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- 251: Treatment And The Sex Offender
- ... 231 treatment studies measured offender improvement in various areas, but recidivism is the issue here. Martinson says “With few and isolated exceptions, the rehabilitative efforts that have been reported so far have had no appreciable effect on recidivism” (p.292). Martinson says that education and vocational training in the studies he reviewed had no influence on reducing recidivism. But he admits that a correctional facility running a truly rehabilitative program that ... offender degree of risk (Martinson, p.299). Martinson says that since these treatment programs in prison did not work, maybe rehabilitating offenders outside an institutional setting may work. But the studies he reviewed showed no effect in treating the client. But he says that individual psychotherapy may work in a community setting. Martinson said that their was no evidence to believe that intensive supervision of adults would reduce recidivism. But he ... when President Clinton signed the Jacob Wetterling Crimes against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act, which links establishment of a sex offender warning system to federal anti-crime funding. The new law went into effect in September of 1997, and requires all states to notify communities of the presence of sex offenders. The federal effort is modeled on New Jersey’s Megan’s Law, spurred by the rape and ...
- 252: Ins And Outs Of Surfing
- ... a perfect wave. Looking at the two movies you can notice how much surfing has improved over the years and how many new spots there are to surf. There are many different things that can effect the characteristics of a wave such as size, shape and speed. The main influence on a wave is the wind, but there are four main factors of the wind that actually count, these are: The speed of the Wind. How long the wind has been blowing for. How far the wind has blown. These three factors effect the size of the wave but there is one more factor, and that is the direction of the wind. The direction can alter the smoothness of the wave and how long the wave can hold up for. The other elements that can have an effect on a wave are the tides, and also the surface of the ocean floor of which the wave is breaking over. To start with the tides effect the level of the water, and some ...
- 253: Monetary Policy
- ... varying degrees, it also leads to a socially inefficient allocation of investment funds. This is because after-tax profits become a less reliable guide to the true productivity of capital in various in-dustries. Another effect of unanticipated inflation is its impact on the distribution of wealth and income. Obviously, it hurts creditors, and benefits debtors. In addition, it may help or hurt wage earners depending on whether or not wages ... already underway. To stop the inflation, the Fed had to cut the money growth, which results in temporarily higher interest rates. (2, pages 306-308) Interest-rate stability has some, but probably only a small effect on the economic growth rate. But, although as it changes the inflation rate and the capacity utilization rate, it does affect growth indirectly in the ways just discussed. Interest-rate stability is helpful in preventing ... anyway. (4, page 203) Changing the discount rate has several problems associated with it. First, al-though raising the discount rate does discourage banks from borrowing, it is never clear exactly how much of an effect will be felt. Second, movements in other interest rates can largely offset changes in the discount rate. For example, if the discount rate is set at 10%, and the T-Bill rate at11%, banks ...
- 254: Communication Skills
- ... skills required for a job in the classifieds and wonder what it actually means. A communication skill is some type of skill used in communication, From talking, body language to even listening. Many things can effect the way one can convey his or her communication skills to others. All of these skills are very personnel to one another. Everyone has different ways of expressing some kind of communication skill within them ... you where just about to say. This makes the person you're talking to even more comfortable with what you are trying to convey with your thoughts and ideas. This is how different things can effect one's communication skill, speaking. A second communication skill is body language, a very personal way of expressing yourself without words. One's body language can carry a whole conversation without even saying a word ... understand exactly how a person is trying to express themselves. Speaking and body language goes hand to hand, without gestures when talking one cannot truly explain certain things to someone. Also there is no visual effect for the person listening. When there is sound as well as some kind of visual movement one is more interested in what someone is trying to say. Through body language one can tell if ...
- 255: The Threat of Death
- ... thirty people are on death row for crimes they committed before they turned eightteen (Guernsey 25). The opponents to the death penalty argue that juveniles do not have the moral responsibility to bring a deterrent effect to them (Bazan 17). As Richard L. Worsnop writes in his article entitled Death Penalty Debate Centers on Retribution: Peer pressure and family environment subject adolescents to enormous psychological and emotional stress. Adolescents respond to stressful situations by acting impulsively and without the mature judgement expected of adults. These characteristics are shared by all adolescents....Thus, the possibility of capital punishment is meaningless to juveniles and has no deterrent effect. Mentally deficient offenders are in the same situation that juveniles are in. "As many as 30 percent of the 2,300 prisoners on death row may be retarded or mentally impaired (Guernsey 30)." For a ... know what is right or wrong, or even more, does not understand that he or she could face death for what he is doing, capital punishment is not very likely going to have a deterring effect. Another situation that the opponents build their platform upon is in the case of offenders impaired by drugs or alcohol or in an emotional rage. If a person is not thinking straight, then chances ...
