What is a small state? The relativity of influence In the period before the Cold War‚ the size of a state and its power within the international arena were mainly determined by traditional criteria. Factors that were taken into account included a state´s military capabilities‚ the size of its territory and its population. In times that a state´s main concerns were to survive and‚ preferably‚ to enhance its territorial gains along the way‚ a large population was essential in a way that it
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Robert L. Jett 3/16/2014 Community Based Correction Intro To Sociology Ms. Dawn McClanahan‚ J.D. Community Based Corrections Community based correction is a more effective means of criminal punishment in comparison to incarceration. Community based corrections is a program which supervises people who have been convicted or are facing conviction. It is a non-incarcerate system of correction. These offenders have been convicted or are facing conviction. Some offenders
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American courts have carefully expanded mandatory disclosure by the prosecutor‚ especially with respect to disclosures of exculpatory evidence and impeachment material. Exculpatory evidence is any evidence that might exonerate the defendant at trial by either tending to cast doubt on defendant’s guilt or by tending to mitigate the defendant’s culpability‚ thereby potentially reducing the defendant’s sentence (David W. Neubauer & Henry F. Fradella). In Brady v. Maryland‚ he U.S Supreme Court held that
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There are three prominent differences between the State and Federal Court Systems and they are the structure‚ the cases heard‚ and the sources of laws. In the following information there will be a brief explanation of the key difference between the Federal Court System and the New York State Court System. The main purpose of the Federal Court System is to hear that cases that usually have a direct conflict with the United States as a whole and not necessarily cases that affect a citizen unless
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Supreme Court History‚ Jurisdiction & Current Justices Introduction The Supreme Court’s annual term begins in October. Five justices constitute a quorum to hear a case‚ and decision is rendered by majority vote. In the event of a tie‚ the previous judgment is affirmed. Under the Judiciary Law‚ cases are brought to the court by appeal or by writ of certiorari. Nine judges sit on the Court: the chief justice of the United States and eight associate justices. The president of the United States appoints
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correctional departments from the city and state facilities to the federal correctional institutions‚ all tasked with the same goal of maintaining offenders away from the general population‚ hence ensuring public safety‚ while simultaneously attempting to rehabilitate offenders via strict environment alongside rehabilitation opportunities. For the purposes of this report‚ two rehabilitation programs offered by the Patuxent correctional facility located in the state of Maryland‚ will be discussed in order
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Constitution was ratified. It originally gave the majority of the power to the states. As time went on‚ the national government gained more and more power. It used the "necessary and proper" clause of the Constitution to validate its acts‚ and the Supreme Court made decisions that strengthened the national government creating a more unified United States. Finally‚ the recent course of federalism has been to give powers back to the states. Federalism was needed in the Constitution to make sure that the national
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2. John Wesley is associated with the founding of what religious sect? I chose to omit this question because I couldn’t remember with which “ism” John Wesley was associated. The correct answer is c. Methodism because in the “Impact of the Enlightenment” PowerPoint‚ a parenthetical mentions John Wesley in the description of Methodism. 6. Romanticism changed the direction of the Enlightenment by emphasizing… I answered a. skepticism which is incorrect because skepticism was more of
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far-reaching changes in the world have presented a challenge to leaders who make foreign policy‚ as well as to those who study foreign policy. Precisely‚ because states are experiencing challenges and transformations both internally and externally that the analysis of foreign policy is important. Foreign policy analysis as a study of inquiry connects the study of international relations (i.e. the way states relate to each other in international politics) with the study of domestic politics i.e. functioning
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Effective Communication Maria Solano CJA/304 Effective communication is the key factor to any type of environment. Effective communication is essential in any workplace‚ especially within a criminal justice organization. I will discuss the process of verbal and nonverbal communication and their associated components‚ differences between listening and hearing in communication‚ formal and informal channels of communication‚ and the strategies that may implement in
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