Prison Overcrowding The prison population quadrupled from 1970 to 1990 (Clark). Prison overcrowding is quickly becoming a major financial and controversial problem in the United States. The prison population is increasing rapidly, length of sentences must be reconsidered and drug offenders should g...
Though the U.S has assisted many other countries affected by natural disasters, U.S intervention in West Korea's massive earthquake poses several disadvantages that may discourage the U.S from aiding the recovery process. ... The sheer monetary cost and the conflicts that the U.S is already engaged in may serve to discourage the U.S from helping West Korea. ... They fear that after a certain number of natural disasters, the American economy will be severely weakened and the citizens will have to bear the consequences. ...
Studies have shown that capital punishment has no effect on the deterrence of future crimes and is no more effective than life imprisonment in discouraging vicious crimes. ... Insanity is believed to be a severe form of mental illness and is addressed separately by the legal system. ...
Physicians who provided addicts with drugs were severely punished; over 5,000 physicians fined or jailed between 1915 and 1938. ... The Drug Abuse Resistance through Education program increasing the youth's interest rather than discourage it. ...
Although the rate of teen pregnancy in the United States has declined greatly within the past few years, it is still an enormous problem that needs to be taken into consideration. These rates are still higher in the 1990's than they were only a decade ago. The United States" teenage birthrate exce...
One of the ways that the government tried to discourage this was by offering increased highway incentives for any states who maintained a minimum. ... Many states have "Zero Tolerance Laws" which severely punish underage teens who are driving with any blood alcohol in their bodies at all. ...
Theory links up the research and the problem, which is examined in the research. Theory allows the researchers a streamline of action. It is a set of logical, coherent, interrelated concepts, which attempt to explain some observable phenomena or group of facts. Review of the literature provides awar...
