Civil Confinement for Sex Offenders Research Paper Civil Confinement for Sex Offenders began in the state of New York on April 13‚ 2007 with the enactment of the Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act (SOMTA) (SOMTA‚ 2008). O’Connor (n.d.) states; “that this act covers prisoners already serving sentences‚ those on parole‚ those on conditional release‚ and those on post release supervision”. There are two types of post release confinement “options.” One is called “Strict and Intensive Supervision
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The Sanitary Commission was a known profit organization that was sanctioned by the U.S. government in 1861 to help provide supplies and aid to the medical corps. It was not the first organization of its kind but it was the first to have a major and lasting effect on the army. The Sanitary Commission aided soldiers‚ supplied hospitals with the necessary supplies and provided an efficient means for smaller local aid societies to distribute their supplies. They also created many of the guidelines that
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As in any novel‚ the characters of A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt are portrayed by the author as positive‚ neutral‚ or negative characters. In this particular book‚ the characters are excellent subjects to utilize the positive/negative analysis on because the characters in this book are scattered about the positive and negative spectrum. Some of the main characters are portrayed as purely negative; others are represented by the author as genuinely good people or as neutral individuals. However
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In a memoir written by Richard Wright‚ Black Boy (American Hunger) gruesomely discusses the harsh events a young child goes through while living in a household of poverty and is plagued by many unfortunate situations.The idea of freedom versus confinement is shown through diction in a constant wave through different events and challenges that the main character goes through. To begin Wright describes how when he was around the age of six he would run down to the saloon and beg the drunken men
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Disharoon 1 Debra Disharoon Professor Anderson Wrt 101 28 October‚ 2011 “Solitary Sparrow: A Beat Poet’s Desire to be Heard and Understood” Alan Ginsberg was born to Louis and Naomi Ginsberg on June 3‚ 1926 in Newark‚ New Jersey. He came from a proletariat background and grew to be a major influence for the counterculture of the 1950’s and has impacted the lives of people‚ particularly youth‚ for generations. His difficult childhood due to his mother’s mental illness and the resulting stress
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Introduction India’s Caste System‚ a system of social stratification‚ began with the idea of keeping peace and order throughout India. Though as time passed‚ it has created a pernicious effect that restricted the growth and potentiality of a person. As such‚ the caste system is a barrier (ie. a glass ceiling) to the development of a person in a social‚ economic‚ and political manner that will continue to burden the country in the future. As time passes and nothing has significantly improved‚ the
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In the texts‚ A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel‚ Nora Helmer and Tita (Josefita) are subject to the paradox of confinement and freedom. Tita is restricted to the ranch and kitchen‚ and Nora to the house. Concurrently‚ in the seclusion of the kitchen‚ Tita is liberated from Mama Elena’s control‚ has freedom of self-expression through cooking‚ and can openly express her feelings. Josefita is a skilled cook with mystical abilities‚ and also has some freedom
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The Home and the world is a book that discusses issues such as the Bengal partition movement‚ the issue of nationalism and ideas about what a country is etc. A major theme is this book is the relationship of the home and the world which is outside. All three characters play a major role in influencing this theme in different ways. Nikhil enjoys the modern way of living while Bimala is quite the opposite‚ following the true Hindu tradition‚ never goes out of the house. “Once I had asked Bimala
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the late nineteenth century herself‚ was a writer living within such a society. In "The Story of an Hour" (1894)‚ Kate Chopin uses elements of settings--windows and door--in order to highlight the possibilities of freedom and the threat of confinement for women in late nineteenth century American society. Chopin uses figurative language of symbols and imagery to conflate the possibility of freedom with the physical setting outside the window. Chopin uses the “open” window as a symbol
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Philosophy Essay “In the state of nature‚ the life of man would be solitary‚ poor‚ nasty‚ brutish and short”. Discuss. In philosophical terms the phrase “state of nature” translates to mean the state at which man would be without authority (laws etc.) The quote which has been set to discuss is a rather famous one said by the great philosopher‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ who argued that in order for there to be peace and harmony everyone needed to co-operate through a social contract. Hobbes believed that
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