The Denver Youth Survey‚ Pittsburgh Youth Study and The Rochester Youth Development Study was a longitudinal project conducted to research and conclude such findings as‚ steady change of delinquency‚ drug use‚ damage produced to youths records due to reoccuring arrest and victimization derived from the isolation of these youths. The Denver Youth Survey‚ • randomly sampled households in high-risk neighborhoods of Denver Colorado. 1‚527 youths (806 boys and 721 girls) ages 7‚ 9‚ 11‚ 13‚ and
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3Bulletin of Education & Research June 2008‚ Vol. 30‚ No. 1‚ pp. 33-41 Female Education and National Development: As Viewed By Women Activists and Advocates Saleha Parveen* Abstract The term development is very broad and may be interpreted in different ways by different individuals. It is a global process of societal change that is planned cooperatively by government and international organizations with the full and informed participation of the inhabitants of the area to be developed. In
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FEMALE FOETICIDE INTRODUCTION: Contemporary Indian society professes a profound faith in every individual’s “right to life and dignity”. The rights relating to the weaker & vulnerable sections of Indian society especially women‚ and more specially the girl child were violated. The twin social evils of female foeticide & female infanticide were the main causes.Violence against women exists in various forms‚ in all societies‚ the world over. In 1996 the world health assembly endorsed the fact that
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Of the many fish of the sea‚ none is more interesting and unique than the seahorse. Seahorses are classified in the phylum Chordata‚ subphylum Vertebrata‚ class Osteichthyes‚ order Gasterosteiformes‚ family Syngnathidae‚ and the genus Hippocampus. The genus name Hippocampus comes from two Greek words; hippos meaning horse and campus meaning monster. Their physical appearance explains why they received their name. They have a horse-like head and a curled tail. They have developed many unique adaptations
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Criminology. 5th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Farrington‚ D Farrington‚ D. (2007) cited in Muncie‚ J. (2009) Youth and Crime. 3rd edition. London: Sage Publishing. Haas‚ H.‚ Farrington‚ D.‚ Killias‚ M Hirschi‚ T. (1996) Causes of Delinquency. Berkeley: University of California Press. Hodge‚ J.‚ McMurran‚ M Home Office Statistics (2009) Tackling Youth Crime. London. HMSO. Katz‚ J. (1988) Seduction of Crime. United States: Perseus Books Group. Miller‚ W. (1958) cited in Jones‚ S. (2009)
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to control population and the low value associated with females in these societies historically and culturally‚ both China and India are now facing a serious gender imbalance. Female infanticide and sex-selective abortion are responsible for this gender imbalance. The two atrocious practices have led to problems such as elevated rates in female kidnapping and slave trade‚ as well as forced marriages. This paper will focus on the roots of female infanticide and sex-selective abortions as well as the
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Genetics and Juvenile Delinquency Virginia Watkins Walden University The role of genetics in juvenile Delinquents: I have had the opportunity to observe a set of fraternal twins grow from birth to teen years. One had been known to steal things‚ and get into trouble while to other was withdrawn and extremely much an introvert. I often wondered if the extroverted twin appeared overly secure; he was slender in physique while his brother was introverted and obese‚ quite the opposite. According
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International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences Vol 1 Issue 1 January 2006 Female Foeticide and Infanticide in India: An Analysis of Crimes against Girl Children Sneh Lata Tandon1 and Renu Sharma2 University of Delhi‚ Delhi‚ India Abstract Sex selective abortions and increase in the number of female infanticide cases have become a significant social phenomenon in several parts of India. It transcends all castes‚ class and communities and even the North South dichotomy. The girl children become
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The issues that affects both females and male prisoners are pretty common across the board. Prisons all have three things in common: they are overcrowded‚ underfunded‚ and unfocused. Both woman and male prisons are overcrowded due to the growing crime rate in America. Therefore‚ many prisons have different practices and levels. There are three particular types which are maximums‚ mediums‚ and minimums. Maximum prisons are the most secured prisons‚ they have both exterior and interior security. One
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Women are murdered all over the world. But in India a most brutal form of killing females takes place regularly‚ even before they have the opportunity to be born. Female feticide--the selective abortion of female fetuses--is killing upwards of one million females in India annually with far-ranging and tragic consequences. In some areas‚ the sex ratio of females to males has dropped to less than 8000:1000. Females not only face inequality in this culture‚ they are even denied the right to be born
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