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    Why Don’t Students Like School? by Daniel T. Willingham Part A: Why Don’t Students Like School? by Daniel T. Willingham is a book about the workings of the mind and how to be access students by knowing how the mind works. In each chapter he leads the reader through the questions that we ponder‚ the concrete of what that looks like‚ how the mind works around that question‚ the data the backs that up and then finishes with the implications for the classroom. In chapter one Willingham discusses

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    important point I learned after reading SchoolsPrisons‚ and Social Implications of Punishment is that schools should do more to help students succeed in life and not end up in prison. There are a lot of students that have a difficult family life and that leads them to have a difficult academic life. The school’s solution to trouble kids is to just suspend them and that is increasing their chances of ending up in prison. Throughout the United States‚ schools most frequently punish and suspend students

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    In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is contracted by a local‚ state‚ or federal government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with local‚ state‚ or federal governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or

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    Nadia Lopez’s TED Talk‚ “Why Open a School? To Close a Prison” explains how plenty of disadvantaged children do not have the privilege of education. To start off with‚ millions of families have little to no money‚ causing youngsters to attempt to steal food and other goods needed for their family. These actions may put these harmless young offenders into prisons or juvy (juvenile detention center). Nadia Lopez‚ the principal at the Mott Hall Bridges Academy‚ allows these “delinquents” to have a chance

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    after having been relatively flat over the prior half-century.”-Anthony Zurcher. The rate of prison incarcerations has increased so much over the years; the government can’t afford to incarcerate that many people. Karen Thomas’s article “Time to Invest in Schools‚ Note Prisons” shows that United States incarcerates too many criminals violent and non-violent. Joan Petersilia said in her article “Beyond the Prison Bubble” that‚ the United States has the highest incarceration rate of any free nation. This

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    The existence of Prisons can be traced back to the ancient period. Initially there was a belief that rigorous isolation and custodial measures would reform the offenders. In due course it is being substituted by the modern concept of social defense. Custody‚ care and treatment are the‚ three main functions of a modern prison organization. For over 100 years‚ there was emphasis on custody which‚ it was believed‚ depended on good order and discipline. The notion of prison discipline was to make

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    USA Patriot Act (2001) University of phoenix Legal issues in justice and security AJS 522 Kim Tandy July 15‚ 2013 USA Patriot Act (2001) On September 11‚ 2001 19 Al-Queda members attacked New York and Washington D.C. by hijacking four passenger airliners. Two of the airplanes American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines 175 were crashed into the north and south towers of the World Trade Centers in New York City. American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon which collapsed the

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    Introduction While reviewing some of the more noticeable aspects that are different or similar between the prison and the penitentiary‚ it is essential to note that it is not only the physical architecture that is being examined but also how they function. The Penitentiary and the Prison have both made changes to the function of their establishment during the course of their existence. As the times changed so did they‚ often in order to meet the demands that society placed on them during a given

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    concept is Victor Rios’ “youth control complex”. The third concept is “school to prison pipeline” by Aaron Kupchick. All of these concepts are connected. The first concept is “governance through crime” by Simon. This concept states that the justice systems have become more punitive in an attempt to sympathize with victims and also to respond to public fears. This concept is being used not only in neighborhoods but also in the school system. The second concept by Rios is the “youth control complex”

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