From a sociological perspective, explanations for criminal- ity are found in two levels which are the subculture and the structural explanations. The sociological explanations emphasize aspects of societal arrangements that are external to the actor and compelling. A sociological e...

Table of Contents The Podular/Direct Supervision Concept 2 Podular/Direct Supervision 2 The Principals and Dynamics of New Generation Jail Management 4 Effective Control 4 Total Control 4 Sound Perimeter Security 5 Population Divided Into Controllable Groups 5 Easily Surveilla...

All societies possess social standards that control the sequence and the tempo of important life occurrences. Frank Furstenberg in, Unplanned Parenthood introduces this notion of social standards through what he terms the normative schedule. According to Furstenberg normative schedules are, "prescr...

DIVORCE: A BROKEN DREAM Divorce is now part of everyday American life. The effects of divorce are embedded in our laws and institutions, our manners and mores, our novels and children’s storybooks, and our closest and most important relationships. Indeed, divorce has become so pervasive ...

Education 710.13 Science Inquiry in Early Childhood Education Part 2: TEACHER AS REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER What theorist (s) and/or early childhood approach (es) support and/or challenge your ideas about the nurturing of science inquiry in young children? The de...

In an era of sound bytes, television attack ads, political blogs, and twenty-four hour national news cycles, it can be difficult to imagine that politics once was different. For one, it was more local. In the Nineteenth Century, and through a good part of the Twentieth Century, Democrats and Repub...