Drug Offenders in American Prisons: The Parasite Within “I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime” -Howard Zinn‚ You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times Among problems the United States faces‚ one of the most prominent is the incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders. While the jailing of drug offenders does not seem so serious at first glance‚ under close inspection this proves
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Two Models of the Criminal Process HERBERT L. PACKER Source: Reprinted from The Limits of the Criminal Sanction by Herbert L. Packer‚ with the permission of the publishers‚ Stanford University Press. ( 1968 by Herbert L. Packer. In one of the most important contributions to systematic thought about the administration of criminal justice‚ Herbert Packer articulates the values supporting two models of the justice process. He notes the gulf existing between the "Due Process Model" of criminal
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Aid and the Two Gap Model Aid is a burning issue these days. The question of countries accepting foreign aid has intrigued economists and the general public for a quite a while. Television discussions and newspaper articles have frequently focused on this issue while politicians try to fight this matter out in the parliaments. Furthermore‚ many are trying to unravel the enigma of aid and its effects on growth. This paper‚ in the little word space provided‚ will try to establish a relation between
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The justice system over the years has relied on two models to help ensure the criminal process is just and fair. These two models have many differences‚ but have both had huge roles on the shaping of criminal procedure policy. The crime control model in 1968 was described by Herbert Packer as “assembly-line justice” due to the fact that an individual is presumed guilty. The due process model believes in a presumption of innocence. Along with these models the United States constitution has also had a
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“Two American Families” The PBS Frontline documentary “Two American Families”‚ produced by Bill Moyers‚ follows two middle class families in Milwaukie‚ one black and one white‚ for over a decade as they struggle to achieve the “American Dream”. This documentary mirrors the struggle of so many American families who work hard and play by the rules‚ yet fall victim in a struggling economy to a series of policy decisions made. The hand of policy ineffectively steered the lives of the two families
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Models Of American Ethnic Relations: A Historical Perspective How does Fredrickson distinguish between race and ethnicity? How and under what circumstances can ethnicity become racialized’ (para.2)? Fredrickson says that “It can be misleading to make a sharp distinction between race and ethnicity when considering intergroup relations in American history” He means that these terms do not have clear distinctions and have evolved over time. In paragraph 2‚ he writes that ethnicity can become racialized
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Changes in Prison The American Correction system has been in existence for over 130 years. It has been since the meeting of American Prison Congress on 1870 in Cincinnati‚ Ohio. (Allen‚ Latessa & Ponder‚ 2013‚ p 30-31) The reformation was totally encompassing the inmate’s life in prison. The minds that met in 1870 were ahead of their times. With having put accountability and standards in the prison system created an improvement for the prisoner and the term he/she served. The beginnings were
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As of now‚ we only have two different democratic representation models: trustee and delegate. The trustee model says that representatives should be allowed to use their own judgment when deciding upon how they will vote on particular legislation. A trustee tries to lead his/her constituents‚ rather than follow them. Trustees are willing to run the risk of losing re-election if that means voting for the right thing‚ and I respect that. A delegate feels that the constituents are the ones in charge
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of African Americans placed in the prison system. According to NAACP‚ from 1980 to 2008‚ the number of people incarcerated in America quadrupled-from roughly 500‚000 to 2.3 million and out of the 2.3 million incarcerated 1 million are African Americans. African Americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites. 1 out of 3 African American males are expected to go to prison in their lifetime compared to the 1 out of 17 white males who are most likely to end up in prison as well.
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Brigham Young University] at 09:45 22 February 2013 Application of the SMART Model in Two Successful Social Marketing Projects Brad 1. Neiger and Rosemary Thackeray ABSTRACT Social marketing is best viewed as a systematic‚ consumer-based planning approach. The Social Marketing and Response Tool (SMART)‚ one such approach‚ was recently used in two successful social marketing projects. This article describes how the SMART model was used in these projects and presents a planning protocol for health educators
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