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Did Bradwyn Intend to Escape?

he were tidying up and cleaning his cell, it is unlikely that he would strew items about. Rather, it is quite likely that he woul...

Law Enforcement, Prison Overcrowding and Privatization :

While the region was relatively rural and it ultimately existed on the outskirts of the county, with many dirt roads and limited a...

The Problem of Sexual Predators

these miscreants. However, it is often the case that the punishment is not enough. Sexual predators-until more credible research i...

America's First Prisons

This paper examines the very first prisons in America, and discusses the drastic differences between early and modern prison facil...

Should We Privatize Enforcement

The question this paper discusses has to do with privatizing prisons. There are at least 100 across the United States. One author ...

Overcrowding in Prisons

This essay pertains to overcrowding in America's prisons and the injustices associated with prison labor. Recommendations are offe...

Life or Death and Cost Effectiveness

This research paper adresses the fact thaty it is far more costly to house and feed criminals for life than it is to sentence them...

States of Illinois and Texas and Their Political Structures

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the political structures of Illinois and Texas. Six sources are cited in the bibl...

Inmate Luxuries and U.S. Prison System Problems

nature. Many of my friends inflict a common punishment on their young children of not allowing them to watch television for a cer...

Comparative Analysis of American and Swedish Prisons

This paper consists of thirteen pages and contrasts and compares the prisons in the United States and Sweden in terms of their sim...

Health Care in California Prisons

health problems than the general population," meaning that health care is a priority even before the individual enters the facilit...

Prison Riots

people were injured (James, 2009). The suspected cause racial tensions between Blacks and Hispanic inmates. More than two decades...

Overview of Texas State Politics

era, 2006). Texas finally became a state in 1845, and then seceded only 16 years later, in 1861 (Unionism, 2001). The Civil War ...

Recidivism and Prisons

prisoners at Guantanamo is allowed to sit outside in the sun and interact with other prisoners through a chain-link fence for four...

Overcrowding in Florida Prisons

properly! In 1968, the Nixon administration declared a "war" on illicit drug use and by 1972, the prison populations experienced...

Evaluating the Fairness of Megan's Law

headline: "High-Risk Sex Offenders Identified: Post Reporter, 2 Ridge Residents on List" (Sheppard, 1997, p. 37). On July 7, Mei...

A US Prison Reform History

"prisons" from where people never emerged; the most famous being the Bastille of Paris, France, scene of the French Revolution. Th...

Prison Overcrowding

judges who rule that jails are overcrowded create a situation there the county or jurisdiction must act quickly. Overcrowding is q...

Prison Society and Culture

considered weak and pathetic. In particular, those who are pedophiles stand a very real chance of being killed, maimed, raped and ...

Life in Prison from the Inside

are not always paragons of virtue; they may use methods of unfair intimidation against certain inmates while allowing the actions ...

Which Punishment is Best

alarming rate. Although the crime rate in general has dropped, there is little evidence to show a direct causal relationship betwe...

The Purpose of Prison is Punishment

This paper argues that the purpose of prison is punishment. Although some offenders go through the system and are rehabilitated, t...

Sports Betting: Tie-In To The Lottery For Boosting States' Educational Coffers

for students who could not afford their own passage through college. "What foundation is this from?" asked Lance, quite stunned a...

Aboriginal Women in Australian Prisons

2008). When aboriginal women are imprisoned their families are left even more dysfunctional than before. Furthermore, reg...

Drug Offenders and Modern Day Prisons

incarcerated for a drug offense accounted for the largest percentage of the total growth (59%), followed by public-order offenders...

Nongovernmental Organizations and Their Influence

and the World Wildlife Fund. As well as influencing states and bring change or helping people the NGOs also may seek to influence ...

Race and the Prison System

racial profiling and how it is often the minorities who are sentenced more often and for longer amounts of time than their white c...

19th Century Boston, Crime, and Punishment

in ideology about punishment, there is often changes in types of crimes committed. The most common reason for arrests in the 1800...

Female Sex Offenders and the Prison Environment

the number of suspected incidents of child abuse and neglect topped 1.9 million cases; by 1994, over 3.1 million children were rep...

Overview of R.E.T.

In eleven pages Rational Emotive Therapy is presented in an overview that considers its prison system applicability. Seven source...