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in 2004 and 640,000 more children became infected (World Vision International, 2004). Too many victims are unable to access treatm...
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...
Kafka story in respect to Foucaults ideas. II. Foucaults Conception of Law First, it is important to note that Foucault was ...
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...
Rehabilitation is only one reason for punishment. Other reasons go to retribution, deterrence and social control. Prisons do provi...
eighty percent rate that is currently representative of juvenile re-arrest in this country, only sixty percent find their way back...
each town adopted their own ways of dealing with criminals (Meskell, 1999). Punishment was swift, nearly as soon as the crime had ...
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 ...
sex taking place-inclusive of rape-- and so, there is a greater chance of transmission. Its prevalence in prison has been supporte...
also appear to be constantly fueling the social problem of illegal drug use and drug-based criminal behaviors. In essence, the s...
There appear to be many attempts to alleviate the problems of overcrowding, each implemented by individual states and communities,...
Associated Press Article "Ala. ex-governor, fired CEO in prison". Comparing this article to accounts on the World Wide We...
Even within the segregated unit there is a hierarchy: "People charged with rape and other sex crimes will attack child sex predato...
sector in the form of assets and labor which provides the revenue which supports the consumption of households (Scott and Derrick,...
2008). When aboriginal women are imprisoned their families are left even more dysfunctional than before. Furthermore, reg...
under the Constitution as well as the U.S. Code. In Colorado, however, false imprisonment may be a misdemeanor or a felony, depen...
sentences imposed throughout the U.S., data from the Department of Justice indicates that recidivism rates are extremely high, as ...
sums up this code very well: Even if you do not feel tough enough to cope, act as if you are. Suffer in silence. Never admit you a...
13 counseling teams, comprised of a "psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, nurse and secretary" (Younkman, 2003). Each team h...
after which he cleans the room, which is his "job," apparently, in the prison (Myers, 2007). After that, he goes to the exercise r...
remain marginalized; when it comes to choice, few believe they have any options at all (Street, 2007). Street notes that whites, a...
them locked up securely; however, they also note there is a need "to stick with our philosophy of humanization" (Alvarez, 2005). T...
available through the work of the well known psychologist Phillip Zimbardo. During the 1970s, he conducted experiments with a mock...
Social Control theories are two in particular where crime, culture and identity intersect, the former of which asserts how everyon...