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    There’s no reason to make decorating mistakes if you know what to avoid. In order to create a functional bedroom‚ there are certain things you want to avoid. Usually decorators or friends can tell you after the fact‚ what you did wrong. This article endeavors to stop you from ever taking that path in the first place. Here are common bedroom decorating Mistakes to avoid. Limit the Pillows. Pillows are handy but can get in the way if there’s too many of them. Too many of them on the bed give the

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    Correctional officers: What factors Influence Work Attitudes? This paper seeks to critique and analyze the article written by Mary Ann Farkas. Her article deals with research done on the work orientation of correctional officers which has been a subject of significance since officer’s attitudes influence their approach and interaction with inmates. The material highlighted in the article deals distinctively with research done on the attitudes of officer’s towards inmates and the basis of these attitudes

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    Week 5 To what extent should correctional institutions be responsible for handling mentally ill individuals? The extent that correctional institutions should be responsible for handling mentally ill individuals should be none. There are not fully equipped to handle the vast number of mentally ill individuals with their multiply types of conditions. Correctional institutes are already overcrowded with inmates and understaffed. The staff doesn’t have the necessary training to deal or identify people

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    The correctional subculture has various ethical questions pertaining to a correction officer and his duties. According to Thomson and Wadsworth (2005)‚ when an officer makes the decision to reprimand or write a disciplinary report‚ he is playing a role in the Criminal Justice System (p. 316). A disciplinary committee also has a dilemma because he‚ or she must decide on what punishment should accrue towards the offender. This may be a temporary loss of privileges‚ or he may have his sentence increased

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    Andrea J. Paige January 30th‚ 2013 1. What is the biggest problem facing correctional facility today? The biggest problem that correctional facilities are facing is prison overcrowding. This is because most court officials have the thought that locking people up and throwing the key away is the best solutions to the problem of crime‚ when in fact it’s really not better for society because crime still rises in fact it is better for political court officials. They know this

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    Juvenile Justice Professor Wims January 7‚ 2012 The four basic Correctional Models in the Juvenile Justice There are four juvenile correctional models. First‚ there is the Treatment Model which is based upon the Parens Patraie belief that the state acts as the guardian of a juvenile. The juvenile court examines the youth to better understand the juvenile’s existing problems. After that an expert will diagnose and develop a treatment program for that specific juvenile. Once the specific

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    it’s establishment in sixteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ the United States Correctional System has evolved from its initial intent to house offenders before their trial/ public punishment‚ to housing offenders as a form of punishment to rehabilitating them while withholding them in state’s custody. However‚ at least over the last two decades United State’s federal and local officials have implanted laws and utilized systems that considerably impede the success of an ex-offender’s reentry into society

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    On any given day there are more than seven million Americans under the supervision of the correctional system which includes approximately 1.5 million offenders who are imprisoned in state and federal institutions‚ 2.4 million inmates incarcerated in jail‚ 4.2 million on probation and over 828‚000 on parole according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. These statistics are staggering considering according to the U.S. Census the United States population is 307‚006‚550(U.S. Census 2010). So‚ that

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    Female Correctional Officers Jordan Beth Stevenson Introduction to Corrections October 25‚ 2012 Saeler Abstract This research paper consists of brief history of how female correctional officers came to be in the system and the court cases that hindered and helped their process. It also consists of the stereotypes and struggles the officers are faced with in this line of work; such as weaknesses and home life association. Sexual harassment and discrimination is a problematic topic

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    Roles of Correctional Officers Correctional officers play a vital role in the prison system. They are the first line of defense in prisons. They are ultimately responsible for the safety‚ security‚ and supervision of inmates that are under their care. They must enforce all the rules and policies that the prison officials emplace in order to maintain good order and discipline. Without correctional officers‚ prisons would not run and complete ciaos would occur. Correctional officers

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