“It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.” Felix Frankfurter1 A. Introduction The touchstone of criminal sentencing is the notion of individualised justice.2 Consequently‚ the Australian judiciary is required to exercise its sentencing discretion while having regard to all the circumstances relevant to the offence and the offender.3 Hence in the context of sentencing indigenous offenders‚ where it is related to the offence‚ the indigenous
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Natural Hazard Risk Management in the Caribbean Tourism Sector) A natural disaster can be defined as‚ “…a hazardous event that causes large-scale morbidity/mortality or socioeconomic damage”. Natural disasters arise for the impacts of natural hazards with a specific context and as a result cause serious disruption to the socioeconomic system”. (Good Practices: Natural Hazard Risk Management in the Caribbean Tourism Sector) Vulnerability can be defined as the‚ “The conditions determined by physical‚
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ocial class has a large effect on the lifestyles of all Americans. But what does it really mean to be a part of the lower‚ middle or upper class? These divisions of social class are defined by aspects such as family income and lifestyle; however‚ education plays a large role in determining ones social class. That does not mean that it will determine success in ones life but to interpret‚ many people with a further education usually have a higher income as well. Those of the upper class have higher
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This is especially the problem in third world countries and in rural areas. The costs for immunizations have been directly increasing which makes it difficult for low socioeconomic families to keep up with series of shots and newer ones as well (Chen‚ Messonnier‚ & Zhou‚ 2016) In 2014‚ only 71% of low-income children were vaccinated compared to the 82% of those who were vaccinated at or above the poverty line (Child Trends
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This shift manifested itself in different ways‚ from simply a change in focus to an upper-class protagonist‚ to shifting gender roles portrayed in the movies and the massive contrasts between the rich and poor‚ underscoring rapidly expanding socioeconomic
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Introduction There are currently over 2.2 million inmates in the American prison system (The Sentencing Project). This is of notable significance because it is a huge percentage of our country’s population especially when compared to other countries around the world. The United States of America accounts for approximately 5% of the overall world population‚ however‚ its citizens make up 25% of world prisoners (NAACP). I wanted to explore how people viewed this issue and what factors determine differentiating
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Synthesis of Bibliography and What is Well-being A vital component of well-being is the inclusion of interpersonal relationships. For someone to have a positive well-being‚ it is important that they have a close support system‚ whether it be friends‚ family‚ or coworkers. In fact‚ it’s said that the more close relationships a person has‚ the more likely they are to report happiness in their overall life (Blizen and Kippes 1999). That being said‚ these interpersonal relationships need to have compassionate
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The use of child soldiers is one of the most blatant abuses of international human rights. There have been a number of treaties that have tried to prohibit these practices‚ but the use of child soldiers has become more prominent and occurs in approximately 75% of conflicts around the world. Primary causal factors of recruiting children are: social disruptions due to globalization‚ disease and war which has resulted in further global conflict and generation disconnection which has created a pool of
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finding could be attributed to the type of research design used (Brown‚ 2011). Unfortunately‚ this study did not clarify whether or not participants met the appropriate criteria for substance dependency or take aftercare and/or support groups and socioeconomic status into
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Health disparities are a continuing issue‚ especially in America where there are many different socioeconomic hierarchies that can affect the level of health care. These health disparities refer to the different groups of people and how diseases affect each group. There have been many studies done to identify the health disparities driven by socioeconomic status (SES). Most all of the studies have provided evidence that racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive lower quality health care than
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