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    Motorola Case Questions Exercise 2 Please read the information in the case carefully. The financial statement theoretically captures the impact of the strategic decisions made by the firm. If this is true‚ you should be able to decipher a few strategic areas of concern by examining the financial statements. 1. What are 4 strategic issues that emerge from an analysis of the financial data. Identify each issue. Using the data‚ give an explanation of what the issue is and what data supports your

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    [Em]brace Oneself: Transcendentalism is Coming Despite the fact that strength can be found in numbers‚ creativity most often cannot. Does a plethora of strength celebrate more meaning than immense creative freedoms? The movement of Transcendentalism explores this concept from the year 1840 through the exposition of the American Civil War‚ following the Gothic and Romanticism movements and preceding the Realism movement. At this time in the United States‚ a shift of personal experience and writing

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    Birmingham Jail

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    Letter From Birmingham Jail By: Brendan Southern Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)‚ was one of the most influential and memorable of that of the civil rights movement. Being a well-educated black christian he appealed to many people of many demographics throughout America. Aside from this‚ he was highly persuasive‚ and properly motivated to lead the movement that helped form this country into what it is today. In his letter From a Birmingham jail to his fellow clergymen‚ he answers questions to clergymen

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    The following is a proposal for the construction and operation of a new jail in Whiteville‚ North Carolina. The current jail was designed for 150 individuals at one given time‚ while on a daily basis‚ there are at least 287 inmates incarcerated‚ which means the jail is way over capacity. Due to the jail being over capacitated‚ the jail can’t meet the minimum standards for a correctional facility. It’s over capacitation creates issues for the inmate to bathroom ratio. The male housing units have 3

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    Letters from Birmingham Jail: An analysis. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.’s “Letters from Birmingham Jail” is a response to a public statement issued by the eight Alabama Clergymen regarding the racial problems arising in Alabama. In the letter‚ King uses logical‚ ethical and emotional appeals to not only tackle the problem but also to address an excellent confutation to all the arguments put forth by the clergymen. While‚ King makes a strong arguments in response by using reasonable strategies while

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    Competing Theories Of Corrections James Bartron American Intercontinental University Abstract As the staffer working in the office a state senator‚ I have been asked to prepare a detailed outline on correctional theory in general and then make a series of suggestions on ways to implement some of the nontraditional theories of corrections. In reviewing mass incarceration there is often criticism of simple warehousing of human beings who are convicted of crimes. If it is a violent crime there is

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    Overpopulation In Jails

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    facilities. The need and want of getting the mentally ill off the streets has become so bad they are throwing them into jails and keeping them there without a good reasoning. A reasonable percentage of the population in jails and prisons is composed of mentally ill people. A study conducted in 1999 showed that almost 300‚000 seriously mentally ill people are being kept in jail or prisons. The reasons for detaining the mentally challenged range from disturbing the peace and threats. Is punishing them

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    Koror Jail Rehabilitation

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    Koror Jail Palau                             2 Corrections is a large part of the Criminal Justice system in every part of the  world. As long as there is crime there will be a need for Corrections.  And as long as  there is Corrections there will be a discussion on what is the best way to efficiently  perform this essential part of the criminal justice system.   In the United States we spend  around $80 billion per year on housing inmates in the various correctional facilities  throughout the country

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    Jails and Prisons

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    Jails and Prisons CJS/200 Earlier forms of prisons were inhumane and focused on punishing prisoners for a crime no matter how small the crime was. Schmalleger (2011) stated “In an important historical development‚ around the year 1800‚ imprisonment as punishment replaced the notion of imprisonment for punishment.” (pg 485). This notion best describes the vast evolution of the various programs such as probation and parole that are now available to help criminals

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    Identify the goals of Community Corrections and determine if the goals are being met. What would be your team ’s recommendation to improve Community Corrections? Today‚ 3 out of every 4 persons under correctional supervision in the United States are on some form of community-based custody-mostly probation or parole-although community corrections also includes halfway houses‚ residential centers‚ work furlough‚ and all other programs for managing the offender in the community. It is a legal status

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