999 Search Results for Juvenile Behavior
Women and the Death Penalty Analysis
An Analysis of the Historical Effect of Gender and Race on the Application of the Death Penalty in the United States
While the debate over capital punishment continues to rage in the United States, questions of Continue Reading...
EFFECTS OF TRAUMA Effects of TraumaPart 11. Lets talk about Marilyn. What were your thoughts and reactions to her case as described in the book? Do you think she can ever have a successful intimate relationship? What needs to be done for this to happ Continue Reading...
Annotated bibliography: Adolescent Psychology
Donaldson, S.J. & Ronan, K. R. (2006, Summer). The effects of sports participation on young adolescents' emotional well-being. Adolescence, 41(162), 369-373
This 2006 study investigated the link b Continue Reading...
Diverse Nature of Psychology
Psychology has not been around a terribly long amount of time, dating back only a century or two. However, the diverse outgrowths and subsets of psychology that have emerged and flourished in the years since is nothing s Continue Reading...
criminal justice system by providing the essential definition of terms like Antidotal, Qualitative, and Quantitative Evidence. 'Justice' in the context criminal justice is also defined. The definitions in this study extend to include endnotes, footn Continue Reading...
Strain Theory
The subject of strain theory is a very hot topic in the public, psychology and otherwise scholarly spheres. Indeed, academic search engines are teeming with reports, studies and summaries of strain theory in all of its forms, functions Continue Reading...
role of a social worker and evaluates their contributions to the drug court team on the basis of the ten key components of Drug Courts. There has been research on the role of social workers role in drug courts. However, there has not been so much fo Continue Reading...
Racism in a Multicultural Society
United States is called a melting pot because of the influx of immigrants from diverse backgrounds who have all somehow adapted well to the life in the U.S. We are talking about the U.S. In multicultural context bec Continue Reading...
However, sociologists argue that the retributive justice theory suffers due to the lack of appreciation of circumstantial causes involved in the commission of crime. By counting 'free will' as the only factor involved in a crime the deontological th Continue Reading...
In the end, the capacity for gangs persist throughout history has shown that they are not merely one-dimensional juvenile delinquents, as they are often portrayed in media. They are also well-organized groups that have the ability to serve social p Continue Reading...
Other physical differences in the genders affect their preferences and are seen from infancy as well.
During infancy, males have superior visual acuity. In contrast, female infants demonstrate better auditory discrimination and localization. This l Continue Reading...
(Nofziger, 2001, p. 10)
All sociological (subculture) theories do not blame the parents of deviant children for bad parenting, some in fact say it isn't an abundance of bad parenting but a lack or limitation of positive parenting in a subculture t Continue Reading...
..This perspective is from the U.S.A.; in Europe, violence in school and the concern about violence may not be at similar levels, but it is undoubtedly a topic of major concern (Smith, 2003, p. 1).
This article also makes the important point that sc Continue Reading...
Dropping the interest rates and doing other things to make consumers breathe a little easier when they make a purchase shows that the country is pulling together, which is something that the recession is teaching almost everyone in America - that pe Continue Reading...
(Prins, Fire-Raising)
The increase in juvenile crime related arson is particularly troubling. One theory suggest that undiagnosed and untreated conduct disorder in early childhood may be the progenitors in the creation of an arsonist:
From a diagn Continue Reading...
Other factors included family problems and family substance abuse.
Two common aspects occurred in all three blocks: first, interaction between the individual and the collective perspective; and second, the relationship between the subject's interio Continue Reading...
Lowenstein)
These children also might see their own feelings of a wish to do physical harm toward another reflected in the feelings of others, the psychological term known as projection, and may be afraid or paranoid of others intentions.
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Suicide Among Youth and Elderly
Type of Diagnosis
Epidemiological Diagnosis
Behavioral Diagnosis
Educational Diagnosis
Contrary to overall trends, the suicide rate for youths 15 to 19 years old has increased over the last few decades. Suicide wa Continue Reading...
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Personal Assessment
Alcohol and drug abuse is one of the major problems in today's society that continues to affect many young people. I have witnessed many young people about my age trying alcohol and drug abuse for various Continue Reading...
