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    These women were to associate with British soldiers only. They were registered by the Cantonment Magistrate and were given tickets of license. They were sent to the prison hospitals (Lock Hospitals) against their will and were tested to trace any diseases that were likely to spread to the soldiers. Brothel keeping was looked upon as a source of govt. revenue. Brothel Keepers (Bandhakiposaka) had to pay a part of their…

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    Inmate Sexual Orientation

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    Types of Sexuality Based on the social dynamics of correctional facilities, some inmates have rationalized their sexual behaviors when incarcerated (Marcum 2014). In an attempt to acclimate and survive in a turbulent, violent environment, some inmates have adopted a new (social) role (Blackburn, Fowler, and Mullings 2014). Sexual orientation is one aspect that has been documented to be rather fluid among inmates once they have adjusted to the prison lifestyle (Hensley, Tewksbury, and Wright…

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    Raised in a single parent household with three older brothers was quite amazing and challenging. When it came to exposure to the human sexuality life, I wasn’t sent to the room when she was talking to my older brothers about that part of life. With my mother being one of the Health Nurses at the STD clinic, she enlighten us, on how important is to stay away from the whole activity and what it can lead to. As we started to get a little older, to really understand the religious background of…

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    Old Enough I believe sex education should be taught starting in the fifth grade in order to help prevent or reduce early sexual promiscuity and child sexual abuse, to avoid incidents of pregnancies and diseases, and to discourage intolerance of sexual minorities. All of these issues are associated with mental and physical health complications as well as socioeconomic complexities that are essential knowledge to achieve levels of civic effectiveness that this nation requires of its citizens.…

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    her father, José Rivera early in life and became an orphan at three years old when her mother committed suicide by ingesting rat poison. Rivera was then raised by her grandmother, who did not agree with her behavior and fretted her femininity and sexuality and often beat her for being a “trouble maker” . At the age of 10, Sylvia left her grandmother and her neighborhood to seek a new life on 42nd Street in Times Square. This is where the drag queens and boy hustlers performed sex work. Although…

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    Communications 111 Kendra Hietpas Informative Speech General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To tell my audience how Dorothea Lynde Dix’s prison reform impacted the world. Central Idea: Dorothea viewed this issue as a major problem with our society and took matters into her own hands to change it. INTRODUCTION Attention Getting Material I want everybody to close their eyes. Dark, cold, chains, starvation. Open your eyes. What you just imagined were the daily issues that mentally ill…

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    The issue of the death penalty and whether or not it is an efficient crime deterrent relates to economics because in order to truly answer the question, one must weigh both the marginal costs and benefits of this practice. Using economic analysis, one is able to gain a better understanding and look into the benefits and costs related to the death penalty, and ultimately are able to determine whether or not the death penalty is an efficient deterrent. When weighing the two different sides of…

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    to a lengthy prison sentence. From the arrest, to the trial, to the sentencing, your tax paying dollars are at work going towards what some call the never-ending cycle of the criminal justice system. Proposition 47, an attempt to reduce…

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    this second chance. However, according to the National Institute of Justice study performed in 2005 it tracked over 400, 000 prisoners in thirty states and found that within three years of their release 67.8 percent of those individuals returned to prison and jail (Durose, Matthew, & Cooper 2014).…

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    Introduction There is a significant problem with crime in the United States. Prison sentences are long, harsh and damaging to inmates and prison sentences do little to deter criminal behavior. Furthermore, a portion of criminals, in the prison environment, either enter the prison environment with a mental illness or they develop a mental illness while incarcerated (Steadman, Osher, Robbins, Case, & Samuels,2009). A significant way to reduce criminal behavior in the United States is to prevent…

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