America’s Need for DUI Courts Claudia Delude Ivy Tech Community College ABSTRACT Persistent drunk driver’s have already been through the system. They need an alternative form of punishment. The traditional punitive punishments handed out by statute are not effective. This is proven when a driver gets his third‚ fourth or fifth DUI. This paper explores the DUI court model and how it is more effective in reducing recidivism. This method of judicial process
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Abstract When Prohibition began in Michigan on May 1‚ 1918‚ the young Purple Gang escalated from crimes of vandalism‚ petty thievery‚ and pick pocketing on Detroit’s lower east-side Paradise Valley located within the Hastings Street neighborhood to armed robbery‚ extortion‚ bootlegging‚ hijacking liquor‚ and even murder. They were used as terrorists by corrupt labor leaders to hold union members in check. The Purple Gang was led by four brothers. Abraham (Abe)‚ Joseph (Joey)‚ Raymond (Ray)‚ and
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The Flappers Women during the Victorian age were considered as incompetent (pretty much like children)‚ were supposed to submit to men‚ be morally perfect and were socially controlled by many cultural rules. But the Roaring Twenties would see a new type of woman called "the flapper" which would change many things to women ’s condition. What was socially acceptable and the attitudes of women changed radically due to the flappers and their influence can still be felt nowadays. From the end of World
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Devil in a Blue Dress: Novel vs. Film The hardboiled mystery novel‚ Devil in a Blue Dress‚ by Walter Mosley was first published in 1990 and was acknowledged by former U.S. President‚ Bill Clinton‚ as one of his many favorite novelists (Easy Writer). Taking place in post-war Los Angeles‚ the story is narrated by an African American laborer‚ Easy Rawlins‚ who is transformed into an L.A. detective after being pulled in to the affairs of local townspeople. The successful novel continued onto screen
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Best Buy Company Profile (A copy/paste from Hoovers. Add other relevant info preferably links we if there is something compelling) The biggest consumer electronics outlet in the US is also the best -- Best Buy‚ that is. The company operates more than 1‚400 stores throughout the US and Canada‚ and another 2‚600 stores in Europe and China‚ mostly under the Best Buy‚ Best Buy Mobile‚ and The Car Phone Warehouse banners. The stores sell a variety of electronic gadgets‚ movies‚ music‚ computers‚ and
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Legal Drinking Age‚ 18 or 21? People have always wanted what they cannot have. Starting in 1984‚ this is the attitude most lawmakers in America have taken with respect to underage drinking‚ since it was the time when many states changed their drinking age from eighteen to twenty-one. Lawmakers thought that if you raised the drinking age‚ people could drink more responsibly‚ because as you grow older‚ your brain matures and with maturity comes responsibility. Although this law‚ passed not even twenty
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African Americans: Historical Journey from 1865 to the Present HIS: 204: American History Since 1865 Professor Lisa Burgin July 14‚ 2014 Introduction The African American journey has been one of trials and tribulations which they suffered greatly to achieve freedom and success. The battle has led the citizens of this nation to have witnessed the first African American President of the United States. The journey that has brought African Americans to the present situation has
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American History EOC Study Guide 1) Reconstruction: A plan to reconstruct the society after the Civil War. This divided the south (except Tennessee) into 5 military districts under the control of the U.S. Army. It was the attempt to reconstruct the south‚ readmit the southern states back into the Union‚ and change the life of African Americans. (pg. 414) 2) Freedman’s Bureau: Congress created this in March of 1865 in order to provide help for thousands of poor black and white southerners
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According to Nascar they are one of the biggest spectator sports in the US today. Who doesn’t love to watch cars zooming around a track trying to find out who is the fastest? In the late 1930’s Southern Americans were looking for some entertainment and decided to watch bootleggers race each other to see who was the fastest. By December 1947 Big Bill France organized a meeting to conceive an idea of stock car races. And by February 1948 the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing‚ otherwise
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The death and devastation that resulted from World War I gave birth to a rebellious mentality among American citizens who wanted to live their lives to the fullest. Flappers were a breed of new women in the 1920s that defied convention and attempted to redefine the female role. Women began to smoke cigars‚ test with sexual rules and disregard traditional Victorian etiquette. Prior to this era‚ females were governed by rigid regulations and robbed of their social‚ cultural and constitutional rights
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