Essays Tagged: "per capita"
Capital Punishment
rous barbaricacts of these individuals and other killers, by taking away theirlives to function and perform in our society. At the same time, wemust insure that innocent people such as Marshall and Mi ... use of capital punishment as a form ofdeterrence does not work, as there are no fewer murders on a per-capita basis in countries or states that do have it, then thosethat do not. In order for capital ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Capital punishment
rous barbaricacts of these individuals and other killers, by taking away theirlives to function and perform in our society. At the same time, wemust insure that innocent people such as Marshall and Mi ... use of capital punishment as a form ofdeterrence does not work, as there are no fewer murders on a per-capita basis in countries or states that do have it, then thosethat do not. In order for capital ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Capital punishment
rous barbaricacts of these individuals and other killers, by taking away theirlives to function and perform in our society. At the same time, wemust insure that innocent people such as Marshall and Mi ... use of capital punishment as a form ofdeterrence does not work, as there are no fewer murders on a per-capita basis in countries or states that do have it, then thosethat do not. In order for capital ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Capital Punishment in The US
rous barbaricacts of these individuals and other killers, by taking away theirlives to function and perform in our society. At the same time, wemust insure that innocent people such as Marshall and Mi ... use of capital punishment as a form ofdeterrence does not work, as there are no fewer murders on a per-capita basis in countries or states that do have it, then thosethat do not. In order for capital ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
The Agriculture and Economics of Peru
Peru's gross domestic product in the late 1980s was $19.6 billion, or about $920per capita. Although ... emains primarily agricultural, the mining andfishing industries have become increasingly important. Peru relies primarily on theexport of raw materials--chiefly minerals, farm products, and fish meal- ... tems and allowed the inti, the nationalcurrency, to float against the United States dollar.About 35 percent of Peru's working population is engaged in farming. Mostof the coastal area is devoted to th ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Coca-Cola. Management's Achievement Claims Perspective
ing long-term growth targets. In Great Britain, Coca-Cola surpassed two leading teas of consumption per capita. People said it would not be possible, but Coke did it. That is just one example.Coca-Col ... p people make Coke a more frequent choice for those 64 ounces.The part of this Annual Report that I personally wanted to attack was the lack of sales in Canada and Coca-Cola's goals in improving them. ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
The effects of the economy on enviroment.
anged by 1996/97?To see how rich and how poor countries are you would need to look at the GDP (PPP$ per capita). This is because this column revolves around the average income for a particular country ... ntries (by about a thousand).ii) What does the column headed "Carbon dioxide emissions (metric tons per capita)" measure? For which countries did this decrease between 1990 and 1996/97?"Carbon dioxide ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences
Canada-U.S. unemployment rates. Why is Canada's so high?
ational unemployment rates of Canada and the United States had been nearly identical. Since then, a persistent 'unemployment rate gap' has emerged. Throughout most of the 1980s, Canada's unemployment ... has emerged. Throughout most of the 1980s, Canada's unemployment rate has consistently been about 2 percentage points higher than in the United States. The gap developed in spite of very similar econo ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Rehabilatation of criminals, Awaste of time or worth the effort?
1Table of contentsBackground information on crimeSince 1960, the number of violent crimes committed per capita in the United States has increased by more than 450%. More than 24,000 murders took place ... derer spends about six years in prison.*What factors decide the outcome of such individuals? Some experts feel there is no absolute answer, only speculation. There is however, a strong relationship be ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
Cuban Revolution
iful, they had more Cadillacs than any other city in the world, and the highest number of T.V. sets per capita out of all the Latin American countries . Many gambling casinos were also present. While ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History
Alcohol abuse and youth of america
in abandoned factoriesor warehouses, with the same goal in mind.Despite the fact that the nation's per capita alcohol consumptionhas been on a decline for years, drinking among minors, in the wordsof ... ors, in the wordsof Surgeon General Antonia Novello, ''is out of control.'' Morespecifically, ''unsupervised parties where kids drink are out ofcontrol. And the perception among parents that drinking ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
The History of Austraila's economic recovery after the first World War, and the affects various leaders of the country had on the country.
due to the lack of coal. Decreasing the amount of available raw materials (steel) in-turn had a hampering affect on industries that needed steel for production and expansion as well as the overall co ... ded steel for production and expansion as well as the overall condition of the economy.The post war period in Australia commenced with chronic shortages of consumer and capital goods. This position ho ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History
Is the Kyoto Accord Constitutional
ls upon the industrial nations to reduce their emissions of these greenhouse gases by at least five percent below the 1990 level by 2008-2012. However, since most countries emissions have increased si ... n is much higher; for example Canada would require a reduction of greenhouse gases by almost thirty percent in order to meet 1996 levels.IntroductionThe Canadian province that will be hardest hit, by ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
South Korea: On the Edge?
A developing country is defined as a country whose average per capita GNP is a fraction of that in more industrialized countries (8). With an average per capit ... s 45 years ago (3). Infant mortality rate is also much lower than it was in the past, at 7.7 deaths per 1000 live births (2). The government has also set up programs to keep its citizens in good healt ... mental health wing (4). Education is very important to Koreans (1). The country has a ninety-eight percent literacy rate, and most middle and high school students learn English (3). Only thirty perce ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies
Gun Control: There is no need for anymore Gun Control. Does Gun Control prevent crimes?Did Gun Control ever prevent crime?
In a policy analysis by David B. Kopel he states that "In the first 30 years of this century, U.S. per capita handgun ownership remained stable, but the homicide rate rose tenfold." I would have to c ... utality against his fellow man. "Subsequently, between 1937 and 1963, handgun ownership rose by 250 percent, but the homicide rate fell by 35.7 percent. This clearly shows no connection between the se ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
This essay is on the 5 best inventions in economic growth.
ultimate engine of economic growth is new technology. According to economists, the growth of output per capita is a fairly recent phenomenon. This can be attributed to all the new technology people ha ... rld economy.Now, the second among my choices was the printing press invented during the Renaissance period by Johannes Gutenberg. This item revolutionized printing, "making it simple and more affordab ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
South african breweries. this case is about the osition of the brewery and its strategy.
duction of beer, the miners' drink of choice was raw potato spirits mixed with tobacco juice and pepper. No wonder why the new beer was well received!Because of Apartheid, South Africa was excluded fr ... th Africa was excluded from the United Nations from 1974 to 1990 . Due to the political isolation experienced throughout these sixteen years, SAB pursued a domestic policy of purchasing cross-holdings ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
US Dollar Domination Has To Go.
dollar as the dominant reserve currency. According to the Bureau of Public Debt "it accounts for 68 percent of global currency reserves, up from 51 percent a decade ago. Yet in 2000, the US share of g ... e US share of global exports (US $781.1 billon out of a world total of $6.2 trillion) was only 12.3 percent and its share of global imports ($1.257 trillion out of a world total of $6.65 trillion) was ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Why was the international diffusion of technology relatively fast between 1820 and 1914?
the ability to implement and accept them. New technologies benefit industries by increasing output per capita this allows the industrialisation and stamps down its importance as a feature of modern e ... diffused largely between America and Western Europe. However pre-1914 only a few other countries experienced technological diffusion, mostly due to the fact that fewer countries were industrialising ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Gun Control
r rate seems to drop as more guns are sold. I read that in the first 30 years of this century, U.S. per capita handgun ownership remained stable, but the homicide rate rose tenfold. I would have to co ... brutality against his fellow man.Subsequently, between 1937 and 1963, handgun ownership rose by 250 percent, but the homicide rate fell by 35.7 percent. This clearly shows no connection between the se ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law