify them. During the medical model years of the prison system‚ they used medical reason to classify inmates. This helped control the mentally ill from regular offenders. It wasn’t until recently that prison system started classifies

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    things and this issue started to lessen and years went by but it was a very long process for people to finally realize that it was okay. There are still some that find no point for women to join the armed forces and continue to believe these misconceptions and continue to stereotype them. Women in the armed forces aren’t what they seem to be‚ in fact they are different than people think and are the opposite of these stereotypes and misconceptions of them. Stereotyping people is natural to humans. Humans

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    people. Not only has this caused a problem inside the prison walls‚ it has also increased economic situations for stakeholders.The recent increase in incarceration rates has had negative effects on the United States economy by causing an increase in expenditure on prisons that could be better used for education. This increase in incarceration rates has also led to overcrowding in prisons‚ leading to unsuitable conditions for prisoners and prison workers. Stakeholders are negatively impacted from the

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