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...prison. But the other effect of incarceration is criminalization. You have connection with gangs. You have diminished opportunities after you get out - and therefore you have some higher chance of returning to crime. Lots of researchers have tried to sort out the strength of these two effects, without much success. With early release, then, the question becomes, Does it make them more criminal because they think, 'I got away with it,' or less criminal because they think, 'The system has been really nice to me'? No one knows the answer...
...police trainers. "We, the Europeans, should look closer into how we view the right balance within the alliance." Echoing the message from the Obama Administration, he says that winning the war rests on providing "Afghans [with] better life opportunities" and strengthening the country's security forces. "My criterion of success will be to gradually hand over responsibility for security to the Afghans themselves." (See pictures of British soldiers in Afghanistan...
While fashion's big stores struggle, quirky boutiques are finding success with a different business model: small. At the überhip Confederacy in Los Angeles?where customers sip Gimme Coffee that the owners imported from Brooklyn because they miss New York?the economic crunch has only made the selection more special. "Instead of skimping by selling guys T shirts and jeans because that's what they can afford, we sell what excites people," says Ilaria Urbinati, a celebrity stylist, who buys for the store with partner Danny Masterson, an actor...
...office in the early 1990s. Kagan’s Law School colleagues all praised her work and sought to use her government service as an example for HLS students about to enter the work-force. Kagan’s recent Supreme Court appearance—a benchmark for success for the nation’s top lawyers—was front and center in the panel discussion. Fried, himself a veteran of the Supreme Court, commended Kagan for her ability to give and take in argument and acknowledge difficulty in argument before the nation’s top legal minds...
...Office of Career Services has deemed Friday’s Career Forum and International Experience Fair a recession-time success, after 125 employers participated in the annual event, a 36-percent increase over the previous recession in 2002, according to OCS assistant director Deborah Carroll. This year, OCS combined the traditional job fair with the study abroad-focused International Experience Fair, which drew an additional 55 organizations, some of which offered employment opportunities to graduating seniors and graduate students who are poised to enter the job market during the worst economic recession since the 1930s. The Career Forum typically kicks...