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Economics of Crime Problems and Solutions

because of their greater medical needs (Himelstein, 1993). A survey by the Rand Corporation found that longer jail terms cannot e...

Penal System and Mental Illness

population. The figure had been in line with a previous literature review which suggested that about 6 to 15% (1999, p.210) of peo...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and its Relevance

authors have done this as well. The book and film Midnight Express shows that other countries are not like the more civilized nati...

Articles on Counseling Examined

Six articles related to various types of counseling are discussed in seventeen pages and include among others such methods as viol...

Profiles of Female Prison Inmates

In ten pages this paper discusses incarcerated women in this overview of female prison inmate characteristics. Five sources are c...

Eighteenth Century Social Reformer John Howard

In nine pages this research paper discusses John Howard's 18th century prison reform efforts. Five sources are cited in the bibli...

Prison System and Drug Programs

In ten pages prison systems and drug use are examined in a discussion of penal system drug addiction program implementation. Four...

Prison Labor Hazards

In seven pages this paper assesses the commercial labor uses of prison inmates in terms of the hazards they may pose. Eight sourc...

All Male Prisons and Preventing Female Guards from Working There

the level of violence in mens prisons. The limited empirical research available suggested otherwise and the rules were changed to ...

America's 'Super Maximum' Prison Security

held in similar conditions of extreme confinement" (pp. 26). Abramsky details those numbers further by adding that, as of 2000, Te...

Social Control Problems

three types)? Control of the types of perspectives that are allowed into the cultures mainstream. They manipulate this so that the...

Prison Privatization Argument

Seligman states that, "Perhaps 20,000 prisoners a year are getting out under early release programs....The criminal justice system...

Protecting Prisons from HIV and AIDS

becomes the victim. By restricting the options and freedoms of the individual, control is thought to be maintained. The student ...

Three Strikes Law in California

of those that opponents to the law point to as evidence its injustice. In 1995, Andrade was arrested for shoplifting $84 worth of ...

HIV Positive Assessment Findings Summarized

can symbolize aspects of society that a community would just as soon forget, such as prison inmates. When social ills as poverty,...

Prison Privatization

run by private enterprise and is not in direct control of the government. In many domains, private companies have taken advantage ...

Nonviolent Drug Offenders and Incarceration

(32%)" (Anonymous Drug War Facts: Prisoners, 2002; prison.htm). Another study indicates that, "As a result of increased prosecutio...

Criminal Justice System and the Importance of Societal Understanding

give a greater equality to those who do not have the political or economic power (Reiman, 2000). The role if position is im...

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...

Truth in Poetry

truth that was eventually revealed. While we may argue he could have looked for the truth, rather than running from it, thereby sp...

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...

John Coggeshall's 'Ladies Behind Bars'

of homosexual behaviour in male prisons is not something which necessarily reflects the sexual orientation of the participants in ...

Prison System of the State of Texas

prison although no threats have been made on her life. In other celebrity cases, Texas saw singer David Crosby of Crosby, Stills,...

Differences between the Genders, Prison Experience

This research paper addresses the differences in the ways that men and women experience prison, as well as the legislation impleme...

Penal Injustices and Morality Theory

This paper contends the US prison system is a moral hubris and deserved of significant ethical reform. There are three sources in...

Irrational Acts in Law Enforcement

There were major scandals at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's laboratory. False, inaccurate, and misinformation were all part...

Ways to See and Panopticon

The title reflects two essay written by two different authors. John Berger wrote the first one about art and images while Michael ...

DNA Testing, Exoneration

This paper concerns Marvin L. Anderson, who spent fifteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit. The writer discusses how ...

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 ...