learned about the need for therapeutic environments, interactions, and opportunities for underrepresented prison populations. In order to help FFLIC advocate for policy change at a state level, my colleagues and I authored a white paper that outlined recommendations to reduce recidivism rates for juvenile offenders in Louisiana, such as offering more educational and vocational programs in prisons and implementing community-based alternatives to incarceration. Through my research, I discovered that community-based
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insolvency status that released small and middling debtors from jail and apportioned their assets among creditors but did not discharge them from liability". "Bankruptcy was promoted as a benefit for creditors as well as for Debtors. it would allow creditors to intervene in person as the debtors assets for all creditors while the availability of discharge would induce debtor's not to waste their assets in futile efforts to avoid deptors prisons" Encyclopedia of the new American nation.ed. paul finkelman
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instructor Subject Date Political problems The paper will be illuminating the social and political problems that Americans have been facing since time in memorial. It has been too long since Americans suffered the problems of poverty, unemployment, violent crimes, education, and health care. Since this is an election year it is imperative to note the various issues and solutions that candidates have formulated for these problems(Bernstein). The paper will also cover the manifestos and proposals that
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Criminal Defense Case Analysis Melissa Bowman CJA/305 January 30, 2016 Jerri Green Introduction This paper will go over two cases that explain the nature and types of defense used and the evidence used to demonstrate the defense. The first case explained will discuss Andrea Yates, a mom who killed her five children on grounds of insanity. The next case Jean Harris also claimed to be insane and by accident killed someone by accident as she tried to commit suicide. It will also address how
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Her first husband, Danael's father, was abusive and is in jail. She keeps getting involved with the same type of men, abusive mentally and physically. While her bruises healed, her physiological scars are not going away. David, the father of her younger daughter, Desiree, appeared to be a good guy until he sexually molested one of the daughters and is currently in jail. Also, Donna holds a job at a local factory where workers do not get paid allot neither in wages
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Abstract This purpose of this paper is to identify and explain what literature experts call Logical Fallacies. This document will include reasonable vocabulary, logical definitions, and sound examples of how to and how not to include these fallacies into your writings. There will be some suggestions made to assist with recognizing and examining some of the logical fallacies located within the writings of others, as well as in your own. By the end of this paper, your thoughts will be enlightened
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diseases combined. Benefits I will start off with the pros of legalizing drugs which are the following, tax dollars earned from sales, less tax dollars spent on housing inmates for drug possession, and less broken homes from people being hauled off to prison. Two senior lecturers at the University of Harvard have conducted studies to show how much revenue would come from legalizing drugs. In their findings they saw that there would be over 40 billion dollars in tax revenue. Over 8 billion from marijuana
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Disparity and Discrimination Paper Freddy Towe CJS/221 May 9, 2016 Dr. Sheila Toppin This paper will examine the definition of disparity and discrimination as it pertains to criminal justice. I will also give examples of each to illustrate what each means. I will say that in gathering data for this report I have found was quite surprising to me. Disparity is defined as a large difference between two things. In criminal justice it can mean things like the difference between arrest
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reinstating the right to use this natural product. A large majority of this country's population refuses to accept the United States government’s decision to prohibit citizens from enjoying the benefits that this organically grown herb provides. In my paper I will research and have knowledge on the legalization and political issues about marijuana. Most Americans do not want to spend scarce public funds incarcerating nonviolent marijuana offenders, at a cost of $23,000 per year. Politicians must
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