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    Government Should Establish Program To Reduce Juvenile Crime Juvenile crime is increasing rapidly and is a problem that plagues America. The murder rate by 18 year olds has increased 467% since 1965! The current policy maintained for the last number of decades is clearly not effective. An increase of 207% in the number of murder cases committed by 15 year olds from 1985 to 1993 is not a sign that current policy is effective. Changes must be made. The best way to address the problem is through

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    Colleen Grider 9/20/13 Davis Essay #1 TuTh 12:30-1:45 Teen Pregnancy My life changed completely on Friday‚ May 24‚ 2013. It was the day after graduation. I took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. All of a sudden‚ a rush of emotions came over me. I was scared‚ nervous‚ anxious‚ and worried. I had no idea what this really meant‚ or what I was going to do. I am only eighteen years old. I haven’t lived enough life to care for another human being that way. How was I to even tell

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    Alcohol and Teens From pastures to unsupervised blowouts at home‚ the social calendars of most teens are full of alcohol. Other drugs rise and fall in popularity from generation to generation‚ but alcohol never really goes out of style. From being worshiped by the ancient Babylonians to being forbidden to teenagers‚ alcohol has caused many problems. Today‚ drinking is the drug of choice by teens and causes most wrecks and deaths today. To understand alcohol people must first know the history

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    Should companies operate in Violent Areas: |Yes |No | |The higher the risk‚ the bigger the reward |Easy mark for kidnapping | |Disease is still a bigger risk than violence |There are about 8.000 kidnappings per year‚ most of them foreign | |

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    People now having a heated debate over whether students should work while going to school‚ because many of today’s teenagers have their first jobs when they are still in high school. Some people think part-time jobs interfere with students’ school work‚ and most of students choose to work in fast-food chains like KFC‚ which don’t require employees to have higher education. While part-time jobs can present some problems‚ they can also help students gain excellent work experience‚ cultivate their responsibilities

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    Teen Marriage In today’s world‚ teens’ take marriage for granted. Marriage should be something special and sacred. In some religions teens’ have to get married at an early age and sometimes even arranged marriages. Teens’ are not mature enough to make a decision and to deal with life changing circumstances that come with marriage‚ like teen pregnancy. Peer pressure sometimes play’s a part in teen marriage because one or the other feel’s forced to make decisions they don’t want to. Today‚ many teens’

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    REGULATION OF SEXUALITY AND LAW OF CRIMES Regulation of Sexuality This thought-provoking term stands as the reason behind my choice of this topic. So far‚ among other things‚ Law School has taught me the importance of perceptual lenses through which people view events and issues. If you look at the world through feminist lenses‚ it will look one way. Through economist lenses‚ another. Though all perceptions‚ in my perception‚ hold a portion of truth and reasonability‚ I still see myself wearing

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    Live Debate: Tuesday 23 Crime‚ Culpability‚ and the Adolescent Brain. Read the attached article in its entirety and develop a plan to engage in a full debate on Tuesday. You will be assigned a pro or con side‚ so plan for either one. This debate is a graded debate. Use the article and your chapter to make an argument on your team’s behalf. Have a great weekend. Please review chapter 3 Record: 1 Title: Crime‚ Culpability‚ and the Adolescent Brain. Authors: Beckman‚ Mary Source: Science;

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    Teen Talk Text 1. (two excerpts) Dear Dr. Erika‚ There’s a girl in my class who thinks whenever she opens her big mouth everybody better shut up and listen. And at lunch she sits at the best table in the cafeteria‚ and woe! if you park there. She pitches a fit. She actually gets her way in everything. Even the teachers are scared of her and treat her different from the rest of us. Reina‚ 14 Dear Dr. Erika‚ I dread my second period class. There’s this girl who‚

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    Payne 1  Cami Payne  Mr. Stewart & Ms. Hart  English 11  22 January 2015  Teen Pregnancy  Teen pregnancy has developed into one of the United States’ largest and most debated  problems. Having a baby while still in high school can create difficulties like not being able to  complete high school‚ not going to college‚ and not being as effective in the workforce.​ Other  than social dilemmas there are certain health issues that are more likely to appear in a teenage  pregnancy for example the baby is more likely to have a low birth weight

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