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respect local tradition (Monmonier 71). The place-naming process outlined in Monmoniers book illustrates the transitional ...
For much of our history the US has regarded itself as being exceptional to one extent or another...
in society and in the courts. The failure to do so has allowed injustices and inequities that have persisted since the founding t...
with certain distinctive trends developing. In his article entitled "Privacy vs. Security: U.S. Wants Names of Canadian Air Pa...
(Lampman, 2001). Fourth is the Ramadan month-long period of fasting, which recreates the first communications between God and Muh...
of Korea. The orders were fuzzy at best. As early as 1944, the leader of Korea, Syngman Rhee warned the West that the Soviets coul...
is helpful to look at the traditional roots of Native American and Latino cultures. Traditionally, the women of Native American c...
bankroller not only of President Bushs campaigns but of the broader Christian right agenda" (Scahill, 2007). In his book Blackwate...
growth in the 1990s and economic well being of the city residents in 2000 (Vey, 2007). Two indices of economic health were create...
Social stability, in Huxleys nightmare vision, depends on making "[S]tandard men and women; in uniform batches" (Huxley). It turns...
United States had not invested the situation in Vietnam with rivalry with Communist powers, the tragedy might have been avoided. B...
rest of the world in ways early educators would have thought unimaginable. From early ages, children are exposed to technology, a...
accompanying technological advancement changed society to such an extent that people felt they had no guidelines for how to behave...
wherewithal to actually decrease prison populations while at the same time increase community safety is found in the way public fa...
that are sent to them by the courts" (Jerin, 2004). What serves as a viable alternative, however, is highly suspect to being infl...
other programs are designed to be more educational with interactive discussions between the inmates and the youth" (Schembri, 2006...
perpetrator to go free without any legal recourse speaks to the need for another option whereby the alleged criminal serves time, ...
There appear to be many attempts to alleviate the problems of overcrowding, each implemented by individual states and communities,...
Reiman seems much more forthright and confrontational than Kennedy.. Reiman points out that despite such things as the "three str...
(Reiman, 2006, p. 16). This means that although the overall number of prisoners has increased, the percentage in jail for violent ...
each town adopted their own ways of dealing with criminals (Meskell, 1999). Punishment was swift, nearly as soon as the crime had ...
vital option again during the 1980s and early 1990s for several reasons, the first of which was the existence of a general sociopo...
fewer than 200,000 inmates (Golembeski and Fullilove, 2005). The Washington Post reported on December 1, 2006 that the U.S. prison...
(Kopel, 1995). Another article supports the notion that the majority of offenders in prison are not violent ("Crime," 1998). Ther...
Kafka story in respect to Foucaults ideas. II. Foucaults Conception of Law First, it is important to note that Foucault was ...
Rehabilitation is only one reason for punishment. Other reasons go to retribution, deterrence and social control. Prisons do provi...
of that abuse to his superiors. As horrific as the problem was, it can be contended that a series of critical decisions spanning ...
and as such this book clearly offers insights. The next issue concerns an inmates need to experience respect, hope and saf...
training" (Murphy, 2005, p. 23). As a prisoner, the author observed prison culture from the perspective of a participant. Various ...
is interesting to note that while increased efforts to incarcerate people have not proven necessarily effective, there are still m...