Bingo became very popular to attempt to raise money for the states. ... Casino gambling needs to be limited to its current locations because it has negative effects on economics, increases crime, and increases social problems. ... With the addition of increased tourism, so do traffic issues. ... In most cases where casinos have been built the crime rate has increased. ... By the time you realize that your money is gone, so is he....

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In addition, it will reduce the great amounts of money spent on enforcement and it will increase our country's revenue. ... Based on this information it is not hard to realize that prohibition costs money, and lives. ... Legalizing Drugs would increase our economy's revenue. ... The 21st amendment repealed prohibition and alcohol taxes were increased. ... Drugs can be taxed heavily to increase our revenue. ...

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At least half of us do, and if we had a uniform policy, it would help increase that number. ... Yes, after a few years, the money adds up. ... It may cost the school a lot of money, but that's not the only solution. ... This way money could be saved, and uniforms could be re-used. ... Another positive effect on uniforms is the increase school spirit. ...

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Therefore, the death penalty increases overall happiness because it prevents murders from happening. ... The primary benefit for society is that it leads to less crime and ensures that everyone in the society feels safe, increasing overall happiness. ... There is so much poverty in this world that the costs of housing a criminal can lead to long-term happiness for society due to the money saved. Technically, no matter what society uses the money on, it will increase overall pleasure and be used to boost utilitarianism's acceptance of the death penalty. Utilitarianism would agree that ev...

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Since gangs have been around for a while, violence has been increasing gradually. The spread of gangs and drugs has been mixed up with the increase violence of youth students. ... Where do they get the money to buy these guns you ask, from selling drugs? ... The big problem involving violence is how we can stop the violence from spreading and increasing. Not nearly as many teens would have guns if they didn't get the money from selling drugs. ...

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The war on drugs has caused a devastating increase in the population of prisons across the country (Overcrowding, Issues & Controversies). ... Tax money should be used for drug rehabilitation centers and treatment programs, rather than building more prisons (Overcrowding, Issues & Controversies). ... "States do not have the money to finance complex sentencing systems or to build vastly larger prison systems," wrote Kay A. ... Many others agree with him arguing that tax money should be used in a more productive manner. ... Tax money would be spent on the treatment programs, rather tha...

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The decline of values among youth have led to an increase in crime and violence, sexual activity, and drug abuse. ... Teenagers commit crimes for reasons ranging from needing money for drugs to needing money to buy a new pair of shoes. ... Growing up in single parent homes also helps factor in to the increase of violence among teenagers. " Some studies suggest that 70% of juvenile offenders come from single-parent homes." ( ) Parents often leave their kids alone to take care of themselves while they are at work. ...

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In my opinion, three main factors contribute to my opinion opposing legalizing drugs: health issues, the effects it would have on the criminal justice system, and the increase in availability of drugs. ... Many drug users commit crimes while under the influence of drugs, trying to get drugs, or to get money to buy drugs. According to the Bureau of Criminal Statistics, 11.5% of violent crimes and 24.4% of property crimes were committed in order to get money for drugs. By legalizing illicit drugs it would only increase the amount of crimes committed. ...

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The dark side of globalization allows multinational criminals to broaden their range of operations from drug and arms trafficking to money laundering and trafficking in human beings. Organized criminals accrue huge sums of money through drug trafficking, arms smuggling, financial crime and other illegal proceeds. ... In concluding, with today's technology, the increasing loop holes in international monetary control, and weak or illegitimate government, organized crime will continue to increase unless countries unite and take on organized crime and the war on drugs on an international le...

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As crime and violence increased in California, citizens began to feel powerless. ... An enormous outcry came about, requesting the government to fix the increasing crime rate. ... Not only has the law wasted tax payer's money, it is overcrowding the California state prisons. ... While, the state of Tennessee, a state that does have "three strikes", Nashville's murder rate has increased 42%. ... Supporters state it deters crime, but the crime rate has been increasing nationwide. ...

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The King was unfair and taxed them heavily on everything, even basic goods, and used that money for his own luxury. ... Today, education counts the most in our society because it indirectly means money. And so, the cycle continues on and on; while poverty increases, so does crime. ... But today's crimes aren't like stealing a loaf of bread; it's more like stealing money. Once again, poverty had forced people to steal; Stealing money seems to be the easiest way out of this situation. ...

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In the world, one of the most common topics to discuss and what governments have to take some action on is poverty; poverty is the state of not having enough money to meet basic needs. ... They do not care about increasing family and population; they think that one more baby will go to work and bring some money to home. ... Due to this there are lots of germs and viral Bactria found in the air and people getting disease, not only children get ill but as well as adult also getting ill, for that reason the majority of death ratio is high in slum area and do not go to hospital they are not financ...

