Within the U.S. criminal justice system there is a valuable resource that helps the Judge determine an effective sentence that would account for such factors as restitution‚ rehabilitation‚ and incarceration. This tool is a PSIR or Pre-sentencing Investigation Report. Pre-sentencing reports originated from the passing of the Sentencing Reform Act‚ which was part of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. This legislation required all capital murder cases to have a Pre-sentencing reports performed
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EFFECTIVE SENTENCES Sentences are groups of words arranged to express a complete thought. Sentence Faults A sentence becomes faulty when the idea expressed is incomplete or when it doesn’t make sense. Example: My research report in business communication took a long time to prepare. And then turned out badly. (Incomplete idea in the second sentence.) Prices ranging from $40 to $160 for courses gift certificates are available. (Doesn’t make sense. Is it the price of courses?) Typical sentence faults
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legislation setting up the standards and the ethics. The work place policies are “rules” made by the employer that may be different from an employer to another but never in contrast to the legislation or the code of practice. Candidates are required to outline the main employee and employer’s responsibilities under the following health and safety legislation: Health & Safety at Work Act Employers’ Responsibilities Provide and maintain safety equipment and safe systems of work Ensure materials used are properly
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Full Practice Authority Full Practice Authority for NPs is a significant legal issue that limits the role of NPs and affects health and care delivery. The range of activities that the nurse practitioner should practice is legally regulated by the licensing state and is a controversial issue in the medical community. Nurse practitioners must hold Registered Nurse (RN) licensure it the state in which they practice. However‚ unlike Registered Nurses‚ Nursing practitioners are advanced above the nursing
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Angela Zheng English Comp I 1101 Sentence- Skills Diagnostic Test Fragments ____X___ 1. Until his mother called him twice. Barry did not get out of the bed. He had stayed up too late the night before. Until his mother called him twice‚ Barry did not get out of the bed. He had stayed up too late the night before. ____C___ 2. After I slid my aching bones into the hot water of the tub‚ I realized there was no soap. I didn’t want to get out again. ____X___ 3. Mother elephants
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imagined the outrage in Judith’s eyes and snickered to herself. But she merely sat there and drew on her cigarette‚ waiting for her to finish. ‘When are you going to get married‚ darling?’ Judith had a habit of stressing particular words in her sentences‚ so that they left indelible marks on the listener’s impression of the conversation. ‘When I find someone to marry. That seems sensible enough doesn’t it?’ ‘Ha!’ Judith exclaimed‚ crossing one leg over the other and tossing her head back in
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Outline 3 Intellectual Property Intellectual property patents‚ copyrights‚ trademarks‚ and trade secrets. Federal and State laws protect intellectual property rights from misappropriation and infringement. Trade Secret is a product formula‚ pattern‚ design‚ and compilation of data‚ customer list‚ or other business secret. Reverse Engineering a competitor who has reverse engineered a trade secret can use the trade secret but not the trademarked name used by the original creator of the secret
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law b. Economic Assessment within the last 5 years i. GDP: as of 2014‚ $8.2 billion‚ 7.0% growth ii. GNP: as of 2013 its at 100.5 billion PPP dollars iii. Exchange Rate Issues: 1 Ghanaian Cedi = 0.31 US Dollar iv. Unemployment Rate: 2014: 11.0% v. Education Rate: from 2008-12 ages from 15-24 male: 88.3% female: 83.2% vi. Inflation: as of October 2014 16.90% vii. Balance of Payments: as of 2011 it was $3‚500‚545‚000 viii. FDI inflows and outflows: inflows- measured at 8.09 in 2012 by the World Bank.
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periods is the best way. In our opinion‚ long prison sentences can help to reduce crime because it can make a deterrent for criminals‚ criminals can re-educated though some educated course in prison; and locked up the criminals can protect the safety of innocent people. First of all‚ we think the purpose of long sentences is that it can make people be afraid of long time staying in prison. According to Theguardian‚ in 2012‚ long prison sentences proving the effect of long prison’s deterrent. At
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The Water Crisis Table of Contents LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 3 ABSTRACT 4 INTRODUCTION 5 DISCUSSION 10 CONCLUSIONS 14 RECOMMENDATIONS 15 REFERENCES 17 List of Illustrations Figure 1: Rain Water 5 Figure 2: Surface Water 6 Figure 3: Underground Water 6 Figure 4: Rock catchment area and rock holes 7 Figure 5: Dams 7 Figure 6: Excavated Dams 8 Figure 7: Bores and Wells 8 Figure 8: Wells 9 Abstract This report deals with the water crisis in Lebanon‚ causes and problems
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