Abstract
This paper offers a brief examination of this article which evaluates the success of a cooperative program that allows authorized county jail inmates to participate in the local community by constructing houses in selected neighborhoods for families who qualify. It explains how the article concludes that the program was a success and that by participating in the program, jail inmates are able to contribute to the community while learning life skills that could reduce the likelihood that they would reoffend upon release.

From the Paper
"The program in Broward County experienced success in several ways. First, it was successful in attracting participants and providing opportunities for the participants to use construction skills acquired prior to their incarceration and learn new construction skills. In addition, the inmates participating in the program reported improvements in their self-esteem, work habits and self-control during their participation. And the program also successfully constructed houses for community residents."

Tags:offense, construction, housing, skills

Abstract
This paper looks at how teenagers use cars and guns as weapons and discusses the number of deaths in traffic and gunshot deaths among people under twenty years of age in Broward and Dade counties. The numbers are broken down into different categories, such as race, murder, and suicide. Prevention plans concerning both guns and cars are also discussed.

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"People always say that it is not guns that kill people it is people that kill people. People feel that they must protect themselves from other people. Now laws on guns make it harder for an under aged person to obtain a gun. Teenagers feel it is easier to get money by selling drugs and stealing from other people. In order to look tough they feel a gun will protect them but they wave it around as if it will not do any harm. Guns are not always used for protection. Being a teenager can be tough. The teenage years are the hardest part of growing up."

Tags:race, murder, drugs

Abstract
This paper explains how the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the 2000 Presidential elections blurred the lines between the three branches of government and made expediency of more importance than rule of law. The paper also points out that, at the time the decision was made, the majority of the justices of the Supreme Court had been appointed by Republican presidents, either Reagan or Bush Sr. The paper also talks about the importance of precedence in Supreme Court rulings and how the decision made by the Supreme Court on the 2000 elections will have a "trickle down" effect not only on subsequent sitting Supreme Court decisions, but on the character of decisions made generally in the courts of the United States.

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"The dissenting opinions make it clear that the dissenters were acting on the principles set out in the Constitution, and according to the proper Constitutional structure and field of action of each branch of government. Justice Souter, agreeing with Justices Stevens, Ginsburg and Breyer, noted that the three issues before them were "straightforward". Among those issues were whether the Florida Supreme Court's interpretation of the election results violated a state law; whether the Florida Supreme Court had exceeded its powers in allowing a recount, and that those powers should have resided in the state's legislature, and; whether the variety of standards for interpreting the hard-to-read ballots constituted violation of equal protection or due process. Souter dismissed that third claim out of hand."

Tags:florida, bush, gore, palm, beach, broward, county, voting, irregularities, ballots, mechanical, human, failures