Latinos participations are low in CAPS, and most of their members are unaware of the strategies of CAPS. Their levels of awareness have been on a declining state since the year 1990. Their involvement in these meetings was driving by the levels of c Continue Reading...
Erik Erikson: The Eight Stages of Development
Biography
Although not as famous as Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson was no less influential in the development of 20th century psychology. Like Freud, Erikson viewed human beings as developing through a ser Continue Reading...
The rest of this section did not score John any points either bad or good since he appears to have a relatively stable home life in which he does not do drugs or alcohol.
The other measurement that this assessment gauges is that of needs. This sect Continue Reading...
At the same time, technical assistance in adopting and implementing these best practices and in program evaluation has been extended (Johns).
Sex Education Programs -- These include group discussion and emphasize the importance of peer influence (O Continue Reading...
Moseley, chair of the Coalition advisory board and president and CEO of the Academy for Educational Development. "It is not a luxury that can be addressed at some point in the future, but rather it provides people with the tools to survive and impro Continue Reading...
Less dramatically, in my own personal experience I have known people who have engaged in minor acts of delinquent behavior, for no apparent reason, and I have (successfully, I believe) had to deal with peer pressure to engage in antisocial acts.
In Continue Reading...
People can no longer decide on their selves, and there the rulers of the country must intervene. The measures proposed will have as finality the reduction in violent attacks, and more tranquil life in American cities and ghettos. The feasibility of Continue Reading...
killer whales. It has 6 sources.
The following is a brief overview of the biological classification, diet, distribution and social behavior of the mammalian orcinus orca. The research also outlines the factors that are responsible for the decline i Continue Reading...
South Carolina Department of CorrectionsThe modern ideology of having inmates in prison is to help them develop a positive reinstitution of notions towards the society rather than inflicting more pain upon them through punitive charges, compromising Continue Reading...
Abstract
Indeterminate sentencing laws allow judges to give convicted felons a window of time rather a specific sentence length. With indeterminate sentencing, the judge provides a minimum and a maximum but defers authority regarding when a prisoner Continue Reading...
Gang Violence Prevention
Gang Violence
Study of each and every society around the world gives us a phenomenon, which indicates at a certain graph related to organized crime. American society has long been associated with such a vice, and there have Continue Reading...
Boot Camp's Program Claim of a 0% Recidivism Rate
Addressing a Boot Camp's Program's Claim of a 0% Recidivism Rate
The Claim: A Boot Camp Program Run by a Local Sheriff's Department Claims a Recidivism Rate of 0%
My assessment on the accuracy of Continue Reading...
Criminal justice administration mainly focuses on crime prevention and punishing any illegal activities. Criminal justice administration is wide and it entails law enforcement and the judicial administration. Some of the jobs that relate to criminal Continue Reading...
Educational Deficiencies of Delinquent and Nondelinquent Students
This study was conducted in Florida to explore the relationship between education and delinquency. The authors contend that previous research that explored this issue was limited by Continue Reading...
Delinquency
Family environment as a predictor of adolescent delinquency
According to the study entitled "Family environment as a predictor of adolescent delinquency" by Monique Matherne and Adrienne Thomas (2001), juvenile delinquency has long been Continue Reading...
Ethnicity in Stafford, Virginia
Living in the commonwealth of Virginia in the year 2012 is a mostly enjoyable existence for myself and the fellow members of my community. Stafford, Virginia is a relatively small place. We have about 100,000 people l Continue Reading...
Colleagues' Responses
Response
The first essay was very descriptive of the Juvenile System, and this was great. I was happy to see that children in these institutions are not neglected, that they are provided with role models, and with coaches who Continue Reading...
) during the evaluation. This interaction could have plausibly influence responses and skewed the results. The comparison was used to demonstrate student growth in knowledge and attitude during the course.
The authors' position is that, "overall," t Continue Reading...
To the extent that crime is a function of larger social issues, it is unrealistic to expect those underlying social problems to be rectified by law enforcement efforts. Even with respect to specific incidence of criminal behavior, law enforcement au Continue Reading...
Unit 3
Question
What types of research question(s) can best be addressed through the use of case studies? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the case study approach?
The case study approach is favored in many research studies in the so Continue Reading...