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    Criminologists study crime and criminal law. They analyze criminal behavior patterns and criminal laws‚ and provide theoretical explanations for criminal and delinquent behavior. Primarily involved in research and teaching‚ criminologists supply a great deal of knowledge to the study of policing‚ police administration and policy‚ juvenile and delinquency‚ corrections‚ correctional administration and policy‚ drug addiction‚ criminal ethnography‚ macro- level models of criminal behavior‚ radical criminology

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    o=TeAm YYePG‚ ou=TeAm YYePG‚ email=yyepg@msn.com Reason: I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Date: 2005.05.11 15:13:52 +08 ’00 ’ MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE This book is dedicated to the visionary pioneers who created the world we now live in; and to those who are creating the world we will inhabit in the future. MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE A practical guide to leading and managing people at work Nick Forster Professor at The Graduate School of Management‚ University of Western

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    Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is become one of the major financial and controversial problem in the United States. The prison population is increasing rapidly‚ and we have only one reason the judicial system is given length sentences to cases that don’t deserve it‚ for example most of the offenders in the United State prison are drug cases‚ these sentences must be considered and most of the drug offenders should be put in rehabilitation centers instead of putting them in prison. According

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    The state of prison healthcare in the United States tends to be a complicated issue‚ largely due to it being a hot topic when discussed with the public. Many inmates are in need of some form of healthcare‚ whether it be medication‚ counseling‚ or mental treatments. However‚ due to the current environment that these prisoners are in‚ they may not be receiving the care that they need and deserve. This travesty needs to be addressed and remedied posthaste because while prison inmates may be incarcerated

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    State and Federal Prison Systems CJS230 Amanda Stasiewicz 05/17/2015 State prisons hold people who are arrested by local police and sheriff departments. Federal prisons hold people who are arrested by the federal bureau of investigations (FBI). The state and federal prisons have security levels for every type of prisoners. State prisons are run by the department of corrections while the federal prisons are run by the justice department. “The Federal Bureau of Prisons was created by an act of Congress

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    State and Federal Prison Systems CJS/230 May 13‚ 2012 University of Phoenix State and Federal Prison Systems The United States has the highest‚ documented incarceration rate in the world (Wikipedia.2012.) Approximately 2.4 percent of the United States populations are currently incarcerated. Recently‚ there has been an estimated amount of 2‚266‚800 adults currently in prison in both State and Federal Prison Systems. In this paper‚ I will be talking about a State Prison System‚ “Louisiana State

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    At the end of 2001‚ state prisons were operating between 1 and 16 percent over the capacity‚ while federal prisons were above 31 percent their desired capacity level (Foster‚ 2006). It has been proven that prisons are more difficult to manage when they are above capacity and inmate and staff health and safety suffer when overcrowding occurs. The main reason for population

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    disparity of emotions that Night by Elie Weisel focused the emotions: sadness‚and strength. Two emotions that people usually feel on a day to day basis. Here are our comparisons. Our first choice‚ If Suddenly You Come for Me‚ was to represent for the Jewish that felt strong. “ I do not fear your long-term jails.” (pg 111 line 11 Nor). Elie was strong because he felt obligated to for his family .Elie felt that during the death of his father‚ his mourning took the little ounce of boldness and strength he

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    ceased to disturb men’s living together (Schafer‚ 1996). Crime has negative impacts in many ways. Its costs and effects touch everyone to some degree. The types of costs and effects are widely varied. In addition‚ some costs are short-term while others are long-term. Of course the ultimate cost is loss of life. Other costs to victims can include medical costs‚ property losses‚ and loss of income. Losses to both victims and non-victims can also come in the form of increased security expenses including

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    forbidden by law. Crimes include such things as murder‚ stealing a car‚ resisting arrest‚ possession or dealing of illegal drugs‚ drunk driving‚ and bank robbery. Crime is an act that has been timeless and committed practically since the start of time. "Daddy‚ when are you going to buy a new car?" I asked my father‚ looking at my old car. "Very soon"‚ my dad said. It was a Monday morning‚ and I was having summer vacation. My dad took out his cheque book and wrote something on it. I asked him what

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