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No way out

Article Abstract:

New South Wales has gained notoriety for its increasingly frequent use of jail terms to punish crimes, including life imprisonment with no chance of parole for a man who masterminded a political assassination. Dangerous driving causing death is now punished with mandatory jail sentences. The number of prisoners in the NSW prison system has risen from 6,500 when the province's current government took office in 1995 to over 7,750 currently, for an imprisonment rate of 172 prisoners per 100,000 people (twice the rate of Victoria).

Legal issues & crime, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, Justice, Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Nonresidential construction, not elsewhere classified, Prisons, Statistics, Social policy, Law, New South Wales, Prison sentences, Prison construction

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Old father time

Article Abstract:

Increasing number of men evaded their kids through their 30s and 40s due to career trajectories, wild lives or the wrong women. Many of them found solace as late first-time father or second-time-around fathers after resigning or retiring to raise a child who had previously put their soul into their careers, stretched for power and position, accumulated reputation or wealth as their measures.

Retirees

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Old dads, new tricks

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Older men raising their new children very differently from their first marriage rationalizes that they are at a stage where they are more motivated to demonstrate generosity and contribute to society. Many fathers realize that they would have a large impact on their kids' futures and do not see themselves just as essentially providers but much more.

Family, Middle aged men

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