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Sex Offender Treatment Programs
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Sex Offender Rehabilitation: An Analytical Essay
Few topics cause as much emotional opinion as
sexual abuse and the treatment of the abusers. The
development of programs promoting therapeutic
changes in sex offenders can be negatively
affected by society's emotional responses to these
crimes. However, the power of these emotions
should not be used to condemn sex offenders as
monsters, but to fuel the will to search for
appropriate treatments. It is important to
understand that sex offenders can ...
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Joan Of Arc Mental Illness
2,191 words
Spirituality and Beliefs: Implications and Impact
on Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability
Introduction I wish to begin this paper by playing
a short piece of music composed by Richard Einhorn
and inspired by the life and writings of Joan of
Arc. At the age of 13 in 1425 this shepherd girl
from the village of Domremy in France began to
hear voices. At sixteen these voices were telling
her that she had been given a divine mission to
reunite France. It is said that she heard the
voice of God w...
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Physical Therapy Physical Therapists
792 words
The physical therapists of today do much more than
restore function to traumatized limbs. They work
with children to overcome crippling birth defects
and with stroke victims to restore movement and
independent living. For post-operative patients,
they are the link in the health care team that
speeds successful recovery Physical therapists
prevent and treat athletic injuries, teach special
exercises and body mechanics to ease low back pain
and plan treatment programs to reduce pain and
improve mo...
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Legalization Of Drugs Legalization Of Marijuana
793 words
Many feel today we are loosing the war on drugs.
When a battle goes to the point where there is no
winner there needs to be a re-evaluation of how to
solve the problem. In the case of the war against
drugs, years of fighting have caused increased
crime, overcrowding of prisons and the wasted use
of money and resources with no results. It is now
time to look at alternative methods to solving the
nation's drug problem. I will be looking at one of
these methods that deals with the legalization of
m...
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Option For Society Ankle Brace People
666 words
There are many people who are critical of the USs
prison system; the idea of locking up those who
commit crimes against a society simply to keep
them from doing harm. Many say that more
rehabilitation is necessary to improve these
individuals and, therefore, society as a whole.
What are some ways of doing this? Do you agree /
disagree with this view and why? Is the prison
system currently in place the best option for
society? 2 pages, double spaced, 12 pt. font. You
can lead a horse to water, bu...
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2 3 Million Juvenile Offenders
611 words
Why would our government try to hurt kids? Well,
kids are being hurt right now. In America, rather
than rehabilitation, punishment is being
emphasized for juveniles who commit violent
crimes. This way of thinking must stop with the
addition of rehabilitation and prevention programs
for juvenile offenders. The FBI reported that the
5 % of juvenile youths sent to adult prisons were
eight times as likely to commit suicide. It has
also been evident that those kids incarcerated
with adults are also m...
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California Proposition 184 Three Strikes And Out
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Last year in California voters approved a
controversial ballot initiative. Proposition 184,
also known as the three strikes and you " re out
law, was passed on November 9, 1994. Under this
new legislation repeat offenders, upon committing
their third felony offense, will be sentenced to a
mandatory twenty-five years to life in prison
(California 667). The initiative passed by a
landslide, with 76 % of the voters in favor of it.
The State Senate soon after voted the bill into
law, with only seven...
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Prison Overcrowding Repeat Offenders
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Imagine being cramped into a small room with
barely enough space for two, where you and five
others are squeezed in. The smell of sweat and
urine wreaks havoc on your nose. Every time you
try to move you touch the person next to you. You
have no space to stretch. The air is heavy and hot
from all the body heat. To make things worse you
cant leave the room for another twenty four hours.
How much longer can this last? you think to
yourself. Then you remember you still have six
years left before yo...
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Information Symptoms And Treatment Of Schizophrenia
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... es have limited value for acutely psychotic
patients (those who are out of touch with reality
or have prominent hallucinations or delusions),
they may be useful for patients with less severe
symptoms or for patients whose psychotic symptoms
are under control. Numerous forms of psychosocial
therapy are available for people with
schizophrenia, and most focus on improving the
patients social functioning whether in the
hospital or community, at home, or on the job.
Some of these approaches are d...
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Members Of Society Alfred Adler
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Crime is a serious issue that affects everyone in
society. It affects the victims, perpetrators and
their families. Crime has increased drastically
within the last decade. More prisons are being
built around the world because there is not enough
room to hold inmates. The government has made an
attempt to reduce crime by funding programs such
as prevention and intervention for youth at risk,
as well as rehabilitation for prisoners that will
be released. Some argue that criminal behavior is
due to...
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A Comprehensive Look At Knee Injuries In Sports
758 words
The knee is a complex joint. There are many
different injuries that can occur during sports.
