...perception of American society related to the presence of women in the criminal justice area. The number of women that become investigators, police officers, prosecutors, lawyers, judges has changed considerably over the last decades. Women’s presence in the justice field has been continually increasing since the arrival of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Lengthwise, the number of women criminals has increased as well. This change increases the need of addressing problems faced by families and children of the incarcerated female population. There are 1,500,000 children that have at least one parent in prison, across the country. Women offenders are usually the primary caretakers of young children. The impact of incarceration on women offenders and their families is, on average, dramatically different from the impact of incarceration of men offenders. The article “Why FOCUS on Women Offenders?” by Judge Patricia M. Wald (2001) published in the Criminal Justice Magazine elucidated critical issues related to incarcerated women in America. A few of the important facts mentioned by Justice Wald are that, “Approximately 80 percent of federal women offenders have no prior record, and very few of them are convicted of violent crimes.”, and, “Women offenders are far more likely to have been the principal caretakers of young children at the time of arrest than male offenders.” Consequently, it is possible to deduce that the women presence in prison is less predictable than the presence...
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...Criminology: Women and crime Despite the unreliability of official statistics, there does appear to have been a large increase in female indictable crime from 1951-1979 in England and Wales. Note that male crime was also increasing during the same period. It should also be pointed out that the proportion of crimes of violence committed by women had scarcely increased. Nevertheless, property crimes by women had increased from 13% to 22% of the total. Box and Hale (1983) in their research claimed that there was a link between unemployment rates and crime rates amongst women. The link was particularly strong for property crimes. Box concluded: The major factor accounting for most of the increase in property offences seems to be economic marginalization. In other words, as women become economically worse off, largely through unemployment and inadequate compensatory levels of welfare benefits, so they are less able and willing to resist the temptations to engage in property offences as away of helping to solve their financial difficulties. Another academic, Pat Carlen also studied the relationship between female crime and poverty. She carried out a study of 39 women between the ages of 15 and 46 who had criminal convictions. Most of the women were from the London area, were working class and had committed a variety of offences. 26 had convictions for theft or reset, 16 for fraud, 15 for burglary, 14 for violence, 8 for arson, 6 for drugs and 4 for prostitution. Carlen, like Box...
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...INTRODUCTION Canada’s Criminal Justice System (CJS) is no way perfect and often argued to criminalize certain groups within society. Specifically, Aboriginal women as offenders in corrections have faced many difficulties. They often are sentenced younger, more often and for longer sentences than non-Aboriginal offenders. The over incarceration, over representation and criminalization of Aboriginal women within the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is attributable to a legacy of colonialism and sexism which placed them at a vulnerable place within society. Canada’s public policy post WWII regarding, social welfare, education and the labour market, exhibit how colonialism and sexism have created unfavorable cultural and socio-economic conditions for Aboriginal women, which make them more susceptible to be victims/survivors of violence, poverty and behaviours or circumstances in conflict with the law. As a result of these conditions, Aboriginal women are more likely to meet deplorable conditions while in prison, and the laws do not seem to accommodate Aboriginal methods of rehabilitation, restitution and justice. In order to understand the plight of Aboriginal women within the CJS, the issue will be approached from a feminist perspective. Further, the evidence will be sourced from secondary sources, mainly text and government reports. First a landscape of Canada’s colonial past’s impact on Aboriginal women; starting post WWII will be advanced. This will demonstrate the links...
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...role of women and minorities? How has the role of women and minorities changed over time? How has this role change affected modern policing agencies? What comparisons can you make regarding the criteria for women police recruits and men police recruits? Throughout policing history the role of women and minorities were hired to police their own group of people and both were segregated within their departments. Both groups had to have higher qualifications than their white male counterparts did. One of the necessities for black males was a college education but both minority males and women were not allowed to be promoted farther than the rank of police officer. They seldom were considered for any special assignments unless that assignment dealt with their race and it was felt that they could be helpful for that type of case. Throughout history, policing in America is closely tied to local political shifts; therefore, the minorities and women positions were based on who was in office. Minorities and all women would be hired when local politicians felt that there was a need and they would be fired when new politicians took office. Over time, with the help of social changes and legal mandates minorities and women entered law enforcement in record numbers. Woman continues to leave their mark on the criminal justice system. Today, the attitudes of the police department are changing; however, there continue to be problems in the workplace for women. Even though...
