- Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Mark Fleisher
Case Western Reserve University, Social Work, Faculty Member
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Part 1 FOREWORD: The Correctional Dilemma: Employment and Social Integration Part 2 PREFACE Part 3 SECTION 1: PRE-IMPRISONMENT EMPLOYMENT Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Behind the Practitioner's Desk - Chapter 1: Prosecutors, Jobs... more
Part 1 FOREWORD: The Correctional Dilemma: Employment and Social Integration Part 2 PREFACE Part 3 SECTION 1: PRE-IMPRISONMENT EMPLOYMENT Chapter 4 Introduction Chapter 5 Behind the Practitioner's Desk - Chapter 1: Prosecutors, Jobs and Crime Chapter 6 Chapter 2: The Employment Status Dichotomy: Understanding What This Means and Using it for Your Advantage in Program Development Chapter 7 Chapter 3: Economic Rehabilitation: A Reassessment of the Link Between Employment and Crime Part 8 SECTION 2: PRISON INDUSTRIES Chapter 9 Introduction Chapter 10 Behind the Practitioner's Desk - Chapter 4: Something to Lose: A Balance and Reality-Based Rationale for Institutional Programming Chapter 11 Chapter 5: The Effect of Prison Industry and Vocational Training on Post Release Outcome: Does Race Matter? Chapter 12 Chapter 6: Employment and Crime: What is the Problem and What Can Be Done About it From the Inmate's Perspective? Part 13 SECTION 3: EX-OFFENDERS Chapter 14 Introduction ...
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Americas paradigm of socio-economic success has focused on education first then employment. That paradigm blocks employment for workers in impoverished minority communities where quality schools are absent. Jobs are paramount, education... more
Americas paradigm of socio-economic success has focused on education first then employment. That paradigm blocks employment for workers in impoverished minority communities where quality schools are absent. Jobs are paramount, education can follow. Corporations can succeed as pro-active agents of socio-economic change, eroding racial barriers blocking minorities entry into the workplace. Multinational corporations have tailored products and trained employees in culturally complex overseas markets. Similar strategies can successfully engage low-wage and public service workers in multicultural training preparing for Americas changing demographics. We propose five engagement strategies that enable corporations increase minority employment and promote social justice.
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The paper traces early 20th century psychoanalytic theory on homosexuality and violence as it passed from Fishman (1934) to Clemmer (1940) to Sykes (1958) into the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003. Deconstruction of PREA with... more
The paper traces early 20th century psychoanalytic theory on homosexuality and violence as it passed from Fishman (1934) to Clemmer (1940) to Sykes (1958) into the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) of 2003. Deconstruction of PREA with historiographical methods learned that its core assumptions on homosexuality and violence date back the 19th and early 20th
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Early 20th century Chicago residents witnessed a massive in-migration of foreign-born immigrants and black Americans. These migrants settled among friends and family in urban Chicago. Their number expanded and they dispersed across urban... more
Early 20th century Chicago residents witnessed a massive in-migration of foreign-born immigrants and black Americans. These migrants settled among friends and family in urban Chicago. Their number expanded and they dispersed across urban neighborhoods where they were met with aggression and violence incited by Chicago’s native white population. The sociologists of that era linked those migrant-borne communities with poverty and crime. This article is a synchronic account of the intellectual perspectives of early 20th century sociologists that attempted to explain aggression in Chicago with of some of the most prominent theories. The work of Frederick Thrasher merits special attention. Thrasher created a subtle explanatory theory that links the effect of cultures in close proximity, acculturation, and crime. Other researchers of the early 20th century approached crime and poverty in ways that clearly show the blinders placed upon research by the bigotries of the time. This article concludes its reading of the early 20th century sociology of crime in Chicago by examining the place of gangs within that body of work. An explanation of the scholarly machinations that transformed these synchronic theories into a diachronic progression of sociological theories of poverty and crime was not our intention nor do we suggest that these synchronic theories of nearly a century ago can account for modern violence in Chicago.
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The Republic of Turkey abided adverse effects of domestic migration over decades. In the past 50 years, rapid population growth, globalization, industrialization, and terrorism stimulated continuous movement of migrants from remote... more
The Republic of Turkey abided adverse effects of domestic migration over decades. In the past 50 years, rapid population growth, globalization, industrialization, and terrorism stimulated continuous movement of migrants from remote eastern villages to western provinces' urban centers.
