The population count almost doubled before the beginning of the new century. ... People from small towns and farms also helped swell the population in the cities. ... They were firetraps not only because of poor design but also by over population. ...
The large inflow of Latinos, combined with growth in the U.S. native-born Hispanic population, have considerably altered the demographic structure of the country in this last century. The 2010 Census accounted for more than half of the nation's population growth in the previous decade. ... Hispanic population surged 43 percent to reach 50.5 million. ... In the last 10 years, the number of Border Patrol agents overall has more than doubled, reaching 21,394 in 2012.We have strengthened security at the borders to decrease illegal border crossing. ...
Considering "aboriginals comprise 4.3% of the total Canadian population" (La Prairie, C. 2002), out of that "23% of federal inmates are aboriginal" (La Prairie, C. 2002). Also, only 3% of the total Canadian population is black while 9.5% of federal inmates today are black (an increase of 80% since 2003) (Zinger, I. 2013). ... The mentally ill make up 4% of the American population and account for 15% of state prisoners and 24% of jail inmates (Sweetland, H. 2014). ... In 2006, Solano was rebuilt to house 80,000 inmates, but ended up holding double that number (Stelloh, T. 20...
African-Americans and Hispanics make up most of the prison population in America. ... This is a reason why there are so many minorities in the prison population today. ... And for the second group of judges that were racially biased, the sentencing for the blacks was double the rate of whites (Hartman, "End Racial Discrimination"). ... African Americans make up most of the population in the jails today. ... Population (Hartman, "End Racial Discrimination"). ...
According to census reports in 1850 the Italian population in America was 3,645 (Iorizzo & Mondello, 1980). Between 1850 and 1880 the number of Italian immigrants in America basically doubled each year ending with an Italian population of 44,230 in 1880. ... The 1890 census report shows the Italian population to be 182,580 (Lord, 1905) .This was more than the steady doubling in prior years. ... They were experiencing a population growth that was higher than the amount of national product (Iorizzo & Mondello, 1980). ... The literacy test would rule out over half of the southern Italy populat...
During this time the population was divided into three estates. ... They were the majority of the population. ... She was also hated by a lot of the population due to her foreign birth. ... They also wanted to double their numbers so that they would have a majority. Louis agreed to double their representation but not their voting counts. ...
(Long 25) With the use of hand guns the number of Americans who were under thirty-five has doubled within twenty years. ... (Levine 29) "Over the past twenty years, gun ownership in the United States has been on the rise-along with the population."" (Strahinich 3) This correlation shows that in no time soon will the death rates in America decrease because as the population increases, so does the amount of people with guns. ...
The employment of the millions of the American population enabled her to get back on track to prosperity. ... Some returning African American soldier spoke of double-V, meaning double victory both from oppression and against the Japanese. ...
By the year 2030, the sixty five and older population will double to seventy million, and the fastest growing segment of the older population is age eighty five and older. ... Soon America will look different; the average age of the population will go up to fifty-five. ... For the last few decades the influential baby boomer segment of the population dominated the American culture virtually in any aspect. ...
Rock and Roll, an outlet, also stirred the teen population into a united force. ... The seeds, little at first, of what would become the sixties, the children that would, in college, wear flowers in their hair and dance naked, stoned, covered in paint were being born and raised in this double standard society, raised behind layers of lies, like Jim with his mother. ...
"Between 1992 and 1995 the marijuana usage among 12-17 year olds doubled. ... "If drugs did not exist then our governors would have intended them, to make the population more vulnerable to arrest and imprisonment (Vanity Fair 4)." ...
Hate crime legislation is discrimination. That's right, pure discrimination. But you're probably thinking this is ironic, as you've been told hate crimes are supposed to fight this very thing. And after all, this is America, the land where we're supposed to be of any gender, race, religion, or sexua...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reveals that between 1999 and 2000, homicides committed by youths under the age of 18 more than doubled. ... If punishments were made more severe, the use of illegal drugs and alcohol among the juvenile population who commit crimes would also decrease, as shown proven in a 1995 Annual Report on Drug's and Alcohol published by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Colombia University. ...
Immigration is the foundation of the United States as a whole. Every person came from somewhere, mainly different parts of the world, and decided America was a fertile and prosperous place to settle and thrive. This unique quality allows America to be the melting pot that it is today, full of divers...
On balance, they show that there is nothing to be gained from reducing the general level of gun ownership. (3) A thorough review of 18 studies of the effects of gun availability among potential victims and criminals found that the overall effect on criminal violence was zero. (4) In one study, researchers found no significant differences in total robbery rates between cities where guns were widely available and cities where they were not; in cities with fewer firearms, armed robbers simply used other weapons. (5) The best available evidence, based on at least eight national surveys of the gene...
