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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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    Alternative Hypothesis

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    In the first research hypothesis‚ the alternative hypothesis (H1) hypothesized that internalized racism regress significantly on violence‚ even when accounting for the effect of Self-attitude‚ uncomfortable with neighborhood and Age. In other side the Null hypothesis (H0(1)) hypothesized that internalized racism do not regress significantly on violence‚ even when accounting for the effect of Self-attitude‚ uncomfortable with neighborhood and Age. The study reject the Null hypothesis. To test this

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    Alternative Fuel

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    What is Alternative Fuels Alternative Fuels come from resources other than petroleum. Alternative fuel uses sources like corn‚ vegetable oils‚ animal fats‚ natural gas‚ propane and hydrogen. Various Alternative Fuels are produced domestically‚ thus reducing our dependence on imported oils and some are derived from renewable sources. Alternative fuel produces less pollution than normal gasoline or diesel (U.S. Department of Energy‚ n.d. ). Alternative fuel is produce for a variety of vehicles

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    3. Alternatives Logging in using user names and passwords are by far the most common way to access modern computer systems. However as we have seen these old methods of user authentication are susceptible to social engineering and new social networks have made this all the more easier. Luckily there are a few alternatives. These include Imaging‚ security combinations and Biometrics. 3.1 Images One possible solution to combat many of these problems would be to use images. Using a Deja Vu graphical

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    The topic we chose was an important time in history dealing with prisons. We chose MASS INCARCERATION and focused on the legacy of Ronald Reagan and the escalating war on drugs. Today we are going to talk to you about the policies surrounding the war on drugs and how they have affected mass incarceration and policies that devalue the meaning of the 4th amendment. The fourth amendment is the right for a citizen to be secure in their person‚ home and any of their property. It is established to protect

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    think that it will affect the development is the new look that chapel street will have in the future‚ especially with the new Chapel street Masterplan that was just adopted by Stonington Council this week. Alternative Proposal The Fashionista Cove development is an alternative proposed development to the original development. The concept of The Fashionista is based on the youth of today and also integrating green concept into it. The Fashionista Cove development is a mixed-used development

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    ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS Research paper Zagreb‚ svibanj 2013. Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. ART INVESTMENT 3 3. OLD - TIMERS 6 4. BASEBALL MEMORABILIA 8 5. WINE 11 6. CONCLUSION 13 INTRODUCTION | Alternative investments have become popular because many people and investors have been looking into safer ways to invest their money. But there is a question: What is actually an alternative investment

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    The differences between Norway’s incarceration system and the United States system can be seen as a considerably large gap. Norway can be seen as the motivating‚ free spirit type of prison‚ where as the United States is more reserved‚ but strict at the same time type of prison. On the contrary‚ Norway and the United States may be different‚ but there is still a hint of likeness within the two countries. One might be slightly more different‚ but as long as they help and hold the prisoners that have

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    Alternative Tourism

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    Alternative Tourism Introduction Due to advances in transportation and communication technology‚ an increase in disposable incomes and leisure times in Western Europe‚ North America (Choi & Sirakaya‚ 2006; Hall & Muller‚ 2005; Momsen‚ 2005; Mowfort & Munt‚ 2003; Smith‚ 2005)‚ North-East and South-East Asia‚ and the globalization of capitalism (Mowfort & Munt‚ 2003)‚ the tourism industry has grown to become the fourth largest economic sector globally‚ with 806 million tourist arrivals and international

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    accounts for 5% of the world population but has nearly 22% of world prison population. This means that nearly 2 million people are incarcerated‚ and 1 in 3 black men will go to prison or jail if this trend continues (Amnesty International). Mass Incarceration has been one of the major debate recently in Politics. The politician has been debating on a method to reduce the prison population‚ and to do that they need to find the cause of it and the different contribution. In recent year‚ there has been

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