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...Kristen Ngan is the name. The type of girl who is very adventurous, creative, “kikay”, loves collecting girly things, fashion and colors! I can say that every object in my plate, symbolizes me or my personality. The “Pink Shoe” and the “Pearl Bracelet” represents Fashion. I've always had a 'Passion For Fashion’. Ever since I was a little girl, I have been reading fashion and beauty magazines. I was always wondering how women could bring out the best in themselves. In fashion, my biggest inspirations are definitely Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe and Gabrielle Chanel. They show the difference between a woman and a lady. In my free time I like to read fashion magazines, fashion and beauty blogs. I love to surf the internet to look up all sorts of fashion online shops. Not just to see what’s new, but to get inspired as well. Being involved into “fashion” is really a big thing for me. Because in that way i help myself increase my self-esteem. My interest in fashion started at a young age. I enjoyed spending my days alone playing with my Barbies. I repurposed their clothes with a stapler and tape and gave them haircuts to match their look. The “Green Ribbon” represents how girly I am. The “Red Nail Polish”. When I became a teenager, like I said, I love colors! and so I’ve been very addicted to nail polish. Its just I’m so plain, without them. And I really take good care of my nails. Also, believed in the saying “Nails Are Like Jewels, Don't Use Them Like Tools”. The “MAC...
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...woman’s hero in her time because she was all about women having equality. She spent five years researching a book dealing with what she called the “problem with no name”. This excerpt gives a general view on how she felt as a woman who took a back seat to her own life to become the “American House Wife”. She discuss how women would try to make themselves believe that being the good wife was what you had to be and living behind the shadows of a man was acceptable. In this document Friedan wants people to know exactly what occurred during the feminist movement. How women's rights came to a reality, how women believed there was only one role to have which is a typical housewife that has a husband to overpower her. Not being able to vote, or have any rights as an equal to men. This means father not mother, children of both sexes needed to learn, recognize and respect the abilities and functions of each sex. No matter what, the men were in charge. Next, Friedan discussed how women where brought up believing when they grow up, they are to marry and have children. Going to college is what is a woman had to do, but graduating wasn’t required. Being well educated is shown to be unfeminine. Men didn't enjoy a woman knowing information they knew. Men wanted women uneducated, men were supposed to be the only one educated in the household. The role of women was to find a husband to support the family that they would raise. Many women dropped out of college or never went in the first...
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...Top companies of India that use diversity as one of their strengths: 1. Infosys The diversity team at Infosys focuses on propagating and promoting diversity and inclusivity among employees through ACTION which stands for: * Audit inclusivity and diversity levels * Create change agents * Train the managers * Initiate and implement alternate work models * Organize and assist affinity groups * Network with external bodies to benchmark practices Infosys Women Inclusivity Network (IWIN) promotes a gender-sensitive work environment. IWIN recognizes the unique aspirations and needs of women. It provides avenues for vocational, personal and psychological counsel to enable professional and personal development. Infosys won the first NASSCOM-India Today corporate award for excellence in gender inclusivity in 2007. Infosys actively seeks to hire and train persons with disabilities. In 2006 and 2007,Infosys BPO received the Helen Keller award for the best employer from the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP).Infosys announced an intake of 300 graduates from universities in the US in 2006 and about 25 from universities in the UK in 2007 as part of itscommitment to create a diversified workforce. The new employees will develop their engineering skills at Infosys Development Centers across India for six months before returning to Infosys offices in the US. 2. Google India Diversity is an essential component of the culture...
