With the $1.4 billion that the U. ... Because drug-related crime is often economically motivated, incarceration has little effect on the flow of money because it decreases drug use but drives up drug prices. ... The report, called Profile of Anti-Drug Law Enforcement in Urban Poverty Areas in Massachusetts, also says half of prisoners sentenced for drug offenses had never been charged with a violent crime.6 These numbers provide adequate evidence that the goal of mandatory minimum sentencing to keep criminals in jail is a little off target. ... If judges were given more flexibility with the ...

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Penology Critically evaluate the prison as the central form of punishment in Britain at the start of the 21st Century. ... Essentially this essay will evaluate prisons as the central form of punishment at the start of the 21st century. ... The retributive theory looks back to the crime and punishes because of the crime. ... Instead of looking to the past and the offence committed, the sentencer must concern himself with the future needs of the offender. Thus the chosen sentence should be the one with the best chance of bringing about the desired change. ...

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The second interview was given six months after the first, eight months after initial start of probation. This interview would be identical to the first with two exceptions. First, they would not ask the offender about information on there demographics and criminal history before there arrest because it would not have changed from the first interview. ... Out of the 126 people who started the study, only 107 agreed to give a second interview. Few of the second interviews had to be taken in correctional facilities because of the re-arrest of a person in the study. 4) This study has sho...

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Starting in the 1970's the Federal Government started an initiative to lock up people convicted of drug offenses and other non-violent crimes. Because of these initiatives prison populations have risen by three hundred and eighty percent. ... First, it costs the government much less money to sentence someone to house arrest rather than a prison sentence. ... Plus those sentenced to house arrest are forced to pay fees to help compensate for the costs of maintaining their house arrest. With about sixty-one percent of current inmates qualifying for house arrest in accordance with the law bef...

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By the mid-1900's most states started using either gas chamber or electrocution (Smith). ... That is not only because of the police force but also because serious criminals are having second thoughts about these terrible crimes because they know that they will be executed. ... On the contrary, the opposition might say that in colonial times almost half of those sentenced to death were pardoned but it was too late since the sentence had already been carried out (Posner). ... This argument is invalid because in more recent times there is DNA evidence to convict a killer with almost perfect ...

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These activities are harder for ex-prisoners than the average person because many prisoners have not been rehabilitated, developed skills, or obtained an education while in prison, and have not received adequate transitional services upon leaving prison. The current strategies to reduce recidivism include constructing more prisons and harsh sentencing. ... Harsh sentencing and the construction of more prisons will no longer be effective in reducing the high recidivism rate. Reentry courts, that are designed for offenders who are about to be released, will set goals for a reintegration plan b...

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The average king was often corrupt, having dishonest methods of raising money and starting unnecessary aggressive wars. ... Raphael Hythlodaeus, however, disagrees with More stating that "there's no room at Court for philosophy" (More 63). ... More again displays qualities of civic humanism, stating that one should not turn his back on public life altogether just because he fails to completely eradicate wrong ideas or deal with inveterate vices as effectively as he would like. ... No distinction is given to the severity of crimes, and a man who steals food for his family is sentenced...

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A poorly represented defendant is much more likely convicted and sentenced to the death penalty not necessarily because he was guilty but rather because of insufficient funds. ... In Maryland, a comparison of capitol trial costs with and without the death penalty over a five-year span concluded that a capitol trial costs approximately forty - two percent more than a case resulting in a non-death sentence. ... The death penalty imposes an irreversible sentence. ... There is considerable evidence that many mistakes have been made in sentencing people to death. ... Society today works hard to pre...

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The decision to completely alter one's life and sentence them to forced labor often came on the mere suspicion that an individual could potentially oppose the Soviet State. People were sent to camps for corresponding with family who lived abroad simply because this provided a greater opportunity that they were involved in espionage. ... When the arrests started, the OGPU would round up men who had fought for the White's, fathers, brothers and sons of Russia, and to the last man they were shot. The provincial Party came up with a number of arrests to be made which coincided with whate...

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Alcohol claims a surprising 110,640 lives (CDC) with drastic health effects as liver disease. ... On average, we sentence nonviolent drug offenders to five times more jail time than those convicted of manslaughter. ... Marijuana could be the start of the next boom in our economy. ... It is a lot easier to tell a curious person to wait until they are 18 to smoke marijuana then it is to tell them that they can never do it because it is against the law, because a curious person is going to want to do it anyways. ... It is time for a change because things cannot improve if they remain the same. ...

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This period started from the execution of Louis XVI in January 1793 to late July 1794. ... The reason the internal threats even started was because the French Revolutionary Government was taking away their peoples freedom by abolishing sunday worship, Christmas, and Easter. ... Killing your own citizens just because they don't agree with the government is fundamentally wrong proving that the behavior of the revolutionary government was not justified. ... The tribunal ended up sentencing 2,750 people to death, since the convictions were based on patriotic intuition rather than evidence. ....

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"The Black Cat," written by Edgar Allan Poe, is a unique story about a man and his relationship with a cat. In the story Edgar Allen Poe is explaining his problematic situation that he finds himself in when he falls madly in love with his cat however soon becomes enraged with hatred towards the animal that leads him to even kill the animal. Throughout the story the reader gets the feeling of a gray strange feeling as they read more and more through out the story, which is why in the beginning before the story begins Edgar Allen Poe gives a foreshadow of how the story ends with his death being ...

