need of "correction" than the prisoner. The caring communities have yet to be built. from Instead of Prisons: A Handbook for Abolitionists Why Decriminalize? Abolitionists advocate drastically limiting the role of criminal law. We do this not because we wish to encourage certain behaviour‚ but because we realize that criminal sanctions are not an effective way of dealing with social problems. There are far too many laws on the books. It would be prohibitively expensive to enforce them
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The Nature of Community Robert L. Warren* The idea of the American community is deceptively simple‚ as long as one does not require a rigid definition. The term evokes a rich imagery associated with the "country village‚" the "small town‚" or the "big city" of an earlier day. One thinks of the country village’s Main Street‚ with its several stores and post office‚ and the streets‚ houses‚ and lawns that immediately surround it in the setting of an enveloping prairie‚ dairy-farm country‚ or forest
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deadly physical force is some of the powers that police officers have as well. Even having these powers and duties‚ they still have to take the communities wishes into consideration. The quality of community-police relationships strengthens when the police achieve the goals of the community for public safety. If the community is satisfied with the work done by police not only are the relationship strengthened‚ but it also builds
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The Force of Circumstance by W. Somerset Maugham Brief summary Guy‚ an administrator of a small British colonial outpost‚ has lived there for ten years. When he was on holiday in England he met Doris. They married and she returned to the station with him. At first they are very happy but then Doris notices a young Malay woman with three half-caste children hanging around the bungalow and annoying Guy very much. Finally Guy confesses that he had a relationship with the woman and that
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Joshua Schroeder CJ 245 2/28/2013 Rough Draft Work was a very common thing for inmates of early prisons‚ and it is also a common thing even in today’s world. Although the type of work has differed throughout the centuries whether it be manual labor‚ or making license plates the fact is that work has been a major factor in prisons throughout their existence. In the beginning of prisons existing‚ the main type of work was manual labor‚ such as breaking up rocks‚ or even cleaning up the sides
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WORK Work: An Ontological Presupposition of Essence of Social Being Many social theorists and intellectuals have argued that since his existence as a social being‚ man is continuously involved in the process of evolution. Throughout history certain countries and civilizations have glittered for a while‚ then for one reason or another been eclipsed If we observe the stage when man invented fire until contemporary so-called modern world‚ the notion of “work” is attached with
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Indigenous communities have been the targets of many groups that believe they are superior; this belief has resulted in them to be mistreated‚ and ignored. However‚ their principles have allowed them to view humanity differently and appreciate their surroundings. In the article‚ The Study of Indigenous Political Economies and Colonialism in Native California: Implication for Contemporary Tribal Groups and Federal Recognition‚ Lightfoot et al. showed that Native Californians lost their traditions
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Running Head: COMMUNITY ANALYSIS Community Analysis: Lexington‚ South Carolina Robyn Alford‚ Kristen Connors‚ Katrina del Pilar‚ Allison Gulick‚ Diana Medlock University of South Carolina The Physical Community Basic Fact Sheet (Lexington‚ South Carolina Data from CityData.com‚ n.d.) Area: Land Area: 5.7 Square Miles. Water Area: 0.1 Square Miles. Area Code: 803 Census Codes (Census 2000): Block Groups: Block Group 1: Census Tract 210.15‚ Lexington County‚ South
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Discourse Communities In today’s world‚ there are many different discourse communities that consist of how someone speaks at home versus how someone speaks at school. In Amy Tam’s essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” she explains her discourse communities and how they affect her life. I think it is safe to say that she is not the only one who deals with this. I myself find myself talking differently when I am with my family versus when I am at school and I know there are so many others who feel the same way
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and thorough way. I have tried my best to perform every task and experiment carefully and with a watchful eye for detail. I also believe that my encouraging words have helped my teammates by boosting their self-confidence and creating a more friendly work environment that promotes communication and tolerance for mistakes. Cross trainers Danica Thomas and Michael Bruno both showed great initiative when working with their respective experiments and helped team 11 complete all of the required trials in
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