... harsh long term sentencing requirements for a variety of offenses. Both adult and juvenile offenders were faced with the consequences of the major punitive shift of the U.S. criminal justice system during the eighties and into the nineties. Legal rhetoric and media outlets painted an image of the murderous, impulse driven juvenile, permeating fear throughout American society; juvenile arrests ... within those schools. The researchers explored the intended impact of the policies, in addition to the prominent, unintended 'side-effects' of them. The authors debunk the theory that harsh...

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... entire structure (Turner, 1978:11-2). Since prison is also an essential part of society, activities of its members, including administration and prisoners, is vital for the proper functioning of the system. Somehow, nature of the relationship between the prisons personnel and criminals is of master and slave, which keeps both the parties in conflict with one another. The prisons officers introduce ... evident between the prisoners and jail management, which contains bleak chances of any resocialization of the criminals during their remaining incarcerated in prisons (Pritikin, 2009:1050)...

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