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...seemed to ignore her because they all were “Londoners”, or so she thought. There was only one person in the hall left – it was a young woman by the name of Laylor. “Do you have change?” (P1, Line 12) she asked. The woman seemed to turn round slowly. In some way they both start to communicate and the woman finds out that the girl is not from London, because of her accent. Unfortunately the girl a refugee is from Uzbekistan. She has the most spectacular eyebrows and her hair is black. Laylor is very young, maybe a student and she has a younger brother, but their parents aren’t with them. The parents were arrested in Uzbekistan (they were journalists). Friends of their parents acquired passports for them and put them on a plane to England. The women don’t know anything about people in Laylor’s situation and she speculates on why the girl doesn’t search for some help. Laylor tells to the woman that she’s afraid of that she will not see her mother again. The woman starts to think and her head is full of so many sensible thoughts, she starts to imagine how it will be, if Laylor get the help she really needs. In the end the woman decide to get away from...
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...------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Search Bottom of Form Women are not easy to understand. Famous authors and poets have extensively written about 'woman.' Yet, no one can claim to fully fathom her mind. Get to know some feminine quirks with these funny quotes about women. Read witty wisecracks about a woman's nature. These quotes would make most women exclaim, 'What's all the fuss about?' But men would say, 'How true, how true!' Nancy Reagan, Political Activist A woman is like a tea bag. She only knows her strength when put in hot water. Aristotle, Philosopher If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning. James Thurber, American Humorist I hate women because they always know where things are. Malcolm de Chazal, Mauritian Writer A woman knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking. Jules Michelet, French Historian Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions. Freya Stark, Author The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid than one is and no one is surprised. Gloria Steinem, American Feminist Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by...
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...Running head: LADIES & GENTLEMAN Ladies & Gentleman Linda Crisp Strayer University World Culture 1 100 Dr. Marco Robinson August 30, 2014 Ladies & Gentleman Ladies and Gentlemen or should I say women vs. men in today society. Well rounded, what does this really mean to people? Some people believed the woman are more well rounded and men and vise versa. There is different definition for people being well rounded. I believe the well rounded people are well planned, work hard, balanced, set goals and are skilled and capable of doing more than one thing. They are the jack of all trades. There will be a discussion on the comments people made about what they think well rounded people are and the book of the Courtier by Baldassare and what they feel well rounded people were consider to be. Show a different in studies done on men vs. women in all aspects in being consisted well rounded. In the book of Courtier by Baldassare described the perfect well rounded man or woman, whose education and deportment is best, fashioned to serve the prince. The first two books debate the qualities of ideal gentlemen. The goal was to be a completely well-rounded person. The ideal person must be a solider not only mastering the martial arts but demonstrating absolute bravery and loyalty. Must be liberal education including Latin and Greek French and Spanish. The well rounded person must be able to draw, appreciate the arts and excel in dance and music. Over the...
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...The Power of Women In “The Company of Wolves”, by Angela Carter, women posses a quality that no one can compete with. This quality is her sexuality and beauty. According to Carter, men are simple and powerless when it comes to women’s beauty. Their carnal desires and passions come out and weaken them which turns them into something animalistic giving the woman the upper hand as the human. Women can then use this and control their desirability yielding it against men to defeat them in times of danger or need. In the beginning of “The Company of Wolves”, Carter centers on the male’s similarity to wolves. Carter paints an image for her readers by using phrases such as “starveling ribs, slavering jaws, and lolling tongue” (625, Carter). These phrases are all used to stress the starvation or more the desperation of wolves hunting for prey. When the “slavering jaws” (625), “lolling tongue” (625), starveling ribs are put together a beast is created in that every ounce of their being is concentrated to finding something that will satisfy their hunger. Every detail including the wolf’s grizzly features is meant to help the reader picture the sometimes excessive masculinity the beast inside men. However even this masculinity, which is usually related to power and dominance is be easily undertaken by the feminine nature of a beautiful, young woman. Throughout the story the young girl begins to transition to womanhood. And this womanhood enables her to bed the beast of a man who...
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...what failing. As men the power we should be aware of is feminine power over us. Any man who loves a woman is under her power; in most cases he is not aware of it. In this art work which was done by Picasso, I see the power of women over men. As men we think we stronger than women. We can do lot things that women cannot do. In fact, they have the power to make us do what they want us to do. Demoiselle is oil on canvas painting done by Picasso. In this art work, I see Picasso painting five ladies. The painting is for young ladies. Picasso painted the ladies in cubic form which was the modern way to pain at that time. By looking at the painting, you see that all the figures inside have almost the same face but different size of the body. In my opinion, the women body is what put pressure on the man. Most of strippers in clubs have a nice, beautiful body; men are attracted to the body more that the soul. If the woman has a nice body, she more likely to have the man does what she wants in order for him to have a piece of the cake. In the painting, Picasso had drawn the women body parts in different ways. This indicates the different parts of the body that man likes in general. Some man likes the legs, others like the boobs. At the end, the women body is what allowing her to control man. One element that attracted me the most is why Picasso painted all the figures with eyes looking straight at the person who’s looking at the painting. These shows how confident the woman...
