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    Elk Population

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    Population of Elk (Cerphus elaphus) have been fluctuating in certain areas across North America for various reasons. One of the reasons includes their reintroduction to East Tennessee (Murrow 2007). Fluctuating populations create a need for research on elk for more effective and efficient use of resources by wildlife managers‚ and to monitor how well they are transitioning. Capture research has been conducted on two of the four current subspecies of elk. The two subspecies are Roosevelt Elk (Cervus

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    Privatization of Prisons

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    Privatization of Prisons Private Prison‚ Inc. Introduction America has been getting tougher on lawbreakers. This is something that the public long has been demanding. The problem it creates‚ however‚ is a shortage of prison capacity to hold the increased numbers of convicted criminals. This has led to: prison overcrowding‚ sometimes prompting court actions against penal systems; rapidly rising operational outlays; and taxpayer resistance to the cost of new prisons. A partial answer to the

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    Vulnerable Populations

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    Vulnerable Populations The chronically mentally ill are people that suffer from one of many diseases that affect the brain. The brain is the most complex of human organs. The cause of being mentally ill is unknown‚ but there are most likely many different reasons. There is no cure for being mentally ill but there are many effective treatments that one can get. In history‚ there have been several movements to try and deinstitutionalize many mental health facilities. The goal for many mental

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    racial harmony

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    Essay Racial harmony "Harmony makes small things grow‚ lack of it makes great things decay." - Sallust (Roman historian) In modern society the problem of racial intolerance particularly draws our attention. It is not surprising due to the fact that any insensitive remarks or decisions made by people of different nations cause a lot of racial riots and strikes. Undoubtedly‚ without mutual understanding between nations‚ a country would lose its peacefulness and become unstable which

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    Racial Differences

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    factor. My mother is white and my father is black‚ making me half white and half black. Two year after I was born they ended up getting a divorce due to the fact that the love they had was lost. This withering connection mostly had to do with the racial tensions present between families. Other people in my family did not approve of the whole relationship and even the thought of me being conceived. Now of course I did not comprehend all of this as a young child. However‚ having to travel back and

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    Inmates and Prisons

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    Gregory Inmates and Prisons Paper Week 4 -CJAD 320-E1WW February 2‚ 2013 Imprisoning drug offenders may resonate with some who think prison is the only way to make their communities safer‚ at least while they are incarcerated. Yet‚ the overwhelming majority of drug prisoners will come back out eventually to rejoin society‚ many within just a few years or even months. Most drug prisoners will return to the community after a couple of years away‚ and will then return to prison because we have not

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    Racial Profiling

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    because they appear to be Hispanic? Racial profiling is the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ or national origin. Racial profiling does not work and is unconstitutional. Criminal profiling works if it is based off of behavioral factors‚ not race. Racial profiling is not only discriminatory‚ but against the law in many states. An example of racial profiling would be when certain federal

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    Population Growth

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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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    Essay On Prison Violence

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    The newly entered prisoners are specialized victimized of prison violence and become involved in the subculture. Shift lag is also a powerful factor in the professional life of prison workers that results in violence of rules in the prison. They feel hypnotic‚ dull and avoid completing their job tasks with interest and responsibility. Effect of the Prison Violence on the Staff Members After discussing the problem of stress management prison violence in detail‚ a lot of questions arise in the mind

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    Population Growth

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    UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT GE247:POPULATION STUDIES DR. J KIVELIA NAME: DESDERIUS DITRICK MWIZILYA REG #; 2011-04-05382 BAGEN QN. Provide critical argument for and againstthe conention that population growth is the hindrance for socio -economic growth particularly in developing countries. Popula-tion growth means that is the increase in number of people in a particular geographical area. Popula-tion growth

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