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treatment of prisoners at that particular time. As well as our usual prisoner survey, we also carried out structured interviews w...
population. The figure had been in line with a previous literature review which suggested that about 6 to 15% (1999, p.210) of peo...
because of their greater medical needs (Himelstein, 1993). A survey by the Rand Corporation found that longer jail terms cannot e...
venues, inclusive of Alcatraz in San Franciso Bay, California (86). The design of such facilities radically altered the advent of...
of those that opponents to the law point to as evidence its injustice. In 1995, Andrade was arrested for shoplifting $84 worth of ...
can symbolize aspects of society that a community would just as soon forget, such as prison inmates. When social ills as poverty,...
run by private enterprise and is not in direct control of the government. In many domains, private companies have taken advantage ...
(32%)" (Anonymous Drug War Facts: Prisoners, 2002; prison.htm). Another study indicates that, "As a result of increased prosecutio...
give a greater equality to those who do not have the political or economic power (Reiman, 2000). The role if position is im...
incarcerated for a drug offense accounted for the largest percentage of the total growth (59%), followed by public-order offenders...
truth that was eventually revealed. While we may argue he could have looked for the truth, rather than running from it, thereby sp...
authors have done this as well. The book and film Midnight Express shows that other countries are not like the more civilized nati...
Six articles related to various types of counseling are discussed in seventeen pages and include among others such methods as viol...
In ten pages this paper discusses incarcerated women in this overview of female prison inmate characteristics. Five sources are c...
In seven pages this paper assesses the commercial labor uses of prison inmates in terms of the hazards they may pose. Eight sourc...
the level of violence in mens prisons. The limited empirical research available suggested otherwise and the rules were changed to ...
on whether one is a consumer, or customer of a given business product, or whether one is an employee, and working within the syste...
prison although no threats have been made on her life. In other celebrity cases, Texas saw singer David Crosby of Crosby, Stills,...
headline: "High-Risk Sex Offenders Identified: Post Reporter, 2 Ridge Residents on List" (Sheppard, 1997, p. 37). On July 7, Mei...
of homosexual behaviour in male prisons is not something which necessarily reflects the sexual orientation of the participants in ...
In nine pages this research paper discusses John Howard's 18th century prison reform efforts. Five sources are cited in the bibli...
becomes the victim. By restricting the options and freedoms of the individual, control is thought to be maintained. The student ...
(ABC News, 2002). The national average daily cost of care, per prisoner, is $58.00 (Prewitt, 2002). The basic assumption behind ...
What could possibly be good about stress? It is a natural motivator as well as a barometer of life. If an individual lives each ...
"California Governor Pete Wilson proposed adding 2,900 correctional employees to the California Department of Corrections -- more ...
This paper concerns Marvin L. Anderson, who spent fifteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit. The writer discusses how ...
The question this paper discusses has to do with privatizing prisons. There are at least 100 across the United States. One author ...
The title reflects two essay written by two different authors. John Berger wrote the first one about art and images while Michael ...
Gottredson and Hirschis Self-Control Theory contends that criminal behavior is perpetuated to meet the perpetrators own self-inter...
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 ...