The concept of incarceration started to emerge in the United States as a form of control over minorities. This began shortly after the end of slavery and targeted freed slaves to provide free labor during prison. This system of large scale prisons continued to gain popularity after the large spike in drug use around the 1960’s and 1970’s. The problems we have today with mass incarceration is due to our deteriorating criminal justice system which originally provided rehabilitation programs and
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Alternatives to Incarceration….Drug Courts There is no doubt that the United States suffers from an increase in crime and more people than ever being incarcerated. The numbers are currently overwhelming. “A nonpartisan organization called The Pew Center on the States‚ released a study February 2008 that found the U.S. imprisoned both more people and a larger percentage of its adult population than any other country. According to the study‚ by The Pew Center 2.32 million people were currently
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There are at least three alternatives to abortion: parenting‚ adoption‚ and interim foster care (Abortion Alternatives). Most people claim that not everyone is ready to be a parent‚ and they are correct. However‚ as was said before there are other options than just being parent. There are options that wouldn’t be murder. Because being a parent is not for everyone abortion is something that is used often‚ but it doesn’t have to be that way. Most people know about the alternative adoption‚ but it’s found
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an argumentative essay? The argumentative essay is a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect‚ generate‚ and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner. Please note: Some confusion may occur between the argumentative essay and the expository essay. These two genres are similar‚ but the argumentative essay differs from the expository essay in the amount of pre-writing (invention) and research involved. The argumentative essay
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A. Any man thinks he has any right to even have a say in the matter. Do you go through pregnancy and childbirth? Do you even understand what a toll that takes on a woman’s body? No? Okay then. B. People always suggest "alternatives" to abortion. I was adopted and I am all for it‚ but until you have placed a baby for adoption and know first hand how terribly difficult that is‚ don’t suggest it‚ like it’s some easy solution to a very difficult situation. C. Think about this‚ what if someday you
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Jennifer Jones Professor Rodger Smith English 1301 20 September 2012 Working against the Clock Many people who strive for a career that will pay the bills with ease often resort to the medical field. In the article‚ “Medicine”‚ by Matt Richtel‚ manifests the different level of duties each field contains and how that influences medical students to determine which specialty they will pursue. Dr. Jennifer C. Boldrick graduated from Stanford University Medical School in preparation to become
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Imperata cylindrica as an Antibacterial Agent for Escherichia coli INTRODUCTION a. Background of the Study We all know that bacteria are everywhere. Bacteria are microscopic organisms whose single cells have neither a membrane-enclosed nucleus nor other membrane-enclosed organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts. One example of bacteria is E .coli is a bacterium that is commonly found in the gut endotherms. E. coli and related bacteria constitute about 0.1% of gut flora‚ and fecal-oral
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effects by rigorous science or have been approved by regulatory agencies such as the United States Food and Drug Administration or European Food Safety Authority.The articles in this category can be about traditional healing uses of plants‚ allopathic medicines derived from plants‚ and pharmacological research results about a plant. Medicinal plants have played an essential role in the development of human culture‚ religions and different ceremonies. It also finds application in pharmaceutical‚ cosmetic
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The Right Medicine – 对症下药 Having chosen the particular subject of Medicine for our research article‚ we picked up “The Right Medicine” as our article topic. With the modern advances of science‚ we‚ young adults‚ often ask ourselves who should we follow‚ scientific reason or traditional remedies? Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a
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Imagine a girl named Sarah is tiredly sitting in class waiting for the school day to end. Suddenly‚ one of her classmates‚ Gregory‚ who cannot stop coughing asks to go to the nurse. The teacher excuses Gregory and after a few moments he returns with a pass‚ stating that he is not feeling well and is going home. A few days later‚ more students become sick. By the end of the week‚ everyone is sick‚ including Sarah. The whole scenario could have been prevented if Gregory was vaccinated. Many people
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