Currently‚ NYC is experimenting with an alternative to incarceration called Neighborhood Opportunity Networks (NeON). These centers are part of a new model of community centric corrections programs known as justice reinvestment. Reinvestment programs are intended to reduce recidivism and reroute the money that would have been spent on incarceration to crime prevention programs instead. (Clear‚ et al‚ 2012). The Department of Probation (DOP) has begun placing NeON facilities in communities with the
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Opinion Piece Low-income Neighborhoods and Crime Michael Abdullahi 0770724 Wednesday‚ November 19th 2014 Professor: Jennifer Long SOAN 2290 On February 13th 2013 the family of Jarvis Montaque was in great despair. The family who lived in Jamestown Crescent‚ a local public housing projects were notified that the 15-year-old boy‚ had been shot on his own doorstep. The boy was not part of any gangs‚ rather an unfortunate casualty of local gang warfare. The Toronto
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Racial Differences in Neighborhood Quality Over the Life Course: The Contributions of Residential Mobility‚ Migration‚ and In Situ Change” Introduction The growing interests in life course theories have drawn attention to how lives are linked over time and space. Life course approach to neighborhood attainment highlights the interrelated and dynamic processes that individuals obtain their locations as they age. Studies suggest that people experience age-graded neighborhood change (Rand and Hirschl
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Neighborhoods During the Holocaust Before World War II began‚ the Germans and Nazi soldiers surrounded buildings to house people before they left for the concentration camps. These places were only temporary but most lasted for years and still standing. Some of these neighborhoods were not so lucky. These neighborhoods held people‚ and the Germans and Nazi soldiers treated these people’s religion as a race. These were Jewish neighborhoods‚ but they were not just Jewish neighborhoods‚ they were the
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Career Planning for College Students. (n.d.). iseekcareers. Retrieved September 26‚ 2014‚ from hhtp://www.iseek.com/ If you’re a first time student or an adult returning college this website is great for whenever you are in your learning process. The website is primarily configured with the use of three tabs. The Explore Career offers a self-assessment‚ goal setting tools and different ways to explore which course to take in order to pursue your career. Planning your education tab will help
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ASTD 322 February 23‚ 2009 Cultural Diversity within the Neighborhood Sitting in a dark theatre‚ an audience begins to rustle in their seats with excitement‚ anxiously awaiting the start of the show. The lights dim and the anticipation are diminished as the lights come up‚ the set of a street side unveils‚ and the beat begins. In one instant‚ the audience is transported from a simple theatre to the lively street-side of the neighborhood of Washington Heights‚ New York. This production is the
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Earlier this evening‚ I took my family of two sons out for dinner‚ and we were contemplating whether or not to go do Papa John’s or Domino’s for pizza. We ultimately decided to go to Papa John’s due to previous visits being satisfying‚ but this time‚ we did not feel the same about the pizza and the employees. We waited for an hour for our pizza to come‚ the waiter was extremely rude and ignorant‚ and the pizza did not taste nor look like pizza. My family and I deserve a full refund and an apology
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There is a man‚ he did not serve in the military long. But he learned a lot in his 8 years of serving. He served when there was really no war for America to fight in‚ so he was never deployed‚ but he still learned a lot about how the military works. This man that I am speaking of is my father. And yes‚ i asked him the exact question that I am answering for you today. “Is there pride in serving in our military?” He did not understand what i was asking at first. But then I explained to him that
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Thieves‚ Thugs‚ and Neighborhood Poverty David Bjerk Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Claremont McKenna College 500 East Ninth Street‚ Claremont CA 91711 Ph: 909-607-4471 david.bjerk@cmc.edu April 25‚ 2010 Abstract This paper develops a model of crime analyzing how such behavior is associated with individual and neighborhood poverty. The model shows that even under relatively minimal assumptions‚ a connection between individual poverty and both property and violent crimes will arise
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Serving as an RA would entail supporting‚ relating to‚ and interacting with my residents‚ who will‚ of course‚ be different from me. I feel that my experiences and personality have well-equipped me to handle these types of situations. I studied abroad in Brest‚ France‚ two summers ago through the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages. My summer fully immersed in another culture has allowed me to look beyond myself and gain a newfound appreciation for other cultures‚ languages‚ and
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