R as a Tool for Statistical Analysis Getting Started with R (Part I) The > is called the prompt. If a command is too long to fit on a line‚ a + is used for the continuation prompt. Assign values to an object using the equal sign (=)‚ e.g.‚ >x=11. Note: R is case sensitive Print command allows you to see the value in an object You may also use the less than sign and a dash to create an arrow (<-) to assign values. An equal sign (=) is also used to assign values. R easily overwrites
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CJ130: Introduction to Corrections Unit Quizzes Unit 1 1. Question: _________ are the way society punishes‚ controls‚ and changes the behavior of convicted offenders. Corrections 2. Question: The justification for punishment to stop others from committing a crime was: deterrence 3. Question: One component of community-based corrections is: Parole 4. Question: An example of intermediate sentencing is: house arrest 5. Question: The executive branch can appoint and dismiss
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The description of jails place in correction and its role throughout history Jails were initiated before any other component within the correctional system such as prisons‚ probation‚ or halfway houses. These institutions are considered the front line of the correctional system because nearly every offender starts their journey through the system here. King Henry II ordered the first jail or gaols as they were known then‚ to be built in 1166. The purpose of these jails was to house displaced persons
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Topic: The negative consequences of imprisonment have been exaggerated. Task: Critically examine this statement by examining the negative and positive aspects of imprisonment. The sanction of imprisonment is a last resort to be applied by the courts. Being sent to prison as an offender means that you are not currently fit to live in society in your current state. Consequences due to the sanction of imprisonment are vast and far reaching‚ with both positive and negative results with even more
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Prison Gangs Jeremy Lemaster Kaplan University CJ130-03: Introduction to Corrections November 3‚ 2013 Terry Campbell Introduction Some people say that prisons are nothing more then a microcosm of society today‚ which unfortunately includes gangs. Much like their counterparts on the street prison gangs are known to be extremely violent‚ dangerous organizations that can severely threaten the security of the institution. Because of this fact it is important for these correctional institutions
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Life for a Corrections Officer Elizabeth Austin CRJ303: Corrections Instructor: Tracy Crump January 7‚ 2012 Being a correction officer is not an easy job. Each and every correction officer has a daily routine‚ stress‚ danger‚ and has to learn to gain compliance of every inmate. Every day in a prison working with inmates can be a challenge; some days may seem easier than other days. There is a daily routine and schedule that each correction officer has to come to terms with. The tasks could
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COMMUNITY CORRECTION Community Correction Ines Romero College of the Southwest CRJ 3313 Correctional Process Professor Lynn Baade 7 October 2011 Community Corrections Community corrections programs are the step stool in controlling prison functions‚ but it was not until the 1970’s‚ community-based programs sprang up across the country (Seiter‚ pg.106). This was the starting point that the government caught wind of it and its strengths. Along
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Over the past few years prison overcrowding has been overlooked for a long while. It places extreme pressure on correctional facilities. Between 1951 and 1981‚ judges were sending more and more people to prison‚ climaxing in major overcrowding problems in the late 1970s. Between staffing to even the ratio for faculty to inmate; it has become a very expensive controversy. With overcrowding in prisons‚ a lot of other issues come with it. You must think of healthcare for inmates‚ and safety hazards
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escaping (York‚ 2016). Staff members and inmates have been injured physically and even killed because of contraband. “In 2011‚ correctional officers experienced two hundred and fifty-four work-related injuries due to assaults and violent acts” (Konda‚ Tiesman‚ Reichard‚ & Hartley‚ 2013‚ para. 1). There were one hundred and thirteen work-related correctional officer fatalities in 2011 (Konda et al.‚ 2013). Per information provided by the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ “correctional
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| Juvenile Corrections | The History‚ Recidivism Rates‚ and What Works | | Gina Pardue | Corrections - SPEA J331Dr. Robert Ramsey | 12/12/2012 | | Definition of Juvenile Corrections Juvenile corrections encompasses the portions of the criminal justice system that deal with juvenile offenders. Many of these facilities and programs seem to mirror jails and prisons‚ but juvenile corrections are not meant for long term sentences. Sometimes sentences for juveniles are only several
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