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    Juvenile Delinquency

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    WISCONSIN YOUTH FUTURES Technical Report #14 Risk-Focused Prevention of Juvenile Crime University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension Cooperative Extension Risk-Focused Prevention of Juvenile Crime By Karen Bogenschneider Assistant Professor‚ Child and Family Studies Family Policy Specialist University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension What Factors Lead to Juvenile Crime? "Do we know enough to prevent juvenile crime?" The response to this question hinges on one of the most effective prevention

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    Social sciences‚ such as political science‚ economics‚ sociology‚ anthropology‚ psychology‚ and geography‚ have emerged as its own group much more recently in comparison to the natural sciences. Natural sciences involve physics‚ biology‚ chemistry‚ geology‚ and astronomy – all of which deal with the laws that relate to nature. The social sciences all deal with the study of human behavior‚ either individually or as a whole. However‚ since human behavior can be altered or developed as a result of a

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    In what was at the time named West Germany‚ there were 2467 cases of manslaughter or attempted murder in the one year of 1990. The rest of Europe had similar figures and the United States had an even higher number or cases (Mummendey‚ 1996). This begs the question as to why these events occur‚ and more specifically‚ what are the causes of this aggression? Therein lays the key to controlling and diminishing aggressive behaviour‚ in the identification of the factors that lead to aggression. This essay

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    School Psychologists

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    School Psychologists A school psychologist works with students in early childhood and elementary and secondary schools. School psychologist and teachers‚ parents‚ and school personnel join to create a safe‚ healthy but yet supportive learning environment that focuses on the needs of students. School psychologists work with individual students and groups of students to deal with behavioral problems‚ academic difficulties‚ disabilities‚ and other issues. They also work with teachers and parents

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    Modifiable Risk Factors

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    Risk Factors are actions or conditions that an individual or group of individuals do that increases their risk of developing a disease. The disease isn’t just limited to infectious diseases but can also include chronic disease such as obesity. Risk Factors can either be modifiable‚ non modifiable‚ and also social/environmental risk factors. Modifiable risk factors mean you can take measures by altering ones life to remove the potential risk of developing a disease. Non modifiable works in the opposite

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    Juvenile Delinquency

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    Juvenile delinquency Juvenile delinquency‚ also known as juvenile offending‚ or youth crime‚ is participation in illegal behavior by minors (juveniles) (individuals younger than the statutory age of majority).Most legal systems prescribe specific procedures for dealing with juveniles‚ such as juvenile detention centers‚ and courts. A juvenile delinquent is a person who is typically under the age of 18 and commits an act that otherwise would have been charged as a crime if they were an adult. Depending

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    Walter's Risk Factors

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    Davies (2011) defines risk factors as influences from within the environment that increase the possibility of negative future outcomes for children. It was explained that there are three types of risk factors. The first one is the child being exposed to vulnerabilities such as mental disabilities or chronic illness. The second one is impaired parenting and the third one was socioeconomic and institutional status. From the film‚ Walter has had to experience all three risk factors. The first being born

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    What Leads to Success

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    What leads to Success? Nowadays‚ the topic of “what leads to success” becomes more and more popular in society. What characteristics or specific skills help those great people to make achievements? How are they different from others? As opposed to the traditional theory‚ which mainly focuses on the importance of natural intelligence‚ the majority of people now put more attention on something else. Cherry Cherniss and Malcolm Gladwell believe that emotional intelligence plays a critical role of achieving

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    Cardiovascular risk factors  There are many risk factors associated with coronary heart disease and stroke. Some risk factors such as family history‚ ethnicity and age‚ cannot be changed.  Other risk factors that can be treated or changed include tobacco exposure‚ high blood pressure (hypertension)‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity‚ physical inactivity‚ diabetes‚ unhealthy diets‚ and harmful use of alcohol. Of particular significance in developing countries is the fact that while they are grappling with

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    bone fracture that occurs much more easily than expected. Osteoporosis occurs in many people who have few or no risk factors for this condition. Often‚ patients do not report symptoms that would alert the clinician to suspect a diagnosis of osteoporosis; thus‚ this disease is a "silent thief" that generally does not become clinically apparent until a fracture occurs. Screening at-risk populations is‚ therefore‚ essential; unfortunately‚ many women are not receiving

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