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    Error Detection and Correction Transmission of data through a noisy medium inevitably introduces errors through interference by changing one or more bits. There are two types of errors‚ in single bit errors‚ a 0 may be turned into a 1 or vice versa. In real world conditions‚ most interference introduce burst errors where two or more bits are switched from a 0 to a 1 and vice versa. Types of Errors 1. Single-Bit Error – a single bit is switched from a 0 to a 1 or a 1 to a 0 2. Burst Error

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    Issues of Corrections Michelle Lynn O’Dell CRJ303: Corrections Gloria Ramsey 6/2/2014 Take a deeper look into corrections‚ it seems like a tightly held ship. Yet‚ the people‚ funding‚ and politics are what keep it running. From the judges who hand down the sentence‚ to the officers themselves who deal with the inmates on a daily basis. Corrections were not always held in the manner they are today‚ it is something that shape shifted throughout the

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    Using community corrections to better meet the needs of the penal system‚ convicted offenders‚ and the community. Kyle Dowland 1-22-2013 Outline. Title: Using community corrections to better meet the needs of the penal system‚ convicted offenders‚ and the community. Introduction: 1. Corrections and the tools used to punish and rehabilitate offenders. 2. Introduce Community Corrections. 3. Introduce Thesis- A community corrections sentencing strategy applies a range of intermediate

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    Assignment: The prison system The penitentiary rivalry has cause a lot of changes within our American prison system. The rivalry implemented design changes every so often which led to better prison population and control of the inmates within them‚ because every state wanted the best prison system. A few of the changes that came from these rivalries were how they built the inmate cells‚ they built them so that the inmates or criminals inside them could not see the other inmates or have contact

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    Running Head: AMERICAN DREAMS LEAD TO CRIMES United States of America -the land of opportunity or the land of incarceration? Jessica Gill Simon Fraser University 301043369‚ Crim 300‚ Prof: Barry Cartwright‚ TA: Adam Vaughan‚ March 4th 2010 United States of America (USA) is known for having the “American Dream” where everyone lives a happy surreal life. The American dream is difficult to achieve for most‚ because not everyone is given an equal opportunity to attain the material goods

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    because of how he looks. Shows two pictures on of a young black male with bags and is stereotyped of stealing as in the second picture has a white male and white female and they just found the things they are holding. ( Race and Culture) *Gay Asian-American Male Seeking Home.: by Chong-suk Han. Stereotypes a gay Asian male by say how Asian all reading look like they’re more feminine then other males. (Race‚ Gender‚ Culture‚ and Sexual orientation) *On Covers of Many Magazines‚ a full racial palette

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    Ryan Ramsook January 19‚ 2011 Instructor Goldmeier American Corrections Phase 3 db The important source of correctional law according to my instructor she acknowledged that the bill of rights is very important basically that’s not only a source it’s a big one for our correction system throughout the United States (Bartollas‚ 2002). The prisoners from our system rights are strictly limited and rights that fall under the bill of rights in addition to the bill of rights must be important to them

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    Racial Differences in the Corrections System “According to Black Star Project Executive Director‚ Phillip Jackson‚ in 2007 there were 321 African American men enrolled at Northwestern University (1.7 percent of the student body) but four times that number – 1‚207- imprisoned at Western Illinois Correctional Center (60 percent of the prison population)” (Walker‚ Spohn & Delone‚ 2012). This is only one example of the astounding percentage of young black men currently serving jail time as opposed

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    Racial Disparities in Corrections Over the last 40 years the prison population has increased 600 percent and it has negatively impacted young Black males‚ especially those living in socially disorganized neighborhoods (Childress‚ 2014). In 2001‚ Bonczar (2003) notes that Blacks accounted for nearly seventeen percent of individuals previously or currently incarcerated‚ which was six times more than White males. Besides having a higher chance of serving a prison term‚ African American are also likely to

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    of peace to Britain‚ agreeing to be loyal to the British government if it addressed their grievances (repealed the Coercive Acts‚ ended the taxation without representation policies). It was rejected by Parliament‚ which in December 1775 passed the American Prohibitory Act forbidding all further trade with the colonies. - read http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1272.html 43. Boston Massacre- An event that killed five Boston colonist by British troops. It was sparked by a colonial rebellion in result

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