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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"Correctional facilities"”.
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Menstrual Inequality in Women's Correctional Facilities
… experience menstrual inequality within correctional settings. This research focuses on vulnerable populations of menstruators most likely to experience menstrual inequality and the underlying causes of this systematic inequality within the prison industrial complex in the United States. …
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Mental Health Treatment in Juvenile Correctional Facilities: Utilizing Assessment To Inform Treatment
<p>Youth in juvenile correctional facilities face a wide range of mental health difficulties. Over the years, the juvenile justice system has prioritized the need for providing appropriate and effective treatment services to youth throughout their detainment. Despite these ongoing efforts, …
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The Numbers Gang in South African Correctional Facilities: Reflections on Structures, Functions and Culture
… Gang is a well-known phenomenon in South African correctional facilities or prisons in short. The existence of the Numbers is widely associated with ongoing patterns of conflict and violence in South African prisons – between inmates and warders, between inmates, as well as between rival prison …
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A study of family units formed in female correctional facilities in the state of Texas
This study examined how pseudofamily groups function within the female prison population and how membership could affect the inmate's image within the prison system. The main emphasis was on the family-like structure of these groups and if membership created either positive or negative consequences …
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Capturing fidelity to understand implementation of Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in juvenile justice correctional facilities
… youth by 8 therapists employed in 3 juvenile correctional facilities. This study used observational coding measurement of 53 TF-CBT therapy audiotapes to measure therapist fidelity components: adherence to TF-CBT specific strategies, technical competence, nonspecific competence, and patient …
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The effectiveness of tablet-based education in correctional facilities versus in-person education post-coronavirus pandemic
… cornerstone of programming for individuals in correctional facilities to reduce the likelihood of recidivism. During and after the coronavirus-19 pandemic, correctional facilities struggled to maintain their educational programs for justice-involved individuals. There is a need for a long-term …
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Using the Survey of Inmates of State and Federal Correctional Facilities to Compare Female and Male Inmate Characteristics.
… using the Survey of Inmates of State and Federal Correctional Facilities, 1997. Variables examined included current offense, criminal history, drug use history, victimization history, program participation in the institution, disciplinary infractions in the institution, family history, and …
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People in prison and correctional officers perspectives on their lived experiences engaging with mental health services in selected correctional facilities in Nigeria: a hermeneutic phenomenological analysis.
… influence the help-seeking behaviours of PIP. Correctional officers (COs), play a critical role in supporting PIP with MHIs, functioning as essential gatekeepers in facilitating or hindering MHS engagement. However, in Nigeria, there is a notable gap in research examining the factors that …
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Design-build in the public sector : a case study of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Capital Planning and Operations (DCPO) design-build project for three correctional facilities
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1987.
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Food safety knowledge, attitude and practices of food handlers at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka.
… of Staphylococcusaureus in two of Lusaka-based Correctional facilities namely, Mwembeshi Maximum and Lusaka Central Correctional facilities. The study considered the isolation and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of Staphylococcus aureus, contaminating correctional facility kitchens, in Lusaka …
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Food safety knowledge, attitude and practices of food handlers at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka.
… of Staphylococcusaureus in two of Lusaka-based Correctional facilities namely, Mwembeshi Maximum and Lusaka Central Correctional facilities. The study considered the isolation and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of Staphylococcus aureus, contaminating correctional facility kitchens, in Lusaka …
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Epidemiology of Hiv-Infection In Incarcerated Women In South Carolina
In the last decade, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in correctional facilities has received increased attention and been identified as a growing public health concern. While the prevalence of HIV infection is greater among men (73%) in the general population, the opposite remains true among incarcerated …
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An Examination of Factors Related to the Cognitive and Affective Empathy Levels of Adjudicated Youth
… of empathy of adjudicated youth in four juvenile correctional facilities in Texas. Using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI), empathy levels of 170 youth were examined. Youth in the study demonstrated low levels of empathy. The study found that empathy levels of adjudicated youth were …
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The racial composition of prisons and the conditions of confinement
… The question of differential treatment in correctional settings, however, has received less attention. The current study questions whether empirical evidence of differential treatment exists in the prison setting. In this study, data from a national survey of correctional facilities is used …
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Contemplating Suicide: Responding to the Life and Death of Ashley Smith
… Ashley Smith’s experiences in the Canadian Correctional Facilities, and attempts to explore the ways in which her experiences were enframed by a heavily biopoliticized system. I demonstrate the ways in which, when traditional avenues of recourse failed, Ashley used her body and the objects …
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School, Disability Status, and Delinquency: An Examination of Delinquency Among Rural Adolescents
… learning disabilities are confined in juvenile correctional facilities. Yet, there is a substantial gap in empirical research that explores the possible relationship between learning disabilities and delinquent behavior. The purpose of the current study is to assess how specific learning …
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A Qualitative Analysis of the Etiology, Manifestation, and Institutional Responses to Self-Injurious Behaviors in Prison
… inmates, it has gone largely unexamined in a correctional setting, in favor of inter-inmate violence and other phenomena. Additionally, few correctional facilities currently maintain programs specifically designed to treat self-injury, opting instead to default to suicide protocols or …
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Predicting Staff Sexual Misconduct In Female Housing Units: Individual Versus Social Climate Factors
… of violence and conflict in women's correctional facilities, over four thousand women prisoners from 15 facilities and 80 housing units rated the kinds of inmate and staff problems they felt existed in their housing units, including staff sexual misconduct. Due to the data being …
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Perceptions of Sexual Activity from Staff and Youth in a State Juvenile Facility
… of juvenile sexual activity and assaults in correctional facilities. This study used data collected through a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The grant research team conducted a survey in a juvenile facility of a mid-western state asking staff and juvenile participants to given their …
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