increasing youth violence and perceptions of an ineffective juvenile justice system‚ demanded the enactment of tough new laws to deal with repeat and violent juvenile offenders. The Great and General Court of Massachusetts headed these demands for reform of the juvenile justice system and enacted legislation that‚ among other things‚ abolishes the trial de novo system in the juvenile courts‚ requires the trial of juveniles charged with murder‚ manslaughter‚ aggravated rape‚ forcible rape of a
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ECONOMIC REFORMS IN PAKISTAN There is a widely shared consensus about the nature of reforms that Pakistan should embark upon. This consists of two components – stabilization and long term structural reforms. Under the first component the economy has to be stabilized with the help of fiscal consolidation‚ widening of tax net and mobilization of domestic resources‚ cutting down the losses of state owned corporations‚ curtailing wasteful development expenditure and assigning priority to removing supply-side
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Economic Reforms in India since 1991 India was a latecomer to economic reforms‚ embarking on the process in earnest only in 1991‚ in the wake of an exceptionally severe balance of payments crisis. The need for a policy shift had become evident much earlier‚ as many countries in East Asia achieved high growth and poverty reduction through policies which emphasized greater export orientation and encouragement of the private sector. India took some steps in this direction in the 1980s‚ but it was
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Antebellum Reform Movements During the years of 1825-1850‚ the United States went through many changes that impacted the United States’ economy‚ government‚ and social life style of many people especially due to the start of the Industrial Revolution. As the United States found conflict with the West as they continue to expand more further to West‚ the United States also found conflict within their nation with so many reform movements that were occurring in their nation. These reform movements
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fathers. Our cause is for autism which is very close to all of our hearts because we have family that are effected with autism and some very close friends with autistic children. Once you have your cause figured out if there is an organization for your cause that you want to donate to‚ you then needs to get in contact with them. When you get in contact with them they are usually very supportive or your event‚ the Autism Society Heartland has always been very supportive of our run and even lets us present
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Social Security Reform: Jeopardizing the Safety Net It is not difficult to understand why Social Security is our country’s most popular government program. Prior to its inception in the 1930’s‚ more than half the nation’s elderly lived in poverty. The program was designed as a social (old-age) insurance plan which provides a guaranteed income to retired and disabled workers whose loss of wages promises an uncertain economic future. I emphasize the word guaranteed‚ as this is the issue in contention
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To: Juan Judicio‚ Secretary of Rural Reform From: D. Lawrence Re: Land reform strategy The purpose of this memorandum is to recommend a series of methods to help implement the land reform in Centropico. Based on a practical analysis relying on current conditions of Centropico’s political environment‚ land transfers and the Department of Rural Reform (DRR)‚ the findings show that these recommendations will promote land reform in Centropico by reducing cabinet-level debates‚ improving DRR’s administrative
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the liberal Welfare Reforms lay the foundations of the Welfare State? This essay will assess how far reaching the liberal Welfare Reforms were and how far they can be said to represent the foundations of the Welfare State. The Welfare State is when the Government takes care of the health and well-being of all its citizens from “cradle to grave”. The liberal Welfare Reforms did represent a move away from “laissez-faire” towards a programme of social reform. The liberal reforms concentrated on five
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Japan social reforms After its capitulation to the Allied powers in August 1945‚ Japan underwent a series of vigorous reforms that changed the socio-economic spectrum in many respects. The U.S. initiated such reforms in hopes of democratizing and demilitarizing the nation of Japan‚ and while the occupation forces may have taken an integral role in initiating the reforms‚ the Japanese people made them possible. The United States sought to recreate Japan in its own image. SCAP (Supreme Commander
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abstracts welfare reform Abstracts for Welfare Reform The state of the social safety net in the post-welfare reform era. Publication: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Publish date:September 22‚ 2010 Author:Bitler‚ Marianne P.; Hoynes‚ Hilary W. The 1996 welfare reform led to sweeping changes to the central cash safety net program for families with children. Along with
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