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Detective work and clearance rates: why increasing detective resources does not improve crime outcomes

The FBI Uniform Crime Reports for 2001 indicated that the clearance rate for homicides was 65% (Richardson and Kosa 1). The clearance rates for other types of crimes -- such as assault, theft, or rape -- were all much lower than this.

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Impact of undocumented immigration on California's healthcare system

The Pew Hispanic Center estimated in March 2005 that the illegal alien population in California was 2.4 million in 2004. The impact on business, public schools, criminal justice system, and health care has been enormous.

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Sharia law interpretations of adultery: the case of Amina Lawal

Interpretations of Shariah in relation to adultery and how interpretations of Shariah relates to the case Sharia Law originates from the teachings of the Koran and also from the Sunna which is the practice of Prophet Mohammed is carried out in different extent in various Islamic countries.

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Employee relations and diversity challenges at World Wide Whatever insurance company

I am the manager of an insurance and investment company, called World Wide Whatever (WWW). This company has existed for a little less than a decade, and incorporates a number of employees and branches. Recently, there has been plans for expanding abroad.

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Modernism and historical context in Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited"

Francis Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most prominent modernist writers. His life and career as a writer span two of the most tumultuous economical periods of the United States: the incredible economic boom of the twenties, followed by the tremendous economic crash during the Depression.

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U.S. interventions in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2001

Its intervention in Afghanistan was essentially a revenge attack for the 9/11 terrorism in order to punish the Taliban for their support of al-Qaeda; it was purportedly also aimed at capturing or killing Osama bin Laden, who lived in Afghanistan at the time, and to destroy the Islamic militant…

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Rocky Mountain Bicycles and Apple: sponsorship and brand loyalty strategies

Q1) In 2007 Rocky Mountain Bicycles signed on as the bike sponsor for the Tran Rockies Challenge. (http://www.bikes.com/news/articles.aspx?lang=en&id=199) (Rocky Mountain Bicycles replaced the former sponsor DeVinci Bicycles from Quebec.

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Fire's effects on shortleaf pine forest ecosystems

Forest fires have become a daily event in the United States, whether those fires are prescribed or wildland fires. However, the effects of those fires are often overlooked or misjudged, due to the rapid regrowth of vegetation and to the variations of effect on different species of tree life.

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: requirements and implementation

Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 is also known as Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 and is most commonly called SOX or Sarbox.

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Astrocytomas: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment advances

Brain tumor is one of the most lethal forms of cancers with more than 13,000 deaths every year in the United States.

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