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Davids, Carlene. "Policy and practice of sentencing male child sexual offenders at Wynberg sexual offences court." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7709.
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Bibliography: leaves 109-114.This study explores the attitudes of the magistrates, prosecutors, and the probation officers at the Sexual Offences Court at Wynberg Magistrates Court regarding the sentencing of male child sexual offenders, as well as the types of sentences passed on sex offenders. A combination of documentary evidence, that is, court files, and qualitative and quantitative research methods was used. The quantitative aspect of the research lies in the aggregation of data collected from the court files. The qualitative dimension of the study is reflected in the interview schedules administered to the judicial officials and probation officers. The research findings indicate that magistrates and prosecutors are well informed about significant legislation that influences the sentencing of sex offenders. It emerged from the findings that the value systems and personal biases of magistrates surface when passing sentences on sex offenders. Lack of training opportunities for all judicial officials and probation officers in addition to a poor prison system with inadequate rehabilitation structures, were regarded as key challenges faced during the sentencing process. In the light of the research findings, recommendations were made to address the inconsistent sentencing practices of magistrates in regard to sexual offenders.
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Caissie, Melita Annie. "The Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge for Eskwewuk, is correctional practice consistent with healing practice?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0028/MQ51309.pdf.
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Arendse, Nicola. "The experiences of diversion workers and volunteers in the implementation of the Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) as a diversion programme in the Western Cape : an evaluation study." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12734.
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Includes bibliographical references.The aim of this study is to detennine the experiences of NICRO volunteers and diversion workers in the implementation of the YES programme as a diversion option in the Western Cape. This stems from the need to examine the current practice of diversion services in anticipation of the implementation of the Child Justice Bill (Bill 49 of 2002). The implementation of this Bill will have far-reaching repercussions for diversion service providers as it will mean an increase in demand for diversion services and the implementation of minimum standards for such services. A qualitative, evaluative research design was used for this cross-sectional study. The population of NICRO diversion workers in the Western Cape and a sample of volunteers from each of the NICRO offices in the Western Cape were included in the study. Individual interviews were conduded with the volunteers in their respective towns across the Western Cape using an interview schedule. Two focus group sessions were held with the diversion workers. Audio recordings were made of the interviews with volunteers and of the focus group sessions. The transcripts were then analysed for trends, themes and categories. The results were compiled and conclusions drawn. Volunteers and diversion workers generally experienced the YES programme as being positive and making a difference to the lives of participants. The volunteers derived personal satisfaction from facilitating programmes and receiving positive feedback from parents and participants alike. They faced a number of challenges, though, when facilitating the programme. Examples of such problems are with diversity of language, culture, age and educational levels within groups and the lack of co-operation of parents and resistant participants. These challenges volunteers faced with the assistance and guidance of the diversion workers and drawing on their own strengths and capacities.
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Mangezi, Martin Simbarashe. "An investigation into the specialized skills and knowledge required for Forensic Social Work practice in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28182.
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In era of prevalent crime and social problems in South Africa, the National Department of Social Development; the South African Council of Social Service Professions and tertiary institutions are rethinking strategies to respond to these issues. A central strategy behind this is the development of forensic social work practice as a specialist service in order to assist the criminal justice system to deal effectively with offenders and protect victims. The aim of this study was to investigate the specialized skills and knowledge required for forensic social work practice in South Africa. Literature acknowledges that forensic social work is still a developing field of practice in South Africa hence forensic social work practitioners require effective training to competently practice forensic social work. The research design adopted by the study is a combination research design comprising of both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The research empirical data was obtained through the use of questionnaires from a survey conducted in Gauteng Province, South Africa at a forensic social work training workshop in 2013. The study indicated that forensic social work practitioners are familiar with some of the specialized skills such as language used in court, writing skills, communication and engagement skills and professionalism. The study also indicated that forensic social work practitioners are also familiar with some of the knowledge such as the definition of forensic social work, legal aspects, criminal justice system, courtroom procedures and knowledge required to act as an expert witness in court for forensic social work practice. However, despite this, forensic social work practitioners had inadequate training in the specialized skills and knowledge required to competently practice forensic social work in South Africa. In addition, the study showed that there are many challenges faced by forensic social work practitioners. Challenges include lack of resources, undermining of forensic social work practitioners by other professionals, adoption of international standards, registration, role specification and lack of collaboration with other professionals. The author recommended that forensic social work practitioners in South Africa require further training in legislation, policies and the specialized skills and knowledge relevant for forensic social work practice and finding solutions to overcome the challenges faced. Further research should be conducted in other provinces in South Africa for forensic social work.
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Alexander, Jacoline R. M. "Exploring the perceptions of service providers on the availability and effectiveness of sexual violence interventions, services and programmes in De Aar." Master's thesis, Faculty of Humanities, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31835.
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The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of service providers on the availability and effectiveness of sexual violence interventions, services and programmes in De Aar. Participants were selected based on the nature of service they rendered to survivors of sexual violence. A qualitative study was conducted, using non-probability purposive sampling and snowball sampling. Data was gathered through a semi-structured interview. The study found protection services, medical and psychological interventions to be easily accessible to all survivors of sexual violence. Additional services were also found to be available to survivors of sexual violence, depending on their needs. Participants were all of the opinion that the needs of survivors were being met in De Aar. The data found the perceptions of service providers on the effectiveness of their interventions to be influenced by their adherence to regulations and training received through their organisations, in addition to personal steps taken to develop professional skills. The attitude of service providers and the co-operation of service users were found to hinder the effectiveness and consistency of prescribed interventions. Gaps found to be inherent in all organisations were lack of human and physical resources such as vehicles. Stakeholders were found to be ineffective in their communication and co-operation between stakeholders was inadequate. Challenges found to hinder help-seeking were the perceptions of the community of the South African Police Service and sexual violence in general. The survivors themselves were also identified as a barrier to intervention, as they might accept, reject or discontinue intervention without warning. Considering the aim and objective of this study, it can be concluded that there are services in place for survivors of sexual violence in De Aar. Immediate services, such as post-rape medical and legal services, are easily accessible. Follow-up and aftercare service are determined by a social worker and most organisations are effective in the services they render, despite organisational challenges and limitations.
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Hlatshwayo, Cyprian G. H. "Sentencing of youth offenders for housebreaking with intent to steal : practices and attitudes of magistrates and prosecutors." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7924.
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Includes bibliography.The researcher's knowledge and experience in probation work, including conducting pre-sentence investigations and compiling pre-trial and presentence reports, inspired him to want to find out more about the attitudes and sentencing practices of magistrates and public prosecutors, specifically in housebreaking offences. Some individuals and communities hold a notion that offenders normally break into properties and steal goods or items mainly because they are hungry, destitute, unemployed, or have no visible means of income. Such a belief may, to a large extent, influence or shape judicial attitudes in the sentencing of youth offenders for housebreaking crimes.
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Gantana, Katrina. "The implementation of restorative justice by magistrates, prosecutors and probation officers in sentencing of young offenders at selected district magistrate courts in the Western Cape." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12781.
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The qualitative study was conducted, within the judicial and social welfare system. Using convenience sampling (non-probability), magistrates, prosecutors and probation officers were specifically targeted to ascertain to what extend participants were currently implementing the approach of restorative justice in the sentencing of young offenders. Data was collected from charge sheets with regard to sentence remarks and the type of crime committed, and served as proof of implementation of such an approach. The study also explores the knowledge of these three professional groups with regard to restorative justice and their attitudes towards its implementation.
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Campher, J. "Exploring the role of competency assessments in forensic interviewing for child victims of sex offences between five to ten years old." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12754.
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Includes bibliographical references.The following research presents an exploration on the role that competency assessments and competency reports play in child sexual abuse cases. This research is informed by forensic social workers in practice within the Gauteng Province. The respondents work both within government organisations and non-government organisations. This research uses a mixed methodology approach to explore practices around competency assessments and competency reports. The respondents completed two forms of data collection namely a survey and were part of a focus group which was conducted by the researcher. The findings therefore presents both quantitative and qualitative data, and are discussed to further elaborate on practices within the Gauteng Province. Conclusions and recommendations were made by both the researcher and the respondents, which are supported by the findings of this research and existing literature in the field.
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Makoko, Thandi. "An investigation into the experiential world of children awaiting trail at Dyambu Youth Centre." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7925.
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Includes bibliographical references.This study investigates the children's experiences whilst awaiting trial at Dyambu Youth Centre. DYC is the largest Youth Development Centre in the country, which serves involuntary clients. A qualitative research method was used to investigate whether the children in the centre do experience change, or does change come about as a result of other factors? Does staff succeed in transferring their skills and motivation to these children? Do the children feel they belong to DYC whilst awaiting trial? Seeing that a whole range of issues needed to be explored and investigated, interview schedules and focus groups were administered and the children's views about DYC had to be investigated from themselves, their parents, staff, volunteers and probation officers at court, who were responsible for their admission at DYC.
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Shearer, Ashley Fritha. "A new approach to child justice? : exploring challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in the Western Cape from the perspectives of victims and perpetrators of youth crime." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8023.
