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    Crime Rate Very by Region

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    Crime rates vary by region. For many years‚ southern states have had higher crime rates in almost all crime categories especially violent crimes; so called a “southern subculture of violence”. Although the “lead” has changed so many times in recent years between the South and the West that the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report has indicated that the South has once again lead the nation in violent crime. Miami‚ Florida‚ has by far a high rate of violence. When it comes down to violent crimes in Miami‚ “Murder”

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    The Prison System- A “Market” for Profits Joseph Hallinan’s analysis‚ “Going Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation‚” helps to discern that the insatiable drive for profit is the prevailing reason for continued growth of the prison industry in the United States. Public values based on this drive have been supported by the avocation of a “free-market” model and capitalism in the prison system: “According to this ideology every individual pursues his or her own personal interests and the result

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    China is the Ideal Market With the product that we have being ideal in markets that have large populations‚ we need to focus on investing in countries with top populations. After some research it seems that China should be our top pick. According to the Population Bureau in 2005 the Worlds Top Ten largest Countries in Population are China‚ India‚ United States‚ Indonesia‚ Brazil‚ Pakistan‚ Bangladesh‚ Russia‚ Nigeria‚ and Japan (Population Reference Bureau‚ 2005). These countries are listed in

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    Inmates Rights Paper

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    Inmates Rights Paper University of Phoenix CJA204/Introduction to Criminal Justice April 20‚ 2011 Inmates Rights Paper Prisoner rights operate under the understanding that although a prisoner will be deprived of his or her freedom he or she will still be entitled to basic human rights‚ and these rights must not be infringed upon. Prisoner rights are an important set of checks and balances to help avoid illegal activity and regulate the actions of the corrections department in the criminal

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    Drugs within the Prison System Socorro Pardo DeVry University Professor Wells October 12‚ 2012 Drugs in the prison system have been a problem for corrections personnel for many years. The problems with drugs in prison are different in many parts of the country but the question remains to be how the drugs get into the correctional facilities. The breakdown of the use and abuse of illicit drugs within the prison systems is being based on a worldwide issue. The issue with drugs in

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    for Southern African Americans. Due to opinions and corrupted perceptions‚ trials for African Americans were always in favor of the white “victim.” In short‚ court trials‚ even to this day‚ fall short of the equal and just trials that we claim they uphold. A great majority of people‚ especially during the 1800s - 1900s‚ considered the court and judicial system a higher power that always knew what to do. Since they decide whether or not someone is guilty or innocent of crimes‚ they

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    American Dropout Rates

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    Fixing an Epidemic: American Dropout Rates In the United States there are tons of problems affecting our youth‚ one very prevalent issue affecting the American youth for a long time has been the very high rates of school dropouts. According to DoSomething.org‚ a non-profit helping raise awareness on various issues affecting young people‚ there is one student who decides to give up on school every 29 seconds. This calculates to approximately 1‚000‚000 American dropouts a year‚ 7‚000 a day (DoSomething)

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    Racial Disparity is defined as ¬¬¬existing in the criminal justice system when the proportion of a racial/ethnic group within the control of the system is greater than the proportion of such groups in the general population. Basically racial disparity is the inequity of arrests and sentencing for certain groups of people which seem to be a huge problem. In order for the racial disparity policy to be successful we must first identify the components that have led to the current level of incarceration

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    African-American Prisons

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    However‚ the prison system appears to be a form of slavery itself with the high number of Africa-American incarcerated. Out of the whole prison population‚ about 80 percent or more are of African descent. After the Civil War‚ an enormous amount of African-American men were being sent to jail or prison for a long time because of petty crimes such as loitering. That was in the late 1800’s and it is still going on today. The tension between law enforcement officers and African-American is caused by

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    The Prison System: Parole and Re-Entry Stemming from the war on drugs came three strikes laws and mandatory minimum sentencing. Never in the history of the United States have this many people been incarcerated‚ but at the same time never have this many people been released from prisons either. Currently‚ over two million individuals are incarcerated in prisons and jails across the United States‚ and over three fourths of these people will be released at some point (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/).

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