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This article describes a multifaceted course in correctional institutions that integrates policy and practical issues with management theory. Junior and senior criminal justice majors are challenged by two major course projects that... more
This article describes a multifaceted course in correctional institutions that integrates policy and practical issues with management theory. Junior and senior criminal justice majors are challenged by two major course projects that require cooperative effort in learning teams, library research, collection of data from correctional agencies, classroom presentations, and written reports. Although at first this course is more difficult to
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cultural themes • If a man believes he can be raped he’s already been raped. • A man cannot be raped unless he wants to be. • Men and women inmates may choose to remain outside the homosexual scene. This document is a research report... more
cultural themes • If a man believes he can be raped he’s already been raped. • A man cannot be raped unless he wants to be. • Men and women inmates may choose to remain outside the homosexual scene. This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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... Upper Paleolithic Venus figures provide today's anthropolo-gist with no scientific data, but we gain from them a feeling about how Upper Paleolithic man was coping ... by BALAJI MUNDKUR Biological Sciences Group, Box U-42,... more
... Upper Paleolithic Venus figures provide today's anthropolo-gist with no scientific data, but we gain from them a feeling about how Upper Paleolithic man was coping ... by BALAJI MUNDKUR Biological Sciences Group, Box U-42, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. ...
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Background and Purpose: Previous ethnographic research on gang-involved women has revealed patterns of violence, victimization, and self-defeating behavior within social contexts characterized by poverty, family disorganization, and... more
Background and Purpose: Previous ethnographic research on gang-involved women has revealed patterns of violence, victimization, and self-defeating behavior within social contexts characterized by poverty, family disorganization, and parental neglect (e.g., Fleisher, 1998). This research suggests that these women are at high risk for psychosocial problems associated with trauma. Although previous studies have demonstrated increased risk for sexually transmitted diseases, violence exposure, and substance use among female gang members (Wingwood et al., 2002), little is known about the psychological symptomology of this population. This study uses standardized psychosocial and psychometric data to develop clinical profiles of adolescent and young adult women gang members. Methods: Instruments included: the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI); the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ); the Exposure to Violence Scales: Adult Version (EVS); and the Short Drug Abuse Screening Test (S-SDAST). These...
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Page 1. SHIFTING REALITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION: TODAY'S BUSINESS MODEL THREATENS OUR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Peter M. Carlson1,* and Mark S. Fleisher2,{ 1Ratcliffe 245, Christopher Newport University ...
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Incidents of egregious violence in American schools are rare; however, the few incidents of major violence prompted an overly harsh response with suppression strategies such as strict punishment of student misconduct, restrictive codes of... more
Incidents of egregious violence in American schools are rare; however, the few incidents of major violence prompted an overly harsh response with suppression strategies such as strict punishment of student misconduct, restrictive codes of conduct, and signs of power and coercion, such as metal detectors, school police, and security guards. Those responses institutionalized school climate with anxiety of a potential for disorder and violence. Such a response symbolizes an expectation of violence and student misconduct, and in an ironic way covertly endorses it. Here we critique school suppression strategies and highlight an alternative mode of institutional social control known as harm reduction. Harm reduction strategies can create a pro-social youth climate and over time generate a school culture of student self-control and a sense that social order supports the greater good of students, teachers, administrators, parents, and the community.
Early 20th century Chicago residents witnessed a massive in-migration of foreign-born immigrants and black Americans. These migrants settled among friends and family in urban Chicago. Their number expanded and they dispersed across urban... more
Early 20th century Chicago residents witnessed a massive in-migration of foreign-born immigrants and black Americans. These migrants settled among friends and family in urban Chicago. Their number expanded and they dispersed across urban neighborhoods where they were met with aggression and violence incited by Chicago's native white population. The sociologists of that era linked those migrant-borne communities with poverty and crime. This article examines the intellectual perspectives of early 20th century sociologists that attempted to explain aggression in Chicago. The article looks at the intellectual history of some of the most prominent theories. The work of Frederick Thrasher merits special attention. Thrasher created a subtle explanatory theory that links the effect of cultures in close proximity, acculturation, and crime. Other researchers of the early 20 th century approached crime and poverty in ways that clearly show the blinders placed upon research by the bigotries of the time. This article concludes its reading of the early 20 th century sociology of crime in Chicago by examining the place of gangs within that body of work.