1. Prison Rehabilitation
Kevin Szeto, Andrew Pelegris, Kevin Kung
Mr. Heffernan
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Prison Rehabilitation
“When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.”

2. From Generous Girl to “Caged Animal.”
Summary
Ashley Smith died in a federal prison at the age of 19.
Jailed for four months after throwing crab apples at a mailman.
She accumulated many charges after minor assaults on guards and prankish stunts.
Seven guards watched Ashley as they were ordered to not intervene
She was a sweet child that would offer food to the homeless.
She developed a mental disorder, oppositional defiant disorder.
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Zlomislic, D. (2009, October 10). From generous girl to “caged animal”. Toronto Star. Retrieved November 1, 2009, from generous-girl-to-caged-animal
Kevin Szeto

3. Textbook Justification: “From Generous Girl to “Caged Animal.””
Connections
Conformity
Mental Illness
Nature vs. Nurture
Peer Group
Prison
Psychology
Treatment of Prisoners.
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Kevin Szeto

4. Nina killer treated as kid; Buffy to be sentenced as youth; faces fewer years in prison
Summary
20 year old woman
Aided “mall rats” in murder and rape of a 13-year old girl
Brought up in abusive and neglectful household
In 4 previous years of prison time, she was said to be positively changing
To be given youth sentence
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Kleiss, Karen. (2009). Nina killer treated as kid; Buffy to be sentenced as youth; faces fewer
years in prison. Edmonton Journal. Retrieved October 22, from the eLibrary database.
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Andrew

5. Textbook Justification: “Nina killer treated as kid; Buffy to be sentenced as youth; faces fewer years in prison”
Connections
Rehabilitation
Socialization
Norms
Nature/Nurture Debate
Written in 2009
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Andrew

6. “Defining Proper Roles for Prisons”
Summary
Fault with rehabilitation
High incarceration rate
Prison filled with violence and drugs
Struggle to survive
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Kevin Kung

7. Textbook Justification: “Defining Proper Role for Prison”
Connections
Rehabilitation
Role expectation
Anthropology
Psychology
conformity
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Kevin Kung

8. Prisons and After Prison
Summary
Prison and after prison
What could’ve happened.
Prison a terrible social institution
Overcrowded
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Geraghty, T F (Summer 2004). Prisons and after prison.   Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. , 94, 4. p.1149 (14). Retrieved November 17, 2009, from Academic One File via Gale:
Kevin Szeto

9. Textbook Justification: “Prisons and After Prisons.”
Reliable
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Academic
Should be in the textbook
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Kevin Szeto

10. November 22, 2009, from Academic OneFile via Gale
Rehabilitation, Recidivism, and Realism: evaluating violence reduction programs in prison
Summary
Hypothesis: Military style prison approach is ineffective
Method: Statistics, Experiments
Conclusions:
Only appeases the public
Reinforces aggressive behaviour
“Lawless” regimes are even worse
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Matthews, R., Pitts, J. (Dec 1998). Rehabilitation, recidivism, and realism: evaluating
violence reduction programs in prison.  Prison Journal, 78, 4. p.390. Retrieved
November 22, 2009, from Academic OneFile via Gale
Andrew

11. Textbook Justification: “Rehabilitation, Recidivism, and Realism: evaluating violence reduction programs in prison”
Proves importance of rehabilitation
Demonstrates politics' role in prisons
Article was peer reviewed
Prison Journal was founded in 1787
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Andrew

12. The Role of nonprofits in the rehabilitation system
Summary
Non Profit organizations should lead rehabilitation
Government unable to handle prisoner rehabilitation programs
Requires full commitment
Kevin Kung

13. Justification for “The Role of nonprofits in the rehabilitation system”
Social Institutions
Community
Ethics
Kevin Kung

14. Focus On - Hypothesis Inefficient Academic Journals
School for Prisoners
Kevin Szeto

15. Focus On - Survey Graphs
Kevin Kung

16. Focus On - Survey Conclusion
Generally positive view of prisoner rehabilitation
Suggests people think that further investment in rehabilitation is needed
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Andrew

17. Questions
1. Why was Ashley Smith eventually put into a segregation cell?
2. With regards to fighting terrorism, do you think that the military style approach would be effective for protecting the public?
3. What is wrong with Canadian jails today?
What did we did our conclusion would be based on our hypothesis?
For the survey, what did most males think about the crime rate in Canada? What did most females think?
Did the majority of respondents say that prisons should focus on punishment rather than rehabilitation?
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