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    24 in this country are apart of a generation that has no vivid memories of the challenging times of when becoming infected with HIV led to the inevitable outcome of death. But instead live in a world were the cases of HIV increase each year due to effective medical treatment. However‚ in 2010 those aged 13 to 24 had an estimated 12‚200 incidences accounting for 26 percent of all incidences in the United States.1 Disparities are felt mostly among sexual and race/minority groups. The disparities felt

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    Prison and Rehabilitation

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    same principal is at work with rehabilitation. The programs can be made mandatory‚ but that doesn’t mean the inmate will adapt their behavior to accept the programs. Rehabilitation comes from inside a person. The person must want to change his behavior and make use of the programs available to them. Intentions of rehabilitation Rehabilitation is specific programs applied within a prison setting intended to bring about the end of criminal behavior called desistance‚ meaning to cease or stop. It

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    displays how racial minorities are disproportionately impoverished in cards stacked against them. There happens to be a consensus on the underprivileged struggling on all three economic indicators (i.e.‚ the racial wage gap‚ wealth gap‚ and differences in unemployment rates) that generate feasibility behind a typical image of a poor Black individual in the United States of America. The interrelatedness of race and poverty doesn’t‚ in fact‚ correlate to the veracity of more poor Americans being white rather

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    Vulnerable Populations Kathleen King- Materio BSHS/302 10/01/2012 Maryann Sorrell Vulnerable Populations All communities contain a mentally ill population. Their behavior is considered to be inappropriate and abnormal. Every society has cultivated solutions in which to treat the mentally ill in order to prevent disruption of the strong civil function. Normal behavior varies through generations and societies. When deciding if a person is mentally ill‚ the generation and culture must be taken

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    Due Diligence

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    Understanding the Concept of Due Diligence Due diligence means employers take all reasonable precautions in certain situations to prevent injuries or accidents in the workplace. Employers should implement plans to identify hazards in the workplace and administer the applicable corrective action to prevent accidents or injuries from occurring. All four companies I interviewed had some sort of understanding of the concept of due diligence (from the general idea at Company CS to a full-on definition

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    Due Process

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    Due Process Due Process of the law‚ a legal principle‚ is a guaranteed right that was provided to us by the Constitution and it simply means we have protections. These rights that are guaranteed to us are “life‚ liberty and property without a chance to defend them”; some also believe that we also have the right to a “pursuit of happiness”. (Bill of Rights). When we think about Due Process we need to think fair process or fair procedures. This practice is known as Procedural Due Process. “Standing

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    Punishment In Prison

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    Punishment in Prison The criminal justice system sentences people to prison for various felonious crimes they have admitted to or have been found guilty of. A prison sentence is punishment for those types of crimes. However‚ for some‚ a prison sentence in today’s world is nothing more than a vacation from reality. State and Federal Prisons have turned into a recreation hall and free pass from hard labor. Prisons should implement the punishments they were intended for‚ and that being isolation and

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    private prisons are more effective because they have lower recidivism rates. However‚ this is not true. As stated by Peter Kerwin‚ “private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more month behind bars than those assigned to public prisons and are equally likely to commit more crimes after release‚ despite industry claims to lower recidivism rates through high-quality and innovative rehabilitation programs” (2015) this quote shows that more offenders return to private prisons than those

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    The Precogs’ Dehumanization In Minority Report  and "The Minority Report”     How we define human‚ subhuman and superhuman is complex‚ with many intricacies and unknowns. The relationship between them‚ regarding the Precogs in The Minority Report short story as well as the film‚ is complex between these two forms of dehumanization and humanization. For those unfamiliar with the works‚ the three Precogs are collectively‚ literally‚ the human engine which enables Precrime to exist. In both works‚

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    understand their differences and disparities. To find a prevention method‚ one must acknowledge what these girls encounter‚ if they have access to clinics and insurance‚ and does their environment play a role teen pregnancy. In regard to modern society‚ women of color and Hispanic teens encounter more disparities than white teens. White American teens have more financial support as well as physical support‚ whereas‚ the minority doesn’t. Women who are minorities faces many factors as to why they

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