Corrections Paper CJA/484 April 21‚ 2014 Stephen Rubino Corrections Paper The criminal justice system is responsible for enforcing the laws created at each level of government. A major part of enforcing the laws is detaining the people who break them. The way that an offender is punished for a crime can be different depending on age or the type of crime committed. Depending on the age of the offender they could go through the juvenile or adult corrections system. Each system has levels like
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CJ121 – Corrections 14 JUL 2010 Corrections Timeline This narrative will illustrate a timeline depicting four eras within the correctional system of America. The eras that I will be discussing are: 1800‚ 1920-1950‚ 1990‚ and 2000’s. For each era‚ the following items will be described: the history and development‚ treatment and punishment of the offenders‚ the description of the holding and monitoring of the offenders. The conclusion will discuss the alternatives to incarceration and the influences
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Unconditional Positive Regard is a central concept in the theories of Carl R. Rogers‚ both for psychotherapy and for interpersonal relations. A universal need for positive regard by others appears at about the same time a person begins to experience awareness of self (Rogers‚ 1959). In therapy‚ UPR is a quality of the therapist’s experience toward the client (p. 239). Rogers’ writing sheds light on various aspects of this construct: Unconditional One experiencing UPR holds ‘no conditions of acceptance
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rapid rise in the incarceration rate over the last four decades has drawn greater attention globally; to the incapabilities of the incarcerated female offenders‚ and the overflow of these complications into the children’s lives. Whereas‚ incarceration refers to the restriction of an individual’s freedom in a facility or environment like prisons‚ jails‚ and other penal institutions (Alaska. Law‚ 1997). Millions of children are faced with separation from their mothers due to incarceration. Recent estimates
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China ’s Future Population and Development Challenges Author(s): Jianfa Shen Source: The Geographical Journal‚ Vol. 164‚ No. 1 (Mar.‚ 1998)‚ pp. 32-40 Published by: The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3060543 . Accessed: 02/10/2013 20:35 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a
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Bush Administration’s position on the issue: After months of consultation among federal authorities and wrangling with Congress‚ President Bush signed an executive order spelling out legal standards for the detention and interrogation of suspected terrorists held by the CIA. The order prohibits cruel and inhuman treatment‚ including humiliation or denigration of religious beliefs. The order requires that detainees are provided with the basics of life‚ food and water‚ and it prohibits subjecting them
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Juvenile Incarceration Name: Institution: Juvenile Incarceration Abstract Juvenile incarceration has created a lot of uncertainties in the legal justice system. This is because it is often assumed that indeed there are several persons that are underage that at the time of the crime did not have the proper mental reasoning to appreciate that indeed they were committing a crime. For this reason‚ there has been several problems regarding Juvenile incarceration and it has been argued
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AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Please Follow These Procedures: If requested by your mentor‚ use an assignment cover sheet as the first page of the word processor file. The assignment header should include the Learner’s last name‚ first initial‚ course code‚ dash‚ and assignment (DoeJhlss501-Midterm or Final) justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. The second page of this template is comprised
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The idea of being involved in any kind of terrorist attack is a frightening one for most anybody. In these times‚ it would be difficult to find a citizen who has not been inundated with images of the victims of 9/11‚ and some of the horrific scenes of despair that faced those trapped in the burning‚ crumbling Twin Towers‚ or who has not imagined the anguish and despair felt by passengers on the three planes that were hijacked for the purpose of creating these scenes of terror. When these situations
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returns home after being released from incarceration. This is important because in the home‚ the use of physical punishment is associated with numerous negative outcomes for children (Mustaine‚ Tewksbury‚ 2). These negative outcomes can include behavioral problems‚ impairment of cognitive performance‚ an increase in use of violence‚ and an increase in mental health problems both during childhood and adulthood (Mustaine‚ Tewksbury‚ 2). The negative consequences for children such as an increase in
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