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that the majority of women in prison are there for less violent crimes and that the majority may well be minorities. Interestingly...
fact, that although blacks represent only thirteen percent of our national population they represent some thirty percent of those ...
embracing an "enlightened, free society" (2000, p.212). It does seem somewhat archaic to simply round up and keep people behind ba...
controlled by government. Questions in respect to government involvement and authority loom large. However, questions are even mo...
treatment of prisoners at that particular time. As well as our usual prisoner survey, we also carried out structured interviews w...
one more campus for the University of California system (Malveaux, 2001,p.32). The prison building has disturbed the sensibilitie...
punishment.iv It was a close vote of 4 to 3, which means that not all justices on that court believed electrocution to be cruel an...
held in similar conditions of extreme confinement" (pp. 26). Abramsky details those numbers further by adding that, as of 2000, Te...
three types)? Control of the types of perspectives that are allowed into the cultures mainstream. They manipulate this so that the...
Seligman states that, "Perhaps 20,000 prisoners a year are getting out under early release programs....The criminal justice system...
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...
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,...
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...
Reiman seems much more forthright and confrontational than Kennedy.. Reiman points out that despite such things as the "three str...
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...
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...
(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...
each town adopted their own ways of dealing with criminals (Meskell, 1999). Punishment was swift, nearly as soon as the crime had ...
training" (Murphy, 2005, p. 23). As a prisoner, the author observed prison culture from the perspective of a participant. Various ...
be addressing morality, with little mention of religion, for morality must be accepted and embraced in society regardless of relig...
of psychological maladaptions. The "guards" took on sadistic tendencies and the "prisoners" showed extreme signs of stress and dep...