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    Homeless Youth

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    Homeless Youth Availability of housing facilities is of significance in the life of children/youths in the society. Homeless youths are the individuals that are under the age of eighteen years who lacks consistent place to stay or whose residence is a private or public shelter that is meant to give a temporal accommodation. America is the most industrialized and a superpower in the word but it has millions of residents who live below the poverty line that is set by the United Nations. Many of

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    Youth Suicide

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    Spring 2010 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMIC CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION‚ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA‚ RIVERSIDE Fact Sheet YOUTH SUICIDE by Michiko Otsuki‚ Tia Kim‚ and Paul Peterson Introduction Youth suicide is a major public health problem in the United States today. Each year in the U.S.‚ thousands of teenagers commit suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for 15-24 year olds‚ and the fifth leading cause of death for 5-14 year olds. (American Foundation

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    Youth and Globalization

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    actively participates in globalization‚ especially the economic globalization‚ which has obviously affected many aspects of Chinese youth’s life‚ such as youth migration‚ youth employment‚ youth culture‚ youth consumption and so on. The profound influence of globalization on youth is determined by the characteristics of both globalization and youth. 1.1 What is globalization? A Google search under the key word "globalization" yields more than 1.6 million hits — ample proof that both interest and

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    Helping to lessen social justices and equality is about trying to understand individual differences. Such differences can relate to a range of factors – ethnicity‚ religion‚ income‚ health‚ access to services and facilities‚ and these factors can interact in complex ways‚ benefiting some groups and disadvantaging others. In particular‚ those who experience the complex array of circumstances associated with having very limited incomes are often referred to as being ‘socially disadvantaged’. For me

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    Youth Justice

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    ------------------------------------------------- Youth Violence‚ A never-ending cycle ------------------------------------------------- The death of a 15 year old boy dana unick Dana Unick SOC 2267B March 17th‚ 2013 Prof The murder of young 15-year-old Rodney St. Aubyn marks the third youth under the age of sixteen to die as a result of extreme gun violence this year‚ tragically the boy did not survive the night. He was rushed to hospital from his Toronto public-housing

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    Contemporary Social Problem Research Paper Shaneka Ball HS5318 Scope of Human Services 106 March Street Belzoni‚ MS 39038 Telephone: 662-836-9396 Email: shaneka.ball@gmail.com Instructor: Dr. Bill Brehm   Abstract Opioid is a misused prescription drug that is causes problems in today’s society by interfering with everyday life living among children and adults. As I begin to think about prescription opioids and how it is abused‚ I wanted to know more about how it is being abused among and in society

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    Youth at Risk

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    Youth At-Risk: Preventing Student Dropouts and Facilitating Reintegration A State of Israel Experience Full Paper Melfi M. Caranto Overview of Israel’s Educational System The wellbeing of the youth is being taken as a serious national issue in Israel and they have done concrete actions about it. First of all‚ Israel has a very good educational structure and system. Education is free and compulsory from 1st to 12th grade. There is no private school in Israel because almost all of the school

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    Institute of Social studies Graduate School of Development Studies SOLVING DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS AMOUNG YOUTH IN KENYA: LESSONS FROM DUTCH DRUG POLICY A Research Paper presented by: CORNELIