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    Youth Violence in Society

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    Youth Violence in Society "In 2002‚ more than 877‚700 young people ages 10 to 24 were injured from violent acts. Approximately 1 in 13 required hospitalization" (CDC 2004). Violence is everywhere. We can’t control it. Its on TV‚ it’s on the radio‚ it’s in our schools‚ it’s in the streets‚ and it’s everywhere. Currently in the US‚ the rate of crimes committed by minors has sky rocketed in the last 10 years. Now comes the big question‚ who’s to blame? As out society grows‚ so do its problems.

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    Environmental Crimes

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    Defining Environmental Crimes Environmental crime is a serious and growing concern at national as well as international level‚ and one which takes many different forms. Environmental crime in broad terms means an act which is committed with the intention of damaging or causing damage to the ecological and biological systems to ensure business or personal benefit. The types of acts commonly recognised as environmental crime are: pollution or other contamination of air‚ land and water; illegal discharge

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    Youth & Gang Violence

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    Youth & Gang Violence Jacqueline Smith Jackson State University Youth & Gang Violence Definition of Problem As an African American‚I often wondered why people were in gangs and what made them want to involve themselves in violent activity. I grew up in a predomintely all black neighborhood and many of the kids I grew up with were in some type of gang affiliation Desciples‚ Vice Lord and Latin Kings. Gangs and violence is still happening every day which hit the headline news with young

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    Youth Justice Procedure

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    Young Offender Programs  Two young offender centres located in Edmonton and Calgary‚ house open custody‚ secure custody and remand status young offenders.  Shunda Creek Youth Correctional Camp provides work programs for selected young offenders with open custody status.  A number of privately operated group homes under contract to the Correctional Services Division also house open custody young offenders. The Young Offender Branch Custody Program promotes positive behaviour change in the young offender

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    What is Crime

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    which is illegal. What is Crime? A crime is any behavior that is punishable by imprisonment or fine (or both). In the United States‚ an act is considered criminal when Congress or a state or local legislative body has defined it as such. But why are some acts defined as crimes while others aren’t? While whole books have been written on this subject‚ here a few straightforward reasons why crimes are crimes: Many acts that we consider crimes today were considered crimes under English law when the

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    hate crimes

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    Hate Crimes The Anti-Jews were standing outside of a synagogue chanting “kill the Big Noses” while Jews were inside having prayer. The term “Big Nose” is a stereotypic term used against Jews‚ making fun of their big noses. Verbal abuse is the first step to hate crimes. People who commit hate crimes should be tried with the highest charge possible and if found guilty‚ the most cruel sentencing possible. DEFINITION AND LAWS Based on the definition of hate crimes and current laws‚ hate crimes should

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    Crime Expo

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    Crime John Wayne Gacy‚ Jr.  was an American serial killer and rapist‚ also known as the Killer Clown‚ who was convicted of the sexual assault and murder of a minimum of 33 teenage boys and young men in a series of killings committed between 1972 and 1978 in Chicago‚ Illinois. On January 2‚ 1972‚ Gacy picked up a 15-year-old youth named Timothy Jack McCoy from Chicago’s Greyhound bus terminal. Gacy took McCoy—who was traveling en route from Michigan to Omaha—on a sightseeing tour of Chicago

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    Media Violence and Youth

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    Media Violence and Youth         The media violence affects youth negatively. Especially at young age‚ where kids’ minds are sponge-like‚ absorbing everything that around them. The average children spends about 40 hours a week watching television. "Think about the lost potential in children spending the equivalent of a full-time job‚ passively viewing entertainment" (Simmons). Nowadays‚ the violence in television‚ radio‚ and internet are everywhere. In today and age violence in entertainment

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    increase support for the Nazi party and ideals‚ Adolf Hitler not only had to gain support from adults‚ but increase support from youth. He needed to devise and implement a system that was powerful enough to manipulate the youth‚ but subtle enough for them to follow willingly. That system was propaganda. Through the use of propaganda‚ Hitler successfully persuaded the youth to believe and follow his political ideologies. Education played an important role in garnering support for Hitler and the Nazi

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    Permission was given to me by David to publish his works AN EXTENDED ESSAY OF THE PROBLEMS FACING THE YOUTH OF ST MARK CHURCH OF UGANDA KAMULI PARISH BY ISABIRYE DAVID J11/DTH/UMSN/003 AN EXTENDED ESSAY SUBMITTED TO BISHOP TUCKER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND DIVINITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A DIPLOMA IN THEOLOGY OF UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY. DECLARATION I Isabirye David‚ hereby declare that this is my own project of extended essay and it has been done

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