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    From the mid-1980s drug offenses increased primarily due to the pressure put on by the war on drugs (Neubauer & Fradella‚ 2014). This has contributed to overcrowding of prisons across America. In order to ease the overcrowding in prisons‚ rehabilitation through court sentenced drug treatment programs is a practical and economical alternative. Assigning offenders to applicable drug treatment programs would decrease overcrowding caused by drug offenses‚ lower recidivism rates‚ and provide savings for

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    System (CRM 4302) Department de Criminology University of Ottawa December 11th 2012 Many individuals believe that the criminal system and its institutions are flawed. These critiques have been brought on by the ineffectiveness of prisons to reform individuals‚ the ineptness of the system to reduce crime rates‚ the lack of focus on victims of crimes‚ as well as the racist‚ classist and sexist practices existing in these institutions. Therefore‚ we can ask ourselves if the elimination

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    Rat Populations

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    Ian deGrouchy Mrs. Psitos Math IMP 2H 18 December 2007 Growth of Rat Populations This POW is about the growth of a rat population over a year. Two rats‚ one male and one female‚ are put on an island that has ideal conditions for rats. The female rat has a litter of six rats the first day‚ and will have a litter every forty days after that. There are three important things to remember‚ and they are that the number of rats in every litter is six‚ three females and three males. Secondly

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    determine what causes the overcrowding lawsuits from inmates‚ the factors are prison admissions‚ prison releases‚ spending on prison capacity‚ prison crowding‚ and incarceration rates. Guetzhow et al.‚ (2015) found that the overcrowding of prison litigations did not have an impact on admissions or release dates‚ but increased the spending on prison capacity and incarceration. Meaning that the litigation impacted the decisions to use money to expand the capacity of prisons. Prison overcrowding can

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    Slides: Christian Worship and Israel’s Worship Possible Listen Questions: Why This Study? 1.Negatively‚ the so called “worship wars” taking place in churches. 2. Positively: The need we all feel to develop & deepen our relationship with God. There is a sense in which we feel there is something valuable to be had in worship‚ and that we’re often not getting it. An Obscure West Tennessee Author 1¨“Worship does not bring God close to us‚ it brings us close to God.” 2¨“We might respect many

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    graduates entering the actuarial field and finds the average salary to be $41‚000. The population standard deviation is $3000. Can her claim be supported at 0.05? x¯=14.7‚ μx¯=13.77‚ ox¯=5.34‚ n=29‚ α=.01 3. Monthly Home Rent. The average monthly rent for a one bedroom in San Francisco is $ 1229. A random sample of 15 one bedroom homes about 15 miles outside of San Francisco had a mean rent of $1350. The population standard deviation is $250. At a=0.05 can we conclude that the monthly rent outside

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    Oman's Population Change

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    In 1970‚ the population Pyramid shows that Oman was LEDC (low economically developed country) due to the high birthrate and low deathrate (triangular pyramid). There are number of reasons for high birthrate at that time. First of all‚ the religious reasons have affected the country to have high birthrate. The Omani culture at that time used to have many children for families so they have a great prestige and standing in society. Secondly‚ because Oman was not very developed at that time‚ the country

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    than 400 plants and animals are currently threatened with extinction including the dugong‚ tamaraw‚ and the Philippine eagle. Deforestation also contributes to soil erosion‚ disruption of the water cycle‚ and massive flood and drought. Another major cause of deforestation is the practice of kaingin by most Filipino farmers. The Kaingin System is the slashing and burning of forest trees and vegetation in order to convert them to agricultural lands or pasture for livestock. Seeds left over at the area

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    The Uninsured Population

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    The Uninsured Population Healthcare is extremely important in today’s society. It has always been an ongoing issue. After President Obama was elected into office‚ he worked diligently with the United States Senate to find a solution to health care reform. There were many debates regarding health care reform; never the less‚ in March of 2010 President Obama signed the Affordable Healthcare Act giving millions of uninsured people access to affordable healthcare. Numerous people are searching for

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    For this individual project‚ I chose population as my topic of economic concern. This economic concern effect several countries in the world today. A large population produces a large labor force which will in turn produce more total production. With a fixed amount of assets and an increasing labor force‚ the amount of assets per worker will be less. With fewer assets‚ production output per worker will be less because the worker won’t have enough equipment and machines to use. This demonstrates

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