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As restorative justice finds its way into the South Africa's thinking around improving the criminal justice system, there is little knowledge as to whether the key role players in a restorative justice approach, the victims and perpetrators, would find it desirable or feasible. Concerns around the appropriateness of restorative justice from the perspective of victims and perpetrators were born out of the complex social and historical context in South Africa, which it seemed, could pose challenges to the application of restorative justice. Hence the decision to consult with key role players who have had experience with crime and the existing criminal justice system on how they would perceive the concept of restorative justice as a means of dealing with criminal cases in South Africa. Given that restorstive justice has been proposed specifically for youth at this initial stage, the focus of the research was on criminal cases involving perpetrators below the age of 18 years. Through this process of consultation with victims and perpertrators of youth crime, the hope was to unpack some of the challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in South Africa. (133-139 pages missing).
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Erasmus, Marione Heather. "Learners exposure to gang violence and their participation in high-risk behaviour : a study in a Western Cape high school." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6752.
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Bibliography: leaves 82-87.The aim of the present study is to assess the level of learners' exposure to gang violence and their participation in high-risk behaviour in and outside of a selected secondary school in the Western Cape. The study was exploratory and a self-report questionnaire - 'School Safety Survey' devised by Cornell and Loper of the Virginia University School Project, appropriately modified to fit the South African context was employed to gather qualitative and quantitative data. Disproportional stratified sampling was employed to select the initial sample of 125 learners because the race, grade and gender subgroups varied with regard to the proportion of their members appearing in the study population, but only a total ofll21earners attended school and participated in the study on the day. Even though the survey was administered to 112 learners, the researcher only retained 97 surveys that had complete data on all variables. In this study descriptive statistics are used to analyse the demographic details of the final sample population. The chi-square test was used to determine if there are significant differences in learners' exposure to gang and non-gang violence and their participation in high-risk behaviours in and outside of school. The two factors that were considered to potentially impact on the scores obtained for these categories are Grade and Gender. The survey results identified that in general, the observed frequency of learners' exposure to gang and non-gang violence was relatively higher outside of school than their exposure to gang and non-gang violence in school. Moreover, there were also no statistically significant grade and/or gender differences in learners' overall exposure to gang and non-gang violence in and/or outside of school at 95% confidence level (p = 0.05). In addition the observed frequency of learners' overall participation or endorsement of high-risk behaviour was relatively higher outside of school than in school. There were also no statistically significant grade and gender differences in learners' overall participation in high-risk behaviour in school at 95% confidence level (p=0.05) but there were significant gender differences in learner's participation in high-risk behaviour outside of school. In response to the findings a number of recommendations are made to stabilise and develop the school infrastructure, taking particular cognisance of the physical resources required for making the school a safer environment. In addition, it was proposed that educators create opportunities to develop leadership within the pupil body and introduce age-appropriate life skills and empowerment workshops to address the difficulties that these learners may experience.
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Smith, Veronica Labrell. "Correctional Social Work Practice with Female Offenders in a Midwestern State." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7430.
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A women's prison in the midwestern region of the United States experienced an increase of female inmates. Incarcerated women have reported higher rates of substance abuse problems, prior victimization, and mental illness than their male counterparts. Clinical social workers are often the primary service providers in criminal justice settings. The purpose of this action research project was to explore the challenges faced by social workers in a midwestern state when providing clinical treatment services to female offenders. Postmodern feminist theory and pathways theory provided a framework for understanding the factors related to female offending. The practice-focused research question explored the responses of licensed clinical social workers in a midwestern state regarding identifying the issues and challenges of providing clinical treatment services to female offenders. Data were collected from interviews with 7 local clinical social workers who had experience working with female offenders. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis to explore and organize the data. The study revealed 5 primary themes that included the unique background of female offenders, factors contributing to the incarceration of women, barriers to effective clinical treatment, the nature of prison, and postincarceration needs of female offenders. A possible implication of this study for social change is that specialized and/or population-specific training for clinical social workers may benefit clients in achieving their treatment goals and improve their capacity to successfully readjust upon release from jail or prison.
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Winbush, Deborah. "Correctional Nurses' Knowledge and Perceptions of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/366.
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Since 1999, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks have occurred in many correctional facilities. Even after the Federal Bureau of Prisons developed clinical practice guidelines on the management of MRSA within correctional facilities, the prevalence of MRSA decreased only insignificantly. Other researchers suggested infection control compliance was equally as important as developing clinical practice guidelines in reducing the incidence of MRSA. Several studies identified the healthcare professionals' nonadherence and inconsistencies to clinical practice guidelines as contributors to MRSA transmission. Accordingly, this project was designed to develop evidence-based recommendations for improving nurse professionals' adherence to MRSA practice guidelines in correctional settings. Using the health belief model as the theoretical framework, this project examined the nurse professionals' perceptions as well as their level of knowledge regarding MRSA by using an original instrument, Knowledge and Health Beliefs Regarding MRSA Questionnaire. The study employed a quantitative design with a purposeful sample of 36 participants using social media. Through descriptive statistical analysis, it was determined that MRSA training and education were the greatest barriers among the nurse professionals in taking MRSA preventive action (64%, n = 23). Based on the findings, assessing the educational needs of the nurse professionals must become the priority when designing infection control programs. This study contributes to social change by recognizing the potential health impact of MRSA and cautions that if public health officials do not control MRSA within correctional settings, such behavior can affect the transmission of MRSA both nationally and globally.
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Finnell, Deborah S., Elizabeth L. Thomas, Wendy M. Nehring, Kris A. McLoughlin, and Carol J. Bickford. "Best Practices for Developing Specialty Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6707.
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Nursing specialization involves focusing on nursing practice in an identified specific area within the entire field of professional nursing. A defined specialty scope of practice statement and standards of professional practice, with accompanying competencies, are unique to each nursing specialty. These documents help assure continued understanding and recognition of nursing’s diverse professional contributions. The purpose of this article is to demystify the process for specialty nurses who are creating or revising their specialty nursing scope and standards of practice. We provide best practices for the developmental process based on our recently published scope and standards of specialty nursing practice. The conclusion provides strategies to disseminate scope and standards documents to appropriate stakeholders.
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Pamburayi, Sibonisiwe Pertina. "Social Workers' experiences of forensic practice with victims of child sexual abuse in the City of Cape Town." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32539.
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The prevalent rates of sexual crimes against children in South Africa require forensic social work as a specialised field to assist the criminal justice system to respond effectively to victims' essential needs. This need has led to the employment of social workers in forensic units in the South African Police Services (SAPS) as an investigative aid under detective services to enhance service delivery in forensic practices. The initiative materialised through previous collaboration between the National Department of Social Development (DSD), tertiary institutions and the South African Council of Social Service Professions (SACSSP), to deliberate on strategies to curb the alarming rates of crime, violence and other related social problems in South Africa. Instituting specialised forensic practice was the outcome and it provided context of this study. This study explored social workers' experiences of forensic practice with victims of child sexual abuse in the City of Cape Town. Forensic social work is an emerging field of practice that requires tertiary training for social workers who want to practice forensic social work to acquire specialised knowledge and skills to practice competently. The study objectives involved; ● To explore the challenges faced by social workers providing forensic services to victims of child sexual abuse. ● To discover concerns involved in generalist social workers providing forensic services to victims of child sexual abuse. ● To describe the social workers' decision making in their intervention in providing forensic social work services. ● To explore the levels of knowledge and skills of social workers in forensic practice with sexual abuse cases. The study adopted a qualitative research approach where data was collected using a semistructured interview schedule. The non-probability purposive sampling approach was implemented based on the researcher's judgement of the role players relevant to this study. The sample interviewed for this study comprised of twenty social workers handling child sexual abuse cases from government departments and non-governmental organisations in the City of Cape Town to explore their experiences in handling child sexual abuse victims. The data was analysed using Tesch's (1990) eight steps of data analysis. The findings revealed that collaborative partnerships are at the core of the criminal justice system and networking with relevant role-players and stakeholders allow the handling of these complex cases effectively. However, with the challenging nature and risk involved in forensic social work practice, social workers' attrition rates were high in a field already suffering from the scarcity of human resources. Social workers in forensic practice experience various challenges with child victims, the justice system and collaborations with other role-players. All these challenges are seen as contributing factors to the delay of cases and low conviction rates of sexual offences in South Africa. There is a need therefore to improve collaborations among role players handling child sexual abuse cases for effective service delivery.
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Welch, Michael (Michael Francis). "The Value Systems of Incarcerated Embezzlers: The Implications for Sociological Practice and Value Clarification Programs for Correctional Institutions." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330949/.
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An empirical investigation at a southwestern minimum security federal correctional institution was designed to assess the value systems of incarcerated embezzlers (N = 31) as they compared to a matched offender control group (N = 31). Based on their responses on the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS). no statistically significant differences between these groups were found. Therefore, this finding suggested that these embezzlers possessed similar value systems held by those inmates convicted of other crimes.
When the responses of the embezzler sample were combined with their matched offender control group, a few differences were revealed between the combined inmate group and the general population norms (National Opinion Research Center [NORC]; Rokeach, 1968, 1973). Simple comparisons of the composite medians of the male inmate group and the NORC showed differences on the following survey items: "a world at peace," "equality," and "national security." Among the items which demonstrated differences between the female prison group and the NORC were "an exciting life," "wisdom," "independent," "intellectual," "logical," "a world at peace," and "national security." The findings provided partial support for Cochrane's (1971) conclusions that prisoners are self-centered, and place low importance on those values which do not have immediate or personal relevance. However, because many of the inmates' responses emulated the NORC data, it was concluded that their value systems resembled the general population more than other prison populations.
