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    by federal‚ state‚ and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. This confinement‚ whether before or after a criminal conviction‚ is called incarceration. Incarceration is one of the main forms of punishment for the commission of illegal offenses. Juveniles and adults alike are subject to incarceration. Incarceration is the detention of a person in a jail or prison. The federal‚ state‚ and local

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    1. How would you boil down Kent’s analytic doctrine in understandable terms for policymakers? Kent explains in the document “Tensions in Analyst-Policymaker Relation” that there needs to be a relationship between the analyst and the policymaker. The policy-maker will criticize the analyst work to ensure that the evidence has been evaluated‚ the recommendations are not vague or biased and that alternative explanation and projections have been considered. He sums up the job of the analyst by stating

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    The Eastern State Penitentiary was built in 1829‚ to imprison and punish criminals in America. Knowledge isn’t something you can easily define or explain. “Knowledge is to gain facts‚ information‚ and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.”(Oxford) Knowledge doesn’t have one correct way of explaining because the way humans interpret knowledge changes from a person’s experiences. Knowledge is what causes us to understand

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    Should Prisoners have the right to vote? Do you think that people that are imprisoned because they were incapable to follow the law‚ should have the same rights as law abiding citizens? After doing some thorough research I have come to the conclusion that people who cannot seem to follow the simple laws set in place by the federal governments all over the world‚ then no‚ they should no longer obtain the right to vote in a democratic election poll. Voting rights have always been a controversial issue

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    financial advisor or (IFA) helps people or some cases companies use their monetary resources to their best effect. You should have specific financial goals you want to reach in terms of your personal savings and retirement. Everyone’s financial goals are different - for some people it will be to give up work and retire early‚ or save a lump sum to achieve a specific life goal(s). Parents or grandparents may want put money aside for school fees or to benefit their younger family members in some other

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    Would You Bet Your Life On The Bottom Line? “Thank You For Smoking” is a satirical comedy which is graceful‚ yet brutal. This film targets the pro-tobacco lobbyists‚ who would like the public to believe that smoking cigarettes is not harmful. It stars Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor‚ who is the spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies. The opening scene starts with Nick appearing on "The Joan Lunden Show‚" sitting beside a bald-headed boy named Robin‚ a 15-year-old boy dying of cancer‚ but who

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    Islamic and Conventional Short Term in Malaysia Treasury Bills • MITB are short-term securities issued by the Government of Malaysia based on Islamic principles. • MITB are structured based on Bai’ Al Inah principle whereby BNM‚ on behalf of the Government of Malaysia‚ to sell an asset to the successful participants on cash basis and subsequently will buy back the same asset at par based on credit term. • Denominated in multiples of RM100‚000-00. Issuer • The Government of Malaysia. Syariah

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    prisoners are a threat to 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

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    Introduction While reviewing some of the more noticeable aspects that are different or similar between the prison and the penitentiary‚ it is essential to note that it is not only the physical architecture that is being examined but also how they function. The Penitentiary and the Prison have both made changes to the function of their establishment during the course of their existence. As the times changed so did they‚ often in order to meet the demands that society placed on them during a given

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    The prison system is just as corrupt as the prisoners inside them. We live in a world where it is deemed acceptable to punish a criminal by taking away their humanity‚ and only release them when they find it themselves. It is apparent that the methods of handling prisoners and their sentences is costly and not effective. The recidivism rate in the United States prison and detention facilities are incredibly high‚ much higher than their Scandinavian counterpart. Recidivism “refers to a person’s relapse

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