This research focuses on the specific reasons why recidivism occurs at such a high rate, and how it is a problem for communities in terms of cost and violence. In addition, this research analyzes current solutions to reducing recidivism, why they have not been implemented, and proposes solutions that will reduce the recidivism rate. Society's problem with prisoners and the recidivism rate had intrigued me in my sophomore year at Pace University, when it was one of the topics of study in a class I had taken called Crime and Public Policy. ... It made me see that these people and communitie...

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This was all a new experience to me therefore, it made me realise the restricted access to such programs as a non-indigenous Australian. ... The rate is so outrageous and horrific that it has become an embedded rite of passage for both Aboriginal and African youths especially for those of the male gender. According to Creativeinfo's report "Aboriginal prison rates", "half of the 10- to 17-year-olds in jails are Aboriginal. ... Bureau of Statistics figures also "shows the incarceration rate of Sudanese people in Australia is almost triple the average of people born her...

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La Roche College has helped me see the world through different windows. ... In Burundi, the rate of women and children's mortality keeps increasing due to the lack of good medical care and its accessibility. This is what interests me the most and is part of my plan and leads me to want to improve women and children's health. ... This was due to the high inflation rate and the insecurity of the country which made him to have inefficient resources and no longer be able to meet all the family needs. ... I believe that the Founders Scholarship will help me realize and recognize my full...

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When incorporated into the design of clothing, this technology can quietly perform an EKG, monitor the wearer's heart rate, respiration, temperature and a host of other vital functions, alerting the wearer or physician if there is a problem. ... It measures and monitors individual biometric data and records heart rate, respiration rate, body temperature, calories burned, body fat and UV exposure. ... The "Smart Shirt" and more conventional clothing concepts, designs and fashions, appeal to me both as a consumer and a student of textiles and fashion. ...

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As we continue to see these luxuries as necessities we become dangerously more comfortable as our population increases at an alarming rate. ... Advanced countries like ours need to do more then feed their hungry, we need to teach them how to feed themselves-catch me a fish and you feed me for a day, teach me to fish and you feed me for a lifetime, our country needs to help them to help themselves. ... Since millions of years ago human population has increased and has more recently done so at an alarming rate, a rate so high it is getting attention all over the world. ... With the population...

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Studying the One Child Policy would mean, studying how fertility rate or population growth rate influences the growth and development of an economy. ... It was implemented to reduce population growth or fertility rate in order to salvage the consequences of population explosion. ... This brings me to my research question, "To what extent One Child Policy has helped China to achieve economic growth and development during 1980 to 1990?... I will be analysing the factors such that they are in coherence with decreasing fertility rate. ... The secondary data will help me justify my arguments b...

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The rate of foraging often decreases according to certain changes in their behavior. ... Juvenile creek chubs were used in a model to determine preferred foraging areas that minimize the mortality rates, with the main objective being able to acquire an adequate net energy gain. The motivation here relies on whether or not there is an increase or decrease in mortality rates. ... They spent less time in safety as food increased, therefore accepting the increased rate of exposure to predators. ... However, it was the minnow behavior was the exact opposite, proving to me that a lot can be achieved...

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The trip to the North Carolina Art museum was fun for me because it gave me an opportunity to learn in an entirely different and stimulating environment other than the normal classroom environment that I "m used to. ... First of all, the trip was fun because it gave me an opportunity to visit a place I have not been before, and exposed me to many incredible works of arts by different noble artists. ... Joseph Covington, the speaker, was wonderful and a great asset to first- time visitors like me in understanding how the environment operates and how to seek for help in terms of difficulties. .....

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Like most children, my parents pushed me in sports at a young age in hopes to spark some interests, get exercise, and make friends. The older I got, the more narrowed my variety of activities became; I believed that if I specified and mastered one, my success rate would be much higher. ... Competitively ranked number 25 of the 50 top universities to offer physical therapy, I know that Saint Louis is not only a great fit for me, but my competitive drive, is a great fit for it. Unfortunately, I didn't make my high school's volleyball team, bringing my career to an end; although, this ...

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This humble upbringing gave me the unique insight of how certain policies have both functioned and failed for many of the inhabitants of the lower-middle to lower economic classes. My parents wanted to instill in me the values and morals of self-worth, community, true monetary value, and viewing others as equals, among many others. Because of these virtues my parents possessed, they placed me into the local public school system even thought I pled repeatedly to be enrolled in a private institution. ... This has influenced the national dropout rate to be 7%. ... I plan to take away from this ...

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City Center has been profitable over the past decade with an average growth rate of 10 percent. In this paper, I will discuss the process that lead me to a final conclusion that the best use for this building is the office. ... This analysis and the City Center net operating income has made me revise my opinion of the building. ... When I acquire this building I plan to continue in the same direction and hope to increase the growth rate from 11 percent to 15 percent thought management improvement....