In addition to the empirical analyses, this project addressed the practical implications of value systems research by proposing value clarification programs for correctional institutions. The selection of value clarification programs was inspired by the implications of the emerging perspective of sociological practice. Sociological practice was described as it relates to these programs as well as to sociology in the larger context.
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Gillis, Lauren K. "A Model for Implementing Residential Mental Health Treatment in NYS Correctional Settings." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1503706092388649.
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González-Méndez, Wanda Wilma. "Alcohol Use Disorder and Withdrawal Syndrome in Correctional Facilities: An Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline to Prevent Alcohol-Related Adverse Events." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4444.
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In the United States, one in every 100 adults is confined to a correctional facility. Approximately 60% of inmates have an alcohol use disorder (AUD). When compared to the general population, inmates are twice as likely to have AUD. As they are unable to readily access alcohol, inmates entering a correctional facility with AUD are at high risk for the lethal alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS). AWS is preventable and yet correctional nurses process new inmates without an evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) to assess for AUD, the prerequisite for AWS. The purpose of this project was to develop an evidence-based CPG with implementation algorithm to guide the inmate assessment for AUD. The ACE star model of knowledge transformation guided the project, the AGREE II was used to develop the CPG, and the Delphi technique was used to evaluate the final CPG with algorithm. Nationally, 20 correctional health experts were identified and asked to participate in the Delphi expert panel, although 11 experts agreed to participate only 9 completed the evaluation. The experts were correctional health experts, nurses and physicians, from different regions of the United States. The resulting CPG satisfied all 23-items of the AGREE II. Through 2 Delphi panel rounds, all participants recommended the CPG with minor modifications (6 experts recommended as presented while the 3 recommended with modifications). At the project conclusion, all 9 experts agreed the CPG will help improve the identification, referral, and management of inmates with AUD. This project contributes to positive social change as the CPG addresses a serious problem, AUD with possible AWS, in a vulnerable population. The CPG may be generalizable for use in other correctional facilities.
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Moses, Jacobus Johannes. "Parole in South Africa : is it a right or a privilege? : the theory and practice of parole in South African Correctional centres with specific focus on the nature of parole under the Correctional Service Act 8 of 1959 (repealed) and the current Correctional Service Act 111 of 1998." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12121.
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The principal focus of this research centres around the question whether parole, as it is understood and practised in South Africa, is a right or a privilege. The essential question of this thesis is whether a prisoner acquires an enforceable right to be released on parole after serving the non-parole period or the statutorily-determined minimum period of imprisonment. The focus is on the status of the prisoner and the process relating to his/her continued incarceration in the period starting from when his or her non-parole period has ended to the actual date of his/her release from prison according to the sentence imposed on him by the sentencing judge/magistrate. In addressing this question in a South African context, reference is made, by way of comparison, to the practice of parole nationally, and internationally, including America, Canada, Australia, India, England and the European continent insofar as it falls under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights.
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Jonkers, Joseph Morris. "Correctional service centre within the Department of Correctional services." Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013.
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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: “Restorative Justice Programmes are proliferating internationally and gaining mainstream acceptance as alternative or supplementary justice interventions". Immarigieon & Daly, (1997:13). With the growth of the Restorative Justice approach in the various disciplines, the need to assess the programme - its principal goals, effectiveness and impact on offenders / inmates in Correctional Services Centres / facilities - is imperative. The thesis investigates the socio-religious factors of the Restorative Justice programme and evaluates their impact, whether it is short-term or long-term, on offenders serving a sentence at Voorberg Correctional Centre / Facility, within the Department of Correctional Services of South Africa. The primary objectives of this research are: 1. To determine if the Restorative Justice programme includes socio-religious factors or not? 2. To study the impact of these socio-factors and how the programme participants understand the programme in terms of the following: (1) programme attendance; (2) awareness raising; (3) gaining a better understanding and perception of the programme contents. 3. To study these socio-religious factors and activities of Restorative Justice programme within the framework of Harden’s Faith-Based Programme Theory, and to formulate parameters for an Integrated Faith-Based Programme for Restorative Justice within the context of the Department of Correctional Services. One the one hand the programme of Restorative Justice is rendered by the Spiritual Care Division, as a spiritual / religious programme. On the other hand, it is also rendered as a Correctional programme by Case Intervention Officers within the Department of Correctional Services. One Orientation Manual is used by both divisions. The policy of the Department of Correctional Services focuses on the social aspects in order to pursue and meet its objectives. But the researcher argues that the impact of the programme depends on how it links the socio- and religious characters of Restorative Justice. Building on existing literature on an Integrated Faith-Based Outcome Theory Model of Restorative Justice, the researcher proposes a new programme theory and programme outcomes that include both these factors, namely social and religious, as mechanisms to enhance social and religious acceptance and change. The researcher strongly believes that both socio- and religious factors will assist future programme participants of restorative justice in creating better awareness, knowledge and social acceptance as short term goals of the programme. On the other hand both the socio- and religious factors can contribute in fulfilling the long term goals within the lives of programme participants, such as the reintegration society, and the restoration of their relationships with themselves, victims, families and communities.
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Schofield, Derrick D. "Prison Leadership: The Relationship Between Warden Leadership Style and Correctional Officer Job Satisfaction." Diss., Piedmont International University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/84508.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between Tennessee wardens’ leadership practices and correctional officer job satisfaction. Utilizing the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI), the relationship between correctional officers’ perception of the warden’s leadership practices and the LPI norms were examined. Additionally, utilizing the LPI, the relationship between self-ratings of the warden’s leadership practices and the observer rating of the LPI were assessed. Lastly, utilizing the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) and observer LPI, correlations were examined between the correctional officers’ job satisfaction and their perception of the warden’s leadership practices. Findings of this study showed lower correctional officers ratings of the wardens on the five LPI subscales than the inventory’s norms. In a comparison of the LPI wardens’ self-perception and the correctional officers’ observer perception, correctional officers rated the wardens lower than the wardens rated themselves. The overall ratings of the correctional officer Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS)were neutral. However, of the nine JSS subscales, the results identified the nature of their work and supervision as the most positive. Pay, contingent reward, and promotional opportunities were rated as the primary reasons for job dissatisfaction. Additional findings indicated a positive relationship between job satisfaction and each of the five subscales of the LPI.Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership
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Kushnir, S. V. "Vegetable neuropathy correction in the intensive therapy practice." Thesis, БДМУ, 2020. http://dspace.bsmu.edu.ua:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17811.
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Thompson, Cara A. "Does Live Coaching increase Officer Proficiency with Core Correctional Practices?" University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin161374174923827.
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Mathiba, Luckyboy Samuel. "Evaluation of financial management practices in the Department of Correctional Services." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6822.
