children are susceptible to malnutrition‚ illness‚ drug abuse‚ exploitations‚ gambling and harassment. They also tend to join gangs as a form of protection. Juvenile crime and delinquency is something that is a highly discussed issue these days. With the rise of juvenile crime across the world and the repeating episodes of such crimes certainly suggest that something needs to be done‚ some effective steps must be taken to curb this menace down. There are several legislations being pushed and approved
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The United States dropout rate is dropping about an estimated 1.1 million members in 2012. 1.1 million people will not be earning diplomas in high school in 2012. Dropout compared to high school dropouts are least likely to get a job and a living wage. Dropouts will most likely be poor and can suffer from health outcomes in the future (Rumberger). Teens have a variety of reasons for leaving school‚ including family and health problems. Dropouts that have family poverty is associated with homelessness
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“Countries grow at different rates because they accumulate capital at different rates.” Is this true? Explain your answer. Since the Industrial Revolution‚ economists have attempted to explain why certain countries economies grow at greater rates than others. The post-Keynesian era saw the introduction of the Harrod-Domar model of economic growth. This model explained an economy’s growth rate by observing the level of saving and productivity of capital in the economy. The neo-classical Solow-Swann
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The Effects of Gun Control Law on Violent Crime Rates Emily JettCSCI N207Final Project12/8/2012 | Abstract: This paper discusses the relationship between violent crime rates in each state as well as that state’s corresponding gun control laws. The data is presented to provide information pertaining to the theory that stricter gun laws prevent higher rates of violent crime. Violent crime statistics were taken from The United Crime Report document from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s website
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The US has recently reached the lowest unemployment rate： 4.5%. In this article‚ the author provided different aspects of US’s low unemployment rate and the result of such a low unemployment rate. Comparing to the unemployment rate (10%) after 2008’s recession‚ US is now reaching a relatively low unemployment rate. A low unemployment rate is one of the four macroeconomic objectives that economists always want their nations to achieve. Unemployment is simply defined as the state of being out of
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First I am going to talk about the supporters. They believe that all youth should be responsible for their actions. Their key arguments are: Stiffer charges will make the youths think twice before they do the crimes; this will lead to lower crime rates in future. Youths who commit crimes are sent to rehabilitation‚ while sometimes their victims are left to suffer forever. The youth’s age shouldn’t be a bias factor for receiving punishments. The youths should be sentenced as an adult so that they
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Divorce Divorce rates in the United States have increased dramatically in the past 25 years. Over 40 percent of the marriages among young Americans will end in divorce. There is a lot of stress on all the people involved. The man has to deal with‚ usually‚ not seeing his children‚ being alone‚ and the responsibility that is accompanied with much of the legal process. The wife has to go through‚ maybe‚ entering the work force for the first time. Children are often viewed as a back burner
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term structure of interest rate we need to elaborate how interest rates function and how they are determined. Interest rates are a vital tool to all the macro-economic policy objectives of a government such as control of inflation‚ investment as well as employment. Interest rates refer to the price paid by deficit agents for borrowing funds from the surplus agents. A line that plots interest rate at a set point in time is the term structure or yield curve. Interest rates which may be short term or
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Title: Kinetics: The Rate of a Chemical Reaction Objectives: 1. To study the kinetics of chemical reaction‚ 2 I- + S2 O82- I2 + 2 SO42- . 2. To study the effects of reactant concentration (persulphate‚ S2O82-‚ and iodide‚ I-) and temperature on the rate of chemical reactions. ( i) Study the effect of 0.20M (S2O82-) on the rate of chemical reaction. ( ii) Study the effect of 0.10M (S2O82-) on the rate of chemical reaction. ( iii) Study the effect
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Investigative Quest The purpose of this experiment was to find out how music affects the female human heart rate. Hypothesis My hypothesis is that female resting heart rate will increase as the music tempo increases. If the tempo is slower the heart rate will stay at resting heart rate or decrease. Variables The variables used in this experiment were: • The tempo of the music. • The subject’s heart rate. • The subject’s age. Controls The controls used in this experiment were: • How long the subject
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