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    thinking about those that we put behind bars. The prison system is only brought to the forefront when they become overpopulated and it ’s time to create new prisons. Every couple of years this issue comes up and always the same solution is proposed. Building more prisons will only exacerbate the problem in the end‚ due to the ineffectiveness of prisons. While this is a way out of the problem‚ it does not get to the heart of the problem. As a society we have to begin to focus on the bigger picture. It is

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    Introduction In this report‚ we will be examining the factors affecting the number of property crimes in USA. Indeed‚ property crimes appear to be the most common form of crime from the data set that has been given to me. Thus‚ trying to find the reasons and parameters impacting the number of property crime is an imperative in order reduce criminal behaviour. As a result‚ we can logically set the number of property crime per 100‚000 –denoted as crip in the data set given- as the dependent variable that we

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    Rehabilitation in our Prison System Rehabilitation in our Prison System When Jeannette Brown first got out of prison in April 2000‚ she had nowhere to go. With felony convictions for battery and gun possession‚ and little education or special skills‚ Jeannette couldn’t find a job to support her five kids. Had she found one‚ she still wouldn’t have had a driver’s license or a car to get there. Jeannette met regularly with a parole officer‚ but their relationship was hostile

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    The leaders of each state gathered in 1787 to write the U.S.‚ Constitution. The constitution does not only provides how the nation is governed but also creates a system that separates powers between the legislature‚ executive‚ and judiciary (Garba and Nduka-Eze‚ 93). The framers purposely divided governing powers between the three arms so that neither of the branches would yield power over the others. Through the concept of separation of power‚ the U.S. Constitution ensures none of the branches is

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    Racial Disparity In The Criminal Justice System My topic is racial disparity within the criminal justice system. According to “The Sentencing Project” Racial disparity in the criminal justice system exists when the proportion of a racial or ethnic group within the control of the system is greater than the proportion of such groups in the general population .The reason I chose this topic is because I think it is such a undermined problem across the country today. The term racial disparity refers

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    The Judicial System of Pakistan by Dr Faqir Hussain Registrar‚ Supreme Court of Pakistan Revised 15th February 2011 The Judicial System of Pakistan S. No 1 2 General Historical Retrospect 2.1 2.2 2.3 3 4 Hindu Period Muslim Period British Period Contents Page No 1 2 2 3 4 6 7 10 13 15 17 17 18 18 19 23 23 24 24 24 28 28 28 28 29 29 Post-Independence Evolution Superior Judiciary 4.1 4.2 4.3 Supreme Court High Courts Federal Shariat Court Subordinate Courts Special Courts and Tribunals 6.1

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    HIGH POPULATION GROWTH RATE CAUSED BY: >High birth rate Improved health care It gives people a higher chance of survival. In African countries like TANZANIA‚ it is compulsory for all babies to be vaccinated.This vaccination protected the babies from certain disease and hence many lives are saved. It allowed women to led a healthier life‚ and hence prolong their child-bearing years. ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT

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    Minorities have to pay the price whenever instability is caused due to communal politics On December 6th 1992‚ about a million and a half men‚ ‘Kar Sevaks’‚ all members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)‚ the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS)‚ the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bajrang Dal‚ attacked the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya‚ Uttar Pradesh and reduced the historic mosque to rubble. The demolition was carried out under the supervision of the BJP government. In 1990‚ BJP leader‚ L. K. Advani

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    Origins of Health Disparities in Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States Hannah Eaton Fall 2013 Health Policy and Health Systems December 11‚ 2013 Health disparities are a huge cause for concern in the United States. The term health disparities is generally referred to as health or health care differences between racial/ethnic groups and includes differences in morbidity‚ mortality‚ and access to health care (LaVeist & Issac‚ 12). When comparing the health outcomes between

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    America’s prison system is broken. The purpose of prison is to teach a lesson of wrongdoing. Taking away the freedoms of an individual is designed to change the behavior or at least that is the intention. However‚ America makes up 5% of the world population but 25% of the world’s prison population. The recidivism rate for federal prisons according to the United States Sentencing Commission is nearly half at 49.3% within 8 years of release (www.ussc.gov). That rate for state prisons is even higher 76.6%

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