...In the case of Singleton v Department of Correctional Education, there are several reasons the courts ruled in favor of the Department of Correctional Education. Ms. Singleton claimed sexual harassment against a guard at the Correctional facility, but she never made an official report to her employer, and the unwanted behavior started July 2000 and continued to October 2001. What is sexual harassment? Sexual harassment is defined as someone making unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks (Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2012). This type harassment usually involves a woman in the workplace being harassed by a male co-worker. Ms. Singleton claims sexual harassment when a male guard from the Correctional facility made unwelcomed comments about women...
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...Rehabilitation Nicole Grant CCJS/230 – Introduction to Corrections Instructor – David Foltzer August 25, 2013 The definition of rehabilitation as it would apply to a prisoner is “the process of restoring an individual to a useful and constructive place in society especially through some form of vocational, correctional, or therapeutic retraining”. When we speak of prisoner rehabilitation we are seeking to teach prisoners how to function as productive, law abiding citizen within society. The purpose is to provide them with educational, vocational and therapeutic services that will give them an alternative way to live that will hopefully deter them from the criminal lifestyle in the future. The origins of prisoner rehabilitation can be found at Zebulon Brockway’s Elmira Reformatory in Elmira, NY which opened in 1876. It is there that classification of inmates, industrial training, individualized treatment, parole, indeterminate sentencing and other proposed reforms where packaged into a new approach to address criminal behavior. Although the rehabilitation era didn’t happen until the mid 1950’s – mid 1970’s there was no clear cut mission as to what rehabilitation was supposed to be and what was supposed to be gained from it. Rehabilitation makes prisons a more humane and productive environment. Inmates are occupied with bettering themselves educationally, vocationally and therapeutically. There is not as much violence or criminal behavior in prison because it is cause...
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...Crime Causation Sharon Semien BUS303 August 9, 2011 Katina Douglas Crime Causation In 1980, an Illinois jury convicted John Wayne Gacy for killing 33 young boys and men. Sarcastically, after his conviction, the infamous killer (also known as “The Killer Clown”) said “I should have never been convicted of anything more serious than running a cemetery without a license” (Star Quotes, 2009, p. 1). Obviously, something intrusively wrong resonated in Gacy for him to make such a statement that negated the intensity of his actions. Gacy buried majority of his victims under the crawl space of his home and discarded other victims in the Des Plaines River (Bell & Bardsley, 2011). People often question what would make someone do such vicious and torturous acts on another person. Criminologists developed theories explaining the reasons people deviate from societal norms and commit immoral acts laws prohibit (Schmallenger, 2003). Particularly, in this case, John Wayne Gacy is a person suitable to study. Certainly, a few crime causation theories explain how his upbringing, life experiences, and other deep, underlying issues led him to committing crimes to the extent he did. Gacy’s Background Information Gacy was the only son of three children born to Marion and John Gacy. He had an older sister (Joanne) and younger sister (Karen). The Gacy’s were a middle-classed, Catholic family who lived on the north side of Chicago. As a young boy in middle school, Gacy kept...
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...It happened at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois. Other people and the people in his state were saying that he deserves more than just a death punishment right away, they want him to suffer more because of all the bodies he killed. After Gacy’s trial and execution, his brain was removed and it was examined by Dr. Helen Morrison. She was the doctor that interviewed Gacy and she also interviewed some other serial killers to try and find the common personality traits of all these violent killers. After all the examination that Dr. Morrison did of Gacy’s brain, they were surprised that it showed no...
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...or ethnicity, if you commit a crime you are going to serve time in some type of correctional facility or be state property in some form such as; probation or parole. The type of correctional facility that you will be sent to really depends on the level of crime you commit. If it is a superior level crime you will be sent to a correctional facility but if it is a federal offense you will be set to a federal correctional facility which will each have a different level of security based on how extensive the crime is that you committed. Here is an example of a variety of different federal penitentiaries. General Manuel Noriega, former Panamanian Dictator from 1983 to 1989. Noriega is no ordinary man, after High School he had military preparation at Chorizos Military Academy in Peru. In 1962 graduated with an engineering degree. In 1967, he received counterintelligence training at the School of the Americas at Fort Gulick, when it was located in the U.S. Army base in Panama. Later he was also trained in psychological operations at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. From the 1950s to the 1980s he worked with the CIA, being under its payroll most of this time. Noriega captured in 1990 in Panama by the U.S. Forces. The reasons for his arrest were drug trafficking, racketeering and conspiracy. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison but later reduced to 17. Correctional move for Noriega A) Federal Correctional Institution, Miami; where he received all...
