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    four theories are deterrence‚ incapacitation‚ rehabilitation and restorative justice. In the early 1900’s rehabilitation had emerged as the primary theory of corrections and shaped every aspect of correctional policy and practice. Then in the 1960’s and 1970’s rehabilitation was attacked for not having evidentiary standing and in the resulting turmoil came about the other theories of deterrence‚ incapacitation and restorative justice. Rehabilitation though was unjustly thrown aside and said not

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    Johnson stated “Tocqueville (1833) was correct when he observed that rehabilitation and reformation are two different things: We can measure rehabilitation‚ but we cannot measure reformation. Though we can observe that some inmates unquestionably may have changed in positive ways‚ there is no way of observing whether they have "repented." The former inmate still

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    To the Mercy Killers

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    Denotation and Connotation: To the Mercy Killers Poetry is one of the hardest things to define because it has different meanings to different people. However‚ there is poetry where it is easy to decipher if people can figure out what type of poetry the author intended it to be such as denotative poetry or connotative poetry. “To the Mercy Killers” written by Dudley Randall in 1973 is an example of a denotative poem about euthanasia and how people should keep living no matter what the costs. To

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    and this prison was said to be humane and gave the inmates the opportunity for rehabilitation. Today our correctional system punishes offenders who violate

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    Killer Whale Introduction The killer whale (Orcinus orca)‚ also referred to as the orca whale or orca‚ and less commonly as the blackfish‚ is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. Killer whales are found in all oceans‚ from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas. Killer whales as a species have a diverse diet‚ although individual populations often specialize in particular types of prey. Some feed exclusively on fish‚ while others hunt marine mammals such as sea

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    Analysis of the Killers

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    Written by Earnest Hemingway‚ “The Killers”‚ is a short story about two hit men planning to kill a boxer for a “friend” in Henry’s Lunchroom and Nick is involved in it. The plot can be divided into three parts according to the shifting of places. The first part is happening in a lunchroom where Nick is at. The killers come to order food there then tie up Nick as well as the cook‚ aiming to wait for the person they want to kill to come. In the end the boxer doesn’t show up and they do not hurt

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    Rehabilitation versus Incarceration Lee Tergeson‚ actor from the television show OZ said‚ “I know what it is like to be ignored‚ and I think that is the big problem about the prison system: These people are being thrown away. There is no sense of rehabilitation. In some places‚ they are trying to do things. But‚ in most cases‚ it is a holding cell.” (Tergeson‚ 2002) He speaks the truth. Those incarcerated today are not given the chance to change their behavior patterns‚ especially when it is

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    to sting intruders up to 50 feet away from their hive and continue to chase the intruder for up to a mile. Most bees only attack with 10-20 bees but Africanized Honey Bees swarm with hundreds of bees. Their aggressiveness gives them the nickname “Killer Bees”. Africanized Honey Bees are a hybrid between European and African bee subspecies. They were inadvertently released into Brazil in the early 1950s. Since then‚ they have spread south to Northern Argentina and north to North America and throughout

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    Rehabilitation using the arts and music. Prisoners do illegal acts that lead them into that facility however do you really think by forcing them to do labour work will help these convicted criminals to become a clean again? Prisoners are to work in the prison industries programs that are meant to help them gain ‘technical skills’ and to develop ‘positive work habits’‚ (Source: Queensland Government‚ day of a prisoner). However that’s not the case‚ in unpublished state government records acquired

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    The Zodiac Killer

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    The Zodiac Killer was a man that went around killing unsuspected people and then taking credit for them as if it were a game. He would write letters to the police and local newspaper. He would occasionally make phone calls to the police with in hours of his murders. The Zodiac was believed to being a man that just wanted to see his name is the paper. Then it was also believed that he was a man with a mental disorder. No matter what he was a man that was playing a sick and twisted game. A man that

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