Drug Courts have been around for a little under three decades now. “Dating back to 1989‚ the first drug court was established in Miami-Dade County‚ Florida” (NADCP‚ 2015). Once that first drug court system was set up it took off from there and drug courts were rapidly developed throughout the United States. The number of drug courts rose from the first drug court in 1989 to “2‚734 drug courts by June 30‚ 2012” (NADCP‚ 2015). Drugs courts main goal is to try and treat the offender drug abuse problem
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identity is shaped and how the identity relates to social behavior? The movie illustrates this by how all of the characters in the tv show are in black and white as its progresses the characters from the real world begin to introduce them to things that they never heard of and upon doing so they then are in color which shows that they are no longer just some tv show character but are now instead actual people. This relates to social behaviour because those that have color have changed in terms of
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My Father Goes to Court Author: Carlos Bulosan My Father Goes to Court is just one of the many short stories in Carlos Bulosan’s “The Laughter of My Father” which was published in the 1940’s in the United States. It is the most popular one‚ I believe. He wrote this story based from folklore in the Philippines and it has an underlying social commentary. It was said that this work is a protest against the economic progress of his time. This story shows the culture‚ traits and way of
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Stereotype TV show episode: Russell Peters “Indians don’t do physical work” Russell Peters is a widely known American stand-up comedian‚ and many of his shows have been broadcasted and shown on TV. At the same time‚ many of his jokes have sparked controversy because of his many stereotypical themes. In this short clip‚ Russell is up on stage discussing a recent trip to South Africa‚ where he said that he was surprised to see many Indians there. He finds out that is because South Africans used
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In the reality TV The Bachelorette‚ the hosts present Kaitlyn Bristowe with a large assortment of men to choose her future spouse from. Throughout The Bachelorette‚ Bristowe dates several different men at once‚ which sends the message that monogamous dating is coming to a close. At the end of The Bachelorette‚ Bristowe finds her the man she wants to spend the rest of her life with. Bristowe’s adventure on The Bachelorette proves worthwhile for her‚ but the other men on the show that she eliminates
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going to explain how the representations of Australian Culture in TV are accurate. I have here with me three sources: The Castle‚ Kath & Kim and 48 shades. These all have a fairly accurate view on what it’s like in Australia (mostly Logan)‚ although some skits are a little far fetched. In each show they have their own kind of representation‚ The castle represents the racism‚ Kath and Kim represent the bogan image and “48 shades” shows us the wild side of it all. There are many things we could
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Every movie and TV show is different but they all share one thing in common‚ cinematography. Cinematography is how something is shot. Within cinematography are three categories; photographic aspects‚ framing‚ and duration. Photographic aspects are the concrete decisions that deal with specifics of the photographic elements; contrast‚ the difference between black and white and light and dark; exposure‚ the amount of light per unit area; and tonality‚ the amount of contrast there is. Framing is what
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the Juvenile Court be Abolished? I. Introduction The purpose of this paper will be to examine the juvenile court system and whether or not abolishing it is the practical thing to do. To start off with‚ I will give a brief history of what the juvenile court system consist of and what it was designed to do. Next I will go into both sides of the debate to determine whether or not to abolish the juvenile court system. We will first take a look at the two concepts of the juvenile court system. There
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Price TVCC Family TV shows by decade Starting off with the 1960’s‚ Most of the sitcom shows contain the same core themes. The 1960’s were still concerned with the nuclear family unit‚ white suburban middle class‚ and the traditional patriarch of the 1950’s. Society was also slowly moving away from these cornerstones of social behavior. ’My Three Sons’ is a show that started in 1960‚ featuring a single father with three boys. The family platform here clearly lacks a mother. A single father
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Assignment 1- Hierarchy of the court system The hierarchy of Civil Courts include both First Instance courts (the first time the case is heard) and Appeal courts (any court of law that has the power for appeals from courts of first instance). The First Instance courts include the Tribunals‚ the Magistrates Court and the County court. Whereas the Appeal courts include the Court of Appeal‚ the Supreme Court‚ and the Court of Justice of the EU. However two levels of the hierarchy appear in both the
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