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    I Introduction The Philippines as well as most countries today are all facing Global Recession. Though it may not have a fixed definition it is defined as‚ the point where the global economic slowdown. This states that when the economic growth of a certain Country or the world is below 3%‚ it’ll be considered as Recession. In the year 1974‚ the New York Times article by Julius Shiskin suggested rules and basis to identify Recession‚ which included two successive quarterly declines in

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    The Federal Reserve System

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    Even before the creation of the Federal Reserve‚ banks were used by the public just as we use them today. Deposits were made into savings accounts. Loans were taken out to mortgage a home or finance a new business. Banknotes were issued and spent when the public borrowed from the banks. Borrowers spent these banknotes just as paper money is spent today. These bank notes were valued as money since they were backed by the promise that they would be exchanged on demand for either gold or silver

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    ‘crisis’ in prison is the overcrowding of prisoners. Indeterminate sentences and increased use of long determinate sentences are key drivers behind the near doubling of prison numbers; almost doubling from 1993 9% to 2014 17%. Bromley Briefing Prison Factfile (2015) reveals cost of our ‘addiction to imprisonment’ in wasted time‚ money and lives. High security prisons are not filled to capacity‚ whereas local prisons are concentrated with overcrowding. The majority of these prisoners in local prisons are

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    Federal Assistance Programs “Federal assistance programs are available to provide a safety net for disadvantaged groups who lack the resources to provide basic necessities for themselves and their families” (Public Assistance Law & Legal Definition). Within society‚ there are multiple organizations that fulfill the role of federal assistance programs. For example‚ WIC (Women‚ Infants‚ and Children)‚ TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)‚ and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)

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    Jobless Claims in U.S. Drop to Three-Year Low Introduction The United States entered into recession in December 2007 when job losses began. The financial crisis is linked to reckless lending practices by financial institutions and the growing trend of securitization of real estate mortgages in the United States. The US mortgage-backed securities‚ which had risks that were hard to assess‚ were marketed around the world. A more broad based credit boom fed a global speculative bubble in real estate and

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    The Stanford prison and BBC prison Experiments comparison In summary the studies showed that the behavior of the ‘normal’ students who had been randomly allocated to each condition‚ was affected by the role they had been assigned‚ to the extent that they seemed to believe in their allocated positions.  The studies therefore reject the dispositional hypothesis. The Stanford Prison Experiment demonstrates the powerful role that the situation can play in human behavior. Because the guards were placed

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    strategic roads and industrial enterprises in remote regions” (The Gulag). Discussion/Explanation: This evidence provides examples of what structures the prisoners were involved in. Why: It’s worth knowing that these prisons built enormous

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    affects both females and male prisoners are pretty common across the board. Prisons all have three things in common: they are overcrowded‚ underfunded‚ and unfocused. Both woman and male prisons are overcrowded due to the growing crime rate in America. Therefore‚ many prisons have different practices and levels. There are three particular types which are maximums‚ mediums‚ and minimums. Maximum prisons are the most secured prisons‚ they have both exterior and interior security. One of the biggest pains

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    Detailed Summary The story begins with a black and white flashback of the moment when Derek commits the murder of the two young Afro-American’s. Danny wakes up to see one of the men standing by the front door but can’t see whether he is armed or not. He goes to tell his brother Derek who is in bed with Stacy‚ his girlfriend. Derek takes a semi-automatic pistol and sees two blacks and one in the car ready for a getaway. Derek plunges out of the front door and shoots the first Afro-American several

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    Three inmates could be released from prison today. Two of them will end up right back in the system within three years. This statistic should be enough to conclude that America’s prison systems are failing miserably with the rehabilitation of inmates. How is it plausible for every correctional facility to think isolation‚ segregation‚ and overcrowding could possibly benefit the crime rate? Instead of converting these inmates into proper citizens‚ the system has found ways to hold them down. To suppress

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