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Thesis (MPA))--School of Public Leadership, 2011.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is the evaluation of financial management practices in the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). For the purpose of the study, "financial management practices‟ are defined and demarcated as the practices performed by the accounting officer, chief financial officer and other managers in the areas of budgeting, supply chain management, movable asset management and control. Recurrence of similar internal audit and inspection findings, as well as the continuous poor audit reports that the department had been receiving annually, led the office of the National Commissioner to request all branches and Regional Commissioners to compile action plans aimed at addressing non-compliance. In order to fulfil the study objective, the normative requirements for the identified financial management practices are first defined in terms of financial management theory, policy and legislation. The accounting officers are heads of departments, and they account personally for financial transactions. The concepts of "budget processes" and "planning" are explored in order to identify normative requirements. „Budget‟ is identified as part of organisational planning, which starts with the aim and the mission of the institution. Under supply chain management, the principles of procurement are discussed, as considerable amounts are spent on goods and services. The life cycle of assets is discussed in detail, including the procedure for giving account of assets. Control is defined as a process through which a manager ensures that activities are carried out as originally planned. With regard to policy and legislation, the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), Act 1 of 1999 as amended by Act 29 of 1999 (South Africa, 1999) and Treasury Regulations are explained in detail, focusing on the budget process and financial management responsibilities of all different role players. With regard to supply chain management, policies are explained in detail, focusing on the acquisition of goods and services. The acceptable supply chain management system is also highlighted. According to Gildenhuys (1997:137), equipment is called movable assets and this category of assets are obtained and created to be utilised for a number of years as instruments for delivering services. With regard to control, in order to comply with financial management policies, an official in a department must ensure that the system of financial management and internal control established for that department is carried out within the area of responsibility of that official. The budget and planning processes of the Department of Correctional Services are explained in detail. How the financial management cascades through the department is highlighted by means of an organogram. Supply chain management processes are discussed in detail, focusing on the procurement procedures and requirements for acquisition of goods and services. The policy on asset management for the Department of Correctional Services is considered, focusing on the acquisition and control of assets. The legislative framework of the department is also examined in detail, focusing on the control measures within the department. The theory of evaluation is discussed in detail, with the emphasis on evaluation questions. A summary is provided of the financial functions of budgeting, supply chain management, asset management and control in terms of the financial functions of each of the following role players: the Accounting Officer, Chief financial officer and other managers. Evaluation questions are formulated, and audit reports contained in the annual reports, the internal auditor‟s reports and circulars of the department are used to answer those questions. Finally, recommendations are made, emphasising that Department of Correctional Services needs to continue to invest in the training and development of all staff, regarding The PFMA (South Africa, 1999) and Treasury Regulations.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie was om finansiële bestuurspraktyke binne die Departement Korrektiewe Dienste (DKD) te evalueer. "Finansiële bestuurspraktyke" word vir die doel van die studie gedefinieer en omskryf as die praktyke wat deur die rekenpligtige amptenaar, die hoof finansiële bestuursbeampte en ander bestuurders binne die gebied van begroting, voorsieningskettingbestuur, roerende batebestuur en beheer beoefen word. Herhaalde voorkoms van soortgelyke interne ouditerings- en inspeksiebevindings, sowel as die voortdurende swak ouditverslae wat jaarliks deur die departement ontvang is, het die kantoor van die Nasionale Kommissaris genoop om alle takke en Streekskommissarisse te versoek om 'n plan van optrede op te stel om nie-nakoming aan te spreek. Om die doelwit van die studie te bereik, word die normatiewe vereistes vir die geïdentifiseerde finansiële bestuurspraktyke eerstens in terme van finansiële bestuursteorie, beleid en wetgewing gedefinieer. Die rekenpligtige amptenare is hoofde van departemente en hulle doen persoonlik verantwoording vir finansiële transaksies. Die konsepte „begrotingsproses‟ en „beplanning‟ word verken om normatiewe vereistes te identifiseer. „Begroting‟ word as deel van organisatoriese beplanning, wat by die doel en misie van die instelling begin, geïdentifiseer. Die beginsels van aanskaffing word in verband met die voorsieningskettingbestuur bespreek aangesien aansienlike bedrae op goedere en dienste bestee word. Die lewensiklus van bates word met inbegrip van die prosedure vir verslaglewering aangaande bates in besonderhede bespreek. Beheer word as 'n proses waarvolgens 'n bestuurder verseker dat aktiwiteite sonder afwyking van 'n oorspronklike plan uitgevoer word. Ten opsigte van beleid en wetgewing word die Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur (WOFB), No. 1, 1999 soos gewysig deur Wet 29 van 1999 (South Africa, 1999) en Regulasies van die Departement Finansies in besonderhede verduidelik, met aandag aan die begrotingsproses en die finansiële bestuursverantwoordelikhede van al die verskillende rolspelers. Beleid betreffende voorsieningskettingbestuur word in besonderhede bespreek met spesifiek aandag aan die verkryging van goedere en dienste. Die aanvaarbare voorsieningskettingbestuurstelsel word ook toegelig. Volgens Gildenhuys (1997:137) word toerusting as roerende bates aangedui en hierdie kategorie van bates word verkry en geskep om vir 'n aantal jare as middele vir die lewering van dienste gebruik te word. Om aan finansiële bestuursbeleid met betrekking tot beheer te voldoen, moet 'n amptenaar binne 'n departement verseker dat die stelsel wat binne sy/haar verantwoordelikheidsveld vir die finansiële bestuur en interne beheer van daardie departement ingestel is, toegepas word. Die begrotings- en beplanningprosesse van die Departement Korrektiewe Dienste word in besonderhede verduidelik. 'n Organogram word gebruik om lig te werp op hoe die finansiële bestuur die hele departement deurvloei. Voorsieningskettingbestuursprosesse word in besonderhede bespreek met klem op die prosedure en die vereistes vir die verkryging van goedere en dienste. Aandag word geskenk aan die beleid oor batebestuur binne die Departement Korrektiewe Dienste, met klem op die verkryging en beheer van bates. Verder word die departement se wetgewingsraamwerk in besonderhede ondersoek, weereens met aandag aan beheermeganismes binne die departement. Die teorie aangaande evaluering word in besonderhede bepreek, met spesiale klem op vrae wat vir evaluering gestel word. 'n Opsomming van die finansiële funksie van begrotings, voorsieningskettingbestuur, batebestuur en beheer in terme van die finansiële funksies van elk van die rolspelers, naamlik die rekenpligtige amptenaar, die hoof bestuursbeampte en ander bestuurders word voorsien. Vrae vir evaluering word geformuleer en antwoorde op daardie vrae word aan die hand van ouditverslae wat in jaarverslae opgeneem is, die interne ouditeur se verslae en departementele omsendbriewe verskaf. Ten slotte word aanbevelings gedoen wat beklemtoon dat die Departement Korrektiewe dienste sy belegging in die opleiding en ontwikkeling van alle personeel ten opsigte van die WOFB (South Africa, 1999) en Regulasies van die Departement Finansies moet voortsit.
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Imafuku, Shoji. "Sex offenders in community corrections, policy and practice in british columbia." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq24164.pdf.
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Murray, Ellen Reynolds. "Best Practices for Controlling Tuberculosis - Training in Correctional Facilities: A Mixed Methods Evaluation." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2615.
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According to the literature, identifying and treating tuberculosis (TB) in correctional facilities have been problematic for the inmates and also for the communities into which inmates are released. The importance of training those who can identify this disease early into incarceration is vital to halt the transmission. Although some training has been done by public health authorities for corrections, there is little to no evaluation of such training. The aim of this mixed methods retrospective study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a training to control TB in correctional facilities. The Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center (SNTC) conducted 12 trainings between 2010 and 2014 with custody, medical, and public health staff working in correctional facilities, as well as with TB program staff from health departments. A total of 442 participants quantitatively and qualitatively evaluated the trainings. Gagne-Briggs and tripod models comprised the theoretical framework of the study. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and qualitative data were analyzed thematically. Analysis showed that the usefulness of the training was considered very good to excellent in each of the trainings. Also, many participants stated that they were going to educate others as well, in order to improve the management of TB in their facilities. The results of this study revealed that using systematic training can contribute to promote a more coordinated release of TB-infected inmates into the community, and therefore improve the quality of life of this population group, resulting in the promotion of social change.
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Van, Zyl Arthur Leon. "Substance abuse practices and Intervention programmes for male youth offenders in Pollsmoor – Department of Correctional services." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1088.
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Magister Educationis in the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education, University of Zululand, South Africa, 2011.Substance use is on the increase among the youth in South Africa. Traditional concern about the youth (as the future of South Africa), and the portrayals in the media of severe drug and alcohol use among the country‟s youth have contributed to the need for research into this issue. Drugs and alcohol also have a close link to crime. The aim of this study is to investigate and report the prevalence of substance use and the need for intervention among male youth offenders at the Pollsmoor Youth Centre, in the Western Cape Province. The research has attempted to create an understanding of male youth drug abusers‟ attitudes towards intervention and rehabilitation programmes and also the Correctional Service‟s role in managing substance abuse. A survey research methodology using questionnaires has been employed. The data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The sample population consisted of the sentenced male youth offenders at the Pollsmoor Youth Centre. The results of the survey indicated that “Tik” (methamphetamines or crystal meths) was the most popular substance of choice in this sample. Tik was 23 % more popular than its nearest rival, cannabis. Tobacco was the most widely used drug owing to it being legal and obtainable at the Centre‟s shops. The majority of male youth offenders (74 %) believed that an intervention programme was necessary as part of their rehabilitation. The findings indicated that a department or unit needs to be established to handle the increasing drug abuse problem. The unit should identify substance abusers on admittance and place them on a rehabilitation programme. If necessary this programme should continue in their community after release from the correctional centre.
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Corpuz, Victor Albert Francis. "Error correction in second language writing : teachers’ beliefs, practices, and students’ preferences." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/49160/1/Victor_Corpuz_Thesis.pdf.
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Error correction is perhaps the most widely used method for responding to student writing. While various studies have investigated the effectiveness of providing error correction, there has been relatively little research incorporating teachers' beliefs, practices, and students' preferences in written error correction. The current study adopted features of an ethnographic research design in order to explore the beliefs and practices of ESL teachers, and investigate the preferences of L2 students regarding written error correction in the context of a language institute situated in the Brisbane metropolitan district. In this study, two ESL teachers and two groups of adult intermediate L2 students were interviewed and observed. The beliefs and practices of the teachers were elicited through interviews and classroom observations. The preferences of L2 students were elicited through focus group interviews. Responses of the participants were encoded and analysed. Results of the teacher interviews showed that teachers believe that providing written error correction has advantages and disadvantages. Teachers believe that providing written error correction helps students improve their proof-reading skills in order to revise their writing more efficiently. However, results also indicate that providing written error correction is very time consuming. Furthermore, teachers prefer to provide explicit written feedback strategies during the early stages of the language course, and move to a more implicit strategy of providing written error correction in order to facilitate language learning. On the other hand, results of the focus group interviews suggest that students regard their teachers' practice of written error correction as important in helping them locate their errors and revise their writing. However, students also feel that the process of providing written error correction is time consuming. Nevertheless, students want and expect their teachers to provide written feedback because they believe that the benefits they gain from receiving feedback on their writing outweigh the apparent disadvantages of their teachers' written error correction strategies.
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Larocque, Rachelle. "Penal practices, values and habits : humanitarian and/or punitive? A case study of five Ontario prisons." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708089.
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Chu, Rong-Xuan. "Effects of peer feedback on Taiwanese adolescents' English speaking practices and development." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8045.
