United States jails and prisons are overflowing with individuals convicted of drug and alcohol related crimes. A substantially large portion of those inmates meet the DSM-5 criteria for substance dependence and are even more likely to be habitual offenders as a result of the innate nature of substance dependency. Investigating the long-term effects of court-mandated treatment programs outside of jail and prison could provide valuable insight with the potential to greatly reduce the rate of repeated
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"Things do not change; we change." It means that items and ideas‚ even nature itself dosen’t change are perception of it does. A forest can be nice to look at in the daylight then at night all alone it become scary to you. As for a picture you could do a gun where its used by a cop and a criminal.Or a group of people listing to a concert some will like it some will hate it but the music is the same. Perception is reality‚ and perception can change. "Go confidently in the direction if your
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they could be proud of‚ and one which could flourish alongside their youthful country. In his intricate works of literature‚ Thoreau constantly references Greek and Roman Mythology‚ which
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O’Neill martin.oneill[@]york.ac.uk Lecture 2: Positive and Negative Liberty 1. William E. Connolly: Liberty as an ‘Essentially-Contested Concept’ • See Connolly‚ The Terms of Political Discourse (1983)‚ and the relevant excerpt in CKS (i.e. Freedom: A Philosophical Anthology‚ ed. Ian Carter‚ Matthew Kramer and Hillel Steiner (Blackwell‚ 2007).) • The idea of an “essentially contested concept” – a concept that cannot be specified in detail in advance of normative debates. • The meanings of terms
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A Freedom Compromised Most people desire freedom‚ whether it be freedom of choice‚ freedom of movement‚ or freedom of speech. Occasionally‚ however‚ freedom is jeopardized. For a high school student‚ freedom of movement is usually restricted by parental curfews‚ and as a high school student myself‚ I have been constrained by curfews on numerous occasions. I am an introvert who would rather stay at home over the weekends watching movies than actively socializing with people. However‚ I do have
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Spent: Looking for Change is a documentary about normal Americans who do not have bank accounts or do not have access to traditional financial services. Instead the people in the documentary would rely on cash and checks and would also go to alternative financial services‚ like check cashers where they could get their money right away‚ pawn shops‚ money order services and payday lenders. Both the money order services and payday lenders sound like a great option to get money in advance or on loan
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Money and effort spent on space research is counterproductive. Do you agree? Throughout the history of mankind‚ we humans have always been eager to explore the world and space around us. Many developed countries have been funding the research programs aim at developing and improving the technology for space exploration. On the other hand‚ several research programs aim at improving the quality of life and providing the basic necessities of life to needy people have not been implemented due to lack
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Luther King wrote his most famous essay; “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” In the times of Henry David Thoreau there was only one topic of politics in the United States‚ slavery. Many southerners wanted to keep slavery while many northerners were against it. Henry David Thoreau was a white northerner that was against slavery‚ and he was willing to go to jail for it. He proved that in writing his famous letter. In the letter Thoreau describes what it means to be civilly disobedient. In Thoreau’s terms
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Jails and Prisons CJS/200 Earlier forms of prisons were inhumane and focused on punishing prisoners for a crime no matter how small the crime was. Schmalleger (2011) stated “In an important historical development‚ around the year 1800‚ imprisonment as punishment replaced the notion of imprisonment for punishment.” (pg 485). This notion best describes the vast evolution of the various programs such as probation and parole that are now available to help criminals
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Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are still considered two of the most influential writers of their time. Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ who was a lecturer‚ essayist‚ and poet‚ Henry David Thoreau is his student‚ who was also a great essayist and critics. Both men extensively studied and embraced nature‚ and both men encouraged and practiced individualism and nonconformity. In Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay "Self Reliance" and Henry David Thoreau’s book "Walden" and essay "Resistance to Civil Government
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