Abstract A pendulum was constructed and altered with differing weights‚ swing lengths‚ and pendulum lengths. The period for each variation was recorded and compared to find the factors that affected the length of the period. It was concluded that the length of the pendulum was the determining factor for the period of the swing. Introduction In 1581‚ Galileo began studying at the University of Pisa‚ where his father hoped he would study medicine. While at the University of Pisa‚ Galileo
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In 1942‚ at the age of 23‚ he refused to go to the government’s incarceration camps for Japanese Americans. he appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court In 1944‚ the Supreme Court ruled against him‚ arguing that the incarceration was justified due to military necessity. In 1983‚ Prof. Peter Irons‚ a legal historian‚ together with researcher Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga‚ discovered key documents that government intelligence agencies had hidden from the Supreme Court in 1944. The documents consistently
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numbers reveal how skewed and unequal the current justice system is. People deserves equal and consistent judgment in the court of law. African Americans have a high incarceration rate because of the heavy focus put on inner city communities‚ the profiling done by police officers‚ and are often not given equal trials in court. In court‚ minorities are incarcerated for the same crimes as Caucasians
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societies had binding punishments. As humanity matured‚ punishments became more lenient. Civilizations began compensating for the plethora of mitigating factors behind human behaviour. Today’s Governments have available to them alternatives to incarceration that better meet the goals of criminal punishment and rehabilitation. Mandatory minimum sentences (MMS) are now considered archaic by most of the world and condemned for their inability to account for the differences between individual cases. Professor
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The Rising Cost of Incarceration Michael Horn Faulkner University Courts MJA 5360 Dr. Monica E. Jayroe April 17‚ 2013 Abstract The rising cost of overcrowded corrections and potential solutions are discussed. Alternatives to incarcerations such as probation‚ house arrest and fines are just a few of the topics explored. Understanding the problems with the system will help to alleviate the cost along with the correct level of justice associated with crime. A State has a limited amount
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Similarly distance weakens mother and child relationship. This separation disrupts the bond between mother and children. More precisely it disrupts parenting and child development. Of course‚ child’s age plays a crucial factor in the affect of maternal incarceration. Hence each child’s developmental stage requires different social‚ physical
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Conclusion The research conducted for this study‚ allowed me to answer my thesis statement ?Mass incarceration was bolstered by the War on Drugs.? Consequently‚ the War on drugs and the concomitant mass incarceration movement were birthed in 1971 when then President Richard Nixon declared drugs to be the nation?s public enemy ( Tonry‚ 2011)pg137!. Its impacts are not just limited to the familiar statistic of 2.3 million people now held in our nation?s prisons and jails‚ nor even to the upwards
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Vincent Chen Ms. Brantely ENGL 1105 27 November 2012 Violence as a Tool With increasing violent crime rates in America people wonder who and what cause this. The blame tends to fall upon violent media. Media wants to spread information on the events of the world. We live in a violent world and the news on television shows that. The news tells use about shootings and people getting raped and murdered. The blame cannot fall on media for doing their job and providing news that people would like
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At 2.2 million inmates‚ the United States currently has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Approximately 1 per every 130 people are imprisoned and over 4 million people are on probation or parole. Despite the amount of people locked up‚ the U.S. has wildly fluctuating crime rates and the number of offenses per year has steadily been going up since the year 2000 (Henry). While the current prison system is highly debated amongst different groups‚ it is generally agreed that crime rates are
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African Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at more than 5 times the rate of whites on average. For example in Oklahoma has the highest incarceration rate for African-Americans. Approximately 4.6% of all African-American males in Oklahoma are incarcerated compared to of only 0.9% white males. In California 1 out of every 22 African-American adult male is in state prison. The racial disparity is greatest in the category of drug arrests and indicates institutional discrimination against African-Americans
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