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    Parental Involvement

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    Parental involvement is a combination of commitment and active participation on the part of the parent to the school and to the student. There are many problems concerned with involvement. Many secondary schools simply do not know how to deal with the nontraditional family and the areas of concern that it represents. Parents feel unwelcomed at school‚ lack knowledge and education‚ and may not feel that education is important. The number of solutions that can be used to improve parental involvement

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    Parental Absenteeism

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    Parental Absenteeism Introduction “Every man is a piece of the continent‚ A part of the main‚” John Donne quoted in his poem‚ No man is an Island. Provoking that nothing will be complete if a small portion is missing. Like that of being a child‚ an offspring won’t be possible to nurture the do’s and don’ts for life to be lived in the right track. Serving guidance for the betterment of their future. Parents keep on telling‚ “Papunta ka pa lang‚ pabalik na ako.” Every time children commits

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    Delinquency In The 1920's

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    Juvenile Justice Chapter 5 Assignment Cristian Contreras Shaw and McKay’s developed their own theory in the 1920s; this was one of the first attempts to focus on the social conditions that lead to delinquency. They wanted to explain why juvenile crime rates were so high in areas of a city characterized by urban decay. Why was there increased delinquency in the zone in transition? There were three characteristics of interstitial areas identified by Shaw McKay: cultural heterogeneity‚ mobility‚ and

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    The Juvenile Justice System As a growing number of adolescents have been displaying problematic behaviors‚ juvenile delinquency has become more apparent in the United States‚ therefore rendering a greater need for a juvenile justice system. Many have asked such questions as what is juvenile justice system‚ what causes problem behavior in these youths‚ what are the solutions‚ are they effective‚ and which of these solutions yield the greatest results. Juvenile detention centers have become one of

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    Juvenile Justice

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    1. Describe the different models/eras of the Juvenile Justice System and which model to you agree with and why? The Juvenile Justice System has been marked by many shifts in thinking concerning how to treat juveniles. Before the twentieth century‚ Juveniles were considered property and were treated the same as adults in the criminal justice system. The move away from viewing children just as property to viewing them as those in need of protection happened during Europe’s Renaissance period. The

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    Parental Divorce

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    2008). Parental Divorce‚ Marital Conflict and Children’s Behavior Problems: A Comparison of Adopted and Biological Children. Social Forces‚ 86(3)‚ 1139-1161. Jolivet‚ K.R. (2011). The Psychological Impact of Divorce on Children: What is a Family Lawyer to Do? American Journal of Family Law. 25 (4)‚ 175-183. Laumann-Billings‚ L.‚ & Emery‚ R.E. (2000). Distress among young adults from divorced families. Journal of Family Psychology‚ 14‚ 671-687. Morrison‚ D.R.‚ & Coiro‚ M.J. (August 1999). Parental Conflict

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    Drug Use and Delinquency

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    There is an evident link between juvenile drug use and delinquency. A 2008 study explored the connection between delinquency and the use of nonmedical prescription drugs in teens. As prescription drug abuse is on the rise in America its abuse has not left out a crucial group of people; adolescents. “The findings of this study indicate that nonmedical prescription drug use is significantly associated with self-reported delinquency as well as self-reported arrest” (Ford‚ 2008). The article discusses

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    Parental Involvement

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    Problem Question: What role does ethnicity in parental involvements for high school students in America? Sub Question: What role does environment and ethnicity in parental involvements for high school students in America? As years continue to proceed the amount of parental involvement changes from smothering one’s child to never speaking to another. The different types of these parenting include permissive parenting meaning parents almost “tip-toe” around their children not wanting to create anger

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    Parental Responsibility

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    “Unlike the mother‚ the unmarried father has no ’automatic’ parental responsibility.” To what extent is this an accurate summary of the law on parental responsibility? Consider whether compulsory joint birth registration in the case of unmarried fathers would be a helpful reform. The Children’s Act defines parental responsibility as “all the rights‚ duties‚ powers‚ responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property”. The law does

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    Juvenile Delinquents

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    non-delinquents boys ages 14‚ 25‚ and 32. Nonetheless these boys were reared in low-income neighborhoods. Based on concrete theory of informal social controls‚ I proposition a 2-step hypothesis that links structure and process: family poverty inhibits family processes of informal social contract‚ in turn increasing the likelihood of juvenile delinquency. This is very important to me because I have a willing mine to try and come up with an idea to

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