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    Secondary 4 Social Studies Social Documentary Essay Should Singapore give ex-convicts a second chance in terms of job employment? I agree to a large extent to the statement that‚ in the Context of Singapore‚ ex-convicts should be given a second chance in terms of employment. Firstly‚ when ex-convicts are not given an equal chance in employment‚ they will fall back into the viscous cycle of crime and imprisonment. In many cases of crimes‚ such as theft and drug abuse‚ are caused as a result of

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    Affirmative 1 Ex-convicts should be given chances to build their life and they should be free from other’s prejudice. -perceived discrimination is very unfair. -chances should be given to let them forget their past and build a new life -they had learnt their lesson while serving their time in the prison 2 Due to isolation from society‚ it might result in ex-convicts in committing crimes as they are rejected by the society -it seems like their discrimination causes them to feel insecure

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    Tom Appleby‚ Convict Boy Have you ever pictured the life of a convict? Tom Appleby‚ The Convict Boy‚ written by Jackie French and published by HarperCollins Publishers in 2004‚ is an intriguing novel‚ that would appeal to most young Australians. The story brings you back 200 years ago on a historical journey‚ as Tom revisits the sorrowful yet heart-warming memories of his childhood. The time setting of the story travels back and forth between Tom’s past and present as you follow the struggles

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    Critique Analysis Giving people a second chance Ernest Martinez‚ Giving People a Second Chance. Ernest Martinez is saying that ex- convicts should be given an equal opportunity as any other person to work. “Hispanic brethren who are ex-convicts who need employment avenues for reentry into society‚ we close our eyes and ears to their cry for assistance”. Everyone should have an equal opportunity to work because everyone deserves a second chance to make things right and change their lives around

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    believed that reform and rehabilitation was possible in a controlled environment. The reformers had a few goals that they wanted to establish. They wanted more separation; the mentally ill children should not be held together with the convicts. They also wanted better prison grounds with better conditions. They wanted the abuse to be reduced; no more whipping and other forms of torture. They wanted change. Dorothea Dix was a Sunday school teacher at the East Cambridge jail. There

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    Exposition: * In the town of Vladimir lived a merchant named Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov along with his family. * One summer‚ Aksionov planned to go to the Nizhny Fair to sell all his goods but was stopped by his wife who told him to go another day because she had a bad dream about him wherein he took off his cap and his hair was quite gray. * Aksionov did not heed his wife’s plea and continued on to his journey. * When he had reached the halfway point‚ he met a fellow merchant who he knew

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    Ex convict

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    anywhere you look around. My section for this presentation was to do a research on ex- convicts that are homeless. Basically my slides will consist of the following; first I will show facts on how ex -convicts are treated‚ statistics and quotes. For instance‚ some ex-convicts cannot return home because offenders convicted of drug crimes are barred from public housing. Secondly‚ I will talk about the laws to help ex-convicts with different programs. For example‚ President Obama signed “The Second Chance

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    Convict in Australia

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    to 19th century‚ It had a large group of convicts were transported to Australia. Convicts are the people who found guilty of crime. All the convicts were transported Australia by ship and fleets. After the first fleet arrived to Australia‚ there were a lot of fleets arrived to Australia as well. Consequently‚ The Australia’s government were kept for each convict and up till the mid-1800s they recorded names‚ date and place of trial and sentence. The convicts were transported to all over Australia such

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    Convict Slavery

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    Some historians refer to convict slavery. Do you think that this is an accurate description of the convicts transported to Australia? Historians refer to convict slavery‚ which is the act of having people who are serving a prison sentence working as slaves. In this context‚ it means that historians referred to convicts from England coming to Australia to work as slaves. People would say that this is an accurate description of the convicts transported to Australia because they were treated like

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    Convict Crimonology

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    Reflection Paper 1: Analysis of Convict Criminology This reflection paper will redress topics discussed in Jeffrey Ian Ross and Stephen C. Richards’ book: Convict Criminology. First the paper will analyze the main objectives in convict criminology. Next the paper will examine the importance of convict criminology. Last‚ I will refute why I believe convict criminology is a waste of time and tax payer dollars‚ and why I believe the government should work more to support studies in victimology

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