The History Of Prisons

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    Jadm 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice Final Exam Answers

    one of the more rational sentencing goals? (TCOs 7&8) Historically, ________ was the most widely used type of physical punishment. (TCOs 7&8) What word describes aggressive men who assume the masculine role in homosexual relations in male prisons? (TCOs 7&8) This group

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    Community Corrections

    architecture and management styles engendered by Jeremy Bentham and the Panopticon and modern campus style prisons * Should the same “Duty of Care” obligations for a Prison Officer be imposed on a Community Corrections Officer managing an offender in the community? Defend your answer. * Is there a case for the re-introduction of Capital Punishment? Defend your answer. * Should Prison Officers have greater disciplinary powers to control prisoner Behaviour? Defend your answer

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    Sentencing Process

    the District, the Commission developed two grids: one for drug cases and one for all other cases in the direction of the dominant factors in sentencing: the offense of conviction and the criminal history of the offender. The Commission also established standards for departing from the recommended prison ranges in extraordinary cases, rules for imposing concurrent or consecutive sentences, along with adjustments and exceptions to sentencing. Together, the grids, standards, rules, adjustments and exceptions

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    Jail vs Prison

    Federal Prison Comparison Matrix Angel Kennedy CJS/255 March 7, 2016 Richard Gilbert Jail vs Prison Is there a difference between jail and prison, and if so, what factors separate the two? The belief each place is practically the same is a common misconception, however; there is one fundamental component in which governs the temporary or permanent placement of an offender. A jail’s and prison’s quality of food, facility resources, and availability of rehabilitative programs are all different

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    Malcom X

    MALCOLM X Learning to Read Malcolm Little, born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925, was reborn Malcolm X in his twenties while imprisoned for burglary. (He considered "Little" a slave name and chose the "X" to signify his lost African tribal name.) His conversion to Islam under the Nation of Islam and his rigorous self-education led him to a life ofpolitical activism marked by hatred, violence, and hope. For a time, as the foremost spokesman of the Nation of Islam, Malcolm preached a separatist philosophy

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    Examples Of Law Breaking Criminals

    Americans need to cut their ties with private prison companies that make profits off of their inhabitant’s labor. Contrary to popular belief almost all Americans are criminals because most have broken the law in some way. You don’t agree? Consider these few examples of “law breaking criminals”. The next time you are driving, see how many people are following the law by not driving faster than the posted legal speed limit. Take for example the growing number of people pirating digital content to

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    American Civil War

    during the course of the history of this great nation are in obvious abundance. Whether it was the Vietnamese War, to those horrific scenes captured on film that fateful day, September Eleventh, 2001, visual documentation of violence continues to captivate these United States. During the Civil War, capturing a photo was in its infancy. Despite the primitive technology, there may be no better way to express the horrific events that transpired inside of Andersonville prison, as well as the overall

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    Canadian Confederation: Transformative Justice Reform

    ideologies. Throughout history, black individuals were considered slaves. They were the property of their white owners and were forced to preform domestic and physically exhaustive agricultural work. Black individuals were dehumanized and seen as inferior to their white counterparts. Black women were sexually assaulted by their white slave owners in order to produce more slaves. Additionally, when black women had children, the child became the property of the white plantation

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    Criminal Justice Trends

    social order. The world’s leader in incarceration is the United States. Prisons and jails operate around two philosophies of punishment vs. rehabilitation. The past tend was solitary confinement with no concern for inmate rehabilitation or any concern for the well-being of the inmates. Most of the increase has come from the changes in sentencing laws and policies, but not in the crime rates. These trends have stemmed in prison overcrowding and financial burdens on states to oblige a fast increasing

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    The Stanford Prison Experiment Summary

    well-known psychology experiment that was done by Philip Zimbardo; the experiment was called The Stanford Prison Experiment. The goal of Philip’s experiment was to look at the impact of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. “The Stanford Prison Experiment, one of the most controversial studies in the history of social psychology (Konnikova, 2015).” Philip and his colleagues set up a simulated prison in the basement of Stanford University's psychology building. They then looked over a list of 70 volunteers

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