Abstract
The paper argues that supposedly, in America one has a right not to be discriminated against for marital status, sex, race, religion, age or handicaps. It maintains that these laws mostly apply to people who are minorities, and are over forty, and married people with kids and for a Caucasian, who is single to admit that she or he was discriminated against is obviously considered politically incorrect. The purpose of this paper is to discuss what is political correctness, how much is too much, and exactly, when and where being politically incorrect is applicable.

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"Over caution, about being politically correct will cause the person in question some concerns about what really is said outside of their presence. Minorities, handicapped people and disadvantaged people are not as concerned about what is politically incorrect as what some white people are. African Americans, are not overly concerned about a particular racial term, and in Nigeria, it is a hi-status characteristic. Here in America, where it is an offensive word, it should not be said, in private or in the African American's presence."

Tags:African, American, Hispanic, Sexual, harassment

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This paper analyzes the role of critical thinking in dealing with the concept of political correctness. The paper applies structural concepts to societal prejudice, identifying the flawed logic and various fallacious arguments that are often used in forming assumptions and stereotypes. The paper explains that the ultimate values conflict inherent in the debate of political correctness is the conflict between a "freedom" to insult or marginalize, or a "censorship" in the interest of respect, equality, and common decency. The paper further clarifies that the two opposing sides of political correctness both idealize some form of unity; one insists on holding on to the unity of the privileged and the power to marginalize those who are perceived as lower, and the other calls for a genuinely inclusive unity of all groups. The paper concludes that even in a world where the concept of political correctness still comes into question, conducting oneself with that level of decency and fairness in all forms of interaction is a quality that ultimately leads to more effective exchanges in day-to-day living.

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"There are three recommended ways of attacking a logical fallacy (2). The first approach is to allow the argument to destroy itself by restructuring it in a way that exposes its flaws, for example: "So you're saying that based on five Latino people you know, you're certain that all Latino people are Enrique Iglesias fans?" The second approach is to provide a previously established, well-known counterexample that follows the same logic and leads to a bad conclusion, for example: "That's the same argument Don Imus used in the controversial speech that got him fired from his job." This is structurally similar to the third approach, the absurd example method, which involves using the flawed logic of what you're attacking to construct an argument that leads to a conclusion that is clearly false, for example: "You think homosexuality is a disease? Well, as an extension of your definition of that word, I'm allowed to skip work tomorrow because I'm 'sick,' right?""

Tags:demographics, diversity, tolerance, epithet, racism, insult, classism

Abstract
This paper examines political correctness in relation to campus speech codes. It also looks at the media enforcement of PC on writers and gives an example of the "Los Angeles Times" guidelines. It discusses the issue of whether college campus speech codes violate free speech.

From the Paper
"One of the important issues today is described under the title "Political Correctness," or "PC." It is defined as efforts by certain political groups, primarily those on the left, to enforce a form of speech code so as to regulate speech to ban any term ..."

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" "Political Correctness," frequently abbreviated to PC, refers to a movement, particularly associated with university campuses and the social community of academia, that in the view of its supporters seeks to actively resist cultural tendencies toward racism, sexism, and the domination of traditional elite attitudes and in the view of its critics seeks to impose a new totalitarianism of words that cannot be said and ideas that cannot be expressed.


The most familiar form that the PC debate has taken relates to campus "speech codes" that seek to bar or restrict language felt to be racist or to be demeaning and stereotyping of other groups. Thus, "one school requires that short people be called the "vertically challenged" (Beckwith & Bauman, 1993, p. 12 n. 3). However, the PC speech debate is only one aspect of a much..."

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This paper discusses the difficulties when working in a correctional institution. Correctional officers are in daily contact with murders, rapists and other violent offenders. It is often necessary for such facilities to expand, or to bring in more inmates, simply because of the nature of today's society. The paper reports that these needs put increased pressure on an already strained support system. Correctional officers are often underpaid and turnover can be high in correctional facilities. Desert View Modified Community Correctional Institute has such a need to expand; however, the high rate of turnover among the correctional officers, in conjunction with the difficulty in hiring new officers, makes it difficult to maintain the staff needed for such an expansion. Such difficulty would make an expansion difficult and unsafe for the community.

Tags:california, correctional, privatization

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This paper presents an in-depth review of literature looking at the effects and causes of stress among correctional officers. The paper examines literature discussing the theories of stress and burnout, stress among correctional officers, effects of stress on correctional officers, job satisfaction and turnover among correctional officers.

