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    In Tennessee‚ a juvenile can be transferred from juvenile court to adult court after a petition is filed alleging delinquency based on conduct that is a crime under Tennessee law‚ local ordinances‚ or the Court. A hearing is held to determine if the child is sixteen years of age at the time of the alleged crime or if the child is less than sixteen years old. If the child is less than sixteen years old‚ then for the transfer hearing to move forward the child has to be charged with a serious offense

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    Understanding Change

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    PART ONE Understanding change Perspectives on change The ethics of organizational change Planned change and its critics Strategic change Building and developing competitive advantage 3 39 73 11 1 147 CHAPTER 1 Perspectives on change 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Perspectives on change 1.2.1 Modernity‚ progress‚ and change 1.2.2 Pathways to change 1.3 Structural-functional change: changing structures and functions 1.3.1 An organization is a complex whole 1.3.2 Structural theory 1.4 Multiple constituencies:

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    The Evolution of Juvenile Delinquency 5/19/2011 Crissey Arsenault The issue of juvenile delinquency is one of major concerns to schools and society as a whole. There has been an increase of juvenile delinquents in today’s society‚ ranging from school violence‚ to gangs. Juvenile crime has increased in numbers and severity and there is no doubt that various experts can give us many theories as to the causes of it; individual backgrounds‚ peer groups‚ drug use‚ etc. I feel however‚ that

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    Procrastination and Action

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    Procrastination‚ like all of your behaviors carries consequences. Whether your behavior is conscious or unconscious‚ you will eventually have to deal with the effects. It’s only natural to procrastinate at times but‚ the way you deal with your procrastination patterns will determine what effects procrastination has on your life. One of the most obvious effects of procrastination is the failure to reap the rewards that would come from taking action. If a student chooses to procrastinate rather than

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    Juvenile Sex Offender

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    my internship at was the Madison County Probation Department. I was assigned to the Edwardsville Hillsboro Satellite Office. The staff of the Madison County Probation Department is responsible for the supervision and services to both adult and juvenile offenders on probation. They work to rehabilitate offenders by conducting offender risk assessments‚ enforce the conditions of court orders‚ and help to ensure that the offenders are aware of the impact of their crime on the victims and the public

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    Juveniles and Crime essay

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    seems that there are a lot of juveniles committing crimes more now than in earlier generations. In numerous communities‚ there is a lack of parenting and not enough programs for children to get involved in. Because of this‚ children are often persuaded by their peers to commit crimes. This research paper will examine (1) the background issues with juveniles committing crimes‚ (2) what programs are offered for juveniles with convictions‚ and (3) how to keep a juvenile from repeating crimes and becoming

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    “Homelessness." Homelessness - Children‚ Define‚ Causes‚ Effects‚ Adults‚ Drug‚ Person‚ People. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017. A homeless person is any person who needs lodging‚ including someone whose main living place at night is a public place that provides temporary living conditions or a person who doesn’t have anywhere to stay. Poverty goes side by side with homelessness. Individuals with mental illness are at higher risk for becoming homeless because of difficulties connected with deinstitutionalization

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    Affirmative Action

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    Damon Stevenson ENG 101 Spangler 02 May 2013 Affirmative Action Imagine for a second that its 2013 in the United States of America and you’ve been stripped of your current identity. Picture that in this day of age we still lived in a time where discrimination and inequality was a society norm and that you were thrust into a world that played on your vulnerabilities and crushed your dreams. For a moment we’d have to consider that people’s civil rights are being violated and that the poor

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    Prejudice is based on not truly understanding others. - To what extent is this statement true of to kill a mocking bird and one other text of your choosing Prejudice is created from people unable to comprehend and respect others and their beliefs and their mannerisms. This statement is seen to be true to a high extent in both the texts of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Leeand the poem ‘Then and Now’ by Oodegeroo Noonuccal. Prejudice based on not really understanding others is shown in the novel

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    Affirmative Action: The Concept | Written by Goga‚ Farhana | THE GENERAL understanding of affirmative action is that it is about providing opportunities for previously disadvantaged people‚ which includes people of colour and women.Although disability and homosexuality continue to be issues of concern‚ this research does not address these issues. Homosexual staff however‚ expressed problems of not having their partners recognised and not being given the same rights as partners of heterosexual

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