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...Women will always find themselves chasing an elusive identity and dream unless they embrace who God made them to be according to the Bible. Women must come to accept their femininity. God has made them different purposefully. Physically, they are different, being generally weaker and crafted to bear and nurse children, and they have different emotional needs as well. Peter exhorts husbands to treat their wives in an understanding way because they are different, being women, and men need to understand this (1 Peter 3:7). Women must come to define womanhood based not on the culture or even what well-meaning Christians might assert but on the Word of God. The Bible says that a woman does well if she bears children (Psalm 128), and it doesn’t condemn a woman as inferior if she remains unmarried, does not have children, or cannot have children (Matthew 19:12). The Bible says that women should be workers at home (Titus 2:5), but it also allows for them to do profitable business ventures (Proverbs 31:16). The Biblical ideal is for men to provide for their families and for women to stay at home to raise the children. Unfortunately, this will not always work out perfectly, and both men and women need to be willing to adapt and be flexible and understanding. If it is possible for a mother to be with her children and raise them, then there is no Biblical reason to excuse her from not doing so. Though a stay at home mother might feel at times like she is...
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...example, women of the 19th century were primarily expected to marry and serve their husbands’ wishes, not receive an education, go out with friends, or find new forms of amusement. Instead, women were required to be at home and loyally obey their husbands. But how long can one go without exploring the inner intricacies of oneself? In her critical essay “Laugh of the Medusa”, Hélène Cixous looks upon the woman who “allows herself to be threatened by the big dick” (347) with contempt and scorn. Still, this intimidation that men have instilled in women is not easily overcome. Colette (1873-1954) and Jean Stubbs (1926- ) expose the risks that come with the discovery of a woman’s true desires in their short stories, “The Secret Woman” and “Cousin Lewis”. When the false woman is revealed, she suffers and is tormented by ridicule or shame even more than when she was in hiding. Cixous wants women to stand out and be who they are by embracing their bodies and being proud of their femininity. Women need to stop being reduced to “the servant of the militant male, his shadow” (338). “Laugh of the Medusa”, is a proclamation to women writers to “write about women and bring women to writing” (334) and to stop hating themselves and hating other women for being women- celebrate each other’s femininity and set free the body! Cixous wants women to make the world fear them though their identity and femininity; not fear the world because they are insignificant servants of the male. Women should not...
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...PROFESSIONS FOR WOMEN by Virginia Woolf “Professions for Women” is an abbreviated version of the speech Virginia Woolf delivered before a branch of the National Society for Women’s Service on January 21, 1931; it was published posthumously in The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. On the day before the speech, she wrote in her diary: “I have this moment, while having my bath, conceived an entire new book—a sequel to a Room of One’s Own—about the sexual life of women: to be called Professions for Women perhaps—Lord how exciting!” More than a year and a half later, on October 11, 1932, Virginia Woolf began to write her new book: “THE PARGITERS: An Essay based upon a paper read to the London/National Society for women’s service.” “The Pargiters” evolved into The Years and was published in 1937. The book that eventually did become the sequel to A Room of One’s Own was Three Guineas (1938), and its first working title was “Professions for Women.” The essay printed here concentrates on that Victorian phantom known as the Angel in the House (borrowed from Coventry Patmore’s poem celebrating domestic bliss)—that selfless, sacrificial woman in the nineteenth century whose sole purpose in life was to soothe, to flatter, and to comfort the male half of the world’s population. “Killing the Angel in the House,” wrote Virginia Woolf, “was part of the occupation of a woman writer.” That has proved to be a prophetic statement, for today, not only in the domain of letters, but in the entire...
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