never thought that my own mother would kick me out of my home‚ my home where my mum raised me and feed me for 16 years‚ where she used to call my name sweetly‚ Joshua. Well‚ I have thought about it before. It was the main threat my stepdad‚ Doug used against me whenever I pissed him off. And I pissed him off every day. Maybe I was better off on the streets away from him; well that’s what I like to think. I turned back and gave my old home one last look before I walked away‚ shoulders hunched as
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Street crimes are commonplace in Pakistan. Almost everyone has a story to tell about having a purse or a wallet stolen; everyday street crimes appear in the news headlines. They usually only occur in the big cities‚ where there are homeless street-people. An analysis of the official data compiled by the Citizens-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) reveals that‚ on an average‚ 124 mobile phones are snatched/stolen every day. In the preceding year‚ the figure had stood at 76. The growing trend of cellphone
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In this report I will be discussing the growing homeless problem‚ those affected by it and what is being done to resolve the issue. By definition being homeless is living rough. This includes staying with a friend‚ living in an overpopulated room‚ abuse in your home as well as harmful living conditions. The homeless problem is a national pandemic in the United Kingdom‚ particularly London. There are multiple established organisations for the homeless in London‚ such as: Shelter‚ Crisis and Centrepoint
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The community I am focusing on is homeless families with children within the Gloucester County‚ New Jersey area. The problem area I am going to address is the educational barriers and challenges faced by homeless children and youths. Two of the very knowledgeable people who are experts in the community and the problems I am addressing are the executive director of Family Promise and a social worker/counselor from Gloucester County Special Services who advocates for these families and their children
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This literature review places the article in the wider context of the prescriptive – emergent debate and compares Mintzberg’s arguments with those of other influential strategists including Michael Porter and Peter Drucker. Secondly‚ by identifying Mintzberg’s theoretical underlying assumptions‚ we present a critical assessment of the underpinning arguments and challenge the drawn conclusions. By looking at the overall strengths and weaknesses of the article‚ we will critically review its position amongst
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New Visions Homeless Day Shelter New Visions is a day shelter that is geared towards helping the homeless. The center provides a number of services to help those who really need it. The hours are from 8:30am- 3:30pm Monday thru Friday. The center is open on Saturdays only when a church group wants to feed. There is a Hygiene department where the clients can sign up for showers and to wash clothes. Clothing is only washed three days a week for clients. They usually run showers from 9am- 11:30am
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Federally funded education and job training programs for low-income youth. Since the Great Depression‚ the federal government has been funding programs that provide low-income‚ out-of-school‚ and unemployed youth with education‚ job training‚ and supportive services (Fernandes‚ 2011). Although the names of the programs have changed over time‚ as have the models on which they are based‚ their primary goal remains the same. Specifically‚ the programs are designed to address the multiple barriers to
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systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight into a small beam. Photovoltaics convert light into electric current using the photoelectric effect. A Street light‚ lamppost‚ street lamp‚ light standard‚ or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road or walkway‚ which is turned on or lit at a certain time every night. Modern lamps may also have light-sensitive photocells to turn them on at dusk‚ off at dawn‚ or activate automatically in dark
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org/journal/aasoci) DOI:10.4236/aasoci.2012.21007 Is Street Art a Crime? An Attempt at Examining Street Art Using Criminology Zeynep Alpaslan Department of Sociology‚ Hacettepe University‚ Ankara‚ Turkey Email: z_alpaslan@hacettepe.edu.tr Received February 1st‚ 2012; revised February 29th‚ 2012; accepted March 13th‚ 2012 A clear and basic definition is the fundamental element in understanding‚ thus explaining any social scientific concept. Street art is a social phenomenon‚ characterized by its
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Street children in my community ❖ What are the factors that influence children to live on the streets? ❖ What are the measures that can be taken to get them into homes/places of safety? RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. What are the factors that influence children to live on the streets? 2. What are the effects of living on the streets affects these children? 3.
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