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As stated in Item B, globalisation is widely regarded as a growing interconnectedness of the world whereby which the world is gradually becoming metaphorically smaller through the increasing use of technology, the internet and the media and better improved and more accessible transportation methods such as budget airline flights. ... He reports that transnational corporations are now able to avoid being fairly taxed by moving money from country to country. ... Furthermore they have increased their use of subcontracting, a practice within which illegal employees are paid below minimum wage. He ...

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This same report attempts to soften the blow by including that from 1983 to 1992 it only increased by 54 percent. ... Experts, on the other hand, are worried that the growth of youth population will make this number increase once again (U.S. ... For this reason, the ability of the juvenile justice system needs to be increased to keep up with demands. ... It is a known fact that the United States is spending billions of dollars on juvenile crime prevention and many wonder if all of the money spent is actually helping that much. ... This alone would help the taxpayers save enormous amounts of mo...

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It requires a huge amount of money to keep it in effect, while it mostly strikes non-violent criminals and causes early release of hard-core criminals. ... Letting out more serious and violent offenders for non-violent offenders increases the cost to society, since they are more likely to commit more violent and serious felonies than the non-violent three strikers. ... The "three strikes" law requires millions from taxpayers" money to keep it in effect. ... The money is being misspent; therefore, it could be used for more effective laws. ... The "three strikes" law, which was formed to decr...

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This has become one of the major reasons for the increase in gang related crimes. ... Due to the increase in gang related crimes the awareness has increased. ... Funding for these programs that was once dropped to nothing has increased. Not only do the programs work, but they also save the state money compared to other rehabilitation programs. ...

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This has become one of the major reasons for the increase in gang related crimes. ... Due to the increase in gang related crimes the awareness has increased. ... Funding for these programs that was once dropped to nothing has increased. Not only do the programs work, but they also save the state money compared to other rehabilitation programs. ...

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The temptation of making easy money through drug trafficking is too hard to resist. ... From 1965 through 1995 the per cent of juvenile crimes has increased steadily. ... Along with an increase in funding for preventative programs, there has been an increased awareness of the problem of juvenile delinquency. ... Through increased family participation and these newly formed preventative programs, we as society have drastically been able to reduce the amount of juvenile crime....

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This requires the criminal to pay a sum of money, up to £5000, if sentenced by the Magistrates and there is no limit as to the maximum that can be imposed by Crown Courts. ... In 2001-2002 the female prison population increased by 28%. ... This significant increase has placed the women's prison educational and drug rehabilitation programmes in jeopardy due to overcrowding. ... Between 1993 and 2001 the average number of people in prison rose from 45,633 to 66,300, an increase of over 45%. ... The offender has to pay a particular amount of money to the state, the Magistrates can imp...

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In the cities the homicide rate went from 5.6 per day to nearly 10 per day, a 78 percent increase. ... One of the main contributing factors to the sudden increase of felonies was the introduction of organized crime. ... As a result the money involved in the bootlegging industry caused a great deal of rival between gangs. ... During this time the sales of medicinal alcohol which was 95 percent pure alcohol increased 400 percent. Also there was a great increase in the number of deaths from drunkenness. ...

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Second it would save jail space and money. By enforcing the death penalty our jails would be less crowded and we would save money by not feeding and all other stuff given to the criminal while being in jail. ... So be pro choice about the death penalty if we don"t enforce it , then the crime will increase, the same criminal might go out and repeat the same crime, law and order would not be under control and that our jails would become over crowded. ...

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Gambling takes money away from other local businesses. ... With higher crime rates we would have to pour more money into our police force and insurance rates would go up. ... With the introduction of casino gambling California would bring in more money from tourist. ... California already has a lot of crime especially in the big cities from the statistics this would cause an increase in the crime rate. If there is an increase in crime that means tax payers will have to pay more for criminals going to jail and legal fees. ...

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S. spent on the justice system in 1999 3, it would be far better to put the money into methods that get better results. Since the enactment of mandatory minimum sentencing for drug users, the Federal Bureau of Prisons budget increased by more than 1,350%, from $220 million in 1986 to about $3.19 billion in 1997. A large portion of the money spent on long prison sentences is being wasted, instead of being spent on the people who are contributing much more to the spread of drugs. Because drug-related crime is often economically motivated, incarceration has little effect on the flow of money be...

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If the government continues to improve DNA testing and makes the time allowed for appeals shorter, if any, than it should save lives, time, and money. ... These decreases all happened within a period of time when the use of capital punishment and the death penalty were increased. ... Therefore, if we no longer use these types of consequences than murder rates and crime rates will increase. ... If we no longer use it deaths and crimes will increase, due to the fact that the consequences are not severe enough to make the criminal think before they act. ...

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Juvenile delinquency has increased each year in this country since 1948 (McClellan 1956,p.8). While teenagers are most likely to commit crimes, their delinquency is related to the overall incidence of crime in society: teen crimes increase the same as adults (Gale, 1). ... The increasing rate of poverty has been greatly attributed to juvenile delinquency (Gale, 1). ... When I asked them what made them want to sell drugs, there answers ranged from supporting their family to quick easy money. ...

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