Commission is responsible for sentencing policy in federal courts. In 1980 they reformed the federal sentencing. The intent was to provide determinate sentencing. Determinate sentencing is a fixed period of incarceration without the possibility of parole‚ but time served can be reduced by accumulating good time. “Coinciding with the development of determinate sentencing has been the development of sentencing guidelines to control and structure the process and make it more rational. Guidelines are
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Drug Testing in Schools Mandatory drug testing in schools is not a good idea. There are a few reasons why I believe that drug testing does more harm than good when it comes to keeping drugs out of schools. One reason is that it is humiliating for students; another is that it can discourage students from participating in extracurricular activities that require a drug test in order to join. Also‚ it raises the questions whether the cost of doing these tests would out way the benefits and are these
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his article “The Case for Mandatory Organ Donation” that‚ “At present there are more than 90‚000 people waiting for kidneys but only about 14‚000 donors enter the system each year” (615). The lack of kidneys is a great example of the decreasing number of donors in the United States. Waiting lists grow because there aren’t enough organs; therefore‚ this is becoming an endless cycle. I know I can’t donate much while I am alive‚ but I’m sure that it will still make a difference.
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Mandatory Seat Belt Laws Every year thousands of Americans‚ if not hundreds of thousands‚ are seriously injured or killed due to the lack of seat belt usage. Some states in the United States have a law that requires only the driver to wear a seat belt‚ and some require only passengers of a certain age to wear one. Wearing a seat belt should not be considered just an age issue‚ it should be considered important for all people inside a vehicle to wear one. The states that are the smartest are
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1. The Coast Guard’s lack of mandatory physical fitness is one factor among many that affect the overall health of our ratings Coast Guard wide. For example‚ one result is weight probation which could hold back or not allow advancement‚ ultimately leaving billet gaps or shortages and limiting the individual’s service wide examination competitiveness. Coast Guard members must conduct mandatory daily physical fitness‚ in order to maintain professionalism as well as continue on the path towards advancement
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2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health‚ performed by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services‚ 8.7 percent of the population nationally over age 12 uses illicit drugs. The rate was 6.3 percent for those ages 26 and up (Whittenburg). Mandatory drug testing for welfare benefits should be implemented in order to eliminate excessive tax dollars from being spent carelessly on individuals who may be taking advantage of the welfare system. Random drug testing of welfare recipients would
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continues regarding a uniform policy suggested to public and private schools. This develops into a controversial issue because valid argument exist on both sides. Giving this issue much thought has lead me to believe that making school uniforms mandatory would help the school systems. School uniforms would help unruly classrooms‚ also students would not have to buy expensive clothes and students would not get killed over tennis shoes. Schools that have adopted uniforms have reported several advantages
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GREENING OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY: TOWARDS A CONSISTENT‚ MANDATORY‚ RATING STYLE GREEN HOTEL LABELING SYSTEM AN ARTICLE BY VERITY ILEY FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD: HEATHER HARTWELL ‘JOURNAL OF FUTURE INDUSTRY ISSUES.’ IN PARTIAL COMPLETION OF BA (HONS) INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT 14TH MAY 2008 ABSTRACT: Environmental issues are of increasing concern nationally and globally. Consumers expect hotels to be environmentally friendly which is found to influence
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while using drugs which is so vast. No athlete should have an unfair advantage‚ these advantages only promote drug use‚ which many athletes believe it is a necessary means in today ’s time. The only way to have the use of drugs decrease is to have mandatory drug testing across the board for all athletes. Voy stated that since the beginning of sport competition‚ athletes have searched for an easier alternative method in order to succeed in their sport (3). In the first Olympics‚ the
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Tramain Clay Probation and Parole Oct. 18‚ 2011 Ch.8 Probation and Parole Officers Law Enforcement‚ Treatment‚ and A blend of the two. Control‚ Social Services‚ and Combined. The broker/advocate role links clients to needed services‚ with little concern for the relationship between officer and client. The P/P officer as law enforcement agents is related to the control model of supervision in much the same way as the treatment or broker/advocate role is related to the social
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