Overcoming the Barriers to Successful Completion of GED Programs among Prison and Jail Inmates

This study examines the barriers faced by inmates participating in General Educational Development (GED) courses in prisons and jails, with the goal of proposing strategies for the removal of these barriers. By examining the literature surrounding prison and jail GED programs, the factors are categorized as those unique to each inmate (inmate factors), those experienced within the prison environment (environmental factors), and barriers that arise as a result of social conditions (outside factors). By examining various similar examples in the literature, solutions are discussed that have helped prison inmates overcome similar barriers

The Effects of Delayed Auditory Feedback and Dual-Task on Speech Rate in Normally Fluent Speakers

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Police Corruption: Dishonoring the Badge

Police corruption has become a major issue in the United States. Although police corruption is not a new idea, it has become more and more prevalent in the modern world. There are a wide range of behaviors that can be classified as corruption, but the two major categories are internal and external corruption. Certain cases of police corruption are more widely publicized than others; there are multiple factors that can contribute to the publicity of a police corruption case. However, that does not mean that any department is immune to corruption. Annual studies look into the prevalence of corruption as related to specific crimes, this can help to show departments what areas they may need to become more proactive in their efforts to stop corruption. There are also steps that departments can take in order to help prevent corruption. Overall, officers should be chosen for the job based on their ethical qualifications in order to keep the criminal justice system running smoothly

The Effects of False Confessions on the Criminal Justice System

The perpetrator\u27s confession constitutes an effective piece of evidence in the fact-finding process because it is first-hand knowledge in the determination of guilt. But in the case of a false confession, such as Michelle Bosko\u27s victimization, the justice process might become dramatically obstructed. In this case, the investigator coerced five men to falsely confess to her rape and murder and additionally implicated three other innocent men who had no involvement in the crime. Their actions hindered the search for the true perpetrator and the conduct of the justice process against him. This trend of innocent people confessing to crimes they did not commit has wide reaching consequences in the criminal justice system

Overcoming the Barriers to Successful Completion of GED Programs among Prison and Jail Inmates

This study examines the barriers faced by inmates participating in General Educational Development (GED) courses in prisons and jails, with the goal of proposing strategies for the removal of these barriers. By examining the literature surrounding prison and jail GED programs, the factors are categorized as those unique to each inmate (inmate factors), those experienced within the prison environment (environmental factors), and barriers that arise as a result of social conditions (outside factors). By examining various similar examples in the literature, solutions are discussed that have helped prison inmates overcome similar barriers

Probucol is anti-hyperalgesic in a mouse peripheral nerve injury model of neuropathic pain

2,6-di-tert-butylphenol (2,6-DTBP) ameliorates mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia produced by partial sciatic nerve ligation in mice, and selectively inhibits HCN1 channel gating. We hypothesized that the clinically utilized non-anesthetic dimerized congener of 2,6-DTBP, probucol (2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-[2-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)sulfanylpropan-2-ylsulfanyl]phenol), would relieve the neuropathic phenotype that results from peripheral nerve damage, and that the anti-hyperalgesic efficacy in vivo would correlate with HCN1 channel inhibition in vitro. A single oral dose of probucol (800 mg/kg) relieved mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia in a mouse spared-nerve injury neuropathic pain model. While the low aqueous solubility of probucol precluded assessment of its possible interaction with HCN1 channels, our results, in conjunction with recent data demonstrating that probucol reduces lipopolysaccharide-induced mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia, support the testing/development of probucol as a non-opioid, oral antihyperalgesic albeit one of unknown mechanistic action