Prison Rape Essays and Term Papers
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Date Rape
While it is popularly associated that rape involves a kidnapping of some type by a criminal that the victim has never come in contact with before, this belief has been disproved over the years by the number of cases of acquainted rape, also known as date rape. Date rape is forced or coerced sex between partners, dates, friends, friends of friends, or general acquaintances, often with the illegal use of drugs to alter the
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Overpopulation in the Prison System
Overpopulation in the Prison System Overpopulation in the Prison System has been a growing concern in society. An explanation for this is the rise in crime over the past years. As the crime rate increases so do the amount of convictions, which leads to more incarcerations and overpopulation in the Prison System. The cause for the increase in crime over recent years has been partly attributed to the disappearance of jobs. Many people have been
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Rape
Many teenagers engage in sexual activities. Teenagers also drink and do drugs. When most teenagers go to college they go to parties, and there is drinking and sex everywhere. Sometimes at the parties there is non-consensual sex. Non-consensual sex is a horrible thing that happens to a lot of females, and sometimes men. Non-consensual sex is the same thing as rape. Getting raped is a traumatic even that causes a great deal of stress in
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Prisoner Treatment: Fair of Foul?
On July 27, 1949, the Geneva Convention was finally revised to safeguard the rights of all who were involved in war, including prisoners. According to Convention III, "The following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time in any place to prisoners of war: violence to life and person, in particular mutilation, cruel treatment and torture, outrages upon personal dignity, humiliating, and degrading treatment." (Convention III) However, despite this international law, reports of
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Analysis of the Prison Guard
The purpose of this paper is to give a detailed, comprehensive analysis of the life and role of the correctional officer. When society, as a whole, is in discussion of the career of a correctional officer, most of the images that spring to mind are that these employees of the correctional enterprise are solely in charge of keeping order in America’s prisons. While this is indeed true, there is undoubtedly more to the life of
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The American Prison System
The American Prison System The American Prison system is home to many of the nations criminals. The ever-growing population is due in part to incarceration, where an alternate punishment would suffice. The sustenance of the inmates is drawn directly of of society's pocket, in the form of taxes. I believe that we, as a nation, should focus on providing more sensible, economical ways for criminals to pay off their debt to the community. There is
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Are We or Are We Not the Prisoners?
Are we or are we not the prisoner or our own conceptions? In the cave allegory, Plato describes the human condition as a type of blissful ignorance. I agree with Plato that we are prisoners of our own belief. In this essay, I describe my own opinions and issues to answer some of the questions. The first question that I would like to discuss is, Are we prisoners to our own beliefs and notions of
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Prison Inmate Education
The article “The Impact of Career and Technical Education Programs on Adult Offenders: Learning Behind Bars” by Howard Gordon and Bracie Weldon (2003) studies of how prisoners receiving educations in prison reduces the recidivism rate. Gordon and Weldon studied the inmates who were participating in the educational programs at the Huttonsville Correctional Center in West Virginia and claimed that inmates who participated in the educational programs were less likely to recidivate once released back
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An Alternative for Prison
America's prisons have been called "graduate schools for crime." It stands to reason: Take a group of people, strip them of possessions and privacy, expose them to constant threats of violence, overcrowd their cell- block, deprive them of meaningful work, and the result is an embittered underclass more intent on getting even with society than contributing to it. Prisons take the nonviolent offender and make him live by violence. They take the nonviolent offender and
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The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison Jeffrey Reiman, author of The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, first published his book in 1979; it is now in its sixth edition, and he has continued to revise it as he keeps up on criminal justice statistics and other trends in the system. Reiman originally wrote his book after teaching for seven years at the School of Justice (formerly the Center for
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Dunciad: Mock Epic and Parallels to Rape of the Lock (another Satire)
The Dunciad: A Mock Epic? Honors English The fourth book of the Dunciad describes the fall and slow death of the English society that once taught him all the things he knew. He lashes out at his critics, accusers, and nay Sayers in his allegorical poem. It symbolizes a mock epic because of the elaborate use of words, calling on inspiration from a higher force, and using his work not so much to tell a
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Rape
When I started to read Mofolo”s Chaka, I was struck by the manner in which Mofolo had moulded Chaka’s character. What is more interesting is the fact that the book was written at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, to be precise -Mofolo finished the book in l909, and yet it raised controversial questions, which are directly linked to the Shaka/Mfecane debate today. Although the book was finished in l909, its publication process was delayed.
