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Gun Control Advocates Wall Street Journal
5,825 words... h emotion or introspection but require a level of conscious cognition to understand. 3 / 28 / 98 Dave Workman Bravo for John Lott's revealing research on the impact that concealed carry laws are having on crime. That such laws have been passed in 31 states, coinciding with passage of "Three Strikes" and "Hard Time for Armed Crime" legislation, is the real reason we are seeing a decline in reported violent crime. Those who have advocated restrictive gun control over the years, and other intru...
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Word Choice Drinking Alcohol
941 wordsPeople read articles everyday, but they do not recognize that bias is being used to alternate their opinion. Readers are easily blinded by bias within print media because journalists are very good with blending the bias into their articles. Although bias is detectable, some types of bias are well disguised and hard to point out. Print media uses certain types of bias that can persuade a person into reading the article that may not concern them. There are many types of bias that are used in print...
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Problem Solving How Do We Combat Child Abuse
2,023 wordsImagine being a young child. Picture that someone is mistreating you, and you are completely unable to retaliate in any way. Imagine what would be running through your mind, all of the fear and hatred that you can do nothing with except hold it all inside. The United States government defines child abuse specifically as [a]ny recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation to any individual...
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Juvenile Crime Aggravated Assault
1,436 wordsChicago police have their eyes pealed. The gangs on the street are on high alert. Just hours before six bullets ripped through a football game at the community park. A fourteen year old and a twelve year old seriously injured, and a thirteen-year old by stander killed by a stray bullet. The suspect, a fourteen year-old gang member, Isaac Cleaves. Two days later Isaac is found hiding in the basement of an abandoned building. You might believe that this is a rare case, but think again. Everyday in...
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Censored Ing National Institute
2,139 wordsDrug use among teenagers seems to be on the rise. Marijuana is almost commonplace among kids my age. Many of my friends have tried, or are involved with drugs and I never could understand why. I chose this topic in order to try and get a sense of why people do it, or why it is on the rise among teens. Just like smoking cigarettes, it seems obvious that the effects of drugs are going to be bad and maybe even addicting. So, why would anyone want to get involved with them? Why would they want to pu...
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Economic Indicators Labor Statistics
1,953 wordsWhen one speaks of the economy they should speak of it as if it were an animate object. An economy may healthy, productive or efficient. Likewise, an economy may be weak, slow or inefficient. The question is how do we know how to classify our economy? GNP -GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT. Economists have devised numerous statistics designed to ascertain the overall health of our economy. Historically, the most quoted measure of economic activity is what is called Gross National Product (GNP). The Gross N...
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Extra Curricular Activities Microsoft Excel
1,185 wordsN TeQ Lesson Plan Project Title: Developing Time Management Unit Topic: Statistics and Data Collection Grade Level: High School (9 th- 12 th) Overview: Students all over the world seem to battle with time management. Many students are involved in extra-curricular activities, or they work while they attend school. Therefore, they not only have the burden of the everyday school assignments, they have several responsibilities outside of school itself. This project will allow students to communicate...
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Illegal Immigrants Illegal Aliens
1,787 words... citizens. According to rapid immigration. com, The U. S. government has forecast a shortage of 20 million workers by 2026, prompting many parties to call for a relaxation of the US immigration laws in order to meet the labor demand. (Immigration facts) verbal, immigration is considered t be a positive thing fr the U. S. budget: it brings a net fiscal positive, which means that the taxes immigrants pay g are the cst's f the services they receive. We might say, therefore, that educated and ski...
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Vital Statistics
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American Psychological Association Cognitive Psychology
2,275 wordsPsychology is the science of behavior and the mind. The study of psychology provides an understanding of basic processes of sensation, perception, learning, cognition, development, and personality along with principles of social psychology, clinical psychology, and behavioral neuroscience. Knowledge of psychological principles and of scientific methods for evaluating theories and research in the social sciences is essential in our rapidly changing society. A wealth of information about psycholog...
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Due To The Fact Critical Care
768 wordsUse of Statistical Information Critical cares main goal is to give the care of best quality to the patients and by doing so to achieve the best possible results. This part of health care, critical care is, just as other branches of health care, in great need for effective statistic gathering tools. Due to proper statistics and received information, better results of curing can be achieved. This information also provides the insight on the results that the care will bring, not regarding the fact ...
