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    politicizing all elements of personal conduct and constraining free choices. And we know from the prohibition of alcohol in the United States from 1920 to 1933, that maintaining people’s choices never goes well. The ban resulted in overburdened courts, penal system, and police. US district attorneys “spent 44% of their time on Prohibition cases” (Florien). All this time spent on prohibition takes away from the people that really needed the police and courts to protect them and their possessions…

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    Human Trafficking In Italy

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    In Italy, the notable articles in the penal code addressing trafficking is Article 600-602. This legislation is aimed against individuals whose actions resulted in another person being enslaved or becoming in a situation similar. The component of domination over a separate individual underpins…

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    I believe these women, just as many other immigrants, come to the United States in pursuit of better life. Poverty, unemployment, inequality in China must have driven them to come here. They could have been attracted by the prospects of getting a well-paying job, an opportunity to send money to their families at home or a chance of marrying and American citizen and becoming citizens themselves. They could have been lured into the country by the stories of success they have heard from the people…

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    It is known that a child who has a mother incarcerated can leave detrimental effects on them. Most prisons do not allow the time a mother needs with their child to make a strong and intimate bond. Women’s prisons make telephone calls extremely expensive so even if a mother wanted to contact her children she may not be able to afford to do so. These children feel lost without their mothers and sometimes it’s far too late for a mother to come back into their lives after years in prison. Kids left…

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    That day the British brought 11 boats carrying an estimated 1,000 convicts to vanish them from Britain. They turned Australia into a penal colony which would let them dispose of as many prisoners as they wanted. It was a sort of blessing and a curse with the arrival of new people not because they brought new technology and animals but, because of the fact they also brought diseases. Of…

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    Trade Liberalization or also known as free trade is one of the mechanisms in International Trade . Free trade occurs when the government put no barriers in order to restrict the flow of goods and services between trading nations. The country can freely import and export their products to other countries without any restriction and barrier. “There are two types of trade liberalization, which are absolute advantages and comparative advantages” . Absolute advantage can be referred to the ability…

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    Bill C-51 Pros And Cons

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    According to him, “The business of government is to promote the happiness of the society by punishing and rewarding. The punishing part of its business is more particularly the subject of penal law. In proportion as an act tends to disturb society’s happiness, i.e. in proportion as its tendency is pernicious, it will create a demand for punishment” (Bentham 148). Therefore, with bill C-51, the Canadian government fulfill its moral obligation…

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    The Pros And Cons Of CEDAW

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    as the law on ‘prohibiting domestic violence and stalking’, birth control pill, and parental leave. They further explain that in early 2005, Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR) in Turkey, issued a shadow report urging for critical reforms on the penal code, the women’s shelters funds, the low political representation, and the inequalities in marriage and workplace (p.347). Ramdas and Janus (2011, p.35) describe that women’s organizations in the Philippines used the CEDAW Optional Protocol on…

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    “Criminal investigations of internal revenue laws became more prominent and were organized under the Prohibition Unit in 1920 and the Treasury Department elevated the Unit to bureau status in 1927 (allgov).” Ten years later “Congress transferred penal provisions of the prohibition act from…

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    Prison farming is a penal facility where prisoners are put to work doing manual labour. Prison farms serve a number of functions. According to Magezi,(2013)the following are the functions of prison farming: - Prisoners acquire skills and knowledge which becomes useful in their future. - They produce food for the prisoners and allow them to benefit from a good diet, - Prisoners benefit from good farming practices, and get rehabilitated, such that, when they are through with their terms, they…

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