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...Running head: PRISON COMPARISON PAPER Federal Prison Comparison Paper Jessica Cantu University of Phoenix Introduction to Corrections CJA 234 Jeffery Newton November 12, 2011 Federal Prison Comparison Paper There are different kinds of state prisons are: supermax, maximum security, close-high security, medium security, minimum security, and open security. Supermax prisons are permanent lockdown. Maximum security prisons are usually older, larger, walled facilities. They also have the most rigorous security procedures and the lowest inmate to guard ratio. Close-high security are a kind of maximum security but less restrictive and the inmate to guard ratio is a bit higher. Medium security prisons are smaller and newer, and have double fences instead of walls. These prisons also have dorm or pod housing rather than cells; however, the inmate to guard ratio is a bit higher. Minimum security prisons are also newer and smaller as well as minimal perimeter security and fewer internal controls. Again there is an even higher inmate to guard ratio and the inmates live in rooms or dorms and have more privacy and amenities than those in other prisons. Open security prisons are better known as nonsecure facilities; work release centers, prerelease centers, and halfway houses. These facilities have no armed guards and no fences (Foster, 2006). John Gotti John Gotti grew up in poverty but quickly rose in prominence, and was one of the crime family's biggest...
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...reading within prison can be traced back to the late 1700's and early 1800's when mostly male prisoners were provided with religious material to review in order to reflect on the their actions and repent. Current prison libraries offer services that teach, guide, entertain, and also provide a link to home. At the end of 2014, there was an estimated 6,851,000 people in the adult correction system in the United States (Giaze, Kaebe, Minton, & Tsoutis, 2015). Nationwide literacy statistics show that more than 60% of all incarcerated individuals are functionally illiterate (Literacy Statistics, n.d.). Prison libraries are an important tool in providing services to this underserved population. Prison Literacy In 1994, the U.S. Department of Education presented the findings of a survey regarding literacy within the prison system (Haigler,...
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...PUB 535 Performance Assessment Analysis The name of the article is Performance Assessment in Juvenile Correction Education Program. It was published on March 2002 by the Journal of Correctional Education, written by Sheryl Feinstein, an Associate Professor at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The study was conducted to explore and describe the impact of performance assessments, on students on an adjudicated status. These assessments were administered in correctional facilities by a social studies teacher and a math teacher. In identifying the problem, the basic question asked in the study was if students in correctional facilities were capable of succeeding at performance assessments. According to this article, there is a relationship between education and re-imprisonment of offenders. It appears that more serious offenses are committed by individuals with lesser basic skills such as phonics, spelling and math. In addition the study looks into the need for the ability to cope and resolve problems in the outside world. The performance assessment utilized in the study, focused on the areas of geography and math. Sample and qualitative methods were used in the study. The sample group encompassed 20 incarcerated students ranging in ages from 12 to 18 years of age. In addition, they used observation and interviews containing 10 open-ended questions. Depending on their response, the juveniles were asked follow up questions. This type of approach could...
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...Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) or comparable element that builds up minimum selection benchmarks for law enforcement officers. Perceiving that every state and every agency may contrast beneath is a summary rundown you are liable to find in the hiring and training process. The hiring process for police officers and correctional officers is pretty straightforward and very similar in nature. The beginning application and prescreening questionaries’ convey a candidate's advantage and qualifications. Given this material, applicants are welcomed back to take the composed exam. The written exam encompasses a general aptitude exam consisting of reading comprehension, problem-solving skills, memory and writing ability. Many agencies offer their applicants a study guide that provides some assistance to applicants prior to taking the exam. Once the review is...
