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    Female Offenders

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    Aarron Eilers February 22‚ 2010 Female Offenders The number of women incarcerated is growing at a rapid pace. This calls for a reevaluation of our correction institutions to deal with women’s involvement in crime. Increasing numbers of arrests for property crime and public order offenses are outpacing that of men. The “War on Drugs” has a big influence on why our prisons have become overcrowded in the last 25 years. Women are impacted more than ever because they are being convicted

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    Food Labeling

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    The food industry has intentionally manipulated consumers by taking advantage of the fact that most consumers are ignorant of the ways that the food industry manufactures and processes its products. I myself have fell victim to the veil of the food industry by their ability to “Americanize” certain food types and thus feel the need to sweeten my meals as I pile them on my plate‚ ultimately overeating. The culvert ways that the food industry manufactures their products towards a specific audience

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    Labeling Theory

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    Principles of Criminology Labeling Theory and furs Labeling Theory begins with the idea that people will be at odds with one another because their values and beliefs differ. Certain people then gain power and translate their normative and value preferences into rules which govern institutional life which gives the position to place negative labels on those who do not follow their rules‚ calling them deviants. Howard S. Becker popularized this labeling perspective. He believed that deviance

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    Psychic Labeling

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    There are a group of individuals who actively manipulate fellow citizens to make money by labeling themselves psychics. Montel Williams‚ the host of a show who brought a claimed psychic named Sylvia Brown onto the screen‚ said that he casted her because he found her funny. Unfortunately‚ this kind of manipulation takes a toll on the viewers when fake psychics give information such as‚ “your child has been sold into a human trafficking circle‚” especially when they end up being wrong. The media has

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    Decelerations Defined

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    Decelerations Defined Decelerations are categorized as early‚ late‚ variable‚ or prolonged. FHR decelerations are defined according to their visual relationship to the onset and end of a contraction and by their shape. Early decelerations Visually apparent gradual decrease in and return to the baseline FHR associated with uterine contractions. The onset‚ nadir‚ and recovery of the deceleration generally correspond to the beginning‚ peak‚ and end of the contraction. Early decelerations are thought

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    Community Policing Defined

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    Community policing Community policing is defined as a " philosophy that promotes organizational strategies‚ which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques‚ to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime‚ social disorder‚ and fear of crime" according to the U.S. Department of Justice. (U. S. Department of Justice). In other words the main goal of community policing is the allocation of various police agencies/staff

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    Young offenders

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    The law can be defined as the “principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people‚ whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognised and enforced by offenders. This legal term can be explained as offenders who are less than 18 years of age at the time of committing the crime offence. Young Offenders need to be dealt with in a different and carefully considered manner by the law in comparison to adult offenders. Due to their

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    Nursing Theorists

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    Nursing Theorists 1. Florence Nightingale - Environment theory 2. Hildegard Peplau - Interpersonal theory 3. Virginia Henderson - Need Theory 4. Fay Abdella - Twenty One Nursing Problems 5. Ida Jean Orlando - Nursing Process theory 6. Dorothy Johnson - System model 7. Martha Rogers -Unitary Human beings 8. Dorothea Orem - Self-care theory 9. Imogene King - Goal Attainment theory 10. Betty Neuman - System model 11. Sister Calista Roy - Adaptation

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    Management Theorists

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    The evolution of Management theories Since the birth of modern management theory in the early 1900s‚ management experts have developed theories to help organizations and their managers coordinate and oversee work activities as effectively and efficiently as possible. In presenting the history of modern management‚ Chapter Two explores the evolution of management thought and practice during the twentieth century. Students discover how knowledge of management history can help us better understand

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    Labeling Theory Labeling Theory is a sociological approach to explaining how criminal behavior is perpetuated by the police and others. This theory looked at how labels applied to individuals influenced their behavior; particular negative labels (such as "criminal" or "felon") promote deviant behavior (online). Emphasis is being placed on rehabilitation of offenders through an alteration of their labels. Labeling theory has been accused of promoting impractical policy implications‚ and criticized

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