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    English III Grammar: Sentence Style Ways to Achieve Clarity There are three ways to achieve sentence clarity: -coordinating ideas -subordinating ideas -parallel structure Coordinating Ideas Coordinating two or more main ideas‚ or give the equal empahsis‚ by linking them with a connecting word or an appropriate mark of punctuation‚ like the semi-colon. -Coordinating idea are independent (can stand alone does not need the other idea to complete the sentence or ot be clear) Example: Edgar

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    this‚ but is the death penalty really an effective form of deterrence? Deterrence is making someone decide not to do some criminal act by fear of punishment. Even though capital punishment deters some criminals from committing violent crimes‚ the rates of these crimes have not been reduced significantly since the death penalty was established‚ and there is public concern about whether the death penalty is applied justly‚ and if the public does not support the death penalty‚ criminals will be less fearful

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    different Sentence : Medical technology and Computer engineering are different as night and day. 2. dance to another tune -to change one’s behavior or attitude Sentence : Her mother scolded her that’s why she dances to another tune. 3. Different strokes for different folks *  Different people live in different ways Sentence : They like to meet different strokes for different folks. 4. a whole new ball game * a completely different situation sentence : We’d

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    What Is Crime

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    What is crime? Crime is the conduct that is in violation of the criminal laws of state‚ federal government‚ and local jurisdiction. In normal terms‚ breaking anything that the people who make laws finds to be wrong and immoral. Crime nowadays can be pretty much anything. There are so many different items and actions that society and lawmakers are making illegal. The criminal justice system has been established to control these crimes and to protect those of us that are victims and to punish those

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    Deterrence Theory

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    The Deterrence Theory Deterrence of a crime is based on choice theory‚ which is the assumption that a person is making a conscious decision to commit a criminal act. Since the person is making a conscious effort to commit the crimedeterrence is meant to reflect the punishment for the crime based on that decision. In computer crime‚ since most computer users are aware of what constitutes as an illegal act (e.g. downloading music without paying for it)‚ the assumption is that most people know when

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    Purpose Of Sentencing

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    The role of sentencing plays an integral part in the criminal justice system process because it is how criminals are punished. And by punishing the criminals sentencing serves two ultimate purposes. Those purposes are: “deserved infliction of suffering on evildoers” and “the prevention of crime” (Professor Herbert Packer‚ 2006 Criminal Justice in Action: The Core). Sentencing effects society today because if there were no sentencing in the criminal justice system‚ then all of the criminals would

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    Deterrence Theory

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    This paper has highlighted deterrence and power-control theory to provide insight into why shoplifting happens but fails to give an integrated approach to this behaviour. Situational Action Theory (SAT) is a promising theoretical approach to integrating both person-oriented and environment-oriented explanations to shoplifting. Hirtenlehner and Hardie (2016) address deterrence theory and Gottfredson and Hirschi’s self-control theory as influential theories that often represent inconclusive results

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    What are the state and federal objectives of punishment? Punishment can be broke down into four fundamental objectives. These objectives are deterrence‚ retribution‚ rehabilitation‚ and incapacitation. The first is deterrence; this is where people are discouraged from committing crimes. This can be broken down into two subcategories; specific and general. Specific is aimed at offender do not want to commit a crime because of the punishment received the last time they were caught. General

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    Goals of Sentencing

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    Goals of Sentencing There are five goals of sentencing: punishment‚ deterrence‚ incapacitation‚ rehabilitation‚ and restitution. Punishment‚ also called retribution is society’s way of getting revenge on a criminal for the harm they have caused. Retribution is society’s way of getting revenge or feeling like they got even with a criminal. In society a crime not only harms the victim of a crime‚ but society as well. A criminal’s injurious actions may outrage society as a whole. This creates the

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    Sentencing Models

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    |Kaplan University | |Sentencing Models | |Determinate‚ Indeterminate‚ and Mandatory Sentencing | |Christopher Boone | |1/1/2012

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