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    positive outcome financial feasibility should be considering top priority. As stated by Schmitt et al. (2010)‚ “the financial costs of our corrections policies are staggering”. The following alternatives focuses on ways of reducing overcrowding in prisons system. Given the advantages and disadvantages of these alternatives‚ this plan to assist policymakers and practitioners to tackle overcrowding in a systematic and affordable way. The results should help to ensure that incarceration is only used when

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    Parents or Prisons In Parents or Prisons by Jennifer Roback Morse‚ she talks about the children that grow up with a single parent or absent parent house‚ she states that the child is more likely to end up doing a criminal activity. In some of the things I concur with what she says‚ but there are many things that I don’t agree with the author. It all depends on who the single parent is or where that child grows up‚ what influences that child has in his or her surroundings‚ what if his guardians

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    In modern America‚ prisons have become a controversial topic that is prevalent throughout various forms of media‚ political debates‚ and social discussions. During the numerous debates of the 2016 presidential primaries‚ politicians argued about how the prison population has grown rapidly to approximately two million people. In news programs and newspapers‚ there are extensive reports about the quality of the conditions in various prisons. In several popular television shows and movies‚ there are

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    People with disabilities are significantly overrepresented in the nation’s prisons and jails today. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that fully 1 in 5 prison inmates have a serious mental illness (Vallas‚ 2016). As a result of this increase in population‚ these facilities are inadequately funded and staffed to provide mental health treatment to prisoners who are sentenced as a result of their mental illnesses (Gilna‚ 2016). North Carolina is one state that is addressing this issue. In 2014

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    The Journey to Medicine I want to be a Medical Administrative Assistant at Vanderbilt hospital to honor my late sister and my parents. When I was 18 years old my sister Debbie died from cancer. The majority of my childhood and teenage years were spent in hospitals and the majority of my parent’s money went to paying the doctors. During this period of my life I thought medicine was doing more harm than good. Because I was older at the time of Debbie’s death my perception about medicine changed

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    11/01/2012 Drug Trafficking From Mexico and Columbian Organizations Drug trafficking in the United States has become a growing problem within the last fifteen years. Mexican and Columbians traffic many different types of drugs across our United States border. Thus‚ creating many problems on “The War on Drugs‚ According to El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC). Most of the cocaine‚ foreign source marijuana‚ methamphetamine

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    Does prison work

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    Layout‚ Word Count‚ Page Numbering‚ Type set‚ Spacing‚ Referencing‚ Quotations‚ Bibliography‚ Sentence construction‚ Paragraphs‚ Writing style‚ Spelling‚ Punctuation Total Marks Awarded in this Section /20 2. SELECTION OF MATERIAL Extent and use of sources (books‚ reports‚ articles etc)

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    is not responsible for his actions? There is a point of view that drug addicts should “learn their lesson” like other criminals. That could potentially prevent them from committing other crimes. However‚ this might not‚ in fact‚ be the case‚ as‚ according to Langan and Levin (1994)‚ 25 per cent of drug offenders released from prison were back in prison within three years of their release. That indicates that some proportion of drug offenders do not “learn their lesson”. On the other hand‚ same could

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    number of prisons‚ half the number of prisoners‚ 10‚000 fewer homicides a year‚ inner cities in which there ’s a chance for these poor people to live without being afraid for their lives‚ citizens who might be respectable who are now addicts‚ not being subject to become criminals in order to get their drug‚ being able to get drugs for which they ’re sure of the quality." Isn ’t it a gateway drug to harder substances? "The effect of criminalization is to drive people from mild drugs to strong

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    sources. 1. Describe the topic/issue in your own words (100 word minimum): The USA should end the war on drugs by decriminalizing it and regulating it. This is a major issue in my eyes. Billions of dollars are wasted on a war that has lost its effectiveness. Meanwhile instead of spending money to prohibit something‚ you can make money regulating it. Gang activity will for sure decrease as drug money is their main source of income. Also this war exists not only in the USA‚ but it seeps into other countries

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