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    Andersonville Prison

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    Research Project Andersonville Prison Meikle‚ Caleb Mountain View High School   Andersonville Prison‚ which was also known as Camp Sumter‚ was one of the Confederate Army’s largest military prison camps. It held over 45‚000 Union soldiers. Andersonville Prison was the most infamous of all the prison camps because of extreme overcrowding‚ unsanitary conditions and was commanded by Henry Witz. Infamous Andersonville Prison Out of the 45‚000 soldiers that were in the prison camp‚ 13‚000 died. Although

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    Reducing Employee Turnover in Hospitality Introduction High level of employee turnover continues to be the most serious challenge in the hospitality industry (Hinkin & Tracey‚ 2000; Wasmuth & Davis‚ 1983). The hospitality industry has an exceptionally high turnover rate compared to other industries. * Definition of employee turnover Price (1977) defined employee turnover as “the ratio of the number of organization members who have left during the period being considered divided by

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    For decades‚ inmates in prison have taken part in medical research for both government testing and pharmaceutical drugs. At first what seemed to be a good idea‚ has recently been proven to not be as beneficial as once thought. Although many believe that testing on prisoners is a good idea‚ prisoners should not be used for experimentation due to the fact that prisoners are easily manipulated‚ along with poor physical and mental health. Many prisoner testing enthusiasts would put out the argument

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    Caring for Populations

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    Caring for Populations: Part I Huntington‚ WV was named by the Center for Disease Control in 2010 as the least healthy city in the least healthy state of America in the most overweight nation in the developed world (Kilmer‚et.al‚ 2008). Jamie Oliver‚ known as the Naked Chef‚ came to Huntington in the fall of 2010 to try to teach the school cooks how to prepare a healthier menu that the school children would eat. He was not met with open arms by the school cooks‚ the school system or children

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    Geopolitical Populations

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    DQ 2 Consider the different communities to which you belong: 1. What is the geopolitical community in which a person would live? Why is it geopolitical? Maurer and Smith (2008) define a geopolitical community as “a spatial designation—a geographic or geopolitical area or place.” (p. 400) This can be illustrated by looking at the natural or human-made boundaries in which people live in. For example‚ a group of people whom all live in Sedona‚ Arizona can be described as living in a geopolitical

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    The Ageing Population

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    Ageing Population – A Key Trend If one were to take a look at the UK population‚ one would notice a few trends. For instance‚ many women are focusing on their careers and postponing pregnancies. There is also a lengthening of the life expectancy of individuals‚ brought about in part by better health care and technology. The combination of rising mortality improvement and decreasing fertility rates has paved the way for a demographic key trend to occur in the UK which is now experiencing and may

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    Prison Nursery

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    "Converging Streams of Opportunity for Prison Nursery Programs in the United States." Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation 48.4 (2009): 271-295. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 24 Oct. 2012. In their article “Converging Streams of Opportunity for Prison Nursery Programs in the United States‚” which appears in Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation‚ the authors discuss the problems‚ policies and political issues surrounding prison nurseries in the United States and the benefits

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    Vulnerable Populations

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    Vulnerable Populations Vulnerable populations are an unfortunate but very genuine aspect of society. Vulnerable populations are groups of people who are at risk or in danger of suffering either physical or emotional harm or both. The children placed in the foster care system make up an exceptionally vulnerable population. Healthofchildren.com (2011) defines foster care as “a full time substitute care of children outside their home by people other than their biological or adoptive parents or

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    Overcrowding In Prisons

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    Latita Carter Cynthia Armes AIU ABSTRACT This paper will identify the issue of overcrowding inside of prisons. This paper will explain how prisons accommodate space for prisoners after all cells are filled. This paper will elaborate on how overcrowding inside of a prison could threaten the lives of inmates as well as officers. This paper will also analyze overcrowding inside of a prisons leading to health issues. Imagine yourself having to live in filth with thousands of complete strangers

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    Education In Prisons

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    inside a prison institution could reduce recidivism. Gordon and Weldon (2003) exemplifies that the ultimate goal of correctional education is to reduce recidivism. This occurs when the inmate becomes self-sufficient they could re-integrated in the community and become productive in the workforce‚ citizens‚ and family member. Through the educational program inmates are getting the education skills. This research paper explores the seriousness of educational program in the United States prisons. People

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