Crime in the Bahamas On the 6th April‚ 2011‚ shock waves were sent throughout the Bahamaland after the report of a brutal massacre of Nellie Brown-Cox. It is alleged that this crime was committed by her common law husband (Bahamas Press‚ 2011). This murder was a result of domestic violence‚ which is a crime that is committed among many residents in the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands. Crime is ubiquitous‚ but can be alleviated if the necessary steps are applied. To further explain‚ certain aspects
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“A Meta-Analytic Review of Obesity Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents: The Skinny on Interventions That Work” This article discussed a meta-analytic review of obesity in children as well as obesity prevention program for both adolescents and children. According to the article‚ obesity in both adolescents and children is on the rise. This is especially true over the last 3 decades. There are significant adverse side effects related to health and wellness with an increase in body fat
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Marijuana is a substance that has become very much a part of American and Canadian culture. Nearly 65 million Americans and Canadians have either used it occasionally or regularly. The use of marijuana hit American and Canadian about thirty years ago and has been accepted by large section of society. The debate on whether this substance should be legalized or not. It still remains a topic today in the world. Marijuana should be legal because it can be used of medical use‚ puts too many people
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The purpose of preventative medicine is to identify health conditions that can affect a patient’s health in the future. One agency that focuses on preventative measures in the health care arena is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Description and Structure of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was founded in 1946 (www.cdc.gov‚ n.d.). The CDC is one of the thirteen agencies that operates under the Department of Health
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past. Only when learning from the past then can we prevent and come up with better solutions to alleviate future crimes. We cannot afford to forget past crimes and the lessons it teaches us. Crimes that were committed many years ago should not be forgotten that easily. Some people believe that crimes committed should just be forgotten for everyone to move on with their lives since those crimes are historical events‚ which are meaningless to remember now. They feel that this is particularly true for
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have broken the law. The concept of this is as old as society itself although our ides of crime and punishment have changed over time. The Queensland Government’s “Department of Corrective Services” (DCS) has formal goals it seeks to achieve‚ the strategic plan of the DCS states “As a strategic partner in criminal and social justice for the Queensland Government‚ our purpose is community safety and crime prevention through an integrated correctional services system delivering humane containment‚ supervision
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offer their best chance for survival. We are working to prevent the use of child soldiers and to hold accountable the people who send children to fight. It threatens the core of the United Nations‚ and the heart of our world’s future: Children. The US Child Soldiers Prevention Act prohibits the US government from providing
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M. Y. ESCI-199 Introduction to Sustainable Development 22nd‚ May‚ 2012 Topic: Reflection Paper on Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh We hear a lot being said about development in our daily lives and we are all a part of it. Whether or not we are aware of how or to what extent we contribute to or affect development is another question‚ but we all add to it in one way or another. According to Helena Norberg-Hodge‚ development is a process of planned changes that are supposed
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Crime prevention and recidivism There is thought to be a prevailing goal of prisons that punishes the offender for their crime and in turn the punishment will reduce the chances that the offender will reoffend (Schaefer‚ 2016). However‚ many researchers believe that criminals will act upon a cost-benefit calculation of outcomes associated with certain crimes. Schaefer (2016) hypothesized that prison could become a form of positive punishment for offenders since they are escaping their label as a
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cybercrime has been prepared by the DOJ as part of its advocacy program to prevent abuses in cyberspace as the legality of the new law against cybercrime is being deliberated in the Supreme Court. In October 2012‚ the implementation of the new Cyber-crime Prevention Act of 2012 was suspended by the high tribunal for four months until Feb.6 following 15 petitions seeking for the law to be declared unconstitutional wholly or partially. The high court is set to hear on Jan.15 oral arguments on the law that
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