Running head: JUVENILE OFFENDERS: RACE AND ETHNICITY Juvenile Offenders: Race and Ethnicity University of Phoenix Juvenile Offenders: Race and Ethnicity "Researchers have long observed differences in rates of serious juvenile and adult offending among ethnic and racial groups in the United States. These differences have prompted competing theoretical interpretations and public policy debates. However‚ conclusions about the racial differences in serious and violent juvenile offending
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Integration of Whirlpool and Inland During the late 1980s and into the 1990s‚ Whirlpool Corporation aimed at reducing their number of suppliers to achieve a better competitive advantage from others in the same market. One of the main components purchased and used for products was steel. They decided the best choice was to create an alliance with one of their current suppliers. After carefully considering and answering several different questions within the company‚ Whirlpool’s attention was brought
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Efficacy of Sexual Offender Treatment: Juvenile Sexual Offenders with Mental Health Diagnosis Lynetric Rivers Liberty University Abstract Juvenile sex offending has been on the rise over the past ten years. Juvenile sex offenders are best described between the ages of 12 and 17 years old. It has often been thought the percentage of sexual disorders in relation to juvenile sex offenders have been low. It is very possible they have simply been misdiagnosed. Dr. Fong describes hypersexual
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individuals that leads to them being traumatized‚ psychotic‚ or psychopathic‚ three categories that many of these shooters fall into. Within this paper I will be discussing my findings on the factors that lead to the shaping‚ and molding of these offenders minds‚ and what is being done in order to decrease the number of occurrences in our society. Although there are traits that all shooters share‚ we have to be cautious when it comes to associating students to those of a school shooter. Authors Brandi
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Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders Peter Greenwood Summary Over the past decade researchers have identified intervention strategies and program models that reduce delinquency and promote pro-social development. Preventing delinquency‚ says Peter Greenwood‚ not only saves young lives from being wasted‚ but also prevents the onset of adult criminal careers and thus reduces the burden of crime on its victims and
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Introduction Young people are overrepresented as offenders. The justice system deals mostly with working class offenders and indigenous and ethnic minorities. Young people are often targeted by mainstream media and become perceived as delinquents and menaces to society. They are considered to be “at risk” of offending. This creates an age and class bias amongst communities and results in the negative stigmatisation of young people‚ especially those in minority groups. Young‚ disadvantaged people
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Exploratory Paper The topic of young offenders caught my eye as I was scanning for an idea to write my paper. Criminals of any fashion are of interest to me‚ and youth in the justice system is a subject that I have dealt with throughout my high school career. A friend of mine has been in and out of correctional facilities‚ and it was not till later that they discovered he had a mental disorder that he was not being treated for. This is upsetting because if he had been scanned for an issue such as
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Are laws targeting the right people? So far in the class‚ I’ve learned that criminal justice is not black and white. It has the goal of being that way‚ but mostly it’s a lot of grey area. The topic of habitual offenders is just another grey area. Some of the laws in place for habitual offenders are perfectly affective. I also believe that there are some who commit crimes so small and insignificant that the law should not be enforced. I do believe in mistakes and poor choices. Do those people deserve
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Canlas‚Karen Ann 6.) The discovery or creation of entrepreneurial opportunities in relation to the conditions of the industrial sector. I. INTRODUCTION No extensive empirical study on the sources of entrepreneurial opportunities included the individual‚ the environment and the individual’s start-up activities in a post-socialist periphery. However‚ such layered approaches have been encouraged in theoretical studies of entrepreneurship. Bouchikhi (1993) claims that each approach taken separately
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Character A leader will have character. A leader should have core values to lead his team to victory and prevail over obstacles. Leaders will take risks and makes decisions that no one will want to make. Leaders will have the ability to solve problems. They will also be able to flow with the constant change that goes on in the work place. He or she will be determined to get results for the employer and the customer. A victorious team will have a leader with quality character to overcome obstacles
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