Discuss the importance of the work of Sarah Smith and Rhoda Coffin in the 1870s.
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In 1869, Sarah Smith and Rhoda Coffin, two Quaker activists, were appointed to inspect correctional facilities, both in Indiana (the state in which they lived) and in other areas of the nation. They concluded that the state of morals and integrity among staff in female prisons was deplorable and they spearheaded a social campaign against the sexual abuse that they had discovered in Indiana prisons. Their work led to the first completely separate female prison in 1874. By 1940, 23 states had separate women’s prisons.
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A) Girls are more likely than boys to be taken into custody for status offending. B) Recent research suggests that gender differences in offending may be explained by innate biological factors. C) Girls are more likely to run away from home because of victimization in the home. D) Historically, girls and boys' socialization resulted in impacted gender differences.
A riot is the culmination of both unlawful assembly and rout
a. True b. False
The _____ is designed to overcome both the danger of and the reluctance to share information about activities that might indicate a terrorist attack is in the making
a. 9/11 Commission b. Quadrennial Homeland Security Review c. Communities Against Terrorism d. Nationwide SAR Initiative
The Gulf cartel at one time recruited Mexican military special forces veterans known as ___________ as an enforcement arm of their operation, until they broke formal ties and began operating their own organization
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word