Determining Levels of Prevention Jessica Beverly HSM/210 July 20‚ 2011 Laneisha Searles In scenario one: Violence Prevention in a High-Risk Community‚ I believe that the prevention strategy was the Primary Prevention strategy. I choose this strategy because the primary prevention “involves building the strengths‚ resources‚ and competence in individuals‚ families‚ and communities that can reduce the flow of a variety of unfortunate outcomes.” (Human Services in Contemporary America‚ page
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Derryle Valentine Engl 1010 5/5/13 Youth Gangs in Maryland: Can something be done? In the life that we live we are surrounded by a lot of violence. Whether it’s with other people‚ groups of people or even sometimes domestic violence is all around us. Throughout the years the emergence of gangs in Maryland has been a major source of violence. And to make matters worse the youth are starting to join these gangs at very young ages. But there is something that can be done to stop the spread
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Community Policing Issues Part I Contemporary Police theory or Modern policing is focusing on crime and social disorder through the delivery of police services‚ which include aspects of traditional law enforcement‚ as well as prevention‚ problem-solving‚ community engagement‚ and partnerships. The community policing model balances reactive responses to calls for service with proactive problem-solving which centers on the cause of crime and disorder. Community policing requires police and citizens
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improved their health. I think obese kids should play youth competitive sports. Some critics say that obese kids can not play youth competitive sports‚ but I think they should play because they need to improve their health and they need to stay active. A lot of doctors say that kids who play sports or most likely to be in the best shape and that is how we will get obese kids to be healthy and more active. Obese kids should play youth competitive sports to improve the obesity rates in our society. The
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Our society’s idea of prevention is to limit the availability of drugs (Hart & Ksir‚ 2011‚ p. 400)‚ but this is not essentially the best way. Addiction affects everyone. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)‚ substance abuse cost our nation “more than $484 billion dollars (The National Institute on Drug Abuse ).” So although you might not be directly impacted by drug abuse‚ as a whole your tax dollars are spent on fighting the war on drugs. Currently there are several different
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Juvenile detention centers are filled with youths‚ and although crimes committed by youths have gradually decreased since the 80’s and 90’s‚ it still remains unfortunately high. Teenagers are a high crime demographic‚ as they frequently lack the reasoning and planning abilities of older people. Prone to boredom and easily swayed by peers‚ teens are a high risk group even before adding in other factors such as poverty. When it comes to keeping our nation’s youths out of trouble‚ what actions are we to
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Community Policing Kerry D. Turner Florence Darlington Technical College Community policing is‚ in essence‚ a collaboration between the police and the community that identifies and solves community problems. With the police no longer the sole guardians of law and order‚ all members of the community become active allies in the effort to enhance the safety and quality of neighborhoods. Community policing has far-reaching implications. The expanded outlook on crime control and prevention‚ the
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adolescences is issue that has become very important in today’s society. When mental health issues are left untreated in the lives of adolescents‚ this can lead to a number of negative and life changing consequences that will over time debilitate bother the youth and their family. Adolescence is a period in time of physical‚ emotional‚ and spiritual growth. Adolescences is divided into three phases: the early stage which is 10 years old to 13 years old and during this stage their will be sudden physical changes
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English 110 15 November 2012 Youth Violence in America: Risk Factors and Stages of Prevention As long as governments exist‚ there will always be crime for them to combat. A portion of this crime is‚ and will continue to be‚ organized crime. The United States is constantly working to protect its citizens from transnational criminal alliances‚ but the streets of this nation are still being crippled by domestic organizations. The 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment declares‚ “Gangs are expanding
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remand status young offenders. Shunda Creek Youth Correctional Camp provides work programs for selected young offenders with open custody status. A number of privately operated group homes under contract to the Correctional Services Division also house open custody young offenders. The Young Offender Branch Custody Program promotes positive behaviour change in the young offender in custody‚ while preparing the young person for reintegration to the community. Casework | Recreational Programming
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