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  2. Incapacitation (penology) - Wikipedia

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    Incapacitation in the context of criminal sentencing philosophy is one of the functions of punishment. It involves capital punishment , sending an offender to prison, or possibly restricting their freedom in the community, to protect society and prevent that person from committing further crimes.

  3. Tripartite System of education in England, Wales and Northern ...

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    The debate about the tripartite system still continues years after its abolition was initiated, and has evolved into a debate about the pros and cons of selective education in general. In general, the left-wing such as the Labour Party oppose selective education, whereas the right-wing such as the Conservative Party have traditionally supported it.

  4. Grammar schools debate - Wikipedia

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    The grammar schools debate [1] is a debate about the advantages and disadvantages of the existence of grammar schools in the United Kingdom.Grammar schools are state schools which select their pupils on the basis of academic ability, with pupils sitting an exam (called the 11-plus) in the last year of primary school to determine whether or not they gain a place.

  5. Punishment - Wikipedia

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    Incapacitation as a justification of punishment [18] refers to the offender's ability to commit further offences being removed. Imprisonment separates offenders from the community, for example, Australia was a dumping ground for early British criminals. This was their way of removing or reducing the offenders ability to carry out certain crimes.

  6. Issues in higher education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The study shows that more selective universities provide their students with better resources. [99] The authors show that the 82 most selective colleges spend $27,900/student on average, while the least selective open access two- and four-year colleges (where Latinos and African Americans are over-represented) spend $6,000/student on average. [99]

  7. Selective school - Wikipedia

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    The pros and cons of a selective school system are a constant issue in discussions about German schools, while many parents take strong efforts to make their children attend Gymnasium. Attendance of Gymnasium had strongly increased in the second part of the 20th century to the majority of pupils in many areas.

  8. Self-selection bias - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, self-selection bias arises in any situation in which individuals select themselves into a group, causing a biased sample with nonprobability sampling.It is commonly used to describe situations where the characteristics of the people which cause them to select themselves in the group create abnormal or undesirable conditions in the group.

  9. Incapacitation - Wikipedia

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    Incapacitation may refer to: Incapacitation (penology), one of the functions of punishment; Incapacity, a legal disqualification; See also. Incapable (disambiguation)