July 28th, 2005
The parole system is designed to alleviate the State’s burden of providing for inmates. It is also designed to provide rehabilitative services to the convicted criminal and to ease their re-integration back in to society.
Parole boards are responsible for the selection of prisoners, who are eligible for parole, supervision of parolees and the parole system, ruling on the successful completion of parole and the determination if violations or parole have been committed and if parole should be revoked. (Siegel & Sienna, 2005)
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July 9th, 2005
Introduction
Capital punishment remains legal in 38 states and in the Federal government (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2003). Capital punishment or the “death penalty” is the most severe punishment that can be inflicted upon a human. This most severe punishment has not been proven to be an effective deterrent. It has no place in the American Justice System which has been touted as the most fair and just system in the world.
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June 27th, 2005
In my article Tracking Source of Email,
I discussed just how easy it is to ’spoof’ (or fake the source of) an
email. In this lesson I will cover the basics of using SMTP to spoof an
email. All you will need to follow along is a Windows based personal
computer with Internet access. You will also want to have your email
address and your internet provider’s SMTP (or outgoing) mail server
address handy.
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June 20th, 2005
There are two types of Keystroke Loggers, software and hardware based.
Software based keystroke loggers record input from the keyboard
(usually retrieved from the buffer) to a file on the hard drive or send
the keystoke data via email or other network based methods.
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June 20th, 2005
Basic Internet email uses protocols which do not validate the
origination source. Therefore it is extremely easy to ’spoof’. Any
person with any small amount of technical knowledge or posessing a
program can create and send an email that looks like it came from
anywhere. You could receive an email that looks like it is from your
boss, your bank, your friends, your family, even your congressman or
the President that has been completely forged.
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June 19th, 2005
# XFree86 config file
# Created on: 2004-08-23
#
# Emachines Laptop M5105
# Nathan M. Smith
# http://www.nathanmsmith.com
Section “Files”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1″
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1″
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1″
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled”
FontPath “/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest”
FontPath “/opt/kde3/share/fonts”
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS0″
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS1″
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS2″
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS3″
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS4″
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS5″
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS6″
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS7″
InputDevices “/dev/ttyS8″
InputDevices “/dev/psaux”
InputDevices “/dev/logibm”
InputDevices “/dev/sunmouse”
InputDevices “/dev/atibm”
InputDevices “/dev/amigamouse”
InputDevices “/dev/atarimouse”
InputDevices “/dev/inportbm”
InputDevices “/dev/gpmdata”
InputDevices “/dev/mouse”
InputDevices “/dev/usbmouse”
InputDevices “/dev/adbmouse”
InputDevices “/dev/input/mice”
InputDevices “/dev/input/event0″
InputDevices “/dev/pointer0″
InputDevices “/dev/pointer1″
InputDevices “/dev/pointer2″
InputDevices “/dev/pointer3″
EndSection
Section “ServerFlags”
Option “AllowMouseOpenFail”
EndSection
Section “Module”
Load “v4l”
Load “extmod”
Load “type1″
Load “freetype”
Load “dbe”
Load “speedo”
Load “glx”
EndSection
Section “InputDevice”
Driver “Keyboard”
Identifier “Keyboard[0]”
Option “Protocol” “Standard”
Option “XkbLayout” “us”
Option “XkbModel” “pc104″
Option “XkbRules” “xfree86″
EndSection
Section “InputDevice”
Driver “mouse”
Identifier “Mouse[1]”
Option “Buttons” “5″
Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”
Option “Name” “Autodetection”
Option “Protocol” “explorerps/2″
Option “Vendor” “Sysp”
EndSection
Section “Modes”
Identifier “BigModes”
ModeLine “1280×800″ 67.3 1280 1312 1560 1592 800 817 824 841
EndSection
Section “Monitor”
Identifier “Monitor0″
VendorName “eMachines”
ModelName “M5105″
UseModes “BigModes”
HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
VertRefresh 40.0 - 70.0
DisplaySize 320 240
EndSection
Section “Device”
Identifier “Card0″
Driver “i810″
VendorName “Intel”
BoardName “i810″
EndSection
Section “Screen”
Identifier “Screen0″
Device “Card0″
Monitor “Monitor0″
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection “Display”
Depth 16
Modes “1280×800″
EndSubSection
SubSection “Display”
Depth 24
Modes “1280×800″
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section “DRI”
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
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June 19th, 2005
Introduction
The exclusionary rule is intended to ensure police accountability by prohibiting the use of evidence which was obtained without a valid warrant. This rule came into effect in 1914 with a Supreme Court decision in the case of Weeks v. United States. Since the introduction it has been a topic of much debate.
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June 19th, 2005
Introduction
Behavioral theory is a psychological theory used to explain criminal behavior. The theory is the criminals learn their behaviors from environmental factors such as parents, family, friends, and the media. They are rewarded for acts of deviant behavior. This rewarding causes such behavior to become habitual. Behavioral theory also is the belief that new habits can be formed from negative reinforcement such as that which is provided by the correctional system.
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June 19th, 2005
Introduction
A number of social and environmental factors have been theorized to influence the national crime rate. The factors which I believe have the most influence on the crime rate are economics, advances in technology, selective law enforcement, availability of illegal narcotics, and availability of opportunities to commit crimes. There are other factors that have been attributed to have effects of the crime rate in which I believe have little impact on the crime rate.
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June 10th, 2005
Specialized patrol functions such as sting operations, SWAT teams, and drug enforcement are vital parts of an efficient law enforcement organization. The law enforcement officers that participate in these functions have special training in dealing with special circumstances. They have more practice and skills in the operations they conduct and make the whole organization more efficient.
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