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    The Criminal Justice System is plagued with social issues in this ever changing society. Youth violence has become a growing problem due to the economic breakdown in the inner cities and the availability of illegal guns. Criminal Justice professionals are responsible for the control of illegal guns and the gun markets. Youth in today’s society have turned to dealing drugs and gangs because they see no other way out of their economic and social pressures. Criminal Justice professionals need more training

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    A Christmas Carol Many social issue are in Charles Dickens‚ A Christmas Carol‚ with the vast majority of them having to do with scrooge. Scrooge begins the story with no Christmas spirit whatsoever‚ but he changes into a warmhearted teddybear at the end. A Christmas Carol shows that kindness is the way to go rather than being mean and greedy. A social issue that is touched on in this novel is the lack of sympathy that people have towards each other. Scrooge is mean to his family and friends

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    The first primary moral issue is that Ms. Jones endured with extreme substance abuse and lost guardianship of her children various times. Her mother deals with the children when she loses authority and Susan; the families social worker continually tries to keep in contact with her updated status of Ms. Jones. This is a moral issue because according to the Code of Ethics (COE) of the National Association of Social Workers (2008) states that “social workers should not take any part in a dual relationship

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    leaving him to hold eleven hostages in the ER until the hospital puts his son’s name on the list for the transplant. As John and his wife Denise searched ways to come up with the $75‚000 down payment‚ unfortunately‚ they were unsuccessful. The social justice issue that is presented is the healthcare system. The Archibald’s did not have access to a sufficient healthcare even though John had insurance through his job there were restrictions due to his hours putting him at part-time and not a full-time

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    Health & Social Issues of Online Gaming With the technology advancements improving the gaming experience‚ more people are playing online games. Starting from children‚ teenagers‚ adults‚ people of all ages are playing online games. People that are addicted to online games have the tendency to lose interest in many hobbies‚ activities they enjoyed doing. They have little face-to-face interaction with their friends and family‚ assuming they are spending more than 4 hours a day playing online

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    It is true that “television entertains no issue that cannot be personified”(Seducing America.) Unfortunately‚ television must focus on what can be personified in order to retain the attention of its audience. Americans are restless and need constant shift in the media in order to keep them engaged. It wasn’t always like what it is today‚ before television everything was slower. It took longer for people to communicate and as a result took longer for things to change. In the current media climate

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    problem‚ rather than a social issue. ​While a person can be conflicted by personal problems‚ larger‚ less direct issues can come across as well. Something that affects a mass amount of people‚ and as a whole the group can benefit from the resolution of this issue; it would be a social issue. These problems or issues less directly‚ but most certainly affect the individual. ​It is important to differentiate between the two because in order address either of these two issues‚ you must prioritize

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    The 3 Most Pressing Issues The three most pressing social issues in the United States today are the economy‚ lack of appropriate education‚ and our priorities. In the U.S. today our national debt is over fifteen trillion dollars. Our national unemployment rate is 8.5%. Big businesses seem to continue to flourish at the working classes’ expense. When the wealthy lose their jobs‚ they tend to have “nest eggs” or resources that they can rely on until another position comes available. Yes‚ they sometimes

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    Social Auditing: Environmental Ethics Issues Characters: George Holt financial director Kim Hopkins internal auditor Senior Management Brian Henderson professional accountant (friend) Phone ringing by George to Kim George: hello!!!! Kim Kim: Yes‚ sir!!! George: Kim‚ I would like to highlight to you‚ that our management board meetings is schedule to next week Monday. Kim: Humm!!! George:I want you to make audit report on the company’s affaires….including graphs and figures…with full

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    like almost everyone else” (Sullivan‚ 2011). Social media is the new essential. Socialization‚ entertainment‚ and information source for a huge amount of people. It is almost in every area in daily life and the data entered is growing rapidly day by day. The question is who receives these data? What do they do with it? May it be harmful? These questions must have occupied almost everyone’s head at least once and it is not out of nowhere. Social networking sites have several privacy gaps that

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