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    Cited: Chase‚ C. (2000). History of the Federal Parole System. Retrieved July Saturday‚ 2010‚ from http://www.justice.gov/uspc/history.htm Frank Schmalleger‚ J. O. (2010). Correction in the 21st Centry. New York: Mcgraw/Hill.

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    At the end of 2001‚ state prisons were operating between 1 and 16 percent over the capacity‚ while federal prisons were above 31 percent their desired capacity level (Foster‚ 2006). It has been proven that prisons are more difficult to manage when they are above capacity and inmate and staff health and safety suffer when overcrowding occurs. The main reason for population

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    Fedral vs. State Policy A public policy is the body of principles that underpin the operation of legal systems in each state. In this paper I am going to talk about federal along with state policies. I will discuss each of the policies and how they are similar and how they are different. Federal and State policies are made to help keep our Country running smoothly. If there were no policies then keeping our Country safe would be a hard task. Policies are principles that are set to help make our

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    anyone know what powers do the federal and state governments have? Well‚ the author will explain in detail what power is extended to the two levels of government. She will also explain the limitations that they both have. The author will describe the similarities that are between the state and federal government. Please enjoy the world of government that the author will take you through. The federal government was given many powers that people don ’t know. The federal government ’s powers are stated

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    The role of state and local governments has provided a vital role in defining federal relations. The relationship has been defined by a few factors: Congress‚ the Supreme Court or other courts‚ and funding policies The courts must address questions concerning the powers of the state and federal government. Early Supreme Court decisions mirrored the views of Chief Justice John Marshall‚ who favored a strong national government. In defining commerce in the Gibbons v. Ogden case‚ he argued that Congress

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    activities‚ and satisfy public opinion via an appropriate treatment regime for persons convicted of criminal offenses. The main focus is on punishment and penal institutions‚ such as the prison‚ and their possible justifications. The Oxford English Dictionary defines penology as "the study of punishment of crime and prison management"‚ and in this sense it is equivalent with corrections. Penology is concerned with the effectiveness of those social processes devised and adopted for the prevention of

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    United States had only gone into debt for paying in its wars only after Alexander Hamilton had refunded the debts of the Revolutionary War by utilizing the federal debt. And in the 1930s during the administration of President Roosevelt‚ the nation was moved out of the Great Depression as the federal borrowings of the nation were properly handled. But it was during territory of World War II that the US had actually entered the new debt era. In 1941 federal debt had zoomed from its starting point at

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    large town located midway between Worcester and Boston. The prison was once known as "Framingham State Prison". MCI Framingham is the official name‚ and is favored.( Beckerman‚ A. (2002) MCI-Framingham is a medium security correctional facility for female offenders. Several References note it as the oldest female correctional institution‚ which is still in operation‚ in the United States. It opened in 1877. The prison houses both state and county offenders‚ as well as those awaiting sentencing.

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    ------------------------------------------------- History In 1882‚ Matthew Maguire‚ a machinist‚ first proposed the holiday while serving as secretary of the CLU (Central Labor Union) of New York.[1] Others argue that it was first proposed by Peter J. McGuire of the American Federation of Labor in May 1882‚[2] after witnessing the annual labor festival held in Toronto‚ Canada.[3] Oregon was the first state to make it a holiday on February 21‚ 1887. By the time it became a federal holiday in 1894‚ thirty states officially celebrated

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    Daniel Duranceau Econ 1 Wegman 29 September 2012 The Federal Reserve System of the United States There are seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Dr. Ben S. Bernanke (chairman) was born in December 1953 (age 59) in Augusta‚ Georgia‚ and grew up in Dillon‚ South Carolina. He received a B.A. in economics in 1975 from Harvard University (summa cum laude) and a Ph.D. in economics in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ben S. Bernanke began a second term

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