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I remember being told this throughout my life with the countless red ribbon weeks, seeing the mounts of posters on the walls, and the countless talks with my parents about drugs being bad for me, but what is so bad about a plant grown from the ground? ... While there has not been a day that goes by that someone dies because of a drunk driver or from tobacco abuse, alcohol and tobacco, two legal life threatening substances that have made me question why it is so hard to legalize marijuana. ... Yes I will agree that if any of these substances are abused, various negative effects can affect the u...

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At any rate the biter diatribe on humanity had a slight bit of incite into the human soul and the acts of evil and betrayal that are so common in the story and in real life, provided of course that it is possible to reach the lofty heights of stupidity, lack of for site, and malice that are portrayed by his unbelievably petty and inane characters. ... She deceived her father." 1.3, 95 This is one of those things that really just makes me angry, Shakespeare tries to use the tool of foreshadowing but misses the mark pitifully. At any rate this frankly shows one of the points at which a characte...

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To describe Othello is a very hard task, as it can be perceived many different ways. To me, it is a malleable game of betrayal and jealousy, two big, main points that poison the play itself. I greatly admire the way Iago brings out all of the other characters" secrets and confessions. His great cunn...

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Though this dying species is experiencing declining population rates, there has been some efforts in saving the Pokemeboy. ... This project was an investigation on the threats and rates of regeneration of the Pokemeboy. ... The British Virgin Islands seem to me the only optimal place of growth for the Acacia anegadensis, but unfortunately the development and continuance for tourism gets first priority over the survival of the environment. ...

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African Americans reported higher levels of depressive state with symptoms at a rate of . ... Therefore, the effect was significant to show that African Americans had a higher rate of depressive symptoms than Caucasians had. With this information available, I find that the research was an important tool and resulted to be very informative in the rate finding of depressive symptoms prior to the status of relationship quality. The research allowed me to understand the difference of relationship quality that each ethnic group contributes to. ...

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Some children during recess time would come to me, especially girls, just to talk with me over some of their happiest moments and sometimes even tell me what they dislike in school or with their parents. ... There is a social issue in which is very important to me is teenage pregnancy. ... Teenage girls getting pregnant to some nations it is just a contemporary social issue, but to me it is a very big issue. ... Abortion to me is an act of selfishness and immaturity because you are basically murdering a human being and that you are not taking responsibility when you have caused a problem. ... ...

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It assumes that while investors have different risk-value preferences, rational investors will always seek the maximum rate of return for every level of acceptable risk. ... In the conclusion I want to say that Horse Project showed to me new significant useful tool that given to us by Lens Model - reliability of cues. I always, as an investor, was using cues blindly trusting them with no consideration that they can lead me to the wrong decision. This project helped me to realize and see it on numbers that I should consider to analyze all number that are used in Lens Model to make my investment...

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For me it was heart wrenching knowing that children I left as infants were to be walking toddlers when I returned. Even as an adult with the power of reasoning and discernment it was very disheartening when I approached my younger child who seemingly no longer recognized me. ... There were unlimited ways to demonstrate this including providing us with first-rate tools and suitable working environments, providing us with decent living conditions, and additional pay allowances to sustain our families back home. ... Extended deployments are not easy, but for me it was best to concentrate on t...

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This issue has become very controversial in several states across the United States and many of the states are trying to find ways to slow the rate of STD's and pregnancies among high school students. ... The books will give me good background and older information on what has been done in schools in the past. It will also provide me with statistical information on sexually active teens in earlier years. ... It will help me provide very recent information and statistics. The internet will also help me find testimony given by school officials and other people who are very involved in this ...

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As a female, this gender gap in earnings is of particular concern to me because it demonstrates that perfect equality between men and women has not yet been attained. ... In this respect, his rate of pay is expected to reflect his responsibilities. ...

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In the book Les Misérables, Victor Hugo interweaved a lot of coincidences into the story to craft his plot and display the amazing qualities of Jean Valjean. ... I, however, like the fact that so many coincidences occur because it makes the story more interesting and exciting, and it definitely doesn't "cheapen- the novel for me. ...

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The previous knowledge that I had on the German in the pre-World War II era prepared me for the information of the difficult times. However, the rate of inflation was astonishing and the absolute distaste and disgust the loss of the First World War produced were two key factors that I had before over-looked. ...

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In the work environment internals have the propensity to have a lower absenteeism rates due to their health conscience attitudes. Also internals have a lower individual turnover rate because they are usually more successful on the job workplace. ... Often young kids don't want to follow rules and would try to persuade me of reasons why they should be allowed should not have to, and often I would give in. ... All these personality traits suit me perfectly as proved in past experiences. This past summer when accepting a job on a native reserve, everyone informed me I was taking a...

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Through research and analysis, it has come to my attention when reading an article from the American Journal of Public Health called "The Relationship between Gun Ownership and Stranger and Non-stranger Firearm Homicide Rates in the United States, 1981-2010," that gun ownership should be restricted. ... The main purpose of this argument was to address the readers that if they were to restrict the ability if firearms in a household, would it really increase the rate of homicides in the U.S or if it would save more lives if they didn't restrict gun ownership. ... In addition to th...

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