4. Which level of measurement, interval or ratio has a zero that does not indicate an absence of the concept. Give examples of two variables that could have a zero, but the concept would not be absent (this can be any variable you select, not necessarily a variable that was used in the study).…
This article is about the interviewing of young victims of cyber abuse by law enforcement and legal personnel. I found the article to be somewhat brief, but it is valuable as it is dense with information on the psychological side of “how” and “why” children and adolescents fall victim to internet predators. I liked this particular article because it differed from many other articles in that it explained the importance of how an interview should be conducted, and in explaining that importance it helps the reader grasp a better understanding of the psychological impact of the victims. I believe the psychological awareness and facts…
By helping promote these we are setting a routine and helping build hand eye coordination. If we make activities fun children will want to participate and not see them as tasks. It can also help teach the children numeracy and sequencing by matching colures and counting. By helping teach children some simple skills we are helping them build their life skills.…
There are several reasons why juveniles commit crimes and act up. Some of these can be explained by theories or in other words educated guesses. Although theories are only educated guesses they can be used to decide why juvenile delinquents come through the court systems. Theories can be helpful in determining why children or teenagers become a criminal. It also helps to determine what can help deter crimes by juveniles. In this essay theories will be explained that could fit some of the children in the following case studies.…
Routine activities theory or criminological perspective, which incorporates the well-known crime triangle of a motivated offender, a suitable target, and the absence of a capable guardian (Hoover, 2014).Routine activities theory suggests that the organization of routine activities in society create opportunities for crime (routine activities, 2017).…
First and foremost, from a historical view juveniles delinquency and its process are recently developed, even the idea of childhood and adolescence. Juvenile delinquency is an offense done by youths. In U.S. jurisdiction youths are considered between the age of 7 and 18 while delinquent statutes provide a specific age. Some others refer to the age of other statute. Historically youths haven’t enjoyed their Statuses as childhoods and adolescence as we understands them nowadays where during childhood the needs nurturing and guidance for their development process.…
In this paper, I hope to analyze and figure out what causes individuals to commit crimes and the many theories in criminology. Social process theory is one such assumption and argues that interaction and interacting with other individuals certain criminal behaviors are learned. There are four types of social process theories including: social learning theory, social control theory, social labeling theory, and dramaturgical perspective. The developmental process and background of social process theories will be discussed in this paper. Also the important parts of this theory to criminology and the pro’s and con’s that are a part of the theory.…
The essay will first introduce the historical development of the concept of childhood, demonstrating the overtime evolution of “childhood”. Then, it will give detailed explanation of why discourse of innocence has the power to influence public perceptions about child-related sexual crimes.…
In this society, there are adolescences that happen to slip through the cracks and stay in the system of justice for criminals all through their existence even if some are bailed out by efficient guidelines during crucial developmental periods. The regulation for juvenile misconduct could be managed on criminals up until 21 years of age when the court considers that the offender is emerging. Some issues related with young crime has to do with living in an insecure family environment and family hostility, deprivation, drugs, negligent peer cliques, frequent contact with violence, media violent behavior, and easy exposure to firearms.…
Throughout the years juvenile delinquency has been amongst us since the turn of man. Whether good or bad many kids have issues with doing the right thing, many are addicted to committing crimes or the thrill of not getting caught when they commit crimes. Then we have the few kids that had to deal with the same life situations as the children who commit crimes and they do not see or feel the need to act out about how or what cards were dealt to them, these few kids work hard at school and obey what they are told by their parents. Before the problem with juvenile delinquency was not recognized by the public until recently because of the amount of issues and youth crime brought before the courts. Researchers are trying to do research on how juvenile delinquency has become a major concern in today’s society and how we can try to point out the problem and try to find ways of fixing and or slowing down the youth crime rate. Sigmund Freud first developed this theory of Psychodynamic Theory is a study and theory of the psychological force to find the basis of human behavior. It shows the reciprocal actions between unconscious and conscious motivation. Freud believed that the human mind has three main elements the id, the ego, and the superego. The id is know as the pleasure component that looks for finding the edge, then we have the ego is the opposite of id it tries to withhold the id from taking shape. Then we have superego has to deal with the conscience of the individual and shows the moral that come to play to help one’s decision making process for all good decisions that they decide to do.…
I have lived in memphis, and North and South Memphis seem to suffer from social disorganization theory.These neighborhoods are run down poverty stricken area, and some neighborhood has little to no lights in them.Where I live our neighborhood is always lite up, but in some of these apartments have no lights.Most of these apartment is filled with drug dealers and prostitutes, and these people shoot out the lights. They shoot out the lights, so no one can see the things they do.These high crime neighborhoods have a lot of people that come up killed in these neighborhoods. I see juveniles roaming these streets rather than being in school. These are have a high teen pregnancy rate. These juveniles do not seem to have family or community support…
Power, knowledge, and resources are the three greatest discrepancies between offenders and victims in any relationship. Power comes in two forms, physical and emotional. Adults can use actual physical power or by their size use intimidation. Youth obtain a “sense of self” from adults, due to lacking life experiences to base their knowledge upon. Any compliment is good feedback and withheld praise or affection is interpreted to the child as being bad. Children do not know what sexual activity is, where as adults or teens understand what sexual activity involves. Children require food, clothes, and a home, all of these are subject to the whims of the offenders (Sanford, 78). As children mature they naturally go…
Sexual offending can vary along a broad spectrum of behaviors, from non-contact offences such as exhibitionism to contact offenses such as rape. Much of the research on the nature of sexual offending has focused on one end of this spectrum, concentrating on understanding offences such as rape, incest and child molesting. The research has also varied in how it categorizes sex offenders. In the best of the studies on recidivism of sex offenders, the definition of ‘sex offender’ is divided into categories. This paper will focus on sex offenders who commit crimes of sexual violence against children within their own families and whether or not cognitive treatment works on reducing recidivism. My research will finally prove that cognitive treatment is the best treatment along with focusing just on child molesters versus grouping them with rapists and other sexual offenders. These offenders are known as child molesters or incest offenders.…
We go throughout our daily lives doing subconscious actions that were drilled into our brain from a young age. We lock our house door, lock our car doors, carry our keys tightly in our hand, and sometimes even check behind us every so often just to be sure no one is following us. We take these precautions because of the “What if’s”, an immense amount of possibilities that could happen at any time. While some of us have grown used to these actions it is still puzzling that they must be made. We avoid even having to face certain case scenarios and while this makes life easier in the long run they shouldn’t be necessary and only creates an illusion of reality, and a sad one at that. As absurd as it sounds according to criminologist victims can…
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