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This thesis explores the impact of peer feedback on two secondary level classrooms studying English as a foreign language in Taiwan. The effectiveness of teacher-led feedback has consistently been the focus of the relevant literature but relatively fewer studies have experimentally investigated the impact of peer-led feedback on learning. This research is based on the belief that the investigation of the process of peer-led feedback, as well as the effectiveness of peer-led correction, will enhance our understanding of learners’ communicative interactions. These data will allow us the opportunity to provide suggestions for successful second/foreign language learning. This study was conducted following a mixed-methods quasi-experimental design involving a variety of data collection and analysis techniques. Observations of peer-peer dialogues taken from a Year 7 and a Year 8 class were analysed using content analysis, in order to classify the types of peer feedback provided by the Year 7 and Year 8 learners. Pre-and post-measures, including English speaking tests, questionnaires, and checklists, were examined with non-parametric statistical tests used to explore any changes in relation to the learners’ speaking development after the quasi-experiment. Key findings included frequency and distribution of seven types of peer feedback, as used by the Year 7 and Year 8 learners, and the statistical results that revealed the differences between the pre-and post-measures. Among the seven types of peer feedback (translation, confirmation, completion, explicit indication, explicit correction, explanation and recasts), explicit correction and translation were the two techniques used most frequently by the learners. Post-test results indicated an improvement in the learners’ speaking performance. The results of pre- and post-questionnaires and pre- and post-checklists showed different levels of change in the learners’ self-evaluation of their own ability to speak English, as well as their attitudes towards corrective feedback. These results allow us to gain insight into the nature of peer interaction in communicative speaking activities as well as learners’ motives behind their feedback behaviours. Additionally, the results shed light on learners’ opinions towards corrective feedback that they received or provided in peer interaction. Further, the results yield a deepened understanding of impacts of peer feedback on L2 development by examining changes in learners’ speaking performance, self-confidence in speaking English and self-evaluation of their own ability to speak English after a peer-led correction treatment. In conclusion, the study suggests that adolescent learners are willing and able to provide each other with feedback in peer interaction. The feedback that they delivered successfully helps their peers to attend to form and has positive impacts on their peers’ English- speaking performance. Moreover, the study provides explanations for learners’ preference for certain types of feedback techniques, which hopefully helps to tackle the mismatch between teachers’ intentions and learners’ expectations of corrective feedback in the L2 classrooms.
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Peterson, Gabriel Miner. "The effectiveness of the practice of correction and republication of the biomedical literature a bibliometric analysis /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4491.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on May 6, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Ticknor, Bobbie. "Sex Offender Policy and Practice: Comparing the SORNA Tier Classification System and Static-99 Risk Levels." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1406880689.
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Greenough, Jeanne Marie. "Women-centered corrections, creating choices for federally sentenced women or a continuation of paternalistic practices?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ37799.pdf.
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Turner, Elizabeth Kate Turner. "A Study of Dementia Assessment Practices in Ohio Prisons." Wright State University Professional Psychology Program / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wsupsych1530901309258281.
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Kahan, Paul. "Seminary of Virtue: The Ideology and Practice of Inmate Reform at Eastern State Penitentiary, 1829-1971." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2009. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/50421.
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This study is an analysis of the role educational programming has played in reforming inmates in American correctional institutions between the Jacksonian era and the 1970s. A case study, "Seminary of Virtue" focuses on the educational curriculum at Philadelphia's famed Eastern State Penitentiary, a cutting-edge institution that originated the Pennsylvania System of penal discipline. "Seminary of Virtue" argues that Eastern State Penitentiary's extensive and aggressive educational program reflected a general American belief that correctional institutions should educate inmates as a way of reducing recidivism and thereby "reforming" them. While Americans remained committed to educating inmates, Eastern State's curriculum evolved during its century and a half institutional life. As its emphasis shifted from the religiously oriented "reform" of prisoners in the early nineteenth-century to a medical model of "rehabilitation" a half century later, Eastern State's educational program evolved, shifting from a curriculum of rudimentary literacy skills, religious instruction and an apprenticeship of sorts to industrial education in the mid-nineteenth century and then finally to a traditional academic curriculum in the first third of the twentieth century.
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VanHoudnos, Nathan. "The Efficacy of the Hedges Correction for Unmodeled Clustering, and Its Generalizations in Practical Settings." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2014. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/435.
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The aim of the evidence based education movement is two-fold: (i) to determine the best practices from scientifically rigorous studies and (ii) to apply those best practices to educational decision making. To assist the adoption of evidence based practices by US educators and policy makers, congress created the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) with a mission to evaluate evidence about educational interventions and to disseminate information about best practices. the WWC synthesizes the results of education research and publishes these recommendations for use by educators and policy makers. Throughout its history, however, the evidence based education movement has struggled with the low quality of education research. For example, a common analytic error used by education researchers is that a an experiment will be designed to randomize entire schools to treatment and control ideas , but then the experiment will be analyzed ignoring the grouped nature of the randomization. this error is well know to lead to invalid conclusions because it overstates the statistical significance of the treatment effect. The WWC chose to address this common error by attempting to remove the anti-conservative bias of these misspecified analyses by calculating a correction to the test statistic. In this thesis I investigate the properties of this correction and generalize it to a larger class of experimental designs. I find that: (i) these exists a correction that the WWC could feasibly calculate , and (ii) the Hedges correction approaches this more general asymptotically, but (iii) for common experimental designs these corrections can be so conservative as to have nearly zero statistical power. I illustrate this result with an example from the WWC,s own recommendations, where a math curriculum was rated as having "Potentially Positive Effects" in 2004, "No Discernible Effects" in 2006, and "Potentially Positive Effects" in 2008, depending on whether a single experiment was (i) analyzed incorrectly, corrected with the WWC process, or (iii) re-analyzed with a reasonable model, respectively. I recommend that the WWC stop attempting to correct misspecified analyses, and instead work closely with researchers to improve the quality of analysis in education research
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Griffiths, Mark, and mark griffiths@jss org au. "Teaching Yoga in Addiction Recovery A Social Work Perspective." RMIT University. Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080215.161527.
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This thesis explores the personal and social challenges of teaching yoga in addiction recovery from a social work perspective. It is informed by an action research perspective using interviews and focus groups with yoga teachers and allied health professionals and the personal experiences of the researcher teaching yoga in an addiction recovery centre as well as a literature search on existing yoga and meditation programs used in addiction recovery and corrections. The research explores whether yoga could be applied as a complementary therapy in social work and how yoga assists in addiction recovery. Further it explores what programmatic requirements are needed for a constructive yoga program that addresses the needs of yoga teachers in this field and the participants who are very marginalised. The emerging themes and issues from the data and literature were explored and triangulation was used to draw one conclusion that was found consistently across all research methodologies. This was the importance of Kriya yoga. or the yoga of action, to achieve results with yoga as a complementary therapy. Kriya yoga has three elements: a commitment to regular practice, allowing time to reflect on how this practice is affecting your life and having faith in the yoga process. Undelying this notion of kriya yoga is the importance of the yoga teacher-student relationship and the value of a yoga community that supports the student in their commitment to practice. Recovery from addiction is viewed as a journey involving many stages in which the yoga student deals with relapses. The exemplary yoga programs are forms of karma yoga or the yoga of selfless action. The development of a karma yoga network that forms an on-line bridge between the yoga communities and addiction recovery services is suggested by the research as one way forward in promoting yoga as a complementary therapy in addiction recovery.
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Hodulik, George M. "Graph Summarization: Algorithms, Trained Heuristics, and Practical Storage Application." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1482143946391013.
