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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...
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 ...
Kafka story in respect to Foucaults ideas. II. Foucaults Conception of Law First, it is important to note that Foucault was ...
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...
vital option again during the 1980s and early 1990s for several reasons, the first of which was the existence of a general sociopo...
of psychological maladaptions. The "guards" took on sadistic tendencies and the "prisoners" showed extreme signs of stress and dep...
Rehabilitation is only one reason for punishment. Other reasons go to retribution, deterrence and social control. Prisons do provi...
is interesting to note that while increased efforts to incarcerate people have not proven necessarily effective, there are still m...
training" (Murphy, 2005, p. 23). As a prisoner, the author observed prison culture from the perspective of a participant. Various ...
care is a basic survival need. Without adequate health care, they could and sometimes do die. There is empirical evidence that the...
Prisoners spend as much as 22 hours a day in their cells, and the cells are now overcrowded (Weinstein and Cummins). The prisoner...
be addressing morality, with little mention of religion, for morality must be accepted and embraced in society regardless of relig...
or orchestrate the smuggling of more contraband" (16). In another state, the state of Arkansas, "Prison officials...see the spread...
hesitate to say what he believed and never compromised" (Thomas Mott Osbornes Within Prison Walls). In 1913, Osborne "was appoi...
per year, while public safety is not enhanced ("Mandatory," 2002). Non-violent offenders in Arizonas prisons comprise half of the ...
the long haul. And while there is one way of viewing prisons, at least by the majority, there is another way of looking at it. The...
front-line jobs entail in todays environment. D. Shared visions of the future 1. Managers are not currently "selling" new versions...
it seems that police pursue black people more often. The old "driving while black" mentality seems to be present in America today....
in prison (Biniok, 2004). They contend that the costs of electronic supervision are unacceptable, even that such supervision viol...
prisoners when they went into the courtroom resulting in the death of the judge, the main perpetrator and others (CACC Newsletter,...
that "prison is too good" for the likes of Bernardo (Whiteley, 1998). He needs to die, note these people, die painfully and slowly...
positive perspective on the war. Rescuing some of those prisoners-or at least trying-might do the trick. If we could get 50 or 60 ...
Gottredson and Hirschis Self-Control Theory contends that criminal behavior is perpetuated to meet the perpetrators own self-inter...
to be the case in areas that are extremely populated. In certain venues, this is not the case but rather, there is greater attenti...
brings up the question as to "What kind of society could justify locking up so many of its young men," who are the principle demo...
of ethnic minorities in the prison system in the modern era. In his work Stigma: Notes on the Management of Soiled Identity, Goff...
in the abuse at Abu Ghraib. Although attempts have been made to blame this abuse on "low-level personnel" at the facility rather ...