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    Summary of Corrections

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    INTRODUCTION Each year more than 700‚000 individuals are released from prisons nationwide. Among released prisoners‚ younger males with extensive criminal histories are often at greatest risk of future recidivism. Social control theories suggest that employment helps prevent criminal activity by providing individuals with legitimate ties to conventional society. However social capital theorists argue that the interpersonal relationships individuals form through employment can aid desistance from

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    Life for a Corrections Officer Elizabeth Austin CRJ303: Corrections Instructor:  Tracy Crump January 7‚ 2012 Being a correction officer is not an easy job. Each and every correction officer has a daily routine‚ stress‚ danger‚ and has to learn to gain compliance of every inmate. Every day in a prison working with inmates can be a challenge; some days may seem easier than other days. There is a daily routine and schedule that each correction officer has to come to terms with. The tasks could

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    Juvenile Justice

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    crimes committed by juvenile delinquents in today’s society. These crimes consist of violent crimes‚ property crimes‚ forgery‚ fraud‚ vandalism as well as many others. In 2009‚ there were 32‚638‚900 youths in the United States and 1‚906‚600 of them were arrested for a type of crime. (Puzzanchera & Adams‚ 2012). There are many options that the Department of Juvenile Justice System can lead towards such as punishment or treatment‚ but the rehabilitation depends on the juvenile at hand. Most research

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    Maria College Vallesville – Fatima‚ Liloy‚ Zamboanga del Norte AVE MARIA COLLEGE OFFICIAL WEBSITE with STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (Change Title to “AMC Online Student Information System” BSIT - IV Prepared by: Jeffrey Catipay Wyndee Ken Fajardo Danna Kristal Zozobrado Joan Dagodog Ana Lyn Lantaca Aiza Bantilan Submitted to: Mr. Edmil Rebollos AVE MARIA COLLEGE OFFICIAL WEBSITE with STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM ABSTRACT Computers with the power of the

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    Test Corrections

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    28. After presenting the incident of the visiting cards‚ the speaker employs the rest of the  passage by employing:  Wrong answer: B. A series of Euphemisms  Right answer: D. Two extended metaphors.    Vocabulary mistake. In an euphemism‚ a harsh truth is softened with words ­ yet the author  does not attempt to disguise of lessen the harsh reality ­ but instead expresses it in a more  “abstract” way fitting of a metaphor.    30. One can infer from the passage all the following EXCEPT:  Wrong answer: B

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    job you get you will always be around other people so you should know how to control a bad situation. The physicians say that 15% of their encounters with patients are rated as difficult. When dealing with a “difficult” patient you must recognize the signs of anger‚ know what you should do so the situation doesn’t escalate‚ and get down to the root of the problem with the patient. The first step in dealing with an angry patient is recognizing the signs of anger‚ knowing the physical‚ verbal‚ and

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    Corrections Officer Roles

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    Roles of Corrections Officers Keli Tomlinson Ashford University Corrections CRJ 303 Karyn Goldmeier September 19‚ 2014 Roles of Corrections Officers Many people view correctional officer‚ or COs‚ as the backbone to corrections. Besides managing inmates 24 hours a day‚ seven days a week‚ usually divided up working 12 hour shifts‚ their upmost important role is to maintain a safe and secure environment for both staff and inmates. Correctional officers have one of the hardest and most challenging jobs

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    Should English Be Our Official Language? Current Language Use in the United States In the United States‚ there are 303 languages other than English that are spoken at home‚ these categories include; Native American languages‚ African languages‚ Chinese‚ other Asian languages‚ Pacific Island languages‚ and Indic languages. According to the US Census‚ in 2007 the number of people five and older who spoke a language other than English at home doubled in the last three decades. English

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    Corrections CJA 444 March 12‚ 2012 Corrections Correctional officers are in charge of overseeing individuals who have been arrested and are currently awaiting trial‚ and those that have been convicted of a crime and sentenced to serve a sentence in jail of prison (Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ 2010-11). Correctional officers usually have no law enforcement duties outside of a prison of jail facility they work at maintaining order within the institute and they over see many inmates preventing assault

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    Essay On Juveniles

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    specifically to protect people and their rights‚ but when it comes to juveniles there are no laws to protect them in the juvenile justice system whatsoever. Youth are not able to purchase tobacco until they are 21‚ they cannot have sexual intercourse until 16‚ and cannot drink alcohol until 21. Why is it that adolescents have to wait until all these ages to do certain things and aren’t officially considered adults until the age of 18‚ but there are juveniles as young as four years old being tried as adults

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