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    the protesters know is that raising the minimum wage will cause mass loss of Jobs‚ Increased Taxes and Inflation. Minimum wage should not be raised because it will cause problems in the US. Minimum wage should not be raised because it will cause loss of jobs. People would like minimum wage to be raised from $7.65 a hour to $15 a hour‚ low income

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    Recidivism In Prisons

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    documentary‚ The Released‚ described the challenges those with mental illness face when they are released from prison. In most cases‚ the inmates were unable to break the cycle of recidivism. The high rate of recidivism within the mentally ill prison population is caused by different factors. One factor that contributes to the high rate is a lack of support‚ which as a result‚ may lead to an increased chance of a relapse. Also‚ the challenge of reintegrating back into the world can be even more difficult

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    Human beings have always been dirty‚ corrupt‚ deceitful and horrible. But humans also have some redeeming factors that account for our current state of relative peace‚ our ability to innovate‚ the ability for great kindness and to care for other living things. All because each individual person is as different as the last with their own unique experiences and morals and standards that accumulate to our own incredibly different personalities and attitudes. Yet there are those who believe that striping

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    Overcrowding In Prisons

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    ‘crisis’ in prison is the overcrowding of prisoners. Indeterminate sentences and increased use of long determinate sentences are key drivers behind the near doubling of prison numbers; almost doubling from 1993 9% to 2014 17%. Bromley Briefing Prison Factfile (2015) reveals cost of our ‘addiction to imprisonment’ in wasted time‚ money and lives. High security prisons are not filled to capacity‚ whereas local prisons are concentrated with overcrowding. The majority of these prisoners in local prisons are

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    Population and Economy

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    Before seventeenth century the world population increased very slowly i.e‚it has been estimated that by 1650 the population had doubled since the year to about 500million.Over the following 200years the rate of increase was much faster ‚so that by 1850 the population had more than doubled to 1200million.After that‚ the population growth accelerated so rapidly that people talked about a population “explosion”;in 1927 it reached the 2000million mark and by the year 2000‚it had passed 6000 million

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    Population Control

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    Population Control: Effects on the Global Environment Dependence of Man on the Environment March16‚ 2009 Population Control: Effects on the Global Environment The debate of population control is by no means a new phenomenon. Since early times it has been on the minds of many people. Population lies at the heart of this debate and while there is no argument that humans are increasing daily‚ the question arises in whether this is a problem or rather a natural occurrence which will level

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    Prison Overcrowding Sherita Bowens American Intercontinental University April 24‚ 2010 Abstract Prison overcrowding is one of the many different problems throughout the world that law enforcement faces. Prison overcrowding not only affects those in law enforcement‚ it also affects the taxpayers in the community as well. The problem of overcrowded prisons is being handled in many different ways. Some of these ways have been proven to be sufficient and successful while others have not been

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    Population and Development A Survey Research in the Philippines: Alejandro N. Herrin [. INTRODUCTION This paper attempts to review the state of social science research on population and development relationships in. the Philippines with the aim of: (I) taking stock of what we know about such relationships as a guide to development planning‚ and (2) providing a basis for formulating recomII)endations to guide future research on the topic. The many population-related studies by independent

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    The Cost of Prison

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    lawmakers looking for cost-saving measures would do well to turn to prisons. Prison reform must attain the lowest economic costs‚ lowering actual taxpayer dollars spent without giving up the benefits of attaining important social goals‚ which represent another form of cost when lost. Undoubtedly‚ the current prison system is doing little to separate the US from its international counterparts in minimizing such cost‚ yet prison privatization has yielded hopeful results‚ as private correctional facilities

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    The Legitimacy of Prisons

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    From coast to coast in America‚ prisons have become a growing concern; the concern being how well prisons actually work. Over time‚ the amount of people being caged in our country is increasing. Right now there are approximately seven hundred fourteen out of one hundred thousand people that are imprisoned. Some may argue that prisons keep the criminals off the streets‚ but did they happen to think that prison is actually teaching them to become a better criminal and hardening their hearts to make

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