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Baloyi, Risimati Solidify. "The knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of correctional officers relating to HIV and AIDS in Johannesburg Management Area: Gauteng Region: Republic of South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86524.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African prevalence is estimated at just over 17.1%, but efforts to reduce the number of HIV and AIDS deaths have dramatically changed. What is disturbing is that HIV prevalence rate in South African correctional facilities is higher than in general population. At 44%, HIV prevalence rate in South African correctional facilities are more than double of the just over 17.1% HIV prevalence rate in general population at the end of 2012 (UNAIDS, 2013). South African department of correctional services should regard these as a serious challenge given the increased number of sexual assaults and rape in correctional facilities as the Minister of correctional services Sbu Ndebele recently stated in Prison Brief. These could be worsening if the DCS does not come up with proactive strategies to reduce this prevalence in our Correctional facilities. These come back to the very same correctional officers who are not even aware of this state of HIV prevalence in their correctional facilities. This is because the findings of this study illustrate that majority of the correctional officers stationed in Johannesburg management area have limited knowledge about HIV and AIDS general information and they do not trust their management and their employee assistant staff when it comes to HIV and AIDS and this deny them necessary support and care from their employer. As the global HIV and AIDS epidemic enters its fourth decade, we are confronted by new challenges. In recent years, research related to HIV and AIDS has abounded as scholars continue to seek insight into the reciprocal influence of the pandemic on the one hand and various social systems on the other (Ebersohn, 2008). The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge, attitudes and sexual practices of correctional officers relating to HIV in Johannesburg management area, Gauteng Region: South Africa. In this study the emerging findings are that Johannesburg management area are implementing their workplace HIV and AIDS programmes without a KAP study conducted to establish the baseline information about their employees, let alone conducting the KAP study on the regular basis to establish the effect of their workplace HIV and AIDS programmes. This was evident when majority of the respondents in this study had a limited knowledge about HIV in general and HIV prevalence in their country and their correctional facilities. Furthermore, there were also a poor monitoring and evaluation of such programmes. Another disturbing finding was that correctional officers in this management area did not have trust on their employee assistant staff and this was evident when 56% of the respondents responded that they would not use their internal EAP in HIV/AIDS related matters. This was the same when it comes to correctional officers attitudes towards management of this management area. This is evident when 71% of the respondents responded that if tested positive for HIV, they would not inform their immediate supervisors, managers, EAP and let alone their chaplain. This implies that there is a lack of trust between the management and their employees and between the employees and the employee assistant programme staff. However, correctional officers attitudes towards offenders living with HIV and AIDS is very good and encouraging and if correctional officers of this management area are given enough HIV information, they may pass it easily to all offenders as they interact with them on a daily basis. Given correctional officers‟ response on HIV testing and the use of EAP it is recommended that external service providers unknown to correctional officers should be used instead if management is unable to conduct a successful capacity building within the management area. Majority of the correctional officers according to this study had a limited knowledge about HIV treatment, cure and vaccine as they are unable to differentiate between the three and this is should be a serious concern for the department of correctional services. Although correctional officers sexual practices in this study findings indicated that correctional officers are well equipped when it comes to safe sexual practices, workplace HIV and AIDS programmes should include cultural beliefs, religion, tradition and myths to fight the spread of this epidemic.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie studie was om die kennisvlakke asook die houdings en seksuele praktyke van korrektiewe offisiere binne die Departement van Korrektiewe Dienste in die Gauteng Streek in Suid-Afrika te ondersoek. Indien die korrektiewe offisier nie die nodige kennis en vaardighede besit om die verspreiding van die MIV-virus te beperk nie, kan hulle nie 'n doeltreffende rol speel in die Suid-Afrikaanse tronke nie. 'n Vraelys is vir die inwin van data gebruik en 'n steekproef van korrektiewe offisiere is vir die studie gebruik. Die data is op 'n beskrywende vlak ontleed en gevolgtrekkings is gemaak. Die studie bevind dat 'n minderheid van korrektiewe offisiere oor 'n voldoende kennisvlak van MIV beskik. Daar is verder bevind dat daar nie voldoende opleidingsfasiliteite vir hierdie korrektiewe amptenare bestaan nie en dat die programme wat wel aangebied word, nie behoorlik gemonitor en ge-evalueer word nie. Daar is egter bevind dat korrektiewe amptenare wel 'n positiewe houding het teenoor oortreders wat wel MIV-positief is en dat hulle wel die beperkte kennis waaroor hulle beskik na die beste van hulle vermoë oordra aan die oortreders gesurende hulle daaglikse interaksie. Voorstelle word in die studie gemaak vir die ontwikkeling en aanbieding van doeltreffende opleidingsprogramme vir korrektiewe offisiere. Daar word ook voorgestel dat korrektiewe offisiere op 'n veel groter skaal bewus gemaak word van die komplekse interaksie tussen tradisie, vooroordele en mites wat rondom suksesvolle MIV/Vigs-bekamping bestaan.
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Diniz, Rita de CÃssia Moura. "A formaÃÃo dos trabalhadores da saÃde do Sistema PenitenciÃrio: uma cartografia dos saberes e prÃticas." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2011. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=6638.
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nÃo hÃAborda a questÃo da formaÃÃo dos trabalhadores da saÃde do sistema penitenciÃrio, tendo como objeto avaliar a trajetÃria de formaÃÃo em processos educacionais formais e nÃo formais, compreendidos tanto na perspectiva do preparo ofertado pela instituiÃÃo como o realizado pelo prÃprio servidor. Traz como problema de investigaÃÃo a indagaÃÃo de como identificar experiÃncia nÃo formal para recomendar uma proposta formal, que atenda o desenvolvimento profissional de carÃter permanente de tais trabalhadores e que contribua para o alcance da missÃo institucional de reintegraÃÃo do homem recluso ao seio da sociedade. Apresenta-se como objetivos do estudo realizar pesquisa avaliativa sobre o percurso dos processos educacionais formais e nÃo formal dos trabalhadores de saÃde do Sistema PenitenciÃrio do Estado do Cearà e a sua interface com a ressocializaÃÃo do presidiÃrio, visando à proposiÃÃo de princÃpios e temÃticas que integrem os dois tipos de formaÃÃo; avaliar o percurso formativo dos referidos trabalhadores, identificando os elementos curriculares nÃo formais e a sua interface com a ressocializaÃÃo do presidiÃrio; elaborar uma cartografia de saberes e prÃticas instituÃdos pelos trabalhadores que integram a equipe de saÃde do sistema penitenciÃrio, bem como propor uma matriz temÃtica que atenda a formaÃÃo continuada de profissionais ressocializadores; e, por fim, propor uma sistemÃtica de avaliaÃÃo para formar trabalhadores ressocializadores do sistema penitenciÃrio. Sustenta-se como tese argumento de que os saberes e prÃticas vivenciados pelos trabalhadores/ressocializadores do Sistema PenitenciÃrio do Estado do CearÃ, oriundos de uma formaÃÃo graduada ou nÃo graduada em cursos especÃficos, podem ser resignificados e integrados com suporte numa matriz curricular que apresente mÃtodos possibilitadores do exercÃcio da aÃÃo educativa ressocializadora junto aos presidiÃrios. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza qualitativa, com abordagem dialÃtica, no entanto, como se opera com a anÃlise de 1327 cursos e atualizaÃÃes dos profissionais, fez-se a triangulaÃÃo dos dados mediante de um estudo estatÃstico. Como instrumentos de coleta de dados foram empregados entrevistas semiestruturadas, questionÃrio, anÃlise documental, mapa conceitual e diÃrio de campo. Os sujeitos da pesquisa se constituÃram dos trabalhadores da saÃde do sistema penitenciÃrio lotados no hospital penal e manicÃmio judiciÃrio, inclusive os agentes penitenciÃrios lotados nas referidas unidades, por se ponderar que as atribuiÃÃes desses profissionais possuem uma interface com o processo de trabalho da equipe de saÃde. Como resultado da anÃlise, identificou-se o fato de que a formaÃÃo dos trabalhadores/ressocializadores do sistema penitenciÃrio nÃo à adequada à natureza social do trabalho que realizam, sendo, pois, ressignificados, de modo que à e apresentada uma proposta de educaÃÃo continuada formalizada. Na elaboraÃÃo da cartografia de saberes e prÃticas, evidencia-se que os saberes e prÃticas adquiridos pelos profissionais de saÃde do sistema penitenciÃrio foram constituÃdos com a vivencia, no contexto da prisÃo, com o outro e com o preso, portanto, uma aprendizagem nÃo formal. Apresenta-se ao final do estudo, uma proposta de avaliaÃÃo curricular de cunho emancipatÃrio e dialÃtico.
This thesis analyses the âeducationalâ background of the correctional systemâs health field professionals. To facilitate the evaluation, this study divided their formation in four categories: formal, informal, offered by the correctional system or searched by the own professional. It also exposes the difficulties in analyzing informal experiences in order to propose a formal âeducationâ capable to provide the professional development they need and also accomplish the correctional system main goal: the inmateâs return to the community. The main goals of this study are: to do an evaluative research of the Cearà stateâs correctional system professionalsâ formal or informal formation and its interface with the inmate re-socialization, aiming at proposing principles and themes which integrates both formations; to evaluate the professionalsâ background by identifying the informal curricular elements and is interface with the inmate re-socialization; to elaborate a cartography of knowledge and practices using the professionalsâ experiences, as well as to propose a thematic matrix which continued formation of re-socializing professionals; and, at last, to propose a method to evaluate the correctional systemâs health field professionalsâ formation. This study states the following thesis: the knowledge and practices experimented by the Cearà stateâs correctional system professionals, acquired from a graduated education or not, can be redefined and added by using a curricular matrix with methods to make possible the inmatesâ re-socialization. The analytical study used a dialectic approach methodology. Statistical cross-data analysis was done to find correlations in the more than 1327 courses done by the professionals. Interviews, documental analysis, conceptual chart, and field diary were the methodologies used to acquire data. The analysisâ result showed that the professionalsâ formation is inadequate to the nature of their work. It was presented a proposal of a formalized continued education. The knowledge and practices cartography showed that all the professionalsâ knowledge and practices were acquired by himself and through the interaction professional-professional and professional-inmate, therefore, evidencing an informal education. It was presented a method to evaluate the correctional systemâs health field professionalsâ formation
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Kagitci, Burcin. "The Relationship Between Students'." Master's thesis, METU, 2013. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615498/index.pdf.
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This study aimed to investigate a) which type of written feedback (direct feedback or use of error codes) university prep-school EFL students with elementary level of proficiency prefer to receive on their written texts, b) whether or not the (mis)match between students&rsquopreferences and received feedback affect their level of improvement in writing, and c) to what extent the students&rsquo
previous writing experience affect their preference for the type of written feedback. In order to determine the students&rsquo
preferences for a specific type of feedback and to find out their previous writing experiences, a questionnaire was designed. Moreover, the participants were given two subsequent writing tasks with the purpose of determining the level of improvement in their linguistic accuracy after receiving their (not) preferred type of feedback. The results show that the majority of the students in the preparatory class with Elementary level prefer to receive use of error codes in their written texts
however, giving them what they ask for may not contribute to their improvement as would be expected. Moreover, some conclusions are made as to the relationship between the students&rsquo
previous writing experience and their current practices.
