Free Essays on How Can Prison Violence Be Reduced

  1. Violence Gene and Its Genetic Roots

    matter upon violence and its genetic roots Violent behavior has always been part of human nature, with violence being the action of physically or mentally hurting another person. Although it might be less dominant in certain individuals, when it prevails in some of them the consequences can bring serious...

  2. Do Prisons Work

    America and Britain each have a higher prison population proportionally than any other country in the ‘civilized world’. If you include non-citizen prisoners in Israel (that means Palestinian and other terrorists convicted, suspected, or otherwise), it too gets bumped up to the higher rankings. Of...

  3. Revising Moynihan's Theory on Violence in the Black Community:   What Works in Reducing the Incidences of Violence in the Community?

    Revising Moynihan's Theory on Violence in the Black Community:  What Works in Reducing the Incidences of Violence in the Community? Abstract The world we live in is in a simple word; crazy. Parents strive to work harder and offer their children a better life, but in this, they seem to forget that...

  4. Prison Violence

    Violence within America’s correctional facilities has become an increasing problem within recent years. With the largest incarceration rate in the world, it is only expected that we face these problems. Unfortunately facing the problems of overpopulated and violent prisons is an overworked and outnumbered...

  5. Youth Violence

    Involved in youth violence? If not then people should know about it. It is a serious problem. This year's generation is our new future. In the past three decades youth violence has escalated dramatically, yet punishment hasn't been addressed fully. Murder is becoming a serious problem in the youth...

  6. Violence in America in the Late 1900's

    the most violent nations in the world. More than three-fourths of Americans are victims of some kind of violence during their lifetimes, and more than 90 percent will witness some kind of violence” (Lauer, R.H. & Lauer, J.C., 2008). We, as Americans, are subjected to some of the most violent entertainment...

  7. Can It Ever Be Moral to Cause the Death of Another Human Being?

    euthanasia, suicide, abortion, capital punishment and wars have been discussed by philosophers through the ages trying to establish if the taking of a life can be morally justified. Even though many people may have definite convictions such as opposing abortion under any circumstances, as they consider it...

  8. Are Prisons Reforming or not

    Are Prison Reforming or Not! In a world where political correctness often whitewashes the darker side of reality, we have soft alternatives for the bleak word "prison." We prefer "penitentiary" or "correctional facility," where "vocational training" and "social services" are provided. We even favor...

  9. Why Prisons Don Not Work

    Prison problems 2 Why Prisons do not Work Prisons should keep dangerous criminals off the streets and create a deterrent for committing a crime. The prison system has failed to do either. Originally, prisons were designed as holding facilities for people awaiting trial. This kept them off the...

  10. Soldiers and Prison?

    Soldiers and Prison? War is not the answer for the differences that countries have. War was created by humans to kill other humans and compete for a particular end. It is more of a political interest than that of the true meaning of democracy as our administration states. What happened on September...

  11. Prison Gangs. Paper

    CJMS 620 April 14, 2013 Paper #3-Prison Gangs There has been a main concern of gangs in correctional facilities. This trend has been common in prisons since 1960s, and continues to be a key problem over the years in corrections. In the year 1920, the amount of prison gangs was over 1300 in Chicago city...

  12. Private Prisons

    Private prisons to me should not be legal, everyone should have to go to state prisons like all other prisoners. Private prisons are more of a business instead of a facility for inmates just more people striking it rich instead of letting the money stay with the states that need the money not have it...

  13. Domestic Violence Problems in America

    Domestic Violence Problems in America, Germany, Mexico, Scotland, and Iran Jolisa Puente Domestic violence is a pattern of behavior which involves violence or abuse by one person in a domestic context against another, such as marriage or cohabitation. Domestic violence can take place...

  14. Non Violence the Most Potent Weapon

    the most potent weapon.” Is violence the answer? Is violence stronger than words? Can we obtain our goals by using violence and force? No, no, and no violence is not a strong weapon. Under many circumstances it can be very influential but it can never overcome nor can it surpass the strength of nonviolence...

  15. Prison Privitization CJUS 530

    1. Briefly summarize the history of private prisons in the United States and advise their current status and/or popularity. Private entities housing, transporting and caring for convicts have existed in North America prior to the inception of the United States. Records first indicate that prisoners...

