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    Open-ended sentencing doesn’t state a definitive period of time that the offender will serve but rather a range whereby the convicted criminal may be eligible to leave depending on the states discretionary perception of rehabilitative potential‚ a punishment reserved for ‘dangerous prisoners’ (Human Rights Law Centre 2012). This continuous judgement is assessed by state parole boards whereby the inmates conduct is evaluated in order to determine their release back into the community as jail terms

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    Australia has nine sentencing jurisdictions with each jurisdiction possessing its own criminal justice system. Federal‚ state and territory criminal legislation generally specify offences with a prescribed maximum penalty which allows a court to determine an appropriate punishment in the particular circumstances of that case. In recent years‚ the Australian Parliament has increased proclaimed power over sentencing‚ setting a fixed or consistent penalty for committing a certain offence. This upsurge

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    The Reasons behind Criminal Sentencing Karen Moses CRJ301: Juvenile Justice Instructor: Timothy Koester 08/30/2010 When someone commits a crime and they are caught and convicted they receive some type of punishment through the process of sentencing. The three main reasons for criminal sentencing are punishment‚ crime reduction and reparation. Some types of sentencing may contain things to help with deterrence‚ rehabilitation‚ incapacitation and retribution

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    Relationship between Men and women Introduction Relationship between woman and men is multisided as well as quite complex and. In this relationship there might be love‚ as well as unleashed passion‚ make individuals life bright‚ full of emotions and impressions. Discussion "Ligeia" In this story the beautiful relations ship of men and women described‚ in this story the narrator of the story Edgar Allan Poe describes the prettiness beauty as well as attractiveness of her wife‚ Ligeia the name

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    The Relationship Between the Artist and Society The relationship held by society and the artist is universal‚ applying mathematically‚ in literature‚ and nature. In physics‚ for every action there is a reaction. The apple does not fall far from the tree‚ for we often find refuge in our animal instincts. Throughout evolution‚ figures may have changed‚ but our fight or flight instincts are still remain strong. Within society‚ when a person is being ‘attacked‚’ be it words or fists‚ they will fight

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    The Relationship Between Francis and his Father In the memoir Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt‚ the reader learns that the relationship between Francis and his father‚ Frank‚ is distant‚ sympathetic and guilt-driven. Francis has a distant relationship with his father‚ he was not present when Francis was rushed to the hospital by a doctor followed closely by his worried mother‚ who had already lost several children to serious illnesses‚ and however his father did not come with. His father visited

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    Relationship between Mother and Child Janessa L. Visser Columbia College A relationship is one of the best ways to describe a loving interaction between human-beings. In particular the mother and child relationship is a dynamic view of how all aspects of theoretical perspectives of psychology can play an influence. I walk through the stages of bonding through the creation to the beginning of those dreaded teenage years. Furthermore through the paper explanations on how the child: learns‚ observes

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    Relationship Between Data and Information Data and information are the crucial key elements of information science and information engineering. Using the concepts of information engineering and science helps to develop information systems. Data and information are the common words used in the information and health science world. This paper will help us to understand about data‚ information‚ and their relationship‚ and how effectively they are used in the information systems world. Data are just

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    Relationship of the Church and State During the 1500-1700’s many new Protestant religions formed due to the corruption and decline of the Catholic Church. Although there were several attempts to reform only one man‚ Martian Luther‚ spurred reformation of the church. Lutheranism was not the only religion that formed during the Reformation Period others included: Anabaptism‚ Anglicanism‚ Calvinism‚ Presbyterianism‚ and Zwinglianism. Most protestant beliefs were very similar but each religion interpreted

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    democracy. Fukuyama even went as far as declaring the ``end of history``: `what we may be witnessing is not the end of the Cold War‚ or the passing of a particular period of postwar history‚ but the end of history as such: that is‚ the end point of mankind ’s ideological evolution and the universalisation of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.` (Fukuyama‚ 1989: 50) However‚ after the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001‚ and indeed before that‚ the attention of many scholars

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