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Tian, Hai, Tom Trojak, and Charles H. Jones. "COMMUNICATIONS OVER AIRCRAFT POWER LINES: A PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/603939.
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ITC/USA 2006 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Second Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 23-26, 2006 / Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, CaliforniaThis paper presents a practical implementation of a hardware design for transmission of data over aircraft power lines. The intent of such hardware is to significantly reduce the wiring in the aircraft instrumentation system. The potential usages of this technology include pulse code modulation (PCM), Ethernet and other forms data communications. Details of the fieldprogrammable gate array (FPGA) and printed circuit board (PCB) designs of the digital and analog front end will be discussed. The power line is not designed for data transmission. It contains considerable noise, multipath effects, and time varying impedance. Spectral analysis data of an aircraft is presented to indicate the difficulty of the problem at hand. A robust modulation is required to overcome the harsh environment and to provide reliable transmission. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has been used in power line communication industry with a great deal of success. OFDM has been deemed the most appropriate technology for high-speed data transmission on aircraft power lines. Additionally, forward error correction (FEC) techniques are discussed.
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Brophy, Lisa Mary. "Using the emancipatory values of social work as a guide to the investigation : what processes and principles represent good practice with people on community treatment orders ? /." Connect to thesis, 2009. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/5760.
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This research explores good practice with people on CTOs - via a case study of one area mental health service in Victoria. The emancipatory values of Social Work were used to guide the investigation, thereby ensuring the involvement of consumers and their families or carers. Critical Social Work theory provided an important theoretical base for the research, and both critical theory and pragmatism supported the methodology. A mixed methods approach was undertaken. This included a cluster analysis of 164 people on CTOs. Three clusters emerged from the exploratory cluster analysis. These clusters, labelled ‘connected’, ‘young males’ and ‘chaotic’ are discussed in relation to their particular characteristics. The results from the cluster analysis were used to inform the recruitment of four people on CTOs who were the central focus of case studies that represented the different clusters. Semi-structured group interviews were also undertaken to enhance the triangulation of data collection and analysis. This resulted in 29 semi-structured interviews with multiple informants, including consumers, family/carers, case managers, doctors, Mental Health Review Board members and senior managers. The data analysis was guided by a general inductive approach that was supported by the use of NVivo 7.Five principles, and the processes required to enable them, emerged from the qualitative data: 1) use and develop direct practice skills, 2) take a human rights perspective, 3) focus on goals and desired outcomes, 4) aim for quality of service delivery, and, 5) enhance and enable the role of key stakeholders. These principles are discussed and then applied to the case studies in order to consider their potential relevance to practice within a diverse community of CTO recipients. The application of the principles identified two further findings: 1) that the principles are interdependent, and 2) the relevance of the principles varies depending on the characteristics of the consumer. The two most important findings to emerge from this thesis are that: 1) people on CTOs, their family/carers, and service providers are a diverse community of people who have a range of problems, needs and preferences in relation to either being on a CTO or supporting someone on a CTO; and 2) the implementation of CTOs is influenced by social and structural issues that need to be considered in developing any recognition or understanding about what represents good practice. Recommendations relating to each of the principles are made, along with identification of future research questions. A particular focus is whether application of the principles will enable improvements in practice on a range of measures, including reducing the use of CTOs, and the experience of coercion by consumers.
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Sjöberg, Sofia. "Utilizing research in the practice of personnel selection : General mental ability, personality, and job performance." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-101976.
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Identifying and hiring the highest performers is essential for organizations to remain competitive. Research has provided effective guidelines for this but important aspects of these evidence-based processes have yet to gain acceptance among practitioners. The general aim of this thesis was to help narrowing the gap between research and practice concerning personnel selection decisions. The first study compared the validity estimates of general mental ability (GMA) and the five factor model of personality traits as predictors of job performance, finding that, when the recently developed indirect correction for range restriction was applied, GMA was an even stronger predictor of job performance than previously found, while the predictive validity of the personality traits remained at similar levels. The approach used for data collection and combination is crucial to forming an overall assessment of applicants for selection decisions and has a great impact on the validity of the decision. The second study compared the financial outcomes of applying a mechanical or clinical approach to combining predictor scores. The results showed that the mechanical approach can result in a substantial increase in overall utility. The third study examined the potential influences that practitioners’ cognitive decision-making style, accountability for the assessment process, and responsibility for the selection decision had on their hiring approach preferences. The results showed that practitioners scoring high on intuitive decision-making style preferred a clinical hiring approach, while the contextual aspects did not impact practitioners’ preferences. While more research may be needed on practitioner preferences for a particular approach, the overall results of this thesis support and strengthen the predictive validity of GMA and personality traits, and indicate that the mechanical approach to data combination provides increased utility for organizations.At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Manuscript. Paper 3: Manuscript.
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Riley, Michael J. "Representations of sexual practice and identity in men's prisons since the 1950s in the UK and the US." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2014. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/51420/.
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In this thesis I propose that the representation of the prison is an untapped and valuable resource for non-traditional representations of the queered male, homo-sex and sexualities. I draw together texts on prison and sexuality from the 1800s to the 2000s in order to discuss the representation of prison in light of what it adds to a wider historical understanding of sexuality. The thesis is broadly chronological in form, analysing academic and theoretical texts in context alongside popular cultural representations. I reassess the ways in which sexuality is viewed and understood over time, and place homosexuality within the framework of wider male sexuality as represented in the prison. I theorise a re-imagining of homosexuality within normative male sexuality and I challenge the concept of ‘situational sex' through the complex issues behind understandings of sex in prison. My research methodology includes close textual analysis of representations of prison in literature, film and television alongside academic and theoretical texts on sexuality, gender and queer theory. Each chapter focuses on specific cultural texts, including Against the Law (1957), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) Short Eyes (1977), Scum (1977, 1979) and Oz (1997-2003). By drawing the representations and the theories together I am able to provide a re-reading of the texts within a recognition of sexual fluidity and the reclassification of heterosexual males and gender hierarchies. In my research I argue that the representation of sex in prison re-writes sexuality and contributes to a reading of the queering potential of the cultural representation of prison. With this method I challenge conventional understandings of sexuality as well as perceptions of how male sexuality is viewed in popular culture. I argue that the cultural representation of the prison is a site of queer potentiality in form, idea and context and is a means to re-imagine male sexuality.
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Melbardis, Dustin Robert. "An Analysis of Restorative Justice in Vermont: Assessing the Relationships Between the Attitudes of Citizens and the Practices of the Department of Corrections." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1402.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the attitudes of citizens in Vermont and the newly instated restorative justice programs of the Vermont Department of Corrections. To complete this task, 601 Vermont residents were contacted via telephone interview and asked a series of questions concerning their opinion about 3 restorative justice programs, namely reparative boards, the diversion program, and the furlough program. Bivariate analysis determined if a relationship exists between the dependent variables, restorative justice programs, and independent variables, demographic characteristics such as age and gender. Results of the analysis revealed several factors contributing to attitudes about the Vermont department of corrections, including opinions whether the courts can handle their caseloads, overall belief in the criminal justice system, and views about restorative justice programs. Future implications of these findings and recommendations for future study are also included.
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Morgenstern, Juliane Marschall. "Práticas de correção e aprendizagem: produção de subjetividades na contemporaneidade." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2016. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/5264.
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Ao tomar como referência os crescentes programas de correção de fluxo idade-série e de Aceleração da Aprendizagem atualmente divulgados no Brasil, a presente pesquisa propõe-se problematizar como operam as práticas de correção e seus efeitos no mundo contemporâneo. Mais especificamente, é analisado o funcionamento das práticas de correção e seus efeitos no âmbito da educação brasileira. Embora o conjunto de materiais mobilizados para a elaboração desta tese tenha sido bastante amplo, para a realização da investigação o corpus foi formado a partir dos materiais didáticos e da sistematização de programas de correção de fluxo escolar que atuam pela aceleração da aprendizagem, produzidos no Brasil, a partir da década de 1990. Também compõem o corpus, vinte depoimentos escritos de sujeitos que integram as atividades dos programas e discutem suas experiências. Constatou-se um deslocamento nos modos de praticar a correção nas últimas décadas, cuja centralidade se volta à regulação do fluxo escolar e não mais a uma ortopedia do corpo individual. As análises conduziram a investigação para a proveniência das práticas corretivas num contexto temporalmente mais amplo, a qual se efetivou por meio de uma historicização de inspiração genealógica. Ao traçar um mapa panorâmico, foram encontradas quatro ênfases de atuação distintas no que se refere à finalidade (télos) dos modos de correção. A primeira ênfase está localizada no contexto da Antiguidade Pagã; a segunda ênfase é encontrada na Antiguidade Cristã; a terceira, nos desdobramentos das tecnologias disciplinares instauradas na Modernidade; a quarta ênfase concerne à atuação das tecnologias de seguridade, cuja evidência é visível na Contemporaneidade. Constatou-se ainda, que no seu modo de funcionamento, as práticas corretivas contemporâneas convergem com a constituição de uma subjetividade aprendente (Homo discentis), produzida na passagem do século XIX para o século XX. Nas condições de uma aprendizagem ao longo da vida, há um redirecionamento nas práticas de correção, cuja proeminência se direciona à construção de subjetividades que se tornem autorrealizáveis. Ficou visível a produtividade dessas práticas ao posicionarem o aprendente em determinadas condições, produzindo-o como uma subjetividade investida de aceleração. Compreendeu-se que o indivíduo subjetivado para a aprendizagem permanente deve ser capaz de corrigir-se em qualquer circunstância e em qualquer momento, de modo a se ajustar a um mundo no qual a mudança é constante. Tal como a possibilidade de agir sobre si mesmo e de ser ativo colocou-se como condição que sempre esteve presente nas ações praticadas pelos alunos, a esses também esteve implicada a condição de ser corrigido ou de se corrigir. Analisou-se que a correção está presente como algo permanente e necessário na constituição de uma subjetividade aprendente.
