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    Prison Release Dates

    that can have a positive or negative impact on participants which in turn can affect results and scoring (Ferszt, Miller, Hickey, Maul, & Crisp, 2015). Implications for the Authors Practice As a psychiatric nurse currently working in a female correctional facility it is accurate that most incarcerated women do suffer

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    Organ Transplantation

    Organ transplantation in the Health Care Industry 1 Organ Transplantation in the Health Care Industry De Andre’ Chaission Texas Southern University Authors Note De Andre’ S Chaission , Department of Health Sciences, Health Administration Major Correspondece concerning this article should be addressed to De Andre Chaission, Health Administration, Texas Southern University, Houston, Tx 77004 Contact : Chaission@yahoo.com

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    SAMHSA Intervention Paper

    result of the prevalence of trauma histories in incarcerated individuals, especially women, being widely known, the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provided grants to Maryland’s Department of Mental Hygiene, Maryland Correctional Administrators Association, local detention centers, and core service agencies to implement a trauma-based intervention strictly for women. This intervention is Trauma, Addiction, Mental Health, and Recovery, otherwise known as TAMAR. The TAMAR

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    Current Trends in Community Prisons

    importance of accreditation within the correctional setting is extremely important dealing with prisoners. The Correctional association was founded in 1870, as the National Prison Association, also serves all disciplines with the corrections profession and is dedicated of excellence in every aspect of the field. accreditation is a system of verification that correctional agencies/facilities comply with national standards promulgated by the American Correctional Association. Accreditation is achieved

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    Mr.Rokon

    May 2010. RELATED OCCUPATION: Job Title: Correctional Officer Nature of work: * Correctional officers are responsible for overseeing individuals who have been arrested and are awaiting trial or who have been sentenced to serve time in a jail, reformatory, or prison. * Inspect conditions within facilities to ensure that they meet established standards * Aid in rehabilitation and counseling of offenders Qualifications: * Correctional officers must have at least a high school diploma

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    Forensic

    where psychological knowledge can be applied. There are five subspecialties of forensic psychology, namely police psychology, psychology of crime and delinquency, victimology and victim services, legal psychology and correctional psychology. I will discuss legal psychology and correctional psychology. · Legal psychology Legal psychology is the study of human behavior relevant to the law. This subspecialty of forensic psychology consists of those theories that describe, explain and predict human behavior

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    Cj100

    I interviewed correctional officer Brian Sanchez from City Of New York Police Department 67 precinct. He began his career in the 67th precinct as a patrolman in 1989. In 1994, Brian was promoted to chief of police. Brian has his bachelors of science in criminal justice from John Jay College for Criminal Justice (University) and a masters of science in forensics from the same school. Since his time working as police officer, he also did numerous of volunteer work and some classroom instructions. In

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    Rfid

    Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Managing correctional population is a challenging and expensive task for state and local jurisdictions. In recent years, methods of securities were implemented to secure the inmates and to lessen the cases of escapes. These help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of correctional management. According to Lukens, there was a problem in monitoring the inmates during the headcount procedure as the inmates portray the appearance of a sleeping person

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    their efforts and contribute in to the field forensic psychology, and correctional services. It was noted by Dr. Gibbons and Dr. Katzenbach (2011)… “What happens inside jails and prisons does not stay inside jails and prisons” (Gibbons and Katzenbach, 2011, p.36). Being surrounded by negativity, fear, anxiety, rumors, hostility, and threat of physical violence have a profound effect on both the staff and offenders in a correctional facility. Dr. Gibbons and Dr. Katzenbach(2011) further state “when

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    A World Apart

    the highest incarceration rate in the world and the highest prison population in the world. When researching the American Correctional System there is a lot of information to cover, such as the types of offenders in the system and the different levels of security. How do the United States correctional system compare to Canada’s correctional system? In the American correctional system there are varying levels of security ranging from minimum security to high security prisons. “Prisons are operated

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