Electronic monitoring: philosophical, systemic, and political issues

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Electronic monitoring of prisoners, designed in the mid-1980s to reduce jail populations, can improve when awareness about the versatility and utility of this method can be increased. Successful monitoring programs need continuing evaluation, and there is data to suggest this technique has more potential for rehabilitation than confinement in prison.

Management, Innovations, Prisoners, Electronic monitoring of prisoners, Home detention, Punishment, Electronic prisoner monitoring

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Who will care for Mother 'tomorrow'?

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This article discusses the shortage of health care paraprofessionals. The author argues that low wages, lack of respect, lack of full-time work, and the demanding physical labor makes health care paraprofessional work undesirable, and policy changes need to be implemented to better these professions and make them more desirable.

Prevention, Employment, Medical personnel, Long-term care of the sick, Long term care, Underemployment

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The complementarity of crime and madness

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Research supports a strong correlation between crime and mental illness, as both share common personality core aberrations. Analysis includes indicators of deviance and mobility, which can be used to develop a model predicting an individual's path toward criminal behavior or insanity.

Psychological aspects, Statistical Data Included, Research, Models, Crime, Personality disorders, Psychiatric research, Mentally disabled persons, Criminal behavior, Mentally disabled persons and crime

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