Davina Fisher Juvenile Justice System 20th Century Professor Deborah White Strayer University 6 April 2012 Juvenile Justice System 20th Century The first juvenile court in this country was established in Cook County‚ Illinois‚ in 1899. Illinois passed the Juvenile Court Act of 1899‚ which established the Nation ’s first juvenile court. The British doctrine of parens patriae (the State as parent) was the rationale for the right of the State to intervene in the lives of children in a manner
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Enlightenment Philosophers of Europe in 17th Century When the time of enlightenment cast upon Europe‚ many individual have uncover the need of communicating with others to share and learn new knowledge. These communication create many view and aspect of how society should run. Many of these view are in contradiction with others. One of these contradicting idea of society is form by Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Thomas Hobbes was a champion of absolutism for the sovereign. He supported the government
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Intro to Politics (I) Identify the several varieties of liberalism discussed in the chapter on liberalism and the historical circumstances in which they emerged. There are several varieties of liberalism that are discussed in the text of “Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal” by Terence Ball and Richard Dagger. Some of these varieties are neoclassical liberals‚ welfare liberals‚ and libertarian anarchists. The first variation of liberalism discussed is neoclassical liberals‚ who believe
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Identify and describe the philosopher’s contributions to the field of philosophy. The 20th century philosopher-theologian Josiah Royce was the first to use the phrase "The Beloved Community" but Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ who followed the Fellowship of Reconciliation made the “term” popular by devoting himself to its meaning on a deeper level. This term eventually encompassed the imagination of people regarding the idea of goodwill the world over (Schulke & Fernandez‚ 2012). Dr King’s objective
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History: Does the past affect the future? Debra Sharpton Devry Vietnam and the 20th Century Experience HIST-415N Traci Sumner May 10‚ 2014 History: Does the past affect the future? History is “The study of past events in human affairs”. (Oxford Dictionary‚ n.d.‚) Why should we study history? How does history affect people today? Historical knowledge is nothing more than collective memory. Historians work to reinterpret the past‚ search for new sources and new meanings in old documents
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The origins of the CCRB date back to the 1950s‚ when a coalition of 18 organizations formed the Permanent Coordination Committee on Police and Minority Groups to lobby the city to address police misconduct‚ especially in relations with Puerto Ricans and blacks. The NYPD responded by establishing the Civilian Complaint Review Board (board) in 1953 as a committee of three deputy police commissioners to investigate civilian complaints. While police officers conducted the investigations‚ the deputy commissioners
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In the 19th and 20th centuries‚ many foreigners emigrated from Southern and Eastern Europe. These were the new immigrants; they fled from famine‚ war‚ and financial instability among other issues. Once arriving‚ the new immigrants were brutally welcomed by the old immigrants. Many of the old immigrants held nativist views towards the newcomers. Old immigrants were people who were already settled in the United States and most of them believed the new immigrants were injurious to America. New immigrants
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Up until the end of the 19th century‚ the concept of homosexuality was a scarcely known or talked-about subject‚ due to social stigmatization. However‚ lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender rights have seen rapid progress throughout the 20th century‚ marked by gradual increases in acknowledgement and acceptance of homosexuality. In the United States‚ the concept of homosexuality remained unspoken for centuries. Often times‚ anyone who was discovered to have taken part in homosexual behaviors would
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the population. Disabled Americans have experienced hardship throughout history‚ and their effort led to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Disabled Americans have a long and painful history. Ableism was a prevalent state of mind up into the 20th century (Faville). Ableism was discrimination against disabled individuals (Faville). Because of this‚ the disabled were often passed up for jobs and were unable to provide for themselves (Faville). From the mid 1800’s to mid 1900’s‚ displaying disabled
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The 20th century observed extraordinary changes in the structure and dynamics of American families. The remarkable shift began with the Progressive Era‚ which spearheaded the emerging concept of marital happiness‚ an idea that marriage should be composed of emotional ties between the husband and wife. The Industrial Revolution further reinforced these rising ideals with economic and technological transformations that encouraged people to choose partners based on emotional attraction than financial
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