perpetrators and victims. 4. How has the age of offenders changed?. The age of offenders have changed due to longer prison sentences and the bell shaped curve of prison population is leveling out. Most prisoners were age 30 to 35 with very few old or young offender. The contributing factors is that America’s population is aging and inmates are serving longer sentences. 5. What percentage of people arrested for violent felonies are male? The percentage of males arrested for violent felonies are
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Relationships with Children‚ Young People & Adults Introduction During this essay I will be discussing how to interact with and respond to children and young people. How to interact and respond to adults. How to communicate with children‚ young people and adults. Finally I will be discussing current legislation‚ policies and procedures for confidentiality and sharing information‚ including data protection. Know How to Interact With and Respond to Children & Young People 1.1 To establish
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Trying Juveniles as Adults If your son or daughter were killed by a seventeen-year-old‚ would you be able to accept the fact that the murderer would be walking the streets again in less than a year because the law allows those under eighteen to be tried as juveniles? Forty-four states and Washington‚ DC‚ passed several laws between 1992 and 1997 enabling the judiciary to transfer juveniles to the adult court system. Today‚ murders committed by adults have decreased over 18%‚ but murders by juveniles
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R6022856: Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Adults Candidate Linda Goldsmith It is a tragic fact that that almost all disclosures of abuse are true. It is a care workers responsibility to contribute to the protection of individuals from abuse. In order to ensure good professional practice it is essential for workers in care settings to know how society handles abuse‚ how to recognise it and what to do about it. It is important for care workers to respond effectively to any concerns
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Jodine Davies Unit 5 1.1/1.2 Safeguarding Adults Throughout this assignment I will be demonstrating knowledge of different types of abuse and safeguarding in the adults. There are several identified forms of abuse physical‚ sexual‚ emotional‚ financial and neglect. The prevention of each type is crucial to the well being of both adult and family members. Abuse can consist of single or repeated acts but still has possible damaging effects. An adult is considered abused if he/she is treated in
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Support children and young people’s health and safety Learning outcomes: 1 Know the legislative and policy framework for health and safety 2 Recognise and manage risks to children and young people’s health‚ safety and security 3 Support children and young people to assess and manage risk 4 Respond to emergency situations Resources Copy of the Health and Safety policy/procedure for your school Outcome 1 Describe how current health and safety legislation‚
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Occupational Therapy SS 2012 – 2013 Young Adulthood Ms. Faith Deanne Mari B. Caube 16 January 2013 YOUNG ADULTHOOD Age Range: 20 - 40 years old Difference of development o Changes due more to personal‚ social‚ cultural events rather than chronological or biological changes o Hallmark of maturity - adapt and change in accordance to new conditions o More gradual changes --> does not fit neatly into a stage development theory o The primary meaning of adult is social (Rice‚ 1995). Changes are
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Area of study: Socio-Cultural Communication (1) Title: Family Communication Patterns Influence Young Adults’ Conflict Management among Friends 1.0 Research Background It is observed that family communication patterns had effects on an individual behavior include conflict management. There are previous studies examine that family plays a vital role in an individual social learning and information processing. Family is the earliest social institution that children exposed which they shape their
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000 children are prosecuted in adult courts each year. All 50 states can prosecute a child‚ under the age of 16 years old‚ as an adult (Young & Gainsborough‚ 2000). Between 1992 and 1997‚ forty two states and the District of Columbia enacted legislation to enable juvenile offenders to be transferred to adult prisons (Young & Gainsborough‚ 2000). Missouri and Indiana lowered the minimum age for transfer to an adult facility from 16 years of age to the incredibly young age of ten (Flesch‚ 2004). Twenty
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THE EFFECTS OF PLAYING ONLINE GAMES AND USING INTERNET TO TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS NOWADAYS A Term Paper presented to the English Faculty of the College of Business Education and Administration‚ New Era University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science Business Administration By: Gemmie F. Juachon Novelyn M. Plan Charisse Gail M. Ponte Fhelnan V. Gallano March 2009 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The researchers express their sincerest gratitude
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