United States federal prisons. (Sentencing Project. "Trends in U.S. Corrections.") In the same time the population in state prisons grew just as dramatically making a total of 2.2 million prisoners in the United States by 2013. (Lauren E. Glaze, Danielle Kaeble. "Correctional Populations in the United States, 2013.") Due to this growth the U.S. quickly became the country with the most prisoners total as well as per capita, and by a large margin at that. The U.S. contains 737 prisoners per…
On February 18, 2006, 15 year old Jessica Ray attempted suicide, while just 23 days earlier, she had been prescribed the antidepressant Prozac without being warned of the increased risk of suicide in adolescents that Prozac can cause. Prozac was prescribed to Jessica Ray off-label, meaning it was used in a way that was not suggested on the drug label itself (Floyd v. U.S). Though pediatric clinical trials started in 1718 when smallpox was running wild all over Eurasia, not enough trials have…
Trauma: The Silent Killer Have you ever experienced something so distressing in your life that it still haunts you to this day? If so, you have witnessed what many would call a traumatic event. Trauma is a long-lasting and pervasive problem that many people deal with due to exposure to an event that is emotionally disturbing. It is a common issue in the U.S. and affects hundreds of millions today. What makes trauma so severe, though, is the impact it can have on an individual’s wellness. Trauma…
The National Center for Biotechnology Information(NCBI) did a study of 155 female children between the ages of four to seventeen who were in foster care. They found sexual abuse was reported by eighty-one percent of them, and sixty-eight percent were sexually abused by more than one individual (Girls). It is a social workers job to find out about mistreatment like this, and with such high percentages of sexual abuse, there is an obvious problem in the system. Whether the social worker has too…
Magnetic Field Therapy Danielle Scott Vermont Technical College Magnetic Field Therapy Magnetic field therapy should be used as a complementary and alternative medicine before pharmaceutical interventions to treat patients. Magnetic field therapy penetrates the entire body and has fewer side effects. Magnetic field therapy has many benefits to offer patients to maintain health and treat illness. Magnetic field therapy provides a non invasive, safe, and easy method. The physiological…
Can women handle fighting in combat? In 2016, The Pentagon plans to open combat roles to women (Bush, 2014). Women are already deployed to war zones, but should not be allowed to come face to face with the enemy. Society does not portray women to be natural killers. After serving four years in the Marine Corps, I have seen even the strongest, most courageous women, lack the strength of an average male Marine. “Recently, multiple media outlets reported that female Marines in boot camp are…
She is the sibling of her younger sister Danielle Dawes and older sister to Don Dawes Jr. who also participated in the Olympic Games. Dominique became a ranked gymnastics at the young age of 10 at her first U.S. National Competition in 1988. From there she began to compete internationally in countries…
School spirit goes farther than the field for the Pine Ridge Pantherette Dance team. The weekend of November 22nd, 2015 the city of Deland, Florida held their annual Deland Fall Festival of the Arts. The Pantherettes performed a few of their routines from their pep rally routine to a dance created for their few competitions during the season. The first performance was a new work to the music “Goodnight Moon” by Shivaree, the music selection was very instrumental to the choreography and helped…
message about the fast food industry. He also carefully works in small portions of subjective language. He has interviews with teens who work for fast food companies and farmers who grow and breed the food for the companies. Such as his description of Danielle Brent, a seventeen-year-old McDonald’s worker, “On Saturday mornings the alarm on her cell phone goes off at five-thirty. It’s still dark outside as she stumbles into the bathroom, takes a shower, puts on her makeup, and gets into her…
performed for cosmetic reasons in the United States, with 268,888 procedures performed in 2002”(1). This popularity causes more women to have a greater chance of being falsely diagnosed leading to more deaths in the female population. Many women like Danielle Lloyd author of Wish I'd Never Messed With My Body advises against plastic surgery using her horrific experiences as a tale of warning. Mrs. Lloyd a retired model and former Miss England grew up with a need to stay at a standard of beauty.…