  16. Us Prison Conditions 4-5 Pgs

    Prison conditions in the United States are horrid. Prisoners suffer above and beyond their sentence by living in such conditions. This being said, many Americans are left wondering, would better or worst prison conditions help the United States? The answer to this question is a much debated one between...

  17. Healthcare in Canadian Prisons

    Healthcare in Canadian Prisons According to a 2008 Census, there are approximately 31,612,897 people occupying the country Canada. Keeping this in mind, for every 100,000 people, 131 of these citizens are incarcerated. This means there are roughly 31 to 32,000 prisoners of this country. There are 192...

  18. Stanford Prison Experiment

    Psychology – Introduction The Stanford Prison Experiment was a study of the behaviour of people when told they are to play a role, and how it psychologically affected them. The study was led by professor of psychology Dr. Phillip Zimbardo at Stanford University. It was funded by the U.S. Office of...

  19. Prison Conditions

    Environment in the Slammer In the movies prisons are depicted two ways. They are either grossly overcrowded, or a clean utopia where criminals go for a break or vacation. Although the public does not want prison to be a pleasant experience, they also ...

  20. Security Cameras: Keeping an Eye on Violence

    an Eye on Violence In today's society, violence is not only a problem, but a major concern. We tend to overlook the role that violence is playing in our schools, and how it is affecting the students learning experience. Many schools throughout the United States are surrounded with violence and crime...

  21. Teen Rebellion- Violence on College Campuses

    Rebellion- Violence on College Campuses   In every generation, there have been many advances in technology, culture, and the ways people perceive social issues. Teenage rebellion seems to have never outgrown itself. Generation after generation teens seem to go through stages of violence, ultimately...

  22. Crime and Violence in America

    Crime and Violence in Society The concept of deviance in sociology is a broad one, encompassing many forms of behavior, legal and illegal, ordinary and unusual. Crime is one form of deviance, specifically, behavior that violates specific criminal laws. School violence, shootings in the workplace...

  23. School Violence

    Rebecca Martin May 5, 2013 Research Paper School Violence There are approximately eighty-five thousand public schools in the United States. The annual crime rate of these schools is estimated to be more than three million a year. About forty thousand students and eight thousand teachers...

  24. Introduction to School Violence

    SCHOOL VIOLENCE INTRODUCTION: ”Those who get lost on the way to school Will never find their way through life” This is a famous quote about the school life. It is considered to be...

  25. Can Guns Be Controlled?

    Can Guns be Controlled? Weapons have been around since the beginning of civilization. They have been used for various means. Weapons became more advanced with the introduction of the gun. This weapon can be considered one of the deadliest of all weapons. Guns are used in both good acts and bad. They...

  26. Men, Media, Sex and How They Use Women to Their Benefit

    Men, Media, Sex and How They Use Women to Their Benefit The familiar cliché that men are from Mars and women are from Venus proves to be a good portrayal of the significant difference between the male and female genders. In the case of males, this phrase correctly shows that men behave much more...

  27. psychology questions

    armed forces, prisons). Much of the research on models of institutional aggression has been done in prison environments. The importation model suggests that inmates in prison bring their social histories and traits into prison with them. This influences their adaptation into the prison environment. People...

  28. Does Virtual World Violence Create Real-World Violence?

    Does Virtual World Violence Create Real-World Violence? Adolescent Psychology and Delinquent Behaviour. PSYC 350 INTRODUCTION Video games have become increasingly more violent than ever before in their entire existence. This has become a cause for concern...

  29. The Safe Prisons Communications Act Fails to Address Prison Communications

    THE SAFE PRISONS COMMUNICATIONS ACT FAILS TO ADDRESS PRISON COMMUNICATIONS Cell phones smuggled into federal and state prisons are considered a top security threat to public safety. Contraband cell phones, often smuggled in by corrupt prison guards and family visitors, are used by criminals for activities...

  30. A controversial issue: The legalization of marijuana

    in the United States is unnecessary due to the fact that the crime would be reduced if the ban was lifted and its results are proved to be better than those of prescribed drugs. Taxes on other products would also be reduced. I will be arguing the pro-legalization position because I believe the benefits...

