difficult to effectively use policies like mandatory minimum sentences‚ because not every crime is the same. It is acceptable for their to be some disparity in sentencing for similar crimes‚ but there still needs to be some consistency. The initiation of mandatory minimum sentences was due in large part to the fact that judges had too much discretion and it led to many similar cases having wildly different sentences.1 There was sound reasoning for enacting mandatory minimum sentences‚ but they “are the
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Mandatory Unit Unit Accreditation Number J/601/8142 City & Guilds Number 4223 -011 Handle information in health and social care settings Outcome 1 Understand the need for secure handling of information in health and social care settings 1.1. Identify the legislation that relates to the recording‚ storage and sharing of information in health and social care: The Data Protection Act 1998 The Freedom of Information Act 2000 The Health and Social Care Act 2012 Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 Access
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history and our souls as prosperity. However‚ there is also the discussion of choice when it comes to the notion of community service. Should this be an optional endeavor that individuals alone should have the governance over? Or should it be a mandatory institution that forces us entirely as a society to help one another. This however‚ flies in the face of the idea of community service being a good deed
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People may argue that no parent should be forced to receive medication against his or her will. This includes mandatory vaccines as a requirement for public school admission. They believe that people living in a free society should have free choice. However‚ parent personal liberty should not risk the health and safety of millions of others. If you decide not to immunize your child‚ you are not only putting your child at risk‚ but everyone else around them. Although I strongly agree in individual
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Mandatory sentencing: judges are too soft on criminals. Their entire focus should be on punishment and retribution‚ and if they keep wasting their time with other considerations then we should introduce mandatory sentencing. To what extent do you agree and why? The sentencing system should not be altered‚ for decreasing the focus and increasing the frequency of sentencing would do more harm than good. An emphasis on merely punishment and retribution in criminal sentencing would prevent the right
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Public Assistance is government aid to needy‚ aged‚ or disabled persons and to dependent children (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). All public assistance applicants should be required to take a mandatory drug test before they can qualify to receive any form of public assistance. Drug tests can detect a number of different illegal substances like‚ marijuana‚ steroids‚ amphetamines‚ cocaine‚ PCP‚ and opiates. “More than 22 million Americans age 12 and older - nearly 9% of the U.S. population - use illegal
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and the first time offenders that have minimum mandatory sentences‚ which are outrageous sentences for these offenders. Parenti notes that “a Federal Judge sentenced a man twenty two years for beating and elderly woman to death. A few hours later the same judge sentenced a 25 year old first time drug offender‚ father of two young children‚ to 55 years.” (p.124) The articles that I have chosen to debate the positives and negatives of reducing mandatory sentencing for drug offenders. This aspect is
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Mandatory Drug Testing For Public Assistance Mandatory drug testing should be required for people wanting public assistance. It is used in order to stop habitual offenders that misuse the benefits that the government provides to us‚ the tax payers. It is our hard earned tax dollars that fund these benefits. This argument is to reason that we need to take control as employers to stop the misuse of benefits that pay for illegal drugs. As a tax payer‚ you are considered an employer
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Mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients is right and reasonable in order to stop the habitual offenders of misusing this benefit. Are the hard working drug tested tax payers ready to support this law since it’s the hard earned tax dollars that fund these benefits? The argument stands to reason that we need to take control as employers to stop the misuse of benefits that pay for illegal drugs. Mandatory Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Did you know that as a tax payer‚ you are
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Mandatory Community Service Ages 18 21 In requiring young adults between the ages of 18 and 21 to conduct mandatory community service within the United States‚ which would be pushed by the Federal Government‚ is a positive option I feel would benefit the aid of growing young adults. With today’s society many young adults are "blessed" with the privilege of not having to lift a finger’ in their entire lives while others have to work from day 1 to the end of their lives. Even though this type
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