Taking as reference the growing programs of age-grade flow correction and Accelerated Learning currently disclosed in Brazil, this research aims to discuss how the correction practices operate and their effects on contemporary world. More specifically, the operation of correction practices and their effects are analyzed in the Brazilian education nowadays. Although the materials mobilized for the preparation of this Thesis has been quite broad, to carry out the research the corpus was composed from the teaching materials and the systematization of school flow programs that work for accelerated learning, produced in Brazil, since the 1990s. Twenty depositions of subjects that integrate program activities and discuss their experiences also make up the corpus. It was found a shift in the ways of correction practices in recent decades, whose centrality turns to the regulation of school flow and not to an individual body orthopedics. Analyses conducted the investigation for the descent of corrective practices in a temporally broader context, which was accomplished through a historicizing of genealogical inspiration. In tracing a panoramic map, were found four distinct acting emphases with regard to the purpose (télos) of the correction modes. The first emphasis is located in the context of Pagan Antiquity; the second emphasis is found in Christian Antiquity; the third, in the unfolding of the disciplinary technologies introduced in Modernity; and the fourth emphasis concerns the actions of security technologies, whose evidence is visible in Contemporaneity. It found also that, in its mode of operation, the contemporary corrective practices converge with the creation of a learning subjectivity (Homo discentis), produced in the late 19th century to the 20th century. Under the conditions of learning through life (lifelong learning), there is a redirecting on correction practices, whose prominence is directed to the construction of subjectivities that become self-fulfilling. The productivity of these practices became visible when positioning the learner under certain conditions, producing him as a subjectivity invested by acceleration. Thus, it was found that the individual subjectivized to lifelong learning should be able to correct itself in any circumstances and at any time, in order to adjust himself to a world where change is constant. Such as the possibility to act on itself and being active is put as a condition that has always been present in the actions practiced by students, to these students was also implicated the condition to be corrected or to correct itself. It was found that the correction is present as something permanent and necessary in the constitution of a learning subjectivity.
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Pozzolo, Susanna. "Robert Alexy, fundamental rigths, legal speach and practical rationality. ¿A realistic reading?" Derecho & Sociedad, 2017. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/118945.
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This article focuses on the analysis of the literature produced by Robert Alexy, a renowned German jurist, focusing on the concept of fundamental rights, which are, in a constitutional state of law, the ultimate goal of the legal system. Thus, for Alexy the rights of people are not moral, but rather legal. It is in this sense and taking as a starting point the conception of fundamental rights that the author proposes a tentative reading from a moderate realistic perspective of some aspects of the theoretical position of Alexy.El presente artículo se centra en el análisis de la literatura producida por Robert Alexy, reconocido jurista alemán, centrada en el concepto de los derechos fundamentales los cuales son, en un estado constitucional de derecho, el fin último del ordenamiento jurídico. Así, para Alexy los derechos de las personas no son de tipo moral, sino más bien, jurídico. Es en ese sentido y tomando como premisa de partida la concepción de los derechos fundamentales que la autora propone una lectura tentativa desde una perspectiva realista moderada de algunos aspectos de la posición teórica de Alexy.
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DINIZ, Rita de Cássia Moura. "A formação dos trabalhadores da saúde do sistema penitenciário - cartografia dos saberes e práticas." http://www.teses.ufc.br, 2011. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/1114.
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This thesis analyses the “educational” background of the correctional system’s health field professionals. To facilitate the evaluation, this study divided their formation in four categories: formal, informal, offered by the correctional system or searched by the own professional. It also exposes the difficulties in analyzing informal experiences in order to propose a formal “education” capable to provide the professional development they need and also accomplish the correctional system main goal: the inmate’s return to the community. The main goals of this study are: to do an evaluative research of the Ceará state’s correctional system professionals’ formal or informal formation and its interface with the inmate re-socialization, aiming at proposing principles and themes which integrates both formations; to evaluate the professionals’ background by identifying the informal curricular elements and is interface with the inmate re-socialization; to elaborate a cartography of knowledge and practices using the professionals’ experiences, as well as to propose a thematic matrix which continued formation of re-socializing professionals; and, at last, to propose a method to evaluate the correctional system’s health field professionals’ formation. This study states the following thesis: the knowledge and practices experimented by the Ceará state’s correctional system professionals, acquired from a graduated education or not, can be redefined and added by using a curricular matrix with methods to make possible the inmates’ re-socialization. The analytical study used a dialectic approach methodology. Statistical cross-data analysis was done to find correlations in the more than 1327 courses done by the professionals. Interviews, documental analysis, conceptual chart, and field diary were the methodologies used to acquire data. The analysis’ result showed that the professionals’ formation is inadequate to the nature of their work. It was presented a proposal of a formalized continued education. The knowledge and practices cartography showed that all the professionals’ knowledge and practices were acquired by himself and through the interaction professional-professional and professional-inmate, therefore, evidencing an informal education. It was presented a method to evaluate the correctional system’s health field professionals’ formation
Aborda a questão da formação dos trabalhadores da saúde do sistema penitenciário, tendo como objeto avaliar a trajetória de formação em processos educacionais formais e não formais, compreendidos tanto na perspectiva do preparo ofertado pela instituição como o realizado pelo próprio servidor. Traz como problema de investigação a indagação de como identificar experiência não formal para recomendar uma proposta formal, que atenda o desenvolvimento profissional de caráter permanente de tais trabalhadores e que contribua para o alcance da missão institucional de reintegração do homem recluso ao seio da sociedade. Apresenta-se como objetivos do estudo realizar pesquisa avaliativa sobre o percurso dos processos educacionais formais e não formal dos trabalhadores de saúde do Sistema Penitenciário do Estado do Ceará e a sua interface com a ressocialização do presidiário, visando à proposição de princípios e temáticas que integrem os dois tipos de formação; avaliar o percurso formativo dos referidos trabalhadores, identificando os elementos curriculares não formais e a sua interface com a ressocialização do presidiário; elaborar uma cartografia de saberes e práticas instituídos pelos trabalhadores que integram a equipe de saúde do sistema penitenciário, bem como propor uma matriz temática que atenda a formação continuada de profissionais ressocializadores; e, por fim, propor uma sistemática de avaliação para formar trabalhadores ressocializadores do sistema penitenciário. Sustenta-se como tese argumento de que os saberes e práticas vivenciados pelos trabalhadores/ressocializadores do Sistema Penitenciário do Estado do Ceará, oriundos de uma formação graduada ou não graduada em cursos específicos, podem ser resignificados e integrados com suporte numa matriz curricular que apresente métodos possibilitadores do exercício da ação educativa ressocializadora junto aos presidiários. Trata-se de um estudo de natureza qualitativa, com abordagem dialética, no entanto, como se opera com a análise de 1327 cursos e atualizações dos profissionais, fez-se a triangulação dos dados mediante de um estudo estatístico. Como instrumentos de coleta de dados foram empregados entrevistas semiestruturadas, questionário, análise documental, mapa conceitual e diário de campo. Os sujeitos da pesquisa se constituíram dos trabalhadores da saúde do sistema penitenciário lotados no hospital penal e manicômio judiciário, inclusive os agentes penitenciários lotados nas referidas unidades, por se ponderar que as atribuições desses profissionais possuem uma interface com o processo de trabalho da equipe de saúde. Como resultado da análise, identificou-se o fato de que a formação dos trabalhadores/ressocializadores do sistema penitenciário não é adequada à natureza social do trabalho que realizam, sendo, pois, ressignificados, de modo que é e apresentada uma proposta de educação continuada formalizada. Na elaboração da cartografia de saberes e práticas, evidencia-se que os saberes e práticas adquiridos pelos profissionais de saúde do sistema penitenciário foram constituídos com a vivencia, no contexto da prisão, com o outro e com o preso, portanto, uma aprendizagem não formal. Apresenta-se ao final do estudo, uma proposta de avaliação curricular de cunho emancipatório e dialético.
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Wicks, Veronica. "THE IMPACT OF INCARCERATION AND SOCIETAL REINTEGRATION ON MENTAL HEALTH." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/508.
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The purpose of this study was to examine ex-offender’s beliefs on the impact of incarceration and societal reintegration on mental health. The study is a qualitative design using interviews that were audio recorded and transcribed for analysis. The study sought to address the relationship between perceptions of mental health and experiences of incarceration and reintegration among formerly incarcerated individuals. The following themes emerged from participant responses: incarceration challenges, mental health stigma, and rehabilitation service accessibility. The findings of this study may contribute to social work practice by providing awareness to the factors impacting ex-offenders’ mental health and interventions needed. The significant importance the findings provide may influence social work advocacy for the services supporting rehabilitative reintegration and may reduce the rate of rearrested offenders, providing overall better mental health resources and services to this population.