- 256: Observing Persuasion In The Ne
- ... cults or otherwise. Reactance. A person may be motivated to rebel somewhat to maintain one’s sense of independence. In fact, studies show that “attempts to restrict a person’s freedom often produce a ‘boomerang effect,’” (Brehm & Brehm, 1981, as cited by Myers, 1996, 265). Ingroupism. The development of a differentiation between “we” and “they,” “us” and “them,” (Myers, 1996). Ingroup bias quickly results, where the members of the Ingroup will ... is the phenomena of doing something because one believes that it is the product of their own devising. If a leader wishes his subjects to follow his direction, to command them might create the boomerang effect, reactance, that might make them disobey. If he lowers the command to a reasonable suggestion, his followers might think about it, and decide within their own mind that it is reasonable. In deciding, then, to ... lot” with the little group, as the demands increased, he just went along with it. During one of Baron’s first interview’s with a New Age devotee, the woman made a statement to the effect that Will was benefiting somehow from experience he had in a former life. He wrote “Because Marcus’ wife was a respected professional psychologist, I felt quite open to seriously accepting her revealing statement. You ...
- 257: Hard Water
- ... water can be a nuisance at home and throughout society. It may be hard to imagine that a small amount of calcium or magnesium dissolved in a gallon of water would have much of an effect, but the results can be far out of proportion to the actual concentration. Hard water has been proven to interfere with almost every cleaning task, from laundering and dishwashing to bathing and personal grooming. Clothes ... percent faster than fabrics washed in soft water. This is due to the presence of hardness residues left in the fabric after laundering (7). The study also found that hard water has generally a negative effect on colors and whites. In addition, the study found that laundry washed in hard water became resoiled with greater ease. Not only does hard water have an effect on the household and industry, but also it has been proven that it also has a great effect on the environment. The most important impact of hardness on fish and other aquatic life appears ...
- 258: A Study of B.F. Skinner and Behaviorism
- ... which involves punishment, rewards, and other stimuli to induce proper or improper behavior according to the learning basics that he believes and teaches. The first part of reinforcement is conditioning. Conditioning is concerned with the effect that certain consequences have an effect on the frequency of behavior. Skinner used rats to perform instrumental conditioning in the 1930's. He trained rats to press levers to get food. "In one experiment, a hungry rat was placed in a ... of removing something-for example, a loud noise, a very bright light, extreme cold or heat, or electric shock-from the situation" (Skinner, 1953, p. 73). These we call negative reinforcers. In both cases the effect of reinforcers is the same, the probability of response is increased. We cannot avoid this distinction by arguing that what is reinforcing in the negative case is the absence of the bright light, loud ...
- 259: Free Will Vs. Determinism
- ... his essay, "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding of Liberty and Necessity," that determinism is this: "It is universally allowed, that matter, in all its operations, is actuated by a necessary force, and that every natural effect is so precisely determined by the energy of its cause, that no other effect in such particular circumstances could possibly have resulted from it" Pg. 54). No matter how deep you decide to delve into the definition, it is still the same. The idea behind determinism is that everything has a caused and has happened because of that cause. If the circumstances were repeated exactly the same, there could be no other outcome. For a determinist, life is nothing but cause and effect. In Williams dialogue, Daniel, who represents the deterministic ideology, gives one main argument. He states that there is an enormous number of events which science has found causes for, including events involving human behavior. ...
- 260: The End Of Affluence
- ... giving America a trade surplus. This increase in trade not only brought about wealth and economic growth, but also revolutionized inventions. One of the largest examples, is the introduction of the railroad, and the tremendous effect it had on the trade of goods. This revolutionary invention enabled the transportation of goods to become quicker, and opened new markets. The ability to transport goods quickly also returned a quicker profit enabling the ... due to the destruction of Europe and Japan, leaving the global market open for U.S. business. These happy times only lasted until the early 1970 s when the introduction of the Oil Embargo took effect, and the crippling of Americas productivity and economic rates began. The enactment of the embargo was not the only reason the U.S. began to lose its productivity rate. The shipping of jobs to overseas ... entering of the Japanese into the global market also helped in the disabling of America s economic growth. This crippling of America s economy reached many more Americans than thought possible and had a domino effect on the economy. It first hit the corporations and forced them to downsize, causing a contraction of the company. This contraction meant the government could not extract taxes, causing the U.S to borrow ...
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