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    Prisons and Jails

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    For other uses‚ see Prison (disambiguation). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2012) The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (January 2012) Criminology and penology Theory[show] Types of crime[show] Penology[hide] Deterrence Prison Prison reform Prisoner abuse

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    Should the Legal Drinking Age be Increased to 21? by Tejvan Pettinger on May 9‚ 2013 in society Readers Question: Evaluate the case for raising the legal drinking age to 21. Will it be more effective than other methods for reducing the harmful effects of alcohol? There are several reasons to be concerned about the over-consumption of alcohol‚ especially amongst young people. In the UK‚ abuse of alcohol has contributed to several social‚ economic and health problems‚ including: Alcohol

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    Population Density

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    Population Density Population density is defined by the number of people and the area size in which they reside. The effects of urbanization on the human race vary between cultures. However‚ there is clearly a relationship between population density and human behavior (Rosenbnerg‚ 2011‚ para. 1). Whether the answer is moving to a less dense area‚ or adapting to an urban area depends on individual personality and preference. For centuries‚ Americans have dealt with overcrowded cities in order

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    mentally ill in prison populations. Large portions of inmates suffer with a mental disease or disorder and this makes treatment challenging for administration and mental health personnel. The information in this research includes the common elements‚ improvements‚ and core benefits provided in the program‚ that exists in mental health courts‚ today. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (2016)‚ the United States has the largest prison population in the world. In

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    History of the Prison

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    the prison in America. How it came to be in its present state? Things I will be writing about in this paper are the early history of the prison history in England. I will be talking about early American prisons‚ the goal of rehabilitation‚ prison labor‚ changes in the prison system‚ rehab programs‚ population‚ housing and prison organization we will hit briefly on all those aspects of the history of prisons. The reasoning behind this paper is because many people do not know why prison are

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    Possible Overpopulation Solutions The human population growth of the last century is tremendous. It required only forty years after 1950 for the population to double from 2.5 billion to 5 billion. The factors affecting global human population are very simple. They’re fertility‚ mortality‚ initial population and time. India‚ China and USA are the top countries that are currently in crisis because of overpopulation. Many of our basic resources are strained such as‚ food; one out of every seven

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    SZT1 Task 1 Western Governors University Community Description and Data Interpretation DeKalb County is located in Northeastern Indiana with a population of 42‚307. DeKalb County ranks number 35 in size in the state of Indiana. The county was named for General Johann de Kalb‚ who was wounded at the Battle of Camden in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. The county measures a total of 364 square miles. The major cities and towns that comprise the county are Altona

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    World Population

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    The day when the world population reached five hundred crores was 11th July‚ 1987. United Nations Organization has decided to celebrate that day as world population day. The objective of celebrating the world population day was to increase awareness in people about population control. According to United States Census bureau‚ world population has crossed 693 crores.  Given below or few facts about world population. * Population growth in the last fifty years is more than the growth in the previous

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    Over Population

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    Over Population The world’s population is approximately 5.9 billion‚ and it is still growing. It has just about doubled in the past forty years. We are now faced with the issue of over population. The problem is very severe‚ and important. It is controversial how many people this planet can hold. Some are arguing that we have plenty of room‚ and we could fit everyone on the state of Alaska‚ if we just put 10‚000 people on each square mile. Alaska only makes up about one

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    vulnerable populations

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    LATINO IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES NUR/440 October 27‚2014 Deanna Radford “Latino Immigrants in the United States constitutes a paradigmatic case of a population group subject to a structural violence” (Stange‚ 2009). This group is considered to be in a very low level in the economy of the United States‚ and for this reason they are more prone to be abuse and violent than any others‚ and also due to the fact that some are undocumented they tend not to seek medical services due to fear

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