According to “Juvenile Delinquency‚” under the parens patriae philosophy‚ minors who engage in extralegal behavior are viewed as victims of improper care‚ custody and treatment at home (Siegel‚ Welsh‚ Senna 16). The concept of parens patriae explains the state’s duty to protect minor children who lack proper care and custody from their parents. The occurrence of minor illegal behavior is a sign that the state should intervene. Before more serious crimes are committed‚ these youths should be taken
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Amanda McCann CJS/240 February 2‚ 2015 George Brothers Here in the United States‚ we look into various theories on why people commit crime‚ but today we are going to specifically look into the three main social theories of juvenile delinquency. The first theory is the Social Structure Theory. The Social Structure Theory is based on social and economic stressors‚ especially related to poverty and how low income areas can become breeding grounds for juvenile delinquency. This theory has
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Demographic Characteristics and their Effects on Attitudes Regarding Sexual Infidelity Siobahn Dermody 15 May 2013 Soc 240 Sexual infidelity or adultery is defined as voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than a lawful spouse (thefreedictionary.com). Overall‚ 90% Americans disapprove of sexual infidelity in marriage; however‚ 15-25% of married men and women reported having intercourse with someone outside of their marriage (Treas & Giesen 2000; Wiederman
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CRIMINOLOGYDoes drug use cause crime‚ does crime cause drug use or is the relationship entirely co-incidental?INTRODUCTIONIn this paper I will look at the amount and type of crime caused by drugs‚ the relationship between drugs and crime and the relationship between alcohol and crime. Crime is defined as:An act committed in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it and for which punishment is imposed upon convictionUnlawful activityA serious offence‚ especially in violation of moralityCauses
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How is the accountability of each position balanced with the vulnerability to political exposure? Both positions are vulnerable for political exposure because of today’s media. Both positions are at the top of the chain of command and are accountable for their department or local suburb. The elected Sheriff is put in office by we the people‚ rather than being promoted within the department. Unlike police chief Sheriffs run for office‚ and do a lot of campaigning and politics. “Sheriffs are elected
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RELIGIOSITY‚ PEERS‚ AND ADOLESCENT DRUG USE Stephen J Bahr; John P Hoffmann Journal of Drug Issues; Summer 2008; 38‚ 3; Health Module pg. 743 In this paper‚ the writers examined the relationship between religiously‚ peer drug use‚ and adolescent drug use among 4‚ 983 Utah adolescents and the 13‚ 534 respondents from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Heath). Adolescents who were religious were less likely to smoke‚ drink heavily‚ and use marijuana than adolescents who were
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Checkpoint Answers Examining Distributions Checkpoint 2 1. 99.7% of data resides within 3 standard deviations of the mean. 2. Center and spread IQR and standard deviation. IQR = Q-Q1 3. Pie chart. One response variable-categorical. 4. Impossible to tell. Boxplots only show cities and annual income amounts. Does not mention number of responses. 5. Statstown Q1=40‚ Q3 =110 6. Medianville‚ IQR =110-60 7. Statstown‚ IQR = 110-40 Examining Relationships Checkpoint 2 1. Conditional row percentages in a
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CheckPoint – Psychotherapy Psychotherapy is geared toward helping individuals discover thenature of their mind’s inner workings by examining the processes in their three regions of consciousness‚ the id‚ the ego and the super ego. Sigmund Freud developed the Theory of Psychodynamics through the process of identifying four characteristics that he deemed to be essential for a psychologist to make a diagnosis in mentally ill patients. The process involved the use of free association and transference
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from International Association of Chefs of Police‚ Golbal Leadership in Policing: http://www.theiacp.org U.S. Department of Justice. (2009). ojjdp.gov. Retrieved January 29‚ 2011‚ from U.S. Department of Justice‚ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ U.S. Department of Justice Programs Office of Justice Programs. (1999). Making a Difference for Juveniles. OJJDP Research . Wichliffe‚ J. A. (2000). Why Juveniles Commit Crimes. Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute
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Each year an untold number of teens‚ from seemingly well-grounded families‚ have become criminal statistics as they migrate from disassociated youths‚ to delinquency‚ to criminal activity. The common thought is middle-class young people are being pushed to gang life out of a need or desire to fill an emotional or physical void and these underlying desires have permeated the subculture and have become the norm
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