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to understand that sentencing disparities are active under the current guidelines. Mainly because discretionary rulings are used in ways that disadvantage minority groups (Albonetti, 1997, 1998; Kramer and Steffens Meier, 1993; Kramer and Ulmer, 1996; Steffens Meier et al., 1993; Steffens Meier and Demuth, 2000; Ulmer,…

ineffienct system and an economist, Joel Waldfogel, conducted several studies that showed how gifts lose value from the original purchase price. In Waldfogel’s article (1993), he surveyed two groups of college students to investigate how much value was lost. The ratio of average value to average price paid was 71.5% and 90.8% (Waldfogel 1993). The survey for the first group of students lumped all gifts received together no matter relationship and the second survey separated out the gifts based…

The relationship between a mother and a child is a bond like no other. Mothers play an important role in children’s development in terms on nurturing. From the mother, the child learns a significant amount of social and emotional skills. Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder have difficulties in properly interacting with their children. Their unstable emotional and social behavior reflects in their interaction with their own children. Studies show that the BPD mothers can cause…

death would be unable to be considered either suicide or homicide. This led them to find it considered a natural death. “Without artificial life support, she would succumb to her natural fate, not to suicide nor to medically-induced death.” (Dickens, 1993, p.1058-1059) Although she was surviving through a machine and it was helping her breathe, it would not improve or cure her condition. Her life would be constricted to a bed, living off a machine to help her breathe. “Nancy B. was held to have…

(Siegel 7). Constant donations and charity raising events are brought to the public eye in hopes to one day find a cure. In 1993, ESPN developed an award called the Arthur Ashe Courage Award to commemorate someone who demonstrates courage and do things to transcend their sporting careers. In the first year of its existence, ESPN awarded this award to Jim Valvano at the 1993 ESPYs. Valvano presented an iconic speech that chronicled his life, and brought attention to his Jimmy V Foundation for…

factor, the higher the shown level of ethnocentrism. It is generally recognized that younger consumers are not affected by personal experience and past events, and therefore will have less limitations and restrictions on their choice of products. Shin (1993), showed that older consumers have a tendency towards domestic products are more likely to be conservative, where younger consumers are attracted towards imported products. When examining gender, it is seen that women are more patriotic,…

get caught. (Hayes, 1993). A lot employees actually believe that they will get caught so they are likely deterred from committing it. I believe that people who felt like they are not going to get caught have the highest risk of theft. This people knows the worst case is get fired and they can find jobs somewhere…

Community can even be linked to someone’s professional or religious affiliation (Christians, Ferre, & Fackler, 1993). In this dissertation, the term community is used to define those who have a common interest relating to a specific geographic area, and more specifically the subscribers to a publication that focuses its coverage upon that area. The geographic limitation…

(1993: 1–2) In his book, Naguib Mahfouz: the Pursuit of Meaning (1993), El-Enany provides a biographical sketch of Mahfouz’s works based on historical, religious and social changes within Egypt during the period between 1930 and 1990. In another article on Mahfouz’s death, entitled ‘Egyptian…

Which of the tips on the handout for writing reader-based prose seem the most useful? Why? As I examined Fowler’s (1993), article, I was struck by a common theme that wove through three of the tips, making them the moist useful to me as a writer. Fowler (1983) suggests that one should, “anticipate, your audience’s response”, “organize for the creative reader”, and “use cues to guide your reader” (Fowler, 1983, pp.1-2). The first tip, “analyze your audience”, appears to be the natural starting…