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    TOPIC NUMBER 2 “Every 20 minutes‚ the human population grows by about 3000.” (www.overpopulation.org‚ 2013). This shows that humans give huge amounts of ignorance concerning the overpopulation issue. Overpopulation causes negative impacts such as on the population’s health‚ education‚ unemployment and towards the world’s global environment. The first problem that overpopulation causes is health of the population. Overpopulation means more children in one family‚ and when each family has

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    Vulnerable Populations

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    Vulnerable Populations Kathleen King- Materio BSHS/302 10/01/2012 Maryann Sorrell Vulnerable Populations All communities contain a mentally ill population. Their behavior is considered to be inappropriate and abnormal. Every society has cultivated solutions in which to treat the mentally ill in order to prevent disruption of the strong civil function. Normal behavior varies through generations and societies. When deciding if a person is mentally ill‚ the generation and culture must be taken

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    Suicide in Prison

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    Suicide in Prison Introduction: “Suicide is a huge‚ but largely preventable‚ public health problem‚ causing almost half of all violent death in the world‚ resulting in almost one million fatalities every year and economic costs in the billions of dollars‚ according to the World Health Organization” (quoted in Pompili & Lester & Innamorati & Casale & Girardi‚ 2009‚1155). According to Kupers (quoted in Heuy & Mculty‚ 2005‚ 490) “in the United States‚ suicide rates among prison inmates are higher

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    6a. Urbanization refers to much more than simple population growth; it involves changes in the economic‚ social and political structures of a region. Rapid urban growth is responsible for many environmental and social changes in the urban environment. The rapid growth of cities strains their capacity to provide services such as energy‚ education‚ health care‚ transportation‚ sanitation and physical security. *3 Urbanization transforms societal organizations‚ the role of the family‚ demographic structures

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    Population decline

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    Europe and Russia have experienced population declines over the last couple of decades. The birth rate decline has led Europe to what today is an aging population. Although a lower birthrate is not necessarily a bad thing‚ this creates an uneven population. Everything in nature is good in moderation and when it comes to nature and humans‚ homeostasis is key. If you have the baby boomer population all aging at the same time and a low birthrate‚ this can negatively affect Europe and Russia socially

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    Prison Sex

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    Sexual coercion in prison is a more polite way of saying prison rape or pressure to have sex and giving into the pressure. Prison sex is a topic not many‚ like to touch on. However it is estimated that thousands of men‚ mostly young‚ or incapable of defending themselves have been coerced into performing sexual acts in prison. Another less talked about topic‚ or less understood is the primal need for companionship. Homosexual activity happens in prisons through out the world and through out

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    Prisons and Jails

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    Jails and Prisons Kassi Crum CJA/234 June 18‚ 2013 Rodney Christiansen Jails and Prisons The earliest days of operating jails‚ which were more commonly known as “gaols‚” consisted solely as detaining offenders who were waiting to be tried. The first was ordered to be built in 1166 by King Henry II. Vagrancy‚ meaning to have no real permanent home to live and just wandering from location to location was an increasing issue between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries.

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    Human Population Human Population As we look around us‚ we can actually see how things are becoming over crowded. Lines at the store‚ driving on the highways and how schools classrooms are getting bigger. This is all due to the human population intensifying. We add about a million and half people to our world population every week! What effects is this having on our environment? Is it hurting our water systems and changing our climates? What can we do as a society to help or change

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    Prison System Janette Brown Garcia Westwood College Abstract A supermax prison is an institution that has the following characteristics: greater levels of restriction‚ limited visitation and programs‚ lack of congregate activity‚ and the increased degree of isolation from other inmates (Mears and Watson‚ 2006). Craig Haney (2003) describes supermax prisons as being marked by their totality of isolation‚ intended duration of confinement‚ reason for being imposed and technological sophistication

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    Critically evaluate the possible causes and effects of the phenomenon known as Global Warming Global warming refers to the observed increase in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans in recent decades‚ which is directly related to an increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere leading to an increase in the amount of infrared or thermal radiation near the surface. This essay will evaluate the causes and their resulting effects of the phenomenon known

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