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    An example of this is if Peter is in a situation in which he can take the place of a person in solitary confinement‚ which causes psychological pain and suffering‚ it is not morally acceptable for him to do so. It is not morally acceptable because although the individual is suffering they knowingly participated in the act that resulted in the pain and suffering

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    The Stanford Prison Experiment The stanford prison experiment is one of the infamous experiments conducted in the history of psychology. The experiment was conducted at Stanford University in August‚ 1971 by a team of researchers led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo. The basic premise was to find out and determine what happens when you put good people in an evil place? Does humanity win over evil‚ or does evil triumph? Does the system that we inhabit and are a part of start to control our

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    Katiuska Facey Prof. Tari Russo ENG240 3/31/2014 ZOOPAIN Before human beings even existed in the world‚ who was already living on earth? The animal’s right! Do people think keeping animal away from their habitat is the best? Why do people think that zoos are protecting them from endangered? Actually‚ what they really do‚ Is torture them to live a new lifestyle from what they are really use to. Animals in the zoo tend to develop a kind of a mental illness‚ they are in caged for life and are

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    Keeping great willpower and praying to god‚ Ronald Cotton spent an eleven-year nightmare‚ being transferred from prison to prison‚ occasionally living in solitary confinement for extended periods of time. In prison he met an inmate‚ serving time for the same crimes. His name was Bobby Poole‚ not only did Bobby Poole resembled Cotton in appearance he even bragged to fellow inmates of the time Ronald is serving instead

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    The milgram experiment. The three people involved were: the one running the experiment‚ the subject of the experiment a volunteer‚ and a person pretending to be a volunteer. These three persons fill three distinct roles: the Experimenter an authoritative role‚ the Teacher a role intended to obey the orders of the Experimenter‚ and the Learner the recipient of stimulus from the Teacher. The subject and the actor both drew slips of paper to determine their roles‚ but unknown to the subject‚ both slips

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    bitter lonesomeness‚ or rotting in a forgotten storage container‚ slowly becoming worse and less appealing‚ while going unnoticed by the outside world‚ only compounding upon itself when trying to escape. This leads the reader to believe that this confinement is not only gross and horrifying‚ but also insightful of hatred and anger. Because she is trapped‚ and has no way of contacting the people just out of reach‚ she has grown in her frustration‚ and begins directing her aggression outward.. Plath makes

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    This study was conducted by Professor Phillip Zimbardo at Stanford University in 1971. Zimbardo wanted to find out if a situation can control the person or can an individual’s beliefs‚ attitude and values would allow one to rise above their current situation. He wanted to look more in-depth in the behavioral and sociological consequences in the roles of the guard and prisoner. Also‚ he wanted to find out why and how social situations can overwhelm people. In order to find study subjects‚ Zimbardo

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    Class Notes for CJ 352_Spring 2011 History Instructor: Marcos L. Misis (ABD) . 1 HISTORY OF CORRECTIONS IN AMERICA Early History of Corrections • Codified punishment for offenders was developed in the early ages of human history. • One of the earliest known written codes that specified different types of offenses and punishments was the Code of Hammurabi in 1750 B.C. The Code of Hammurabi was divided into sections to cover different types of offenses and contained descriptions

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    EXTENDED RESOPONSE John Doyle’s Changi episodes are about the struggle of the Australian prisoners of war. The series mainly focuses on six young Australian men giving an insight of each character’s deepest struggle within the camp. There are many themes evident within the episodes‚ Seeing is believing‚ Curley‚ Private Bill and Pacifying the angels. Some of which include power and atrocities of war. These themes are also apparent throughout Edward Zwick’s 2006 film ‘Blood Diamond’‚ which is about

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    without a trial and “because his family was unable to make bail‚ he remained at Rikers all that time‚ only to have the case dismissed” (“The Death of Kalief Browder”). He was 16 at the beginning of his sentence. For three years‚ he was held in solitary confinement. In these three years‚ he was “brutally assaulted by a guard; in another‚ he is attacked and beaten by a gang of inmates” (“The Death of Kalief Browder”). He received psychological trauma from this experience‚ which often caused him to attempt

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