R for Programmers Norman Matloff University of California‚ Davis c 2007-8‚ N. Matloff December 4‚ 2008 IMPORTANT NOTICE: This document is no longer being maintained. My book on R programming‚ The Art of R Programming‚ is due out in August 2011. You are welcome to use an early draft at http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/˜matloff/132/NSPpart.pdf; it was about 50% complete and contains bugs‚ but should be useful. Licensing: This work‚ dated December 4‚ 2008‚ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No
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the founder of the classical school of criminology‚ the first organized theory of crime causation linked to appropriate punishments. According to (Seiter‚ 2011) Beccaria suggested that the purpose of punishment is utility or the prevention of crime. According to (Seiter‚ 2011) Jeremy Bentham is the creator of the hedonistic calculus suggesting that punishments outweigh the pleasure criminals get from committing crime. According to (Seiter‚ 2011) another way to remove offenders from society was through
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Capital Punishment “An eye for an eye‚ and a tooth for a tooth‚” is a quote that is presented intermittently when the discussion of capital punishment is conferred. This quote comes from Hammurabi’s Code which is one of the most ancient written law-abiding documents found in the world (Stockdale). It states that if a person commits a crime‚ for example‚ murder‚ the culprit shall receive the equal of the crime; which in this case would be execution. Despite being a popular kind of punishment in ancient
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March 14/11 Tommy Douglas’ “Capital Punishment” focuses on the negatives aspects of the death sentence in Canada. “I am in favour of the motion to abolish capital punishment and I am also supporting the amendment to put it on a five-year trial basis” (Tommy Douglas 558). Being a person who lives abroad in the public with millions of others‚ I must say I disagree with Douglas’ argument as to abolishing the punishment‚ as I feel having capital punishment would indefinitely reduce the murder rate
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Crime and Punishment - Raskolnikov’s Extraordinary Man Theory: In the novel‚ Crime and Punishment‚ the principle character‚ Raskolnikov‚ has unknowingly published a collection of his thoughts on crime and punishment via an article entitled "On Crime." Porfiry‚ who is trying to link Raskolnikov to a murder‚ has uncovered this article‚ read it‚ and tells Raskolnikov that he is very interested in learning about his ideas. Porfiry brings Raskolnikov into this conversation primarily to find out more
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Running head: THE CURRENT TRENDS REGARDING Corporal punishment Corporal Punishment: The Current Trends XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX November 20‚ XXXX Abstract This paper is about the different corporal punishment techniques that are used throughout the world‚ the effectiveness of corporal punishment‚ and the constant debate regarding ethicalty issues that are associated with corporal punishment. The information and statistics that were utilized in this research paper
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parliamentary document to understand where the problem lies. A brief flip through would allow even the most inexperienced of readers to glean that many crimes are given a specified maximum penalty and yet many are left with no minimum penalty to be discerned. It is this lack of minimum sentencing that causes this perceived “softness” of judges on crime in Queensland and ignores the principal goals of sentencing which are deterrence‚ protection and retribution. It is a problem that needs to be rectified
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student elective have developed a proposal on correcting the pandemic of corporal punishment affecting this school. We will be addressing the following topics: corporal punishment before and after 1994‚ the student uprising of 1976‚ corporal punishment and independent schools‚ arguments for and against corporal punishment and our recommendation. Our aim is to gain your support in our stand against corporal punishment in our school but also in our community. Thank you for allowing us this opportunity
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TERM PAPER HUL 240 POETRY BY SHRI A.K. RAMANUJAN SUBMITTED BY: ABHISHEK CHHABRA 2005ME20557 A.K Ramanujan A.K. RAMANUJAN was born in Mysore in 1929 and educated at the local Maharaja ’s College. He began his career as a lecturer in English in Quilon and later worked in Belgaum and Baroda before migrating to Chicago in 1962. He was a Fulbright scholar at Indiana University and later moved on to Chicago University
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could sustain the needs of the family. Thus‚ children are compelled to be educated and earn a degree so as to meet the needs of their family. Poverty has become a major problem among Filipinos. In fact‚ even before the government grants the enhanced K – 12 program‚ Filipino parents were already having a hard time to send their children to school within the 10 – year curriculum. How much more for 12 years education? In this regard‚ I agree on Rep. Karlo Nograles’ notion on the said program. Generally
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