Even with all this wetlands still face mass destruction, much like the rain forests they are just as productive and face similar rates of devastation (Mitchell, J. (1992, October). ... Construction is another threat because as the population grows the demand for affordable housing goes up. Also with a rise in population comes a demand for food, which leads the to last and most destructive threat to wetlands, farming. ... They retain floodwaters and protect shorelines from erosion (Gomez, J. 1992, Pg. 3). ... In fact a wetland produces just as much life as a rain forest of the same size, and th...

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During the last 150 years, burning fossil fuels has resulted in more than a 25 percent increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. (1992 Energy Technology Status Report, n. pag.) ... As we all know the population in California has been growing rapidly. ... Works Cited Author Unknown, Wind Energy in California, http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/overview.html date accessed: April 18, 2002 Author Unknown, An Encyclopedia of Energy Utility Terms, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 2nd edition, 1992, pp. 490-492. Author Unknown, 1992 Energy Technology Status Report, Appendix...

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Deterrence Leslie Cantu: Fear of death deters people from committing crimes, proponents say. They also believe that if attached to certain crimes, the penalty of death exerts a positive moral influence by placing a stigma on certain crimes like manslaughter, resulting in attitudes of disgust and h...

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Women are the fastest growing population in prisons today. ... "With the increasingly growing population of incarcerated women, especially pregnant women there is a greater risk of more complex medical problems a fact that the male-oriented correctional systems fail to recognize" (Acoca, 1998). ... Justice Works was founded in 1992 by criminal justice experts, ex-prisoners and religious leaders in response to the tripling female U.S. prison population in one decade. ...

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While most correctional systems have implemented objective classification systems that have become quite effective in identifying inmates for the general prison population, less attention has been given to accurately classifying inmates who pose a higher risk and may require special management within the prison setting. ... By keeping nonviolent drug users o...

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Throughout the course of human history, there have always been the oppressed, deprived, and subjugated minorities that suffer under the constraints of the majority. The ideologies based upon the Eurocentric and Protestant groups proceed to be key figures of oppression and racism. The mannerisms i...

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"Pubic outrage at the gruesome murders of Kimber Reynolds in Fresno in 1992 and Polly Klaas in Petaluna in 1993, each by released felons with long rap sheets, fueled passage of California's' three-strikes and you're out' law in 1994- (TIMES 1). ...

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