found positive results for bystander intervention especially for first year college students (Cares et al‚ 2015). Crime prevention through the theoretical framework of convergence. Crime is seen as a result of convergence of three factors: a motivated offender‚ a suitable target‚ and the absence of anyone to intervene with the criminal behavior (von Lampe‚ 2011). Under these conditions‚ the criminal offender will make a decision to commit a crime based on the situational factors they are presented
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Describe three of the personal characteristics that may contribute to effective crisis intervention counseling. Life experiences is a good personal characteristic which could contributed to effective crisis interventions. James and Gilliland describe life experiences “as a resource for emotional maturity that‚ combined with training‚ enables workers to be stable‚ consistent‚ and well-integrated not only within a crisis” (pg. 21). I believe this definition is accurate because the more experience
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Response Paper H. J. McCloskey‚ a renowned philosopher in the mid 20th century‚ wrote a provocative article in 1968 titled‚ “On Being an Atheist”. McCloskey argues for atheism as the preferred and better belief system based upon his refutation of the theistic arguments. He argues against the existence of God by attempting to refute the cosmological and teleological arguments; as well he endeavours to discredit a God based upon the presence of evil. In doing this‚ he extends the boundaries for
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READER’S RESPONSE Grammar Translation Method and Communicative Approach Method are compared in teaching English language. Which is better? Based on the research of Nitish Kamar Mordal‚ Communicative Approach Method (CA) is far more significant effective than Grammar Translation Method (GT) in teaching English language. After reading this research‚ the writer wants to give some comments and opinions. Firstly in introduction‚ although the researcher introduce the variable briefly‚ explain the
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Response to: Foul Shots In Foul Shots‚ Rogelio R. Gomez writes about his Chicano background and the neighborhood he grew up in. Furthermore‚ he describes himself being stereotyped as one of the “barrio boys” basically meaning that he is considered inferior to the Anglos. In high school‚ the writer states that he was on a basketball team and that there was one day when his coach announced that his team was to “buddy up” with the opposite team. The opposite team was all White and therefore had a
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Response Reading: An American Childhood My first reaction to An American childhood was a lot like my own memories when I was a child. I have vivid memories of throwing snowballs at cars driving by‚ playing football‚ and hanging with the boys. I related to Annie Dillard more than any author I have ever read. Dillard was not the average type of girl growing up and neither was I. I’m sure though that this relates to many children when growing up and not having a care in the world. She was much more
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Poetry response to “Aubade” Charity Ryan The poem I am responding to is “Aubade‚” which is written by Philip Larkin. I looked up the definition of the word Aubade on dictionary.com‚ and it said that an Aubade is a song or poem of or about lovers separating at dawn. It is also defined as a song or instrumental composition concerning‚ accompanying‚ or evoking daybreak. Stanza One: The speaker hints that he is at home in his bed. “Waking at the four to soundless dark‚ I stare.” He wakes
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• Your intervention practices (successes‚ failures‚ preferences) o During this week‚ I had the opportunity to incorporate a family systems approach‚ motivational interviewing‚ solution focused theory and strengths perspective. Each of these intervention practices were completed successfully. The success of the interventions were determined by the individual goals met by the patients. • Aspects of clinical practice that consume or renew your energy‚ o This week my clinical practice was renewed when
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Steinhardt & Dolbier (2008) investigated the effectiveness of a 4-week resilience intervention for the reduction of stress. This intervention mainly focused on teaching the students to deal with stress through appropriate coping strategies‚ and have the students take responsibility. Coping strategies were assessed using the Brief Coping Orientations to Problems Experienced (COPE) scale (Carver‚ 1997). In this research 57 participants were randomly divided over an experiment group and a control group
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Response Paper 1 As we’ve been reading‚ I often have found myself paying particular attention to Shakespeare’s analysis and critiques of love. Occasionally it seems as if Shakespeare is holding up love as the most intensely wonderful and perfect feeling one could experience. Yet‚ most of the time‚ it seems that Shakespeare cannot describe a single couple that is actually as perfect as it appears to be. At first I thought that Shakespeare was criticizing love as an ideal‚ saying that it actually
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