Prison Rape Essays and Term Papers
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Darfur Rape
A scar of war; a painful reminder, which will never go away. A bullet wound, lose of hearing in an ear, or loose of a family member. In Darfur today people are wounded in all sorts of ways. For tribal Darfurian women, they now have one of the worst scars of all. In the last five years thousands of girls and women have become a victims of rape. Girls as young as 11 will never
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Campobello 17 Year Old Boy Rapes Dog
Campobello teen is accused of raping one neighbor's dog and another neighbor's two little girls. Now the dog has died and charges against the teen have been upgraded. After receiving word that the dog died possibly because of the rape. Fox Carolina called the Solicitor's office to see if now new charges would be filed against the teen. An hour later Solicitor Trey Gowdy called to say that the charges will be upgraded to the
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Alternatives to Prison
Prisons, facilities maintained for confining people convicted of committing crimes, were used to rehabilitate offenders while keeping them isolated from the community. The Quakers built the first prison in 1790 in order to seclude criminal offenders from society to think about their wrongdoing and to seek forgiveness in a kind, and spiritual environment. (Inciardi 497) Currently, there are three types of prisons within the Federal, State, and County governments. These are categorized by the degree
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Prison Term Policy
Prison Term Policy Recommendation As a Criminologist Advisor to the State Legislature, I have been chosen to provide a prison term policy on armed robbery. Currently the legislature will soon be voting on a bill that would double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. First I would like to define what the legal definition of armed robbery is as defined by the Black's Law Dictionary which is: an aggravated form of
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Pornography: Perpetuator of Rape?
Pornography: Perpetuator of Rape? The debate regarding whether pornography is a substantial cause of rape is and has been a leading topic in psychological research. The articles, Pornography as a Cause of Rape by Diana E.H. Russell and The Role of Pornography in the Etiology of Sexual Aggression by Seto, Marc, and Barbaree illustrate a spectrum of oppositional viewpoints that highlight and promote each author’s opinion regarding whether violent pornography is in direct correlation with
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Date Rape
When people hear the word "rape" they might imagine a stranger leaping out from the shadows of a dark alley and attacking someone. Although this is partly true, most rapes are committed by people who know their victims. When intercourse is unwanted and forced upon by someone you know, it is known as " date rape." It occurs daily and is prevalent on virtually all college campuses across the nation and in cities all over
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Halfway Houses: And Other Prison Alternatives
Halfway Houses: And Other Prison Alternatives For as long as there have been people, there have been violations of societal norms. With these violations comes the question, how do we solve these problems or violations? There have been many attempts to solve these problems, for example, in many cases from the beginning of time retribution has been the answer. Another form of punishment was eventually invented that would isolate offenders from the rest of the
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Criminal Prison System
The demographics of the prison system mirror the demographics of the population in general in two basic ways. One way is that many inmates, who are incarcerated, do everyday things that the general population does as well. Some of these include, staying in shape by jogging, and lifting weights. They like to play poker with their fellow "friends" on Wednesday nights, among many other things. The other way they relate is that since there are
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The Prison System
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 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 a phase called
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Date Rape
Traumatized people suffer damage to the basic structures of the self. They lose trust in themselves, in other people, in God...The identity they have formed prior to the trauma is irrevocably destroyed. (Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery, 1992) 2 What type of crime can have that type of effect on a person, a crime that is often the most under reported. A crime that does not affect just one person, but a whole family.
