Determinate sentences involve sentences that have a fixed or flat time (Jirard, 2009). Determinate sentences play a large part in the increasing number of individuals in prison, which, as you can imagine, puts more strain on prisons financially. In the past two decades, we have become increasingly “tough on crime” which has helped to decrease crime to a certain extent. According to an article in the New York Times (2008), the US has fewer than five percent of the entire world’s population, but almost twenty five percent of the world’s prisoners (Liptak & , 2008). The author of the article goes on to say that people in the US are sentenced to do time for crimes that would not produce such a sentence in other countries.
Determine why you believe the product or service is declining in popularity. Be sure to include information on social, demographic, and ethnic markets; economic and technological factors; political and legal factors; and competitive factors. Compact discs are being increasingly replaced by other (and sometimes more compact) forms of storage device. The CD is used largely for music; and as the music industry has its own challenges and feats in a recovering economy, it seems that businesses such as iTunes and other companies that focus on providing music sales and storage without the CD are taking over. CD sales are dropping steadily and even music artists have recognized and instated other forms of making revenue off of their music.
Toronto mayor's austerity call unpopular Chief Bill Blair Friday, January 7, 2011 Summary: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's edict that all city departments cut their 2011 budgets by five per cent doesn't appear to be working. The annual budget procees begins on Monday, and a number of departments say they need more money not less in the coming year. Polices said they could accommodate the cut and asked the police services board to increase the force's budget by a further three per cent. The Toronto Public Library Board voted in favour of a 2.6 per cent budget increase. It also voted to keep the downtown Urban Affairs library open, in spite of speculation that it would recommend its closure.
From that, he wanted to determine whether the amount of exposure and viewing of Israeli television programming affected the level of national pride in its viewers. And through his research and observations, he was able to determine several hypotheses. The first one suggests a correlation between the level of exposure to foreign programs (as opposed to Israeli channels) and the resultant level of personal pride in being Israeli. He discovered that there was a positive relationship in between both variables, where the more Israeli channels respondent views regularly, the greater his/her national pride. His second hypothesis focuses on determining the relationship between preference for local television and national pride.
The number of people behind bars has grown substantially in many countries over the past 20 years.” (para. 9). Better policing can also be attributed to the decline in crime rates as evidence of the growing prison population. According to Mitchell (2010), "In Denver, 30 of the 2009 murders — almost 80 percent — have been solved, according to Mary Dulacki, records coordinator for Denver police.” Per a Denver Police spokesperson, another factor in the reduction of murders is the improvements with emergency medical treatment and services. First responders are able to save more lives than in the past (Mitchell, 2010).
Another health problem with a poor ventilation home is caused from viruses and bacteria brought into the home by one person brought from other homes. Springfield has a higher rate of asthma then the state of Massachusetts. 5,313 people in Springfield have asthma and over 5,000 people die every year from an asthma attack. Of the buildings in Springfield 90% were built before 1979 and 48% were built before 1939. Older buildings in Springfield have many more dust mites compared to the newer buildings in
At the turn of the century, the Department of Health and Human Services stated almost fifty percent of the American population received the aid needed (Pimpare). Many people were kicked to the streets in cities large and small reaching overwhelming poverty rates all over the country. Welfare reform even today still has much more reforming and monitoring to be done if we ever hope to recover and improve our country’s debt in the years to
From the 20th century to the present, this gap has substantially widened. Due to this increase, suburb areas and large cities like the city of Houston have had budget cuts occur in their school systems as the economy has worsened. Of course, the budget cuts have affected the poor areas more because of the simple yet saddening fact that the poor had no money to begin with. The Chicago Tribune News Paper went on to observe this trend by having Greg J. Duncan and Richard J. Murnane conduct a study to see the difference between parents in rich and poor areas who place their children in enrichment programs like music or tutoring. Enrichment programs have been proven to improve the quality of the education a child a receiving.
“The reality is that crime has gone way down in New York City and that stop and frisk has certainly contributed to it. I get the fact that the statistics show nearly 686,000 stops in one year and that's way, way, way up from 2002 where it was just over 97,000 but I feel that it's working. It's keeping guns off the street. It's kept crime down to numbers that this city never imagined and, unfortunately, sometimes it takes things like stop and frisk to make that a reality” (Huffington post). People want to feel safe, if you do not feel safe in a community you move.
(2) * Nevada was ranked number by growth in number of nonprofit theaters from 1990-2005 (3) * Based on an adult population (18+) of 185.8 million, an estimated 25.1 million U.S. adults attended live stage plays in 1992, compared to 20 million in 1982 when the adult population was 164 million. (3) * Great Recession losses were swift and measurable: The two-year decline in the Index, from 2007 to 2009, was twice as large as the gains made during the preceding four years, between 2003 and 2007 (4) * The arts industries continue to follow the nation’s business cycle: While it may be no surprise