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According to article “Why Motive Matters: Designing Effetive Policy Responses to Modern Day Debtors’ Prisons,” a harsh and critical civil rights report prepared by the United States Department of Justice prompted a deeper analysis both locally and nationally, of city’s municipal courts, uncovering modern-day debtors’ prisons. What was once considered immoral in the Victorian era has surfaced right here in our backyard. The goals of…

The right to privacy is a complex issue due to its lack of definition in the Constitution. There is no direct Amendment that spells out what privacy is to be expected. The most important case for setting the standards of privacy Griswold v. Connecticut explored this problem. In this case Justice Douglass listed the origins of the right to privacy from coming from the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Amendments and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Douglass stated…

English. But, having English as the official language will have some exceptions. Those exceptions would be for safety services, public health,and judicial proceedings. Having English as the official language does not get rid of the right or prevent immigrants from preserving their cultural heritage and language in their personal lives. A study by the U.S. Department of Labor found that immigrants learn English more quickly when they have less native language support. 57 percent of Hispanics say…

cells to propagate differentiated human cells, tissues, or organs should be prohibited because these embryos are alive, and scientists do not fully know the effects of this research. Scientific background: According to the American Journal of Health Education, “Stem cells are template cells found throughout the body that can grow to become cells with specialized functions” (Eve,…

make a difference? While some people agree, many others disagree, I fall upon the side that supports this idea. It has been proven by many doctors that one hour of sleep, indeed does make a difference in a person’s day. According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, “Adults should aim for…

opening professions of today. First, what is the FBI and what do they? Federal Bureau of Investigation is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which serves as the nation's prime source of investigation for the U.S. Department of Justice (“USA history”). The Bureau of Investigation primarily investigated violations of laws involving cybercrime, terrorism, bank robbing, kidnapping, white collar crimes, drug trafficking, and public corruption. Because the early…

Ways of Knowing All professions endeavor to develop a body of knowledge that guides and defines their particular profession, nursing as a profession is no exception. Florence Nightingale is seen as the founder of modern nursing, in that she developed high standards for the care of her patients, including their environment. Nightingale initiated formal education for nurses and advocated for social reform. Knowledge in nursing may have changed over time; Nevertheless, the central tenets and…

deeply-rooted and complex issue that goes far beyond the color of one’s skin, and it is unknowingly engrained in the minds of today’s members of society. Alabama joined the Union in 1819 as the 22nd state and was later declared a slave state as part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. While slavery was officially abolished in 1865 by the Thirteenth Amendment, racism can still be seen generations later. The Criminal Justice System of Alabama is impacted tremendously by racism both internally with…

As defined by Susan M. Wolf, “euthanasia is the practice of intentionally and directly ending the life of a person who has a severe and incurable disease or medical condition” (Wolf). Euthanasia usually takes place in patients with terminal illnesses, that ask to be euthanized. There are six major subtypes of euthanasia: active, passive, voluntary, involuntary, indirect, and assisted suicide (“BBC - Ethics- Euthanasia: Forms of Euthanasia”). In a society where euthanasia is legal, the “Law of…

1.0 INTRODUCTION It is known that radiation can be very harmful to a person’s health. According to Marshall and Keene (2006:1), with the recent expansion of diagnostic and interventional radiology, it has been noted that an alarming dose of radiation can be administered to a patient, in a single scan, without having to repeat a procedure. With the evolution of radiography, interventional radiology has become a norm in the diagnosis protocol and it is therefore important to understand the concept…