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    Laundry detergents are found in every household and used for removing stains and oils from clothes so they could be reused. The production of this invention first started in the United States in the 1930s but started becoming very popular only after the Second World War because the military required a chemical to remove the dirt and oil off their military outfits (Clean Living). Laundry detergents have a combination of chemicals which combat different barriers to clean the fabric. They have different

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    The modern prison was devised by American reformers who believed that people should not be tortured and that criminals could be "reformed" by incarceration‚ labor‚ and "penitence." But with the rise of industrial capitalism‚ unpaid prison labor became a source of superprofits‚ a trend accelerated by the Civil War‚ and the "penitentiary" became the site of industrial slavery conducted under the whip and other savagery. Prior to the Civil War‚ the main form of imprisonment--African-American slavery--was

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    sentencing‚ systematic racism‚ and mass incarceration of colored people. While the War on Drugs has certainly sought to eradicate controlled substances and destroy the networks established for their distribution‚ State efforts to control drugs are also a way for dominant groups to express racial power.Despite the socioeconomic factors that contribute to drug use‚ it is evident that drug legislation is inherently biased and fuels racially motivated mass incarceration. Although persons suffering economic

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    2 What is meant by mass incarceration‚ and what are its causes? What is meant by mass incarceration is shown a american’s disproportionately high rate of imprisonment of young men. Some causes according to the reading of mass incarceration is that it generally deters crime and incapacitates offenders. However‚ it is not limited to weakening poor families and keeps them socially marginalized. 5 How is it that‚ for many members of our society‚ being incarcerated is not “punishment” but rather

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    to any healthcare provision‚ despite their incarceration. Prisons are placed to protect and improve society. Therapy and rehabilitation are offered to prisoners

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    Group Effectiveness

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    A group can be defined as two or more humans that interact with one another‚ accept expectations and obligations as members of the group‚ and share a common identity. A definition of the term group should strike a balance between being sufficiently broad to include most social aggregates that are true groups and being sufficiently narrow to exclude most social aggregates that are not true groups. The following formal definition meets these criteria: A group is (a) two or more individuals (b)

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    Reducing Juvenile Delinquency ABSTRACT There are many different parts of the Criminal Justice system. This paper will bring about the argument of how we can reduce Juvenile Delinquency in the United States. When a child is born he has no way of knowing he will become a bad element of society. There are many reasons that a child can turn to the bad elements of crime. We must ask ourselves‚ “why does this happen”? What can we as adults do to help the children of America stay on the right track

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    Juvenile Ethical Dilemmas

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    What approaches should be utilized to understand juvenile justice and the ethical dilemmas that arise within the condition? Juvenile delinquency in the United States‚ because of its prominence on rehabilitation and the best interest of children‚ has become an increasingly compound subject (Ramirez‚ 2008). Some causes of delinquency include poverty‚ drugs‚ gangs‚ abuse and neglect‚ and truancy (Ramirez‚ 2008). In addition‚ violent juvenile crimes led to an increase in the waiver of many young offenders

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    Incarceration rates in The United States have grown drastically and are rapidly increasing. About 5% of the population will‚ on average‚ serve a sentence of about 60 months or more in prison . This rise in incarceration rates has disproportionally affected women . From 1988 to 2008‚ the imprisonment rate for women has increased by 600%‚ while for men it has increased by 300% . Currently about 1 million women pass through prisons every year of about 3.2 million arrests. Out of these sentences‚ about

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    Effectiveness of CCTV

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    Executive Summary Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the level of satisfaction on CCTV camera in their business establishment. The study examined how a CCTV camera be an effective tool in securing the safety of the employees‚ customers and the establishment itself. Design/methodology – An exploratory research‚ non-probability sample and quota sample research approach was adopted‚ where data was collected using a survey questionnaire administered to a sample of 30 business establishment

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