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In the first stanza, we're greeted with a "lantern that wouldn't burn" (1), which Frost could have used to foreshadow that the poem, or 'night' is not off to a good start – and that things will get infinitely worse from here. ... However, in comparing the second stanza to the third, the third one is broken into two sentences. ... In the first sentence, it signals the conclusion of the story told up to that point, where "the ponderous beast" (9) has been killed. ... The automatic connotations that we associate with the word 'crack', is...

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The risks do not stop people from proceeding with their actions. ... Of the 3,054 prisoners sentenced to death in 1995, only 56 have thus far been executed (Notis 121). The arbitrariness of the sentencing process when dealing with the death penalty and juvenile offenders from state to state, combined with the extensive appeals process, renders the capital punishment laws incapable of deterring crime. ... He lived with his aunt, his grandmother, and friends of the family until he eventually moved back home to live with his mother and stepfather at the age of 14. He started developing an in...

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Although the book starts of with a usual inquisitive narrative hook, it is really lacking in an imaginative plot, climax and ending. ... I think this highlights his improved state of mind from the start to end, for instance Christopher forgives his father and passes his A grade math's. ... For instance in one scene in the book Christopher exclaims to a lady trying to help him "ill stab you with my pocket knife". ... The use of correct English such as grammar and sentence length and construction are purposely left inimitably inaccurate. It therefore becomes apparent that Christop...

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The poet uses various poetic devices but the recurring use of enjambment suggests that the poet is having an outpouring of emotions and is not able to decide where to end his sentence. ... The poem follows the effects of the storm on various objects observable from the house, starting with a metaphor comparing the house with a ship far out at sea at night and stuck in a storm. ... The wind again picks up speed and is now so powerful that the fields start quivering and the sky seems like it may vanish any moment with a bang. ... The poem follows a very well structured timeline beginning with th...

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And the movie-ish setting of her struggle for survival backed up with the surprisingly huge support from the country amplified the hype for celebration. ... Anyone who has an acquaintance who is sentenced to death moreover a family member although inappropriate, has the chances of professing something subjective. ... It can be backed up with claims such as the president's (Aquino) remarks on the case before the execution "We did what we could. ... Though looking at the social media people's perspective might start up a change of heart considering the strength of the claims backi...

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I chose this career because I found the type of work needed to be successful in a career in marketing would suit me very well. ... In the following sentences I will break down the whole marketing and promotions career and find out everything there is to know about the earnings, benefits and other related topics in the career of marketing. ... Public relations managers evaluate advertising and promotion programs for compatibility with public relations efforts and serve as the eyes and ears of top management. ... People have always used advertisement to sell products but it was not until large...

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When we look at certain cases we can see that the offenders are able to trick the system in their favor to receive the smallest sentence possible. ... Bertrand wants euthanasia, but he can't because "little Joe farmer" that lives at the other end of the country does not believe in such practice. ... Nadeau was to continue living normally after being diagnosed until he was "mentally ready" to pass away because he was living with continuously-growing pain he would not be able to resort to assisted suicide since it is illegal. ... Having signed a deal with her the autho...

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Therefore, we decided to start with something that would make the students draw on their background knowledge. ... To sum up, we gave the students a set of sentences so that they could find out the rule themselves which might be considered as a consciousness-raising task. ... Learners start with matching task which does not require students to use their higher thinking skills and end with decision making task which requires complex cognitive skills such as reasoning and turn-taking. ... However, at this point, we also embrace a socio-cultural stance because we thought that just because we a...

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Religious people are against this process because they believe life is a gift from God and that each individual is a gift and only God can start a life and only God should be allowed to end it. In the medical aspect, most doctors are against Euthanasia because it goes against the Hippocratic oath, were it states that doctors are obligated to preserve life and relieve suffering. ... People say that dying by euthanasia is to die with dignity, instead of living an artificial life on respirators and other life support machines. I believe that if the judicial system of the United States can choose ...

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Because of the new ability of people to discuss politics freely, this new change caused controversy because people did not always agree with one another. ... This started a lot of controversies and even allowed women to discuss politics with one another (41). ... In the south, if a free black was caught even playing cards with a slave, they were sentenced to "thirty nine lashes on his bare back" (48). ... Women started getting jobs as well because there were many new opportunities. ... If he hadn't started public openness with politics, then people wouldn't be printing them an...

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When Douglass was about twelve years old, his master's wife started teaching him the alphabet from then he continued, secretly, to teach himself how to read and write. ... Thus we can say that, Douglass' Narrative feats very well Lejeune's definition of classical autobiography not only because it is written from the first person singular perspective but also because the author, the narrator, and the protagonist share a common identity. ... The first two sentences express a private focus whereas the third sentence expresses a public one and again the fourth sentence is more per...

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Racism was eventually brought about because of the extreme differences in society which remain a major negative factor when trying to mix with our indigenous people. ... That's one of the reasons why the start of racism eventually broke out between the societies. ... Our jails are over-represented with aboriginal inmates. ... Racism would continue in Australia until mandatory sentencing laws are abolished and a formal report apology is given to the stolen generations. ... I now leave this question with you. ...

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The phrase in the source are sentences like "Man is a social animal" which could refer to the neglectance of nationalism or the embracement of a communist or a non-sovereign nation-state from a particular being or person. ... Because of this, more member nations in the EU are cooperating with each other and helping to upgrade the economy within each other. ... Lowering trading barriers and being able to trade with different countries increase the likelihood of internationalism. ... Free trade allows businesses to sell to a greater market and enables them to lower production costs bec...

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