researchers devised‚ “ Three sample groups. A construction group was created for the construction of the instrument‚ and two validation groups were created for the validation of the instrument. These groups were created using an existing analysis file from PACTS data that contained 185‚297 offenders on probation or supervised release.” With overall results this tool has show to have effects in the short term effects as well as in the long
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In April 1986‚ Mr. Gorbachev began the perestroika‚ translation “reconstruction”‚ which was to end the Cold War that effectively brought down the Iron Curtain. The split between West and East not only partitioned the world into two parts‚ but also divided the European family for over 40 years. With the fall of the Soviet Union came many changes that affected much if not all of Europe. At the end of the Brejnev era ‚ the socialist bloc was severely outdated and far removed from the contemporary
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The Cold War is the name that is given to the relationship between the USSR and the USA after World War II. It was essentially an ideological struggle between the USSR and the USA. Both the sides were trying to impose their political model as the dominant global one. For over 40 years (1945-1989) the USSR was in constant conflict with the USA‚ but it was a conflict that never ended up as open warfare. It stayed as a “Cold War” as both sides were trying to destroy each other through economic and political
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During the 1920’s the League of Nations primary desire was to end war across all fronts and to promote international co-operation. Therefore the best criteria that can be used to classify a success‚ was whether war was avoided and a peaceful settlement formulated after a crisis between two or more nations. Although this aim was the most important the league also tried to help economic problems in other countries. This applied to the economic collapse of Austria and Hungary between 1922-3. When
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working class and award them political equality‚ or particularly distinct from the status quo. By 1906‚ they had won 29 seats in Parliament despite a lack of clear policy‚ won simply on the back of their agreement with the Liberals after the Lib-Lab pact in 1903‚ where the parties wouldn’t run candidates against the others’. This evidence perhaps suggests that the
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Eisenhower/ Truman Study Guide The questions cover Chapters 5‚ 6‚ and 7 from the Cold War book- Pearson‚ and Ch. 12‚ 16‚ and 17 and pages 150-161 from the Todd book. All of these sections were assigned and questions were asked in class covering most of the readings. 1. What was the difference between Cominform and COMECOM? Cominform: Communist Information Bureau (September 1947) created as an instrument to increase Stalin’s control over the Communist parties of other countries. COMECOM:
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Anschluss? It meant Austria and Germany combining as one country (one government) It was forbidden. 4. What were the six main steps to war‚ 1935–1939? • Conscription and Rearmament • Rhineland • Austria • Munich • Czechoslovakia • Nazi-Soviet Pact and Poland 5. What is conscription? Conscription is calling men to be in the army‚ not giving them a choice. 6. What date did Hitler introduce conscription in Germany? 1935 7. When did Hitler reoccupy the Rhineland? 7 March 1936 8. How many
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The invasion of Poland was the spark that ignited the world’s largest war in history. Even though Germany had already annexed the Sudetenland and Austria‚ this was the last straw because France and Britain had guaranteed Poland’s borders. If they had lost them‚ France and Britain’s credibility would almost be depleted and the rest would lie with their homeland ("Invasion of Poland"). Germany had invaded Poland on September 1st but Poland was very reluctant to go to war and was even willing to forget
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Nuclear weapons and disasters 1.A. atomic bomb- a bomb whose explosive force comes from a chain reaction based on nuclear fission in U-235 or plutonium. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/atomic+bombhydrogen bomb- a bomb‚ more powerful than an atomic bomb‚ that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hydrogen%20bomb?s=tnuclear fallout- Nuclear fallout settles on the ground and in the atmosphere after
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Gustave Stresemann had a lot of influence over Germany in the period between 1923 and 1929. Though he was only chancellor for a short while he occupied other very important positions such as Germany’s Foreign Minister. Before Stresemann took charge in 1923 the Weimar Republic had many problems. In 1922 the government declared that they could no longer pay reparations to France due to severe economic problems. The French responded to this by sending 60‚000 French and Belgian troops to invade the
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