Prison Policy Initiative

Christopher Hill defined foreign policy of a state as a set of strategies of activities chosen by a state with the view of safeguarding its national interests while at the same time achieving its goals within the international arena. It is also seen that foreign policy varies from individual states, governments and transnational actors. Domestic and foreign policies are recognized as increasingly inseparable and they are interconnected as a part of the overall political processes in a country.…

homeless on any given night has been estimated at around 1.3 million (National Runaway Switchboard, 2009). The state of Minnesota made an effort to tackle youth homelessness by adopting the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act in 2016, which is explicit family policy because its objectives are deliberately structured to affect minors and their families. According to the Minnesota Department of Human Services (2015), this bill requires the commissioner of human services to report on any homeless…

They are prepared in many aspects such as management, research and scholastically. The APRN must advocate and become involved in improving the profession. They must educate entry level nurses, the public and policy makers to truly make a change in the way policy is driven. The MSN and DNP nurse can bring research and best evidence based practices to the table, which certainly affects the way care is provided. Hain and Feck (2014) state that the NP must take a “outcome driven approach…

Ethnic enclaves are generally a result of ethnic minorities settling near each other to gain a sense of community, create networks, and a potential source of work enclave economy is built around local business started by immigrant entrepreneurs and creates employment for other ethnic minorities in the community (Hasmath 2016). In Light, Bozorgmehr, Der-Martirosian’s essay “Beyond the Ethnic Enclave Economy”, they define the ethnic economy as “ethnic simply because the personnel (owners and…

Brian Okello 8 June 2015 Views on the No late work accepted policy Introduction Parents send their children to school to not only become excellent academicians but also to gain useful life skills that will benefit in their future lives. Some of the skills they require include punctuality, organization, self-motivation, self-discipline to mention just a few. It is the role of the teachers, in collaboration with the parents, to ensure that this essential skills are handed over to the students.…

However, prior to examining possible alternatives policy makers should consider the Education Policy Analysis Archives’ guiding principles: 1) Teacher evaluation should be based on professional standards and must be sophisticated enough to assess teaching quality as it is manifested across the continuum of teacher…

crime rates have continued to decline, especially in the recent years, criminal justice policy continues increase, therefore, leading to new social problems, such as a growth in the prison population, increased expenditures, and lengthier prison sentences. Over these decades, however, there clearly has been a cause for concern about the lack of accountability and evidence based practice in criminal justice policy in which is needed in order to justify these new social problems and the…

and not just those who share the faith of particular government officials the First Amendment prevents the government from establishing religion, in its inappropriate government policy based on religious doctrine. Prophets who speaks for God or who has a superior interpretation of scripture should not form the basis for policy making. In the case of slavery, not many had a choice to be a slave or not to be a slave. It wasn’t a right or wrong, it’s just what they did. It was the way of life.…

As we look at the number and the decline of inner cities productivity, specifically speaking in Chicago, you can’t help but ask the question how can these racialized disparities, that have been grandfathered into policies, procedures and implementation be addressed, or at least a formulation of procedure that can level the playing field that reflects the evolutionary legal framework to meet the diverse economic resource development needs of many different cultures and ethnicities, as well as the…

Many policy and protocols are initiated with evidence based practice and is significant when implementing a new or revision of policies. Identification of a problem is key to the process of policy making and is the first step to implementing or changing of a policy (Finkelman & Kenner, 2013). The following step is to learn more about the problem that needs to be addressed. This is done…