Prison Population Tammy Settles CJS200 August 17‚ 2010 John Scott Throughout history prison has and continues to reach high rates in population. The increase in prison population has different possible causes. These causes range from strict drug laws prohibiting repeat offender’s more time in prison. Parole violations land some of the worse offender’s back in prison for longer lengths of time. Sex offenders would be more likely to go back and repeat the same crime or even murder their victims
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Causes of Overpopulation Overpopulation is one of the most serious threats to mankind. It’s high time we identify and understand the causes of overpopulation and take steps to avoid it. To know more about the causes of overpopulation‚ read on… By definition‚ overpopulation is the condition where the number of organisms exceeds the carrying capacity of their habitat. We are facing the effects of overpopulation in our daily lives. Overpopulation has impacted the life of common man and has proved
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the population of the world will continue to grow until the government intervenes. The gross increase in population will generally lead to adverse effects on the environment. In the anthology‚ A Forest of Voices‚ an entry titled "Is It Too Late?" by Anthony Weston deals with the history of legislation for the protection of the environment and stories of it’s destruction that are all too real. Seemingly‚ as the population increases‚ so should the level of intelligence for a sample population which
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The subject of women’s issues has sporadically been discussed in our society‚ and it has just recently being uncovered that women operate differently than men in situations; and those differences are now starting to effect the growth rate in the population of women in prisons. The mission statement of the Federal Bureau of Prisons states that it “…protects society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe‚ humane‚ and appropriately
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POPULATION GROWTH The absence of virtually any reliable current demographic data has not prevented national and international bodies from generating estimates and projections of population and population growth in Nigeria. The World Bank estimate of Nigeria’s 1990 population was 119 million‚ with an estimated annual growth rate of 3.3 percent. Although other sources differed on the exact figure‚ virtually all sources agreed that the annual rate of population growth in the country had increased from
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Two of the biggest threats to the environment are air pollution and waste. Gas emissions from factories and exhaust fumes from vehicles lead to global warming‚ which may have a devastating effect on the planet in the future. As the human population increases‚ we are also producing ever greater quantities of waste‚ which contaminates the earth and pollutes rivers and oceans. Governments could certainly make more effort to reduce air pollution. They could introduce laws to limit emissions from factories
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Causes of Water Pollution * With environmentalism and green thinking reaching the pinnacle of public appeal in recent years due to global warming‚ an increasing focus has been put on stopping pollution‚ especially carbon dioxide emissions. As such‚ the main battle has been waged against air pollution‚ while water pollution has not been in the public limelight. This does not mean that the problem is any less important‚ or any less pervasive however. Water pollution is caused by the release of
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4.7.3 Increase in Size of Population Population growth is one of the important factors‚ which determine the effort made to rehabilitate degraded areas. The increase in the size of the population can influence land rehabilitation practices either positively or negatively depending on the issue whether it has led to intensive or extensive agricultural practices in the area. As it can be understood from Table 13‚ 68.2% of the respondents replied that increase in size of population in a given area
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Review of related Literature As can be seen in Figure 1‚ the world’s population grew very slowly until about 1750. There was a long period of stationary growth (no growth) until 1000 B.C.E.‚ when the world’s population was approximately 300 million; this was followed by a period of slow growth from 1000 B.C.E. to approximately 1750‚ at which time global population was an estimated 800 million. Until this time‚ the world’s population was kept in check by high death rates‚ which were due to the combined
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Australia ’s population‚ like that of most Western.countries‚ is ageing as a result of sustained low fertility and increasing life expectancy. Over the next several decades‚ population ageing is projected to have significant implications for Australia‚ and particularly for the institution of health care and allied industries. In the 12 months to 30 June 2010‚ Australia ’s population increased by 377‚100 people‚ reaching 22‚342‚000. The annual growth rate for the year ended 30 June 2010 (1.7%) was
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