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...cause the people with HIV/AIDS more prone to get sick. Although HIV/AIDS positive inmates does not require full attention twenty four hours out the day, they do require special needs. Treating HIV/AIDS in prison is a difficult situation to deal with for many reasons. The therapeutic regimen often involves taking multiple drugs several times a day, and going to the prison medication line often compromises a prisoner’s privacy and increases the risk of stigmatization by other inmates and staff. A second reason involves the frequency of taking the medication and the prison routine. The third reason is surprising but true, the distrust of the medical and legal system from past experiences. Personally, no one’s health should be jeopardized. Correctional professional have to be mindful of side effects with any medication. The HIV drug regime is known to make patients feel worse than they already do. All of these reasons are factors of why it is difficult treating this virus in...
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...Christopher Gault CJA/234 December 19, 2011 Rollin Cook Federal prison comparison In this paper describe the prisons that certain individuals were sent to. I will make sure I compare and contrast the similarities and differences between these individuals. The individuals I will be discussing are Martha Stewart, Ivan Boesky, Michael Milken, Manuel Noriega, Timothy McVeigh, and Terry Nichols. All of these individuals were convicted of Federal crimes and sent to a Federal prison to serve their time. Martha Stewart was assigned to the minimum security women's prison in Alderson, W. Va., known as "Camp Cupcake." It is called that because it is a very low security prison and your time spent there should be easy. The West Virginia federal correctional facility is located in the hills of the Allegheny Mountains; this prison is more than 400 miles south of Stewart's Westport home. Martha Stewart wanted to go to a prison closer to her home so she could be close to her elderly mother. The low security facility was opened in 1927 as the first federal prison for women, Martha wasn’t the first big name to spend time at the facility. The prison once housed Billie Holiday, as well as Lynette Fromme and Sara Jane Moore. Both of these women tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford. The prison has no perimeter fence, and inmates can spend their free time playing volleyball and tennis or even doing aerobics. So that explains why they call it “Camp Cupcake”. Regardless of Martha Stewart's great...
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...Your Career Interest Profile: Based on what you told us, you are... Conventional Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. Social Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. Enterprising Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. Your Career Matches ... Office and Administrative Support Explore Jobs Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Municipal Clerks Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers Loan Interviewers and Clerks Freight Forwarders Proofreaders and Copy Markers Brokerage Clerks Legal Secretaries Credit Authorizers Billing, Cost, and Rate Clerks Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Patient Representatives Statistical Assistants File Clerks Procurement Clerks Computer Operators Bioinformatics Technicians Explore Degree Options Associate of Arts with a concentration in Foundations of Business Bachelor of Science in Business...
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...CHAPTER I The Problem and Its Background Introduction Education is instrumental in harnessing man’s potentials and capacities to make him a productive and effective member of society; hence the total development of the individual is the ultimate aim of education. Thus, schools were established in all feasible areas to quench man’s quest for further knowledge and optimum development. In effect, awareness to the significant benefits of education directed the school towards offering different courses, specifically in the tertiary level. One of such education is Criminology, a highly intellectual field, especially because the majority of the job’s responsibilities rely on determining and analyzing criminal patterns. According to Agas (2008), criminology focused on the study of crime, the causes of crime, the meaning of crime in terms of law, and community reaction to crime. It also deals with the scientific study of criminals and criminal behavior. Criminologists attempt to build theories that explain why crimes occur and test those theories by observing behavior. This course focuses on such topics as criminal jurisprudence, criminal sociology, crime detection and investigation, drug education and vice control, law enforcement administration, correctional administration, industrial security management, probation, and juvenile delinquency. As such, criminology students shall pass all of the General Education and Professional subjects and undergo Comprehensive Review...
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...School to prison pipeline “A child miseducated is a child lost.”(former president John F. Kennedy) The term school to prison pipeline describes how American kids are pushed out of schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice system. Most public school system follows the zero tolerance policy, which punishes any violation of rules regardless of circumstance. The implementation of this policy in public schools has led to increase in suspensions, expulsions and in school arrest. These sanctions have a negative effect on students by keeping them away from school. For instance, their grades suffer, label as problematic students, and become disengaged in education. These students are being held back a grade, some dropout of school and...
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...school score 91 points better on their SAT exams than students who took only a half year or less (scores averaged 1070 among students in arts educations compared to 979 for students without arts education.) While school districts might be tempted to think the arts a frivolous part of the educational system, this report suggests...
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