capital punishment. Another 5 million are under some sort of correctional supervision such as probation or parole (PEW 2008). Even more alarming is a phenomenon known as the Pipeline to Prison‚ or the School to Prison Pipeline. In her dissertation‚ Robinson (2013) explains that the school to prison pipeline is a phrase used to describe the phenomenon where youth‚ and disproportionately African American males‚ are pushed out
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The Wal-Mart Phenomenon Michael Hancock SOC200: Introduction to Sociology Gary Mayhew September 18‚ 2005 The Wal-Mart Phenomenon At Wal-Mart‚ "everyday low prices" is the motto. This slogan has helped create the largest business in world history with over $245 billion in revenues. It is actually three times the size of the No. 2 retailer in the world‚ France’s Carrefour. Nearly 138 million shoppers visit one of the 4‚750 Wal-Mart retail stores in the United States each week. This trade giant
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Keystone XL pipeline will be great for United States economy because it will bring more taxes to government from oil companies and public. However‚ the effect on the environment‚ economy and residents of America are destructive. The things through which people and environment will be affected are: Water‚ forest destruction‚ disease. First‚ the Keystone XL pipeline would travel through rivers such as Missouri river‚ Yellowstone‚ and Red rivers. Two million of population is depended on these rivers
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Summative task The message that this illustration is showing is the world is either supporting or shaming the Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters for standing up for themselves. This structure that is used is a visual illustration drawing. The world is either supporting or shaming the Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters. I know this because in the illustration they are showing half of it positive and the other half negative. Some examples of this are spraying tear gas vs. taking a picture‚ frown vs
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MTV and The Madonna Phenomenon "Madonna’s intuitive grasp on the televisual world in which we live- of the medium’s possibilities for engaging spectators in diverse ways- that in part accounts for her success. She is the supreme television heroine." (E. Ann Kaplan 271) "What are the main theories which we have studied so far and how have they affected how you view television?"-This is the question which this paper is supposed to answer. Obviously there is not enough time or space
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Topic: School-to-Prison Pipeline Research Paper What is meant by the school-to-prison pipeline? What are ways to address this problem? The school-to-prison pipeline is a devastating part of reality for all too many students. The pipeline in definition is simply a term representing the tendency for certain students to easily end up in prison during or shortly after schooling. To decrease this tendency‚ it is important that teachers are aware of the issue and that
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importance of creating programs that focus on recruiting students of diverse population is crucial in order to help serve our ethnically diverse population. Pipeline programs‚ like the one offered by UCLA‚ helps provide opportunities to underrepresented students in order to increase their representation in various career fields. For instance‚ the UCLA pipeline program encourages their students to enter the medical field (UCLA‚ 2017). By providing motivation to students
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Most of my decisions become regrets when I defy my conscience. When I traveled to Peru‚ I broke my principles to eat pizza past curfew. I realized after‚ the dangerous effects of ignoring what I knew was wrong‚ reminding me of Macbeth. "I am in blood stepped in so far that‚ should I wade no more‚ returning were as tedious as go o’er.”‚ he bemoans (3.4.168-170). Macbeth‚ a loyal general to his King Duncan‚ gains knowledge of his fate and disobeys his morality. He takes it upon himself to fulfill the
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Tourism is global phenomenon that has evolved tremendously in the past century. These transformations have depended on and benefited from the emergence of Western Capitalism and capitalist economies (Chambers 2010: 15). Initially restricted to the tourism of the “preserve of elites” (Urry 1991: 4) the “Grand Tour” has over time become an easily accessible universal experience‚ defining the characteristics of the modern man and consequently is the “largest industry in the world” (Urry 1991: 5). Although
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The Cradle to Prison Pipeline The cradle to prison pipeline is a campaign that calls all states to stop spending unnecessary money on the effects of the problems resulting from children being arrested‚ convicted‚ incarcerated and death; instead placing taxpayer money on the causes of these issues in order to deter the consequences all together. In Texas‚ the average cost of sending a student to school for one academic year is approximately $7‚246 while sending a child to jail for that same
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