Prion

In 2014, there were 131,261 prisoners housed in private, for-profit prisons in the United States, which constitutes 8.4% of the overall U.S. prison population (Carson 13). A private prison incarcerates individuals using a third party company that is contracted by a government agency. The company is paid monthly based on the amount of prisoners in the facility or for each space available, whether occupied or not. The shift from public to private prisons was not instantaneous; two major factors…

In the early 1990’s, negative perceptions of the prison system brought about the “Nothing Works” doctrine, which argued that rehabilitation programs are a waste of the public’s time and money when concerning criminal behavior. Therefore, the Nothing-Works doctrine was the beginning, and brought about the truth-in-sentencing laws that were enacted to reduce the possibility of early release from prison. The primary goal of the truth-in-sentencing laws was focused on retribution and was implemented…

The entire book by Michelle Brown is directed towards a very distinct population. This book looks at different aspects of prison, but the main emphasis is on those who have no direct contact to prisons, but have influence over their policies. This books focus is to get the attention of the people, the large population that only sees prison life from a far and those who do not even consider it, and make the realize what is going on in our country. This idea is explained as social distance, it is…

Is essential for police officers to receive the appropriate training to deal with citizens in order to avoid the occurrence of police brutality. An enforcer of the law must use discretion on the appropriate amount of force considering the actuality and situation at hand. Police officers encounter an extremely threatening, hazardous, and dangerous environment on a daily basis, so they must always be prepared with the appropriate and proper training for unexpected situations. Without the proper…

Mental illness has been increasing in prions and jails in the past decade, as shown by, "more than half of all prison and jail inmates have a mental health problem compared with 11 percent of the general population".(Anasseril) The problem is they are not receiving the help necessary to achieve a normalized life. "Yet only one in three prison inmates and one in six jail inmates receive any form of mental health treatment." (Anasseril) . This illustrates that point that an abundance of the…

At this moment thousands of animals are locked inside tiny cages in laboratories across the country. They are constantly feeling pain, loneliness, and fear of the test these scientists are performing on them. "Information from the Office of Technology Assessment estimated between 17 and 23 million animals are used in research each year" (Why Are Animals Necessary in Biomedical Research). Animal testing has been a controversial issue for several years and is debated whether it is right or wrong.…

what is a crime? What age should children tried as adults? the Crime is an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law. The young people should not be tried as adults under age 21 only .If the child is age 14 or older at this time. He or she begins at juvenile court with felony charge as adults. for example, a child killed his parents.he was a young boy his name Daniel. He killed their parents when he was 14 years old. The…

Because many prions has, tools such as survey’s and statutes has been based off of the care than men need and not the care to what women may need to determine someone’s risk for committing another crime and where they should be housed in the prison facility (Smykla,…

A death penalty is “the sentence of execution for murder and some other capital crimes” (http://definitions.uslegal.com/) In Texas, the earliest forms of capital punishment presented themselves in the forms of hanging and electrocution. The practice of hanging lasted all the way until 1890, at which time the electric chair started to become the preferred method. The earliest forms of execution, hanging and the electric chair, were eventually eliminated because of the inherently barbaric nature…

Money laundering can be a complex process that involves three different stages, the first being Placement, which in loves physically placing illegally obtained money into the financial system or retail economy. Money is most exposed to detection and seizure during the placement stage. Another stage of money laundering consist of Layering which involves separating the illegally obtained money from criminal source by providing a series of transactions trail to make it difficult to trace money to…