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    RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SYSTEM Manjot Kaur 300254241 CRIMINOLOGY 1100-050 Professor Rusty Antonuk Nov15, 2017 Douglas College Restorative comes from the Latin word “Restaurare”, which means to restore . Restorative Justice system is based on the concept of bringing back together , the victim , the offender as well as the community , to repair the damage caused by the crime . This damage can be sociological , physical , emotional , financial , or psychological . Moreover, the Restorative…

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    often the actual design of a prison was based off of budgetary concern rather than actual sound penal theory. During the early twentieth century guards were not trained, and basked in the use of their unlimited authority. For instance, even though the Elmira Reformatory was thought to be humane at the time, the guards and staff used their authority to instill fear in the inmates of potential severe corporal punishments. Further in time the Glueck’s stated that the thought of the reformatory…

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    Gang Leader For A day by Sudhir Venkatesh `Zi’Asia Y. Richardson Elmira College In Sudhir Venkatesh’s novel “Gang Leader For A Leader”, he wrote about his journey learning about the way that the underground economy worked in the projects. Venkatesh novel focused on blaming the economy for the increased gang activity and poverty rates. He argues that the capitalist system caused those who lived in the projects to turn to corrupt and illegal activities to make ends meet.…

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    Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, was a popular public figure and one of America’s best and most beloved humorist novelist (Katz). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was a novel that has caused much controversy throughout society and is one of the books banned from classrooms or libraries in this country; yet, it has been on required high school reading lists for quite some time (Shmoop). Mark Twain implemented symbolism, allegory, and racism into writing The Adventures of…

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    Edgar Allan Poe is revered as one of the most astounding poets to ever live. Poe is still referenced has references to his more popular tales in the current culture. Examples of this are the classic Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode in which they parodied The Raven, R.L. Stine made a story based off The Black Cat. While he is largely remembered for The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Raven, Poe wrote around 80 stories and poems all together. While he is a celebrated poet,…

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    Essay On Boxing Culture

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    “The Culture that drives the people” In 1908, during the reign of many Boxing greats, the world’s first black heavy weight champion became Jack Johnson; He fought in many challenging (Chitterling) circuits in order to prove himself. It is believed that this ‘Jail house style of boxing’ was formulated during his boxing matches or surfaced during the Ragtime, Dixieland and the Blues era and no later than the Swing and Jazzy Bebop-hip culture of the 40’s and 50’s. Music has always been the…

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    Trang Tran trang.tran@asu.edu Final Paper I was thinking so hard to find a leader person who has big impact on me. When I look back and ask myself what influences me the most, my answer is book. I read a lot of books, most of them are non-fiction and science books. My two favorite authors are Malcolm Gladwell and Ryan Holidays. But for this final paper, I will write about Malcolm Gladwell, the New Yorker writer and best-seller author, his books have big influence on me. He is the one who…

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    Restorative Justice is a theory of justice that emphasizes repairing the harm caused by inappropriate behavior. It began in the criminal system, but this paper looks at how Restorative Justice can be implemented in a K-8 school setting. In school settings, Restorative Justice gives students a model of managing conflict implicitly rather than having conflict managed explicitly for them by adults. It empowers students with the skills needed to solve their own conflicts on their own or in small…

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    delinquency. A program for three to four year old called, The High Scope Perry Preschool Project, focuses on the risk of school failure. This program showed several benefits especially preventing arrests later in life. Another early prevention called, The Elmira Prenatal/ Early Infancy Project, was where nurses were sent to the homes of low socioeconomic women who were unmarried. These visits lasted until the second year after the child’s birth. The time the child turned fifteen there was a…

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    Policy Title: Nurse Family Partnership The Policy’s Goals: The Nurse Family Partnership established for low income first time mothers who will receive empowerment and support through an assigned nurse. A nurse will be assigned to a young woman who are in the categories of low income and unmarried. These nurses will provide guidance and support to these soon to be young mothers during pregnancy up to the two years of a child’s life. Nurse will provide education to young mothers around positive…

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