Gangs are nothing new to American society‚ what is new and disturbing is the recent spike in juvenile crimes with reported ties to certain gangs. Youth gangs have been prevalent in schools in large cities since the 1970 ’s. However‚ they have become even more prevalent in schools in the recent past. In the student survey component of the 1995 National Crime Victimization Survey‚ more than one third (37%) of the students reported gangs at their schools and the percentage of students reporting the
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offer different definitions of crime‚ suggesting that it is a social construction as it varies across culture‚ time and belief. It will examine the role of social construction‚ through interpretation and meaning‚ in the identification‚ reporting and legal consequences of criminal acts. After illustrating how fear‚ escalated by the media‚ can directly affect crime‚ it will conclude that crime and its consequences are socially constructed. The obvious definition of crime is the legal definition of
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Speech: A very good morning to the principal‚ Mr. Gan‚ the senior assistant‚ Mrs. Lim‚ respected teachers and fellow friends. I am grateful for your presence and I am extremely delighted with this valuable opportunity to meet you all in this great morning. Frankly‚ it is honour to be entrusted to deliver a speech to you on the topic “……………………..” Undoubtedly‚ it is the responsibility of the property owner to prevent mosquito breeding sources. The immature stages of the mosquito so called egg‚ larva
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Over the past 50 years America has increased its level of knowledge towards the use of tobacco as well as enhanced its cessation techniques through the use of medication and researched programs. Despite these advancements smoking has continued to be a detrimental problem to the American public. According to the CDC‚ “about 1‚000 persons younger than 18 years of age begin smoking on a daily basis.” 1 Many of the cessation programs directed at youths are still young and creating names for themselves
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violent individuals combined with the absence of strong violence prevention programs and protective regulations. These factors together with organizational realities such as staff shortages and increased patient acuity create substantial barriers to eliminating violence in today’s health care workplace. Agitated clients in the
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Can the act of a crime ever occur without a legitimate victim? This is a question that has remained in the conscious of the social science community for a prolonged period of time. More specifically in the field of sociology and criminology due to the controversy surrounding the very term. In order to comprehend the background of this heavily debated question and to formulate an accurate position through the following arguments. It is of grave importance to first understand the definition of all
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Obesity Prevention The purpose of this work is to explore and discuss the current obesity epidemic within the UK‚ how the government proposes to tackle the problem‚ and the current policy strategies. How the current policy and its implementation have an impact on population and cost will also be discussed. To obtain the information from a range of websites and books will be searched and reviewed. To provide evidence for these claims‚ I will be including statistics for each cause. “Health policy
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Categories of Computer Crime Smith Strayer University CIS170 Wk2 Professor Masudur Chowdhury July 4‚ 2013 Explain in detail the four common categories of computer crimes and provide at least one example for each. There are many different types of computer crime and multiple ways to categorize them. I will discuss four categories in detail to shine light on how vulnerable people are‚ when we choose to use a personal or publicly used computer to transmit confidential information
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Child Abuse Prevention I. What is child abuse? Child abuse is a very sensitive issue that needs to by carefully handled. Child abuse is defined as a no accidental injury or pattern of injures to a child for which there is no reasonable explanation. Child abuse consists of different types of harmful acts directed toward children. In physical abuse‚ children are slapped‚ hit‚ kicked or pushed‚ or have objects thrown at them causing wounds‚ broken bones‚ or other injuries. Severe abuse may
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Outline and assess Marxist explanations of the causes of crime (50 marks) It is to a large extent that Marxism is a useful theory in explaining the causes of crime. This is because it highlights the inequalities in society and how the ruling class owns the means of production. This fails to show reasons why not everyone is facing status frustration and lower income turn to crime. One way in which Marxism is a useful theory for explaining the causes of crime is the concept of capitalism‚ criminogenic
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