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Frederic Reamer, Rhode Island College – Research Matters
No full textFrederic Reamer, professor in the school of social work, untangles the data from the stories to learn the why
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Heinous Crime ::Cases, Causes, and Consequences /
No full textWhat circumstances lead someone to commit murder, rape, or acts of child molestation? Why does society have such a deep-seated wish for vengeance against perpetrators of heinous crimes? Can those found guilty of such crimes ever be rehabilitated? What are the long-term consequences of incarceration, for inmates and society? Officials of the criminal justice system, politicians, and ordinary citizens argue about possible answers to these controversial and vital questions, with little agreement. Violent crime and overflowing prisons continue to be unfortunate aspects of our society as the criminal justice system struggles to develop a coherent strategy to deal with heinous crimes. This book offers innovative perspectives on the difficult issues concerning a civilized society's response to offenders guilty of heinous crimes. It considers specific cases and the chilling accounts of victims and the criminals themselves. In providing detailed strategies for prevention and rehabilitation, Frederic G. Reamer draws on his extensive experience as a member of the Rhode Island Parole Board, where he has heard more than 13,000 cases, and as a social worker in correctional facilities. He examines the psychological and social factors that lead individuals to commit reprehensible crimes, arguing that a fuller understanding of different criminal types is crucial to developing successful answers to the problem of heinous crimes. Closely looking at various criminal typologies, Reamer examines the effectiveness and rationale of various responses, including revenge and retribution, imprisonment for public safety, rehabilitation, and restorative justice
On the Parole Board
No full textFew people experience life inside of prison. Even fewer are charged with the responsibility of deciding whether inmates should be released. In his twenty-four years on the Rhode Island Parole Board, Frederic G. Reamer has judged the fates of thousands of inmates, deciding which are ready to reenter society and which are not. It is a complicated choice that balances injury to victims and their families against an offender’s capacity for transformation.
With rich retellings of criminal cases, On the Parole Board is a singular book that explains from an insider’s perspective how a variety of factors play into the board’s decisions: the ongoing effect on victims and their loved ones, the life histories of offenders, the circumstances of the crimes, and the powerful and often extraordinary displays of forgiveness and remorse. Pulling back the curtain on a process largely shrouded in mystery, Reamer lays bare the thorny philosophical issues of crime and justice and their staggering consequences for inmates, victims, and the public at large. Reamer and his colleagues often hope, despite encountering behavior at its worst, that criminals who have made horrible mistakes have the capacity for redemption. Yet that hope must be tempered with a realistic appraisal of risk, given the potentially grave consequences of releasing an inmate who may commit a future crime. This book will appeal to anyone interested in the complexities of the criminal justice system, the need to correct its injustices, and the challenges of those who must decide when justice has been served.</p
Letter from Frederic L. Kirgis, U.S. National Park Service
No full textLetter from solicitor Frederic L. Kirgis on behalf of his clients filing claims in regards to the fire started on government-owned apartments in the Grand Canyon
Moral Philosophy Meets Social Work
No full textIn recent years, social workers have become increasingly aware of ethical dilemmas in practice. Beginning especially in the mid-to-late 1970s, social work\u27s literature has included a steady stream of reflections on difficult moral choices involving conflicts among professional duties and obligations (Loewnberg and Dolgoff 1996; Congress 1998; Reamer 1998, 1999). To what extent do clients have the right to engage in self-harming behavior without interference? How should social workers allocate scarce or limited resources such as emergency services, shelter beds, funds, and even their own time? Is it ethically permissible for social workers to violate laws and regulations they believe to be unjust
Should Competence Be Coerced?
No full textIn this case study, a forensic psychiatric patient is advised by his
attorney to avoid trial on criminal charges by refusing further treatment with
drugs that are controlling his psychotic symptoms. The case raises the
question of whether an involuntarily committed forensic patient has the right
to refuse treatment that will restore his competency to stand trial. Reamer,
a professor of social work, asks why "a manipulative tactic involving refusal
of medication" should be regarded any differently from other disruptive things
that criminal defendants may do to postpone or prevent a trial. Kelly, a law
school dean, argues that if the patient is competent to understand the
consequences of his refusal and to make decisions for himself, he "clearly has
the right to refuse treatment of his psychotic symptoms to avoid trial."
Unlike Reamer, Kelly believes the patient's attorney may be acting
appropriately by advising his client to refuse further medication. (KIE
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A Spin Wave Based Approximate 4:2 Compressor Seeking the most energy-efficient digital computing paradigm
No full textsponsorship: This work received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program within the Future and Emerging Technologies Open project Spin Wave Computing for Ultimately-Scaled Hybrid Low-Power Electronics, under grant 801055. It has also been partially supported by IMEC's industrial affiliate program on beyond-CMOS logic. Frederic Vanderveken acknowledges financial support from Flanders Research Foundation through grant 1S05719N. (European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program within the Future and Emerging Technologies Open project Spin Wave Computing for Ultimately-Scaled Hybrid Low-Power Electronics|801055, IMEC's industrial affiliate program on beyond-CMOS logic, Flanders Research Foundation|1S05719N)status: Publishe
The Early History of the Fraser River Mines
No full textby Frederic W. Howay.Memoirs (Provincial Archives of British Columbia) ; 6
The Novels of Harold Frederic
No full textI do not intend to defend the obviously untenable thesis that Frederic was a great writer and is not appreciated because of the nature of his subject matter. The author of The Damnation of Theron Ware seldom shows any sign of genius. What Frederic does, and often in a rather workmanlike manner, is tell a story of small-town and country people in upper New York state. In his early works, Seth\u27s Brother\u27s Wife and The Lawton Girl, the author writes about things he knows and has done. The works written about the same time as the two mentioned have a delightful simplicity and naïveté, and incidentally come very close to the realistic tradition in the novel. The majority of Frederic\u27s later works are tinged with a pseudo-sophistication, an artiness which just does not belong, and these elements detract from such an otherwise good thing as The Damnation of Theron Ware
A Duty to Warn, an Uncertain Danger
No full textA case study is presented in which a maternity patient with a history
of schizophrenia and pyromania informs a hospital social worker that she and
her infant will live temporarily with a clergyman and his family. The social
worker, aware of the patient's history and concerned for the family, asks the
patient for permission to discuss her problems with the clergyman, but is
refused. Reamer argues that the social worker has a duty to warn, should
disclose no more information than is necessary, and should seek authorization
from a hospital review committee. Schaffer maintains that the legal duty to
warn established b
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