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    Adult Time by Linda Collier appeared in Washington Post on March 29, 1998. In this article Collier explains the growing issue of improper sentencing in the Juvenile Criminal Justice System. Collier, a Pennsylvania lawyer who has worked in the juvenile courts feels as if since the crimes committed by juveniles has increased 60% since 1984 it needs to be revamped to appropriately punish perpetrators because juveniles have become more likely to commit serious deadly crimes. Though Collier is…

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    cancer treatment. Delegated functions: Delegation is any direct care assignment given to appropriate personnel by a registered nurse (Lewenson & Truglio-Londrigan, 2013). Public health nurses have the responsibility to determine the needs of collier county population. After performing assessment, evaluation and nursing decision, public health nurses can decide which experience personnel can assist with tasks. As an example; nursing aids visiting cancer patients at home have the task of…

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    United Way Case Study

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    more United Way health and human service agency or targeted areas such as education, income and health. Here is an overview on what some of these agencies do and how your donation “helps people fly”: Meals on Wheels Inc. – Tarrant County Meals on Wheels of Tarrant County is a non-profit organization focused on promoting the dignity and independence of older adults, disabled people and other homebound clients by delivering nutritious meals and providing or coordinating daily…

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    The LIncoln Memorial Abraham's LIfe Boom! the sound of a gunshot echoed through the theatre. The next morning Abraham LIncoln was dead. Abraham was born in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky on February 12, 1809. When young Abraham was nine years old, tremetol (milk sickness) at the age of 34. The event was devastating on him He walked away from his father and resented the hard work placed on him at a young age. A few months later abraham's dad married Sarah Bush Johnston, a Kentucky…

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    an adult for strong armed robbery and extortion and faced life in prison. The crime? Taking two dollars of a classmate 's lunch money. Anthony, a mentally disabled child that functioned at the level of a five year old, had to spend four weeks in a county jail when his family couldn’t post the five hundred dollar bail. The prosecutor, Barry E Krischer dropped the charges after the issue gained national attention (Hansen 45). In contrast, in 2008 a 22 year old was brought to court as an adult…

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    Trying juveniles in the adult criminal court system is a tool reserved for the most serious, violent, and chronic offenders who rightfully must face more serious consequences for their crimes than those available in juvenile court. Data from 40 urban counties was used to describe the characteristics of thousands of juveniles charged with felonies in state courts. The findings indicated that the prosecution of juveniles in criminal court is generally reserved for those charged with the crimes of…

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    Radium Springs is an Unincorporated community that is located in the coastal plain area which is right below the piedmont region. The exact location of the Radium Spring is Southwest on the outskirts of Albany Georgia in Dougherty county. The Radium spring is one of Georgia’s seven wonders and the largest natural artesian spring in the state of Georgia. The formation of this spring is due to the karst topography where the surface of the water infiltrated the earth crust surface that became the…

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    and his wife were only going to testify against his brother, and not him due to his age. When Melvin talked about his childhood, he mentions that he was never a good kid. With his father figure out of the picture he had a rough childhood. It was in county jail where Melvin found out that he was being tried as an adult. Mark did not go to trial, instead he plea bargained for life-and-ten sentence which is essentially life without parole. Melvin went from Donaldson State Prison, a level six, high…

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    he was arrested and sent to Washington to be tried for war crimes. Wirz trial lasted for two months, during his trial he faced charges of conspiracy and cruelty. Wirz was hanged on November tenth, eighteen sixty five.(Hillstrom, Kevin, and Laurie Collier Hillstrom.) He was buried at Mount Olivet cemetery in Washington…

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    Evaluating Coastal Failure

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    quantified based on the past disturbances. As the vulnerability is quite context-specific, more detailed conditions of the local coastal area should be considered for a useful and meaningful result. The selected area in this study is Lee County and Collier County in southwest Florida, US. This region is tourism-driven and less managed as a sailing division since 1950s. It shows an obscure boundary of urban, suburban and rural landscape. The dominant low-density, single-family houses with large…

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