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Super Max Prisons
Twenty years ago, super-maximum-security prisons were rare in America. As of 1996, over two-thirds of states had "supermax" facilities that collectively housed more than 20,000 inmates. Based on the present study, however, as of 2004, 44 states had supermax prisons. Designed to hold the most violent and disruptive inmates in single-cell confinement for 23 hours per day, often for an indefinite period of time, these facilities have been lightning rods for controversy. Economic considerations are
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Prison Gangs
Prison Gangs Michael Dooley Aiken Tech CRJ 242.013 Prison Gangs Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized, stealthy and deadly, they are reaching out from their cells to organize and control crime in America's streets. Law enforcement personal began to systematically monitor gang activities in the 1970’s. Working together, their initial attempts were to identify only gangs which had some semblance of formal structure, a constitution, bylaws, mission statement, or some identifiable tenets guiding
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Rape
Rape is the shallowest and most disgusting thing that anyone could ever do to someone. Anyone who would have the gall to do that doesn't deserve to live. I have no respect for anyone who has done that. I also believe that the penalty for rape should be stricter. It is pathetic what rapists get now; they get like two to three years. It really angers me when I think about it. One of my
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Prison
We all know that our prisons are the final frontier for the socially rejected criminals and violent offenders. We know that our prisons are so overcrowded that the Supreme Court of California issued a court order to reduce the number of inmates. We know that since there are more inmates in prison the chance of getting rehabilitated is very slim. And we also know that the ratio of supervision of guard to inmate is extremely
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Rape Culture
Rape culture Many of the attitudes, beliefs, and mistaken ideas about rape have been with us for centuries. By looking at myths, such as “women ask for it,” and “women secretly enjoy rape,” from a historical perspective, lead us for better understanding how they evolved. Women are still seen as the property of men, are protected as such. Men and women are still taught to occupy very different roles in today’s world. Men are usually
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Rape
Rape is defined as “The crime of forcing another person to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse, the act of seizing and carrying off by force; abduction, and abusive or improper treatment; violation: a rape of justice.” William Butler Yeats: Leda and the Swan, Margaret Atwood: Rape Fantasies, and Adrienne Rich: Rape all deal with an extremely sensitive theme, rape. W.B. Yeats and A. Rich somewhat share there views by poem, M. Atwood does
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Reading Response - the Rape of the Lock
Reading Response-The Rape of the Lock What are some of the images that recur through the poem, and what significance do they have? The Rape of the Lock is a very good example of mock epic poetry. The poem concerns a feud between two Catholic families, the Petres and the Fermors. Lord Petre cuts a lock from Arabella Fermor’s hair. Arabella and her family were very upset by this incident. Pope appears to write the
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Rape and Sexual Violence
Rape and Sexual Violence Rape and sexual violence is a very serious problem that affects millions of people each year. Rape is someone taking advantage of another person sexually. Sexual assault can be verbal, physical, visual, or anything that forces a person to join in unwanted sexual contact or attention. (“Sexual Assault.”) Rape is one of the most underreported crimes. In 2002, only thirty-nine percent of rapes and sexual assaults were reported to law
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Rape Fantasies
“Rape Fantasies” is written by Margaret Atwood in 1977. Basically this short story is about the narrator, named Estelle, recalling a conversation of several women during their lunch hour. It starts with one of Estelle’s co-workers, asking the question “How about it, girls, do you have rape fantasies?”(pg 72) The story goes on with each woman telling their supposed “rape fantasy” to one another. As each is telling their fantasy, Estelle is doing her best
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United States Prisons: The Real Issue
United States Prisons: The Real Issue There is a major issue in America that is rarely published or known in America that pertains to millions of people. The Prison-Industrial Complex and United States International Prisons are something that should not be ignored. Concerns relating to gender, race, ethnicity, labor, and treatment are significant problems that have not been adequately addressed. The United States incarcerates more people than any country in the world and increases prison
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Date Rape
Date rape is not a rare incident that only happens in isolated situations. In fact, surveys indicate that in 84% of rape cases, the victim knew the attacker, and 57% of rapes occurred on dates (Warshaw 11). However, what is even more surprising than these high statistics is that most incidents of date rape go unreported. Several theories exist that try to explain this phenomenon. For example, many women may refuse to believe that
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Rape Fantasies
Written in 1977, "Rape Fantasies" appears to be a recap of a conversation among several women during their lunch hour, a few of them playing bridge, one--Chrissy the receptionist--reading aloud from a tabloid. When Chrissy asks the question, "How about it, girls, do you have rape fantasies?" the story unfolds with each woman's response, all retold from the perspective of Estelle, who's doing her best to deflect the entire conversation by concentrating on her bidding.
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Critique of “rape: A Bigger Danger Than Feminists Know”
Critique of “Rape: A Bigger Danger Than Feminists Know” By Camille Paglia There is no doubt that rape is an extreme problem in society today. Camille Paglia engages in the debate of who really is at fault in the crime of rape and what needs to be done in order to cease the problem. Paglia seems to think that the female gender is given no choice but to be exposed and be subdued to be
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Prison Warden
Model of a Warden The book on the model warden had a lot of helpful insights on how to run and manage and effective prison system. One of the best things I think the book did was mentioning a few wardens in the past, and explain how they used the proactive approach to manage. It is very important to know what steps you want to take as a warden or a leader in any situation.
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Serial Rape
The idea of rape is something that strikes a fear in women it is something very scary to have sexual intercourse against your will. Rape is a very serious and deviant crime that happens all the time in America rapes generally go unreported. Rape is defined as having sexual intercourse with another person forcibly against her will. Now I am going to concentrate my paper on serial rapists and to be defined as a serial
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