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    Community Correction Paper May 27‚ 2012 CJS/230 – Introduction to Corrections Community corrections programs are to oversee offenders outside of jail or prison‚ and are administered by agencies or courts with the legal authority to enforce sanctions. Such community corrections programs are probation and parole. There are also sub-programs that are parts of community corrections; such programs are drug-involved offenders‚ sex offender programs‚ and electronic monitoring technologies.

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    Kaplan University CM103-05 Professor Clay 9/1/2011 There are two primary goals of the United States corrections system. One of those goals is to punish offenders. The most common form of punishment is incarceration. There is also probation‚ house arrest‚ home electronic monitoring‚ and other less severe forms of punishment according to the crime committed. The second goal of corrections is to rehabilitate offenders. Some forms of rehabilitation can include job training‚ drug treatment‚ and counseling

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    In this essay I will summarize how the philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche and Michel Foucault have recorded how the meanings of certain concepts have changed through history‚ paying close attention to the texts of Nietzsche ’s "Good and Evil‚ Good and Bad" and Foucault ’s "The Insane". I will also suggest what I believe are the philosophical lessons that they think we can draw from recognizing these changes. In the chapter from his book Madness & Civilization‚"The Insane"‚ Michel Foucault charts

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    Corrections Timeline

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    Correctional timeline This essay is going to show the development with four eras of the correctional system. The four eras that will be discussed with be: 1800‚ 1960‚ 1980 and 2000. For each era we will go over the description of the holding or monitoring of the offenders‚ the treatment and punishment of the offenders and the influences of the particular era on today’s correctional system. The conclusion will discuss the most beneficial era to the correctional system‚ as well as‚ recommendations

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    Community Corrections

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    There are many community based programs for juvenile delinquents and they come in many different forms. For instance there is probation‚ restitution‚ and vocational training. Probation is a non-punitive‚ legal disposition of juveniles emphasizing community treatment in which the juvenile is closely supervised by an officer of the court and must adhere to a strict set of rules to avoid incarceration (Siegel‚ 2005). For example‚ the juvenile may be required to random drug and alcohol testing or have

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    Power Factor Correction

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    i AUTOMATIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION ROSLINA BINTI MOHD RAZAK UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA ii “I hereby declare that I have read this project report and in my opinion this project report is sufficient in terms of scope and quality for awarding the degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Industrial Power)” Signature: .......................................................................... Name of Supervisor: En. Azhar Bin Ahmad Date: 8 May 2009 ………………………………………

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    Gender Roles Throughout history men and women have been treated differently in many ways. For example‚ men have always been the hunters‚ protectors‚ and bases of their families‚ whereas women are the nurturers and caregivers for their family‚ and they still are to this day. Historically men have been the more dominant gender due to their greater physical size and strength. Women on the other hand have been more submissive due to the fact that they have to nurture and care for a child. These have

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    Literature in America has vastly changed throughout history. The beginning of the evolution of literature started in colonial times when the english came to America. If a person of a different ethnicity founded America‚ how different would literature be today? American literature began with the writings of Native Americans. There was no written literature in the Indian culture‚ mainly because of how many different groups and tribes there were speaking different laguages. Because of the 500 different

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    Pitch correction also known as “Auto-tune” is software used heavily in today’s popular music world. It is plug-in software that is added to industry leading recording programs such as Protools‚ Logic and Cubase. “When used properly it corrects the intonation of pitches without altering any other aspects of sound. Pitch correction is mostly used in studios to adjust vocal lines. In rare cases it is used to correct a note played on an instrument or for live performance (Daley‚ 2003).” It arrived on

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    Juvenile Justice and Correction Justice has always been the goal of our court system‚ but it is not always served‚ especially in cases involving juveniles. The judiciary process has evolved from a system that did not initially consider juveniles‚ to one where juveniles have their own court proceedings‚ facilities‚ and even rules or laws. The juvenile justice system has come a long way‚ and people have worked very hard in its creation. A juvenile is considered to be an individual‚ under the

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