  31. Prison overcrowding

     PRISON OVERCROWDING Julissa Bautista Bryant Stratton College CRJU105 Corrections- M. Sullivan Date: 3/2/2015 The United States is considered to have the highest incarceration rate in the world holding roughly millions people and the overcrowding of the inmates...

  32. The Biography of Malcolm X: Non- Violence

    X: Non- Violence Malcolm X, throughout his life, was one of the most influential, and quite possibly the most effective, civil rights activists of the twentieth century. Furthermore, “The Biography of Malcolm X (as told to Alex Haley)” revealed that Malcolm X did not preach violence. He did...

  33. The Impact of and Motivation for the Practice of  Capital Punishment in the United States

    people and their political dissidents. If the state is violent, its people will be inclined to accept violence as a solution to social problems, In this context, it becomes apparent that the prison, in general, might not be so much a "corrections" system as a profitable punishing machine, whatever the...

  34. Gangs in Prison

    More and more each year we hear about how ridiculous and barbaric prisons are in America due to the increasing amount of gangs. Gangs in prison are distinguished by race, ethnicity, where you were born at and even body size. Gangs are so wide spread through prisons primarily for protection against other...

  35. Prisons for Profit = Overcrowding

    PRISONS FOR PROFIT = OVERCROWDING? Whilst reading the Morning Star today (Wednesday 25th September) I was drawn to an article by Dave Williams with the headline, "Packed US jails mean privateer profits". Now of course as an individual and a member of a union absolutely opposed to the privatisation...

  36. Alternatives to Prison for Non Violent Drug Offenders

    Alternatives to Prison for Non Violent Drug Offenders: Outline I. Maryland has one of the leading epidemics in the incarceration of non violent drug offenders and on any one day Maryland can have over 28,000 inmates, but only 15 percent of them are there for felonies and the remaining 85 percent...

  37. Prison Litigation

    The Prison Litigation Reform Act: Answer to Frivolous Prison Lawsuits? \ Table of Contents Introduction Pg. 3 PRLA Pg. 4 PRLA and the Effects on Prison Lawsuits Pg. 7 Current Lawsuit Trends Pg. 10 Summary and Conclusion Pg. 12 References Pg. 14 ...

  38. Discuss How a Director Has Employed Techniques to Support Central Ideas

    ‘Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.’ This was the tagline for ‘The Shawshank Redemption,’ a film directed by Frank Darabont. Despite being Darabont’s first and debut film, it is ranked amongst the greatest movies of all times. Released in 1994 by Columbia Castle Rocks, it contains harsh...

  39. Assess the Reliability of Crime Statistics

    crime in Britain annually. The term ‘official statistics’ normally refers to data collected by the state and its agencies. The research methods used can be both quantitative and qualitative. There are two primary sources of data used in order to assist the general public in learning about the extent of...

  40. Article Critique

    resilience (Patterson, 2002). Resilience is a ‘contextually specific and culturally biased construct’ because social and culture factors influence how we determine good and bad outcomes (Steller,nd). The main point the author of the article is making is that without resilience a family or individuals...

  41. Clockwork Orange

    Consider the Claim that Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange is a coming-of-age narrative Reflecting a dark totalitarian State, and regular youth driven to violence, A Clockwork Orange was written. Burgess introduces us to an antihero criminal whose motives are hard to comprehend. Without shielding himself behind...

  42. ‘ Study of Uk Legislation Impacting on Domestic Violence from 1976 to 2006.

    Domestic Violence: Social Policy and Social Change. Domestic violence is a complex social problem that has been present for centuries but has been seen as a private family matter, kept behind closed doors and ignored. In the past it was legitimate for a man to use any means to control his wife including...

  43. War on Drugs

    In the Rolling Stones article, “How America lost the war on drugs”, by contributing editor Ben Wallace-Wells, it clarifies exactly what the title of the article states of how America is fighting the war on drugs in the U.S. and losing that fight. Since the Nixon administration the U.S. has been pouring...

  44. Violence

    Starting TVs popularity, the violence in children and teens with access to television has increased significantly. Some researchers of the topic shown that watching television plays a huge role on youth violence, while research has proved other risk factors that do have a part in such violent behavior;...

  45. Psychology and Sports

    weakness," says Stevens. "There are many athletes who lead successful lives off the court or field, but we also find that other athletes don't know how to differentiate between behavior on the field and behavior in the real world." The appeal of professional sports and the National Football League (NFL)...

