Courtney Weidner Legitimacy of Corrections Chestnut Hill College Abstract This paper will attempt to define legitimacy in the context of corrections and the overall criminal justice system. A study will be introduced that will reflect the correlation between compliance and perceived legitimacy while incarcerated. Specifically‚ 202 adult inmates were randomly assigned to serve a 6-month sentence at either a military-style boot-camp or a traditional
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“Women charge that date rape is the hidden crime; men complain it is hard to prevent a crime they can’t define. Women say it isn’t taken seriously; men say it is a concept invented by women who like to tease but not take the consequences” (Gibbs‚ 1991). What is the extent of a woman’s responsibility in date rape? There is no doubt that physically forced rape is a crime. In most jurisdictions‚ there is no legal distinction between rape committed by a stranger‚ an acquaintance‚ friend‚ or lover‚ and
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Corrections in America Zachary Gene Mooney Notre Dame College The American correctional system has its flaws like many other programs in America today. A hot topic in today?s society is whether or not the American criminal justice system is effective; often times‚ this leads citizens to believe that the United States can no longer be considered the land of the free because of its various flaws. America has the highest imprisonment rate in the entire world along with a shockingly high rate
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IP Proposal I. Title- Correction fluid from chalk II. Problem -how to make correction fluid from chalk dust safer? a.) Hypothesis - If this correction fluid won’t have any solvents/chemicals‚ then it won’t be harmful to the nose/body. b.) Objectives of the study -the objective is to create a safer correction fluid‚ to avoid it from being an inhalant. c.) Significance of the study -the significance of the study is to reduce the solvents and other chemicals that are harmful to the body when
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Date rape is not a simple problem to ignore. It can impact dramatically if not handle properly. Victims of date rape hardly identifies themselves. Most of the times rape victims still see their offender. The reason is because most of the time the offender is someone who the victim knows. There are two type of victims. The one who keeps everything to themselves and tries to live a normal life (pretending like if nothing had happened). Another type which a victim shows its pain is by doing drugs or
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| Female Offenders in Corrections | Jarrod Birch | | Criminology 252 | Karin Kaercher | | Introduction Female offenders that enter into the correctional system in Canada do so with an entirely different set of risk factors than their male counterparts. Through comparisons and contrasting of facts‚ this paper will set out to identify the issues correctional services in Canada face when dealing with female offenders entering into the system. For example‚ female offenders that
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Date Rape and Dating Violence In today’s society‚ just about everybody goes out on date to get to know people and to see if they are compatible with each other. For most people‚ if the time spent with the other person was enjoyable there usually will be other dates with that person‚ but then there are others who only want to go out on one date and to have that end in a night of sex‚ these types of dates are called one-night stands. Looking at these two types of dating scenarios one would think
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Community Corrections Community corrections affect society in numerous ways. From probation and parole‚ to intermediate sanctions such as work release‚ community residential centers‚ nonprofit organizations‚ prerelease guidance centers‚ and partial incarceration‚ community corrections serve a vital role in the balance of criminal justice system in America. The prison system in America ensures Constitutional rights and humane treatment‚ not guaranteed in the prison systems of foreign countries. If
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10 reasons why you should date a doctor!! **This is a group that tries to add some sense of humor to medicine!! ** Non medics are more than welcome. (They can always help keep us on the ground). ** No serious or proper medical stuff please!! (I think what we see in real life is enough!!) ok so here are the reasons i came up with!! 1. The stethoscope 2. They can give you the gift of "missing them" because they are always at work 3. They can give you a free medical consultation 4.You save
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punished by the State if at the time it was committed there was no law prohibiting it‚ because a law cannot be rationally obeyed unless it is first shown‚ and a man cannot be expected to obey an order that has not been given. No penalty prescribed by law prior to its commission. Example: A was charged with “fraud or infringement of literary rights or property‚” because A allegedly reproduced and sold fraudulent copies of another’s literary work. At that time‚ we had no copy right law. Can
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