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    Understanding Motivation

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    1 Understanding Motivation for Adult Learners None of us are to be found in sets of tasks or lists of attributes; we can be known only in the unfolding of our unique stories within the context of everyday events. Vivian Gussin Paley       Like the national economy‚ human motivation is a topic that people know is important‚ continuously discuss‚ and would like to predict. We want to know why people do what they do. But just as tomorrow’s inflationary trend seems beyond our influence and understanding

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    Advocacy for Juvenile Offenders TaNiece Parker BS/HS 422 When you hear the word offender some have a reaction of fear and prejudice‚ thinking the worst of what this person has done. What about juvenile offenders that are not yet old enough to be held fully responsible for their actions‚ are they any less of a threat? Each state has their own

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    The impact that industrialization had on the Guilded Age was huge. Companies could manufacture products a lot more efficiently than before. Talented Craftsmen were being fired and replaced by unskilled immigrants that were willing to be paid less‚ and not as many people were needed for a factory to run properly. These are just a few examples of the major impact that industrialization ha on the Guilded age. Industrialization was basically large scale companies obtaining machines to be able to mass

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    Juvenile Corrections

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    In addition‚ justice is seen as one’s virtues‚ wisdom‚ temperance‚ and courage. He states that in an ordered state everyone should perform his or her role and not interfere with what others do. Whereas‚ Aristotle says justice is within the law and that the law is the unwritten custom of all or the majority of men which draws a distinction between what is honorable and what is base. Distributive justice is normative principles designed to guide the allocation of the benefits and burdens of economic

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    one generation to the next. Every culture has norms that establish expectations about what types of behaviors are appropriate for a particular individual in certain social situations. Deviance is an action or behavior that violates those social norms including formally-enacted rules or laws. Viewing deviance as a violation of social norms‚ sociologists have characterized it as any thoughts‚ feelings‚ or actions that members of a social group judge to be a violation of their values or laws (Wikipedia

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    This case is examined from a juvenile delinquency theories aspect. The overall case deals with an eleven years old girl of the name Mary Bell. Mary was known throughout her town of Scotswood‚ a community located in the north of London in England. It was 1968‚ when the body of four-year-old Martin Brown’s body was discovered inside of an abandoned boarded up house. At first‚ the death of Martin was rolled out to be an accident. A couple weeks later‚ three-year-old Brain Howe lifeless body was found

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    Current Event Juvenile Justice Articles CJA/374 May 19‚ 2014 Samara Belgarde Juvenile Justice Articles Ventura county 14-year-old boy‚ Brandon McInerney was arrested and charged with the shooting death of a classmate Lawrence King. Lawrence was shot in the head at a close range. This crime was a premeditated hate crime‚ therefore‚ the District Attorney added special allegation of a hate crime against Brandon McInerney‚ and he was charged as an adult. Larry King classmates

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    Female Juvenile Delinquency

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    Female juvenile delinquency: What went wrong with “Sugar and Spice and all things nice”? Ariana Kalaitzaki S2760178 Griffith University Abstract This review addresses major questions around female juvenile delinquency‚ around which much contemporary research is oriented. These involve which factors are contributing to female juvenile delinquency and what causes female juveniles to display criminal behaviour in the first place. Theories and risk factors will be identified. Although research

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    University Juvenile Justice Reform Act Effects on Society vs. the Juveniles Themselves Juvenile Delinquency Abstract Juvenile justice is the area of criminal law that applies to those individuals that aren’t of age to be held responsible for criminal acts. The age‚ in most states‚ for a juvenile criminal‚ is set at 18 years. While being mainly governed by state law‚ juvenile law usually enacts a juvenile code. Although the main goal of the juvenile justice

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    Understanding Stewardship

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    My understanding of stewardship was elementary when I began to research the subject. Through research‚ I have developed a deeper understanding of‚ respect for‚ and a connection with my personal savior and Lord. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary (n. d.)‚ the definition of stewardship is “the conducting‚ supervising‚ or managing of something; especially: the careful management of something entrusted to one’s care” (definition 2). In scripture‚ the idea of stewardship is more complex. God entrusts

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