The most predominant type of injuries to the knee
are those done to the Meniscus and the ligaments.
There are two areas of ligaments that are commonly
affected; the Cruciate ligaments and the
Collateral ligaments. Within the Cruciate
ligaments there are posterior and anterior
injuries, and within the Collateral ligaments
there are medial and lateral injuries. It is very
important that these injuries be t...
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National Football League Illegal Drugs
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Drugs: Hurt Players and Sports Michael Stock
Professor Rudolph English 101 15 November 1996
Brett Favre, Diego Maradona, and Darryl Strawberry
are all big name sport stars. They all play
different sports, but all have the same problem:
they tested positive for using illegal drugs.
Cocaine, anabolic steroids, and painkillers are
just a sample of drugs found in sports. Cocaine is
described this way, ? It makes you feel like you
can do anything, and for athletes who long to be
in control all the ti...
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Past Few Years Drug Addicts
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AMSTERDAM: FACTS AND FIGURES 13. Drugs The
Amsterdam policy on drugs is a purely pragmatic
one. The capital has a population of more than
700, 000, including approximately 6, 200 hard drug
users. The policy is mainly focused on
discouraging the use of hard drugs and combating
the drug trade. In addition, every effort is made
to restrict the risks run by addicts themselves
and the drug-related problems they confront the
rest of society with. In the Amsterdam policy on
drugs, a distinction is draw...
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Pursuit Of Happiness Declaration Of Independence
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For Better or Worse? America has been plagued with
drug problems for years, and in recent years it
isn t proving to get much better. Society has been
left to deal with the pain, fear, terror, and
crime that the drug world has brought upon us.
Many believe that America s problems with drugs,
crime, and the drug trade economy could be easily
decreased if America turned to the legalization of
illicit drugs. If someone chooses to kill
themselves with drugs let them. In the 1920 s,
alcohol was made i...
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Prison Inmates Differential Association
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Prison inmates, are some of the most? maladjusted?
people in society. Most of the inmates have had
too little discipline or too much, come from
broken homes, and have no self-esteem. They are
very insecure and are? at war with themselves as
well as with society? (Szumski 20). Most inmates
did not learn moral values or learn to follow
everyday norms. Also, when most lawbreakers are
labeled criminals they enter the phase of
secondary deviance. They will admit they are
criminals or believe it when ...
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Skills Work Received
512 words
As a young black teenage male, Isa Santiago, was
incarcerated for five years, with federal
convictions for, carrying a controlled substance-
narcotics and having unregistered firearms and
ammunition, classified as 924 C. He believes that
incarceration can be beneficially to individuals
who seek rehabilitation. He continues to explain
his dilemma could have been more severe, or
perhaps if he hadn t been arrested and convicted,
he would have been dead. Isa persuades me to
believe that this form of...
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Drug Addict Treatment Centers
337 words
In order to solve a problem, the cause must be
understood. This is why drug treatment is the
right and only approach to to the drug problem in
the U. S. There are many factors that lead to an
addiction, whether they are socioeconomic and
environmental situations, an act of rebellion, or
used as an escape, millions of people turn to
drugs. The current system for addressing drug use
is a combination of police enforcement,
prosecutorial laws, treatment and education.
Stricter laws and increased pol...
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Three Strikes Law Criminal Justice System
875 words
In recent years several mandatory sentencing laws
have been put into motion. The original goals of
the mandatory sentencing laws were to stop repeat
offenders and to exhibit a get tough attitude on
crime. These laws have not been working as
intended, instead mandatory sentencing has led to
some unfortunate consequences. Some of these
consequences are overcrowding in prisons and less
prison based rehabilitation. Mandatory sentencing
laws do not narrowly target major drug
traffickers. Today there ...
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Physical Therapists Physical Therapy
1,211 words
Physical Therapists are health care professionals
who study and treat people with health problems
that are caused from injury or disease. A Physical
Therapists assess joint motion, muscle strength
and endurance, function of heart and lungs, and
performance of activities required in daily
living. Physical Therapists can specialize in a
few different areas. There is Rehabilitation,
Community Health, Industry, Sports, Research,
Education, and Administration. In Rehabilitation,
Physical Therapists p...
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Client Centered Differential Association
927 words
Prison inmates are some of the most maladjusted
people in society. Most of these inmates have had
too little discipline or too much, come from
broken homes, and / or have little or no
self-esteem. They are very insecure and are at war
with themselves as well as with society. (Szumski
20) Most inmates did not learn moral values or
learn to follow everyday norms. Also, when most
lawbreakers are labeled criminals, they enter the
phase of secondary deviance. They will admit they
are criminals or bel...
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