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Prison: Punishment or Vacation
Prison: Punishment or Vacation. Three hot meals a day, free education, and shelter from the elements, does this sound good to any one? I bet it does, especially to the 737,304 homeless people who according to the human rights record of the United States in 2005, have none of these thing that are given daily to murderers, rapists, and drug dealers. I think it is great that people who kill other people get sent to
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Forensic Study of Induced Rape
One of the most important reasons for a jury to be presented in the courtroom is to judge the fate of his or her peer, the defendant. The jury has the demanding job of sorting out evidence, testimonies, and other presentations into categories of fact or fiction. Together, they unite to answer the question of why the defendant is in front of the judge in the first place, determining the validity of the evidence
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Prisoner’s Rights
I do not believe a prisoner should have rights anywhere near the same extent as a free citizen who has not committed crimes has. When a person commits a crime he gives up his rights. People have rights because they are believed to be responsible, honest, and trustworthy citizens. If they commit a crime they prove that they are not responsible, honest, trustworthy people. If these men and women have all these rights in
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A Case Study on Rape Victims
STo Report or Not to Report, That is the Question: a Case Study on Rape Victims Introduction Concerning philosophies of morality, rape is no doubt abhorred. However, what is debatable is whether or not it is one’s duty to ensure that a rape is reported. In a particular case, one hotline operator finds herself in a dilemma that challenges her duties as a licensed social worker, with the obligation of ensuring that victims report their
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Male Victim Rape
Male Victim Rape Abstract This research paper is based on individual case study related to “Male Rape Victims.” Male rape is a crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse (LongMan Dictionary, p1169). In general, male rape has occurred as often as every year from the age of twelve and above. Frequently, males and females had common experiences in same situations. An attacker could victimize males as well as females,
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A Rewriting of Moll Flander’s Prison Scene
The Adventures of Jemy, who was born in London and lived for Fourscore Years, was 30 years a Highwayman, Married a Woman who Deceived Him and Whom he Deceived, later was Transported as a Felon to Virginia, Remarried the Same Woman, and Repentant. Taken from his Journals. I was strolling in the press-yard, contemplating the rumors I had heard of a Mrs. Flanders who was to send me to the gallows to save her own
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Overcrowded Prisons and the War on Drugs
The War on Drugs One must wonder if the "war on drugs" helps or hinders our American Criminal Justice System when you look at the overwhelming impact it has had on crowding issues within our prisons. At the present time there are over 1.5 million people in prison, 59.6 % for drug offenses alone. The "war on drugs" started over 100 years ago in San Francisco, California when the first law against drugs was enacted
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Prisons
Overcrowding In Prisons Today in America there are over one million people imprisoned. The number of inmates is steadily increasing, and shockingly we are running out of room for all these criminals. This is a result of many different social, political, and economic issues that we have today. These include problems such as new taxes for money in order to build new prisons, mandatory minimum sentences, stricter parole eligibility laws, and the neglect of social
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Alternatives to Prison Sentences
Many of the people that choose to move to the U.S. tend to already be in poverty and searching for new hope. According to the book written by Daniel D. Chiras, "Environmental Science" Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2006, a good percentage of the men and women move to the U.S. and find the jobs they are looking for are illegal jobs and aren't able to work. So they leave their own country and come to
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Statutory Rape Laws
Statutory Rape Laws The term “statutory rape” is used when the government considers people under a certain age to be unable to give consent to sex and therefore consider sexual contact with them to be a rape. The age at which individuals are considered to give consent is called the age of consent. The age of consent can ranging from thirteen to twenty-one, depending on the limits set by each state in accordance with local
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Prisons Slipnots
Right now in the United States of America murderers, rapists, and child molesters are being set free. Prisoners are watching T.V., eating a meal, and using exercise equipment while law abiding citizens are starving and living in the gutters. Prisoners even have their own periodical. Dangerous criminals are walking the streets and crime is a way of life to many Americans. In America, crime does pay because our nation’s prison system is not working. The
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Lucasville Prison Riot
Around 3:00 pm on Sunday April 11, 1993 a riot started when prisoners returning from recreation time attacked prison guards in cell block L. The guards held the keys to the entire cell block and it did not take long for the prisoners to take full advantage of the keys. Four beaten guards were released within hours of the attack but 8 were retained. The riot was started for many reasons but the most obvious
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Causes of Rape
Causes of Rape DeShanta J. Ray Philosophy 308 Instructor Glen Egbert October 13, 2005 Causes of Rape This study investigated responses to a questionnaire administered to forty respondents. The subjects, female n=20 and male n=20, were individually selected and given a questionnaire for immediate response. The questionnaire was comprised of 23 statements, 16 were graded on a 5-point Likert Scale and the remaining was used for demographic comparison. The 16 questions were subgrouped to
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