  46. Annual Editions Paper

    exchange for Siri; she had an excellent job waiting for her. Her family made about $2,000 in one year-they were poor rice farmers. Siri is an example of how vulnerable young women are taken advantage of easily. They lack the knowledge to not fall prey to these traps. Siri was only 14 years old when she was...

  47. Crime Rate

    has a lower robbery rate that that of both Centervale and Alabama. When looking for a new place to locate its always a great decision to check out how a city, county, suburb, or state hold up against that of other similar places when it comes to crime. No one wants to live in a place where they are...

  48. Marijuana Legalzation

    have only gotten higher since then. Legalizing marijuana would also allow us to reintroduce hemp into our society, which would allow more revenue. Hemp can be used in the creation of paper, textiles, fuel, and food. Hemp is a natural renewable resource and also enriches the soil and requires little maintenance...

  49. Should We Legalize All Mind Changing Drugs?

    The next year, a federal program was set up for addicts that provided violators the option of receiving treatment for drug addiction instead of a prison sentence in the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966 (U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA], 2005). In 1970, the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention...

  50. Issue with Legalizing Marijuana

    flowering tops of the Indian hemp plant Cannabis, it can be smoked or eaten. Marijuana use was used in the 1800’s as an energy booster. Marijuana is an illegal drug, though it is legal in some countries. Marijuana should be legalized for adults use because they can make the wise choice as to when they had enough...

  51. Depression, Drugs, and Rock N' Roll: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Programs in Prisons

    and Rock n’ Roll Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment Programs in Prisons Abstract This paper explores four credible and published books written to explain and inform the nation about the harsh realities of prison life, along with numerous amounts of topics relating to reformation and treatment...

  52. Frank's Research

    or demands long hours at work, and focus our efforts on investing less time in the job and more time in one’s couple and family relationships. Violence, Criminal Victimization, and Fear Violent and abusive behavior continues to be a major cause of death, injury, and stress and fear in our country...

  53. Mind Reading

    or program our dreams, to learn new skills direct from the minds of experts, or to communicate with loved ones purely by thinking. If the technology can be miniaturized and the computing power made available, real-time recording of brain function could become a routine aspect of everyday life, perhaps...

  54. Prisons in America

    Prisons in America By Jesse Pinzon D.F.Jochims ENC 1101-30067 July 22, 2013 Research Paper Pinzon 1 Jesse A. Pinzon D.F.Jochims ENC 1101-30067 July 22, 2013 Prisons in America The development of the prisons in America has had and continues to have a huge impact on the American country. These...

  55. The Link Between Drugs and Crime

    The Correlation between Crime and Drugs Abstract This paper discuses the social problems of drugs and crime and how they are related to one another. It also offers statistical proof of their correlation. It defines drug-defined crimes and drug-related crimes. It debates whether...

  56. it is a very good one

    and cybersecurity based in government installed software vulnerabilities, loopholes, and backdoors; SECTION 3: PROVISIONS: (1) The government can no longer, under FISA section 702, collect domestic metadata; (2) NSA PRISM surveillance should only be conducted when the government is 75% certain...

  57. Is It Time to Legalize Drugs

    history in a number of cultures” (Rachal 2007). Violence and crime in the United States is a major problem stemmed from drugs is a big problem. Drugs are the major cause for imprisonment in the United States as well and the only way to reduce violence therefore is to legalize drugs. If drugs...

  58. How Women Got the Vote

    sent to prison. These outrageous ways, showed how serious the Suffragettes were in gaining the vote. This is demonstrated by the Cat and Mouse Act (1913), where they would protest in prison by starving themselves and being temporally realised to improve health. They would be returned back to prison for the...

  59. Violence or Witness

    Violence or witness to a serious act of violence is one of the keys to the cause of a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, that seems to haunt people more than a nightmare. PTSD' victims that could range from any age or sex are often negatively influenced by a drastic or horrific event that has occurred...

  60. CJA 234 Uop courses/Uophelp

    Course For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com CJA 234 Week 1 Individual Assignment: Prison Comparison Contrast Paper CJA 234 Week 2 Individual Assignment: Federal Prison Comparison CJA 234 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment: Correctional History Q&A Response CJA 234 Week 3 Learning...