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Second Degree Murder Criminal Justice System
4,294 wordsWhenever the word death penalty comes up, extremists from both sides of the spectrum begin to wildly express their opinions. One side says deterrence, the other side says theres a potential of executing an innocent man. One says justice, retribution, and punishment, the other side says execution is murder. However, all arguments aside, the best way and the only way to truly make a rational decision about capital punishment is to examine the purpose of our criminal justice system. Once the purpos...
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Single Parent Families Theoretical Perspectives
3,076 wordsThrough interpreting the information in the table below, construct an argument that accounts for the trends in marriage and fertility rates. Give alternative explanations for changes in family structure. Support your argument with information from the table and other evidence form you course. Selected Family Trends in Australia Over Three Decades Early 1970 sLate 1990 s Rate of cohabitation prior to marriage 15 % 60 %Median age at first marriage (women / men ) 21 / 23. 426 / 28 Total fertility r...
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Assault Weapon Ban Assault Weapons
6,192 wordsSupporting the Ban on Assault Weapon Government 101 Professor March 27, 199 2 Outline Thesis: Congress should uphold the ban on assault-type weapons. I. Introduction of the history and background information. A. Important statistics concerning assault weapon facts. B. The problem with assault weapons on the streets. C. Assault weapons use in war situations and law enforcement. II. Defending the debate of upholding the ban on gun control. A. The deadly stories and statistics on assault weapons. B...
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Controlled Substances Act Heroin Addicts
6,041 wordsIn 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of Miamis demand for help. In 1981, Miami was the financial and import central for cocaine and marijuana, and the residents were fed up. Thanks to the task force, drug arrests went up by 27 %, and drug se...
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Billion Per Year War On Drugs
2,450 wordsLosing the War on Drugs America is spending millions of dollars to run ad campaigns with teenage waifs smashing up the kitchen with frying pans, brain fried egg commercials, and other inaccurate and misleading ads put fear into our nations youth and adults alike. One such ad showed a flat line brain scan purportedly hooked up to a drug user. It was later proven that it was hooked up to nothing and most of our nations kids now know it. Seeing the Land of the Free turn into a nation that imprisons...
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American Justice System Criminal Justice System
2,184 wordsTelevision shows such as Dateline, 60 Minutes and 20 / 20 have often aired segments on discrimination within the justice system through hidden cameras recording police behavior towards minorities, interviews with minorities falsely accused or mistreated, and by referring to capital punishment statistics seemingly biased especially towards blacks. The Justice Files has produced several biographies on minorities who were subjected to some atrocity by the American justice system. General interpreta...
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Driving While Black Criminal Justice System
3,718 wordsThe interviews excerpted here show that racially biased pre textual traffic stops have a strong and immediate impact on the individual African-American drivers involved. These stops are not the minor inconveniences they might seem to those who are not subjected to them. Rather, they are experiences that can wound the soul and cause psychological scar tissue to form. And the statistics show that these experiences are not simply disconnected anecdotes or exaggerated versions of personal experience...
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Central Los Angeles South Central Los
3,824 wordsEllison 1 A FEW KIND WORDS FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION by Hosea L. Martin Hosea Martins article on affirmative action aims to defend the practice of hiring people not just on their qualifications but by their race as well. He does so by using his own experience in the work place along with some personal, unsupported opinions of his own regarding hiring practices and education. Martin also attempts to defend affirmative action programs as being fair and non-discriminatory by emphasizing that every sin...
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Vital Statistics Heavy Armor
1,166 wordsRACE: Starcraft UNIT NAME: MEDIC RACE: Terran RANK: 1 st Lieutenant VITAL STATISTICS Hit Points: 60 Armor Class: Light Armor: 1 COSTS Mineral: 50 Gas: 25 Food: 1 TECH TREE Built From: Barracks Pre-Requisite: Academy WEAPONS Weapon System: none Attack Type: n / a Damage Class: n / a Splash Damage: n / a Damage: n / a Bonus: n / a SPELLS/SPECIAL ABILITIES Heal (Spell) Casting Cost: 1 mana point for every 2 hp healed Range: 2 Description: The Medic starts with this spell and may cast it on any orga...
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