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    Criminal Rehabilitation

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    Criminal Rehabilitation: What is it and what are its advantages and disadvantages? Criminal rehabilitation: What is it and what are its advantages and disadvantages? Pg. 1 ABSTRACT I propose to research the subject matter of Criminal Rehabilitation. What is criminal rehabilitation and what are the advantages and disadvantages of it? I hope to define‚ through the research I complete‚ what criminal rehabilitation is‚ as well as‚ the advantages and disadvantages that come with its practice

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    Drug Rehabilitation

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    had some passion about. As I read over the topic suggestions in our syllabus‚ I saw drug rehabilitation and instantly knew that was I wanted to research. My oldest cousin developed a drug problem when he was in high school. It started with him smoking marijuana then evolved into heroin use when he was in his early 20s. Later‚ he was arrested and during his time in prison‚ he went through drug rehabilitation‚ then after serving his sentence he was released from prison. After several years of being

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    1700’s before there were correctional systems to incarcerate offenders‚ people were brutally beaten as a punishment until they became a little more humane and started putting them in jail to serve time as a punishment. In the early 1800’s the first real prison in the United States was available to put offenders away‚ this prison was called Philadelphia’s walnut street jail and this prison was viewed as the perfect opportunity for offenders to think about the crimes that they have committed and admit

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    Trauma Rehabilitation

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    Define the field of study. Trauma Rehabilitation is a wide ranging field of study which centers on helping people recover from a trauma.1 A trauma is an injury to the body which can be caused by violence‚ war or crime‚ exposure to heat‚ exposure to chemicals‚ or exposure to electricity.1 A major trauma is one that can lead to lifelong disability or death. Trauma is the leading cause of death for people between the ages of one and thirty five years of age.1 This field is also known as Physiatry or

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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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    Sex Offenders

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    four women are statistically shown to recieve a sexual assault in their lifetime. Sex Offenders are a danger to men and women everywhere. Megan’s law gives each state the privalge to make private and personal information about regesister sex offenders accessable to the public. In Michigan‚ "all offenders are entered locally by a probation/parole agent or criminial justice agency that deal with offenders. Offenders must be registestered after conviction (Megan’s..)" and be published. Megan’s law has

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    Sex Offenders

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    program. Sex Offenders People who commit sex crimes are known as sex offenders. We also define sex offenders as an individual who has confessed to‚ or been convicted of committing a sex crime‚ including rape‚ child molestation‚ and also downloading from the Internet or distributing child pornography. Laws against convicted sex offenders include the registration of all names in publicly accessed databases‚ the collection of DNA samples‚ State laws restricting where sex offenders can live and

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    Sex Offenders

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    providers recognized that sex offenders evidenced had a high prevalence of cognitive distortions‚ or thought processes that allowed the offenders to neutralize their feelings of guilt and shame (Abel‚ 1989). No matter what setting that cognitive therapy is used in‚ its purpose is to focus on the way an individual thinks and to change any type of “thinking errors”. For our purposes‚ cognitive treatment is used in the correctional and community setting to help offenders think rationally and responsibly

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    CRM-430 Term Paper Week 5 Draft Summary for Prison Rehabilitation and Counseling Programs I chose to focus this term paper on the various programs offered to prisoners as part of their rehabilitation for introduction back into society. In today’s world there are many who believe that every one can be rehabilitated. The question should be asked; “does rehabilitation really work for everyone?” I will provide statistics on the success and failure rate‚ as well as which programs are most

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    AJS/502 Punishment and Rehabilitation Society expects the criminal justice system to punish and rehabilitate persons who commit crime. In the United States‚ the primary goal to be achieved for those who break the law is punishment. There are many arguments amongst theorists on the approach that works best. Some think punishment is the best approach to crime‚ others think rehabilitation works best. The effectiveness of punishment and rehabilitation is being analyzed continuously

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