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Overview of Incarceration

to incarceration, and how effective those are as well. But before we begin, there are a few things we need to address...

Female Inmate Incarceration

effective. The differences which exist between men and women inmates in the prison system range from differences in need fo...

Drugs Decriminalization

In six pages this paper discusses how the U.S. war on drugs might be more successfully fought through drug rehabilitation rather t...

Chemist, Novelist, and Poet Primo Levi's Death Blamed on the Nazi Death Camp in Auschwitz

In five pages this paper discusses the impact of his incarceration in Auschwitz on Primo Levi which led to his 1987 suicide. Four...

21st Century Corrections Changes and the Criminal Justice System

confronting corrections in the 21st century are prison overcrowding, limited funds, and protecting society from criminals by impri...

Prison and Economics

In ten pages this paper examines the hefty price tag associated with incarceration and considers other economic options. Eight so...

From Prison Life to the Death of Malcolm X

This paper consists of ten pages and concentrates on the life of Malcolm X form his incarceration until his February 1965 assassin...

Drug Offenders and Treatment Alternatives

conclusion as to what is the best way of going about treating drug addicted offenders. The important question is: What is the bes...

Are Incarceration Alternatives Economically Feasible?

In a paper consisting of five pages the different types of incarceration of nonviolent criminals are discussed from a cost perspec...

Cost Effectiveness, Recidivism, and Standard Prison Settings v. Shock Incarceration Prison Camps

In twelve pages this paper assesses these two alternatives on the basis of recidivism and cost effectiveness with trends apparentl...

U.S. Southwest Prison System

This paper consists of eight pages and examines the problems associated with the Southwest's system of incarceration. Six sources...

Revolving Door Effect of the American Penal System and Recidivism

In fourteen pages this paper discuses the problems of recidivism in the U.S. system of correction with various models for sentenci...

Juvenile Delinquency Assessment

In four pages the use of government funds in the treatment and prevention of juvenile delinquency is assessed in order to determin...

Juvenile Crime and Programs of Shock Incarceration and Boot Camps

on the fact that other states are closing their boot camps for lack of funds and poor success rates, Nunnlee commented "at this po...

Citizenship Concept

for certain jobs. Many very well educated immigrants (doctors, teachers) found themselves working as general laborers because they...

Family and Incarceration

on more than one occasion. As of the year 2000, there were approximately 2 million people incarcerated in the United States, and ...

Punishment for Crime in the U.S. China, Germany, and Israel

Israels rehabilitative methods, a turn toward changing attitudes fostered in great part by public opinion and public policy. Whil...

Incarceration v. Rehabilitation in the U.S.

it is society that is benefitted and that is really all that counts. While that position is popular among hard line conservatives,...

Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Offenders to Adult Offenders

see needs that should be filled. Barber has been in the justice system for many years and she finally began to realize that many o...

Children, Guantanamo Bay and the Violation of Human Rights

As seems to be the case with most, if not all, of the other prisoners in Gautanamo Bay the children have not...

Overcrowding in US Jails, Prisons

This essay offers an argument that it is a moral and ethical outrage that overcrowding in the nation's jails and prisons has been ...

National Rates of Incarceration

(Jerin, no date). Retraining criminals to become positive, contributing members of society has always proven to be a challe...

Guilt Innocence Justice

Our criminal justice system has been established to determine the guilt or innocence of those accused of a crime and to punish tho...

Probation: Questioning the Effectiveness

is a finely tuned balancing act. Many think of the corrections process as being fairly straightforward: if someone commits a crime...

Court-Ordered Rehabilitation

is drug use after program completion (or release from incarceration). Method The research design to be used in this project ca...

Correctional Programs/Juveniles

decade research has repeatedly shown that placing juveniles in community-based programs, rather than incarcerating them in institu...

Mass Incarceration

This research paper pertains to the mass incarceration and highlights the fact that New York City has reduced in jail population. ...

Problem of Mass Incarceration

This research paper discusses the problem of mass incarceration and how it should be addressed. This paper is associated with powe...

The Treatment of Criminals for the Protection of Society

treated (Hare, 1993). They basically do not believe they have a problem. In most cases, people seek treatment because they want to...

Incarceration v. Rehabilitation in the Drug Abuse Issue

The view that incarceration is not the solution for drug abuse is supported by a wide cross-section of our population. Author Jam...