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    Justice is a concept that can be broken down into a series of smaller beliefs or ideas. In many societies‚ justice is a system in which the people of a community or group are treated according to their actions and behavior. In societies such as this‚ people typically have roles that are delegated or earn where the people who disobey or do not follow the laws or regulations are punish. The idea of what kind of justice a person is entitled to is called distributive justice. This type of justice attempts

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    In modern America‚ prisons have become a controversial topic that is prevalent throughout various forms of media‚ political debates‚ and social discussions. During the numerous debates of the 2016 presidential primaries‚ politicians argued about how the prison population has grown rapidly to approximately two million people. In news programs and newspapers‚ there are extensive reports about the quality of the conditions in various prisons. In several popular television shows and movies‚ there are

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    Q Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) offers all the advantages of the federal judicial system and then some. Along with fixed rules and the possibility of appeal‚ it allows for speed‚ confidentiality‚ cost efficiency‚ customized resolutions‚ and enforceability. These make ADR a good arbitration option for a whole range of complex commercial cases like securities‚ professional malpractice‚ patent litigation‚ personal injury litigation and bankruptcy mediation. Bankruptcy mediation works for

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    amount of people are being incarcerated in the United States than any other nation in the world. According to the Pew Center‚ it was reported that there were an astounding one in every 100 adults behind bars in 2008‚ and many belief it is because the criminal justice system has incarcered their way out for so long‚ that federal and state prisons and county jails are being bombarded with crisis levels of overcrowding (Alcohol Monitoring Systems‚ Inc.‚ 2013). Researchers have also predicted that the

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    Prison and Rehabilitation

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    behavior to accept the programs. Rehabilitation comes from inside a person. The person must want to change his behavior and make use of the programs available to them. Intentions of rehabilitation Rehabilitation is specific programs applied within a prison setting intended to bring about the end of criminal behavior called desistance‚ meaning to cease or stop. It is supposed to be a simple formula: prisoner classification X appropriate programming X positive participation = probability of desistance

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    Prison Violence

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    threat to the safety of prison‚ of correctional staff‚ and of other inmates. Nevertheless‚ the issue of discipline in prison is important from an economic perspective‚ because an estimated average cost per infraction at a medium security prison is $970 (Jiang & Fisher-Giorlando‚ 2002). For these reasons‚ Jiang & Fisher- Giorlando conducted a research to help explain violent incidents‚ incidents against correctional staff and incidents against other inmates in prison. Identifying the risk factors

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    Prison Rape

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    Prison Rape is no secret in today’s society. The American media has portrayed prison rape as a joke (Don’t drop the soap) in countless films‚ television shows‚ and in music‚ but have not realized the extent of how dangerous this crime is. Some cops even use this method as a means to get a confession from a suspect. A major obstacle in solving Prison rape is the notorious under-reporting of the crime. Only 16 percent of prison rape victims report their victimization. Reasons for under reporting

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    Prison Abolitionism

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    illustrates that under the system of law societal life is not coherent. Although there is a criminal justice system there are also moral convictions taking place. Prison abolition is a movement aimed to reduce the number of prisons and eradicate prisons in relation to replacing them with more humane‚ effective and nominal systems. Prison abolitionist could be considered as an effective organisation in order to eliminate and diminish the number of offences that

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    Private Prisons

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    Oct. 18‚ 2001 Thesis Private prisons can be a profitable and secure alternative to government run Statement prisons. Private prisons are able to be profitable by controlling the administrational cost of operating the facilities. At the same time‚ they must adhere to high governmental standards to maintain the right to operate. Background As a nation‚ we have many issues that we must face. One of those issues is the administration of the‚ already overcrowded‚ prison system. This issue is one of the

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    First Federal

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    Unit 7: Case 9 "First Federal Bank of Bakersfield" George Quiñones Jr. Kaplan University MT355: Marketing Research Professor: Dr. Lisa Gallagher Questions 1. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of using telephone interviews rather than personal interviews or mail questionnaires to collect the needed data. 2. The short deadline moved a church to forgo personal interviews and mail questionnaires‚ but there were other options besides telephone interviews. Could you make a case

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