Juvenile Delinquency In order to determine an appropriate sentence for a 17-year-old youth who committed an armed robbery, I would first need to study the offender's criminal history. Whether the offender had a history of escalating offenses as a ju Continue Reading...
Jeffrey Dahmer- The Criminal Delinquency Jeffrey Dahmer was born on 21st May 1960. He was a known serial killer, rapist and engaged in a myriad of other crimes. Dahmer killed 17 males between 1978 and 1991. He also meted out a range of heinous acts Continue Reading...
Juvenile Delincency in Urban Areas Juvenile delinquency is a contemporary term for an old problem. One of the oldest relevant studies of the phenomenon was 'social disorganization' theory, which was developed by the Chicago school of sociology in th Continue Reading...
Theories of DelinquencyIntroductionTwo theoretical frameworks through which juvenile delinquency can be examined are Strain Theory and Social Learning Theory. For instance, Strain Theory suggests that societal pressures and the inability to achieve s Continue Reading...
Amato, P.R. (2008) Recent Changes in Family Structure -- Implications for Children, Adults, and Society. National Healthy Marriage Resource Center, 1 -- 36. "The research literature is consistent in showing that children who experience divorce, com Continue Reading...
Juvenile Criminals As social systems expand to cover the ever growing social dynamics, the norms governing social behaviors are losing their ability to control behaviors. Over the years, concerns over the rising level of crimes committed primarily b Continue Reading...
Moreover, if an adolescent who has reached 18 commits sexual offending is considered an adult sex offender, "what does this mean for young adults who engaged in sexually abusive behavior prior to age 18?" (p. 433). Because of this blurry line, Rich Continue Reading...
Causes of Juvenile DelinquencyThere are a number of societal trends and common happenstances that have complex and numerous causes. Juvenile delinquency would be one of those things. There are clearly some antecedents and precursors that are going to Continue Reading...
Adolescent Substance Abuse and Delinquent Behavior The incidence of adolescent substance abuse is a significant public health issue. More and more, statistics show that substance abuse in the United States is not only widespread but growing. It has Continue Reading...
seminar was revolving more around why childhood education is important and the various credentials that support increased effort in this arena. Even though there were many related topics covered in this seminar, the major objective and goal is the r Continue Reading...
Role of Family in Juvenile Offenders Sociology 398: Methods of Social Research Barrett, D., Ju, S., Katsiyannis, A., Zhang, D. (2015). Females in the juvenile justice system: influences on delinquency and recidivism. Journal of Child and Family St Continue Reading...
Family Law Court Observation Rachel Faybyshev Family Law Ally, Esq. Family Law Court Observation I visited the NYC Family courthouse that is located in 60 Lafayette St. on October 13, 2016. I thought I had a pretty good idea of what it was going Continue Reading...
Family Law Midterm Rachel Faybyshev Ally, Esq. Instructions: Please respond to each question in essay format. Each question highlights the week in which the subject matter was covered but please do not forget to include the subject matters (and th Continue Reading...
Social Norm Make answer question completely. Your answers cohesive essays. 1. Discuss explain types social norms. What role dominant culture play establishing norms? 2. What role time place defining crime? How social norms related understanding crim Continue Reading...
Sociology Functionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism all pertain to the institution of the family. These are three interrelated approaches that can and should be used together to provide a more accurate view of the family from a sociological Continue Reading...
I wanted to talk to my grandmother about this, moving away from our own family context. She believed strongly that the family is the central unit of social control, with the parents as strong disciplinarians who teach their children social norms and Continue Reading...
Civilians lose their civil liberties in times of war. Thousands are arrested, often only for associating with suspects. The rights of those arrested are often suspended or denied. Others are harassed because of their very opposition to war and polic Continue Reading...
Behavior Experiment The experiment took place in a busy office building at around five o'clock in the evening. It started on the ground floor and involved walking into an elevator and not turning around. The total number of people who entered the el Continue Reading...
urban violence as it relates to a significant family stressor. The author examines the causes of violence as related to family stressors and applies a program to it to affect change. There were five sources used to complete this paper. The problem Continue Reading...
Absentee Fathers Unfortunately, the scenario in which there are absentee fathers in a family has occurred far too frequently in contemporary society. This issue is more prevalent among certain social groups than among others. For instance, in commu Continue Reading...
Having difficulties connecting with other people is part of life. Both Indians and whites have suffered from a lack of communication, between themselves and within their own communities. Many of the most well-intentioned foster parents failed to co Continue Reading...
Aggression from a Heritability Perspective There is a social bias against the idea of aggression, so that many people conflate the ideas of aggression and violence, so that they cannot separate them. This suggests that aggression is negative, which Continue Reading...
psychological research there a thousands of pressing questions, yet among all those questions one rises to the top of the list. In the area of family psychology and family therapy the question of the psychological affects of domestic violence on chi Continue Reading...
Workshops are arranged for their further training in recognizing such behavior but over time the officers have also found direct relationships with other crime such drug dealing and grand theft auto. Other such animal cruelty like cock and dog fight Continue Reading...
This is an important consideration that each clinical practitioner must contemplate sooner or later -- and perhaps it is best done sooner rather than later. It is not something I have considered lightly, but at the end of the day I am confident that Continue Reading...
Crime is not the only issue where homelessness is concerned, however, and homelessness in and of itself can be very difficult for someone to deal with, especially if the homelessness was unexpected or there are many familial obligations that sudden Continue Reading...
represented briefly in the narrative my colleague presented -- that explains how young people become delinquent. Boys from disadvantaged and dysfunctional families, in particular, the research shows, are apt to join up with gangs because in the abse Continue Reading...
Participant in a Community-Based Group for Troubled Youth Literature has shown group psychotherapy to be an effective way of improving the mental health outcomes of multiple populations, including adolescents and young children. Today, community-ba Continue Reading...
Shoplifting & Social Process Theory The Social Process Theory argues that people commit crime based on social influences (McQuade, 2009). Social influences can be strong where shoplifting is concerned with peer pressure in delinquency or with fa Continue Reading...
4). This idea has since been abandoned. The mythology of the Amazons, a matriarchy of warrior women, has been discounted as no more than a myth, one deriving from the deep-seated fear on the part of males that they might lose their power and authori Continue Reading...
Rising U.S. Crime Rate Crime in the United States Crime in the United States took a sharp uptick starting in the middle of the 20th century but has actually leveled off since then, at least for the most part. However, even with the moderation in cr Continue Reading...
Grapes of Wrath Human society, by and large, was historically organized on patriarchal lines till the feminist movement picked up real momentum in the twentieth century. In America, for instance, women were given the right to vote only in the 1920s Continue Reading...
Individual and Society Relationship between Individual and Society As the world has penetrated into the age of advancements, numerous facets have been changed over time, and the relationship between the individual and society is one of the elements Continue Reading...
Gang Members Come From Unstable Households? There exists a wide range of reasons as to why individuals join gangs. Reasons in this case could include but are not limited to the need for protection, economic gain, peer pressure as well as familial i Continue Reading...
Social Work Identify observable characteristics of a life transition in the life of young people leaving care? Significant influencing factors determining the process and. their implication for social work practice? Characteristics of a life transi Continue Reading...
Rising Divorce Rates The Need for and Purpose of the Project The Sub-problems Couples Therapy Prevention Therapy Impact of Divorce on Children Chapter 5-Conclusions, Summary and Recommendations, The Need for and the Purpose of the Project Div Continue Reading...
Conflict Theory & Social Control Theory: A Comparison Both conflict theory and social control theory have their similarities and differences. It is important to discuss and address those issues because both theories have been used as a way to ta Continue Reading...
