In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is contracted by a local‚ state‚ or federal government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with local‚ state‚ or federal governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or
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The continuous promotion of prison reform is supported by various factors such as socioeconomic and financial issues‚ concerns of public health‚ human rights controversy‚ etc. The cost of imprisonment is substantial when factoring in the dynamics of funds spent on each prisoner. Arguments in relation to civil rights claim imprisonment is a deprivation of the basic right to liberty. Efforts of prison reform attempts to ensure the prisoner’s rights are being protected‚ while increasing the outlook
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What is “The American Dream”? * idea of freedom * our rights * French people gave statue of liberty to America * we are all equal * individualism * able to live by his/her views rather than others * mobility – ability to move between social classes American Dream * Land of opportunity * Rags to riches – anybody can became rich‚ famous‚ and powerful * Jobs and education are available to who want them * Meritocracy (rewards) = skill + effort *
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the adoptive parent makes the decision on what type of child you can or cannot handle. There are many benefits in adopting a child. Not many consider that the birth parent also benefits from adoption. The birth parent gains a sense of security being able to be a part of selecting the child’s birth parents. (visual aid). I.E. In the past on the television show known as Teen Mom had a couple who
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Abstract This essay‚ The Myth of the Model American Family‚ is a discussion of the concept of an ideal family in the different perspective specifically social‚ cultural and economic. This is also an attempt to identify the structural changes in relation to the global development and the international economic crisis that immensely created impact on their lives. However‚ the discussion will limit itself on the different identifiable and observable transformations as manifested in the lifestyles
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no one and it would be beneficial to remove them from the prison system‚ and into the parole system (D’Elia‚ 2010). Prison Cost Prisons are expensive to keep open‚ and most of the money to keep them open comes from the taxpayers. A study in 2012 showed that prisons cost American taxpayers approximately 5.4 billion dollars each year (Henrichson & Delaney‚ 2012). These cost include various expenses that include maintaining the prisons‚ employees salaries‚ educational training‚ providing benefits
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The American political and economic model have impacted the world culture to a huge extend. Taking the first shoot at how the American political have impacted the world culture – either positively or negatively. American being the oldest independence country has demonstrated a high level of what is called “Democracy” to the extent that the word has become synonymous to American when speaking of politics. Politically‚ the world culture is imitating the American political model – such as presidential
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technology. What make this 3D printed orthotics different from the traditional braces are‚ its accuracy and the time it takes to make a brace. The drawbacks are: 1) The technical challenges associated with introducing a new technology like 3D printing to the medical field. 2) Market acceptance of the orthotics. The company however‚ aims to dominate the UK market in 5 years and has plans for global dominance by 2024 and is actively seeking founds to achieve
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Every culture has their own traditional food that they enjoy eating‚ and people from this culture bring their traditional food with them when they migrate to a different country. While some people from diverse culture might argue that their traditional food are healthy and nutritious‚ Korean people believe that food is a medicine for their health. Koreans eat soybean paste‚ soy sauce‚ chill paste which has soybean malt‚ salt‚ and chill pepper‚ and grilling beef. Koreans eat numerous of food that
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In what ways is sustainable development different from mainstream modernisation models? Despite overwhelming proof that the Western modernisation model will mean the end of planet earth as we know it there remains stubborn resistance to necessary change. Why? What are the major opposition forces to sustainability? Are global cooperation and changing lifestyles feasible? Use the example of one Caribbean country in your answer To be‚ or not to be -- that is the age-old question‚ and civilization
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