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"Specifically, this chapter will include theories of stress and burnout, stress among correctional officers, effects of stress on correctional officers, job satisfaction and turnover among correctional officers and a summary of the chapter. Job related stress has been associated with a vast array of physical diseases and psychological disorders and has been..."

Tags:Corrections

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This paper explains how correctional coaching may be a cost effective alternative to firing employees. The paper states that the purpose of correctional coaching--a method of achieving both personal and professional goals--is to create the type of work environment that is both attractive and conducive to quality employees. The author lays out the steps to becoming a successful correctional coach, provides a story of an inspirational coach who helped his team post hurricane Katrina, and concludes with an example of effective peer coaching.

From the Paper
"As a correctional coach, the goal is to listen for the opportunity to guide employees into solutions that benefit the correctional setting and help the employees to establish goals or means to accomplish their ends. (Gomez 44) It is of the utmost importance to instill a positive morale amongst the work force. Gomez states that coaching is not the same as counseling, in that it is action oriented involving the implementation and subsequent accomplishment of goals. (44) The manager must of course follow the golden rule and treat the employees with respect; in this fashion it may be returned. The element of correctional coaching is also long-term, as goals are not necessarily accomplished overnight.
"As the task of being a correctional coach is consuming, there are various steps which must be taken. Initially the correctional coach must identify their idea as to the mission or ultimate goal of what they wish to establish for the organization is, and share this with their staff. Then is the observance of behavior, and upon data collection, correctional coaching would begin if needed. Areas that could use improvement are identified, alongside their goals for said improvement. Goals are defined and a plan of attack created then initiated. Along the way progress is measured and following the ultimate success a feedback process, with continual coaching to maintain motivation to ensure all areas maintain proper efficiency and do not necessitate the creation of correctional processes."

Tags:coach coaching correctional motivational, corrections coaching

Abstract
In this article, the writer notes that the Florida's Community Corrections system has been challenged by budgetary constraints and shortfalls. The writer analyzes an Internet article on the Florida Office of Community Corrections and its efforts to deal with budget cuts.

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"Under Florida law the Office of Community Corrections is charged with supervising offenders placed on community supervision programs including pre-trial intervention probation community control, drug offender probation, sex offender probation and post-release supervision. Like other organizations or agencies subsumed within the criminal justice system, Florida's Community Corrections system has been challenged by budgetary constraints and shortfalls. It is this issue as described by Hieteenthia Hayes, Assistant Secretary for the Florida Department of Corrections that will be investigated herein ..."

Tags:corrections, Office of Community Corrections, budgeting, article, public agencies, public agency, criminal justice

Abstract
This paper looks at how the works "The Scarlet Letter" and "The Author to Her Book" provide a good definition of corrective afflictions. When thinking in terms of how the theme of corrective afflictions is present in the novel and the poem, one could define it as placing someone into a position of pain to correct some sort of sin that one has committed. This paper looks at how this concept influences the main characters of these writings.

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"There are many corrective afflictions given to both Anne and Hester. Hester and "the ill formed offspring,"(140) are the children who display these corrective afflictions to their mothers. God placed all of Hester and Anne's corrective afflictions upon them, in order to fix pieces of their lives that seemed to be broken. Both Anne Bradstreet and Hester Prynne walk through life with challenges that appear dismal, having thoughts of there being no chance for happiness. Through the afflictions given to the mothers from the children, and the abnormalities that the mother's must respond to, there are lessons for Anne and Hester to learn from Pearl and the "ill formed offspring." Yet, the afflictions are adherent to the fact that it will make their lives seemingly complete. The corrective afflictions change Hester and Anne's perception from their lives being utterly worthless, to wanting to make their lives one with the righteous of heart and soul."

Tags:hester, pearl, pain, lesson, correct, sin

Abstract
The paper contends that correctional facilities do not work as intended. In part, this failure could be blamed on prison overcrowding. The paper explains that related to this issue is that of insufficient coverage by correctional officers. A third potentially related issue is the failure of our correctional facilities lack of funding to provide adequate room and personnel to oversee all prisoners in the system. The paper considers that a solution to this problem would seem twofold.

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"Additional beds are needed to house inmates produced by current sentencing guidelines. In addition, additional funding in the system would assist both with the housing and the personnel coverage. It has been suggested in the past that privatization of the correctional system would be of assistance with both issues. For that reason, this suggested design will be intended to address these needs with a facility built using private funds. Privatizing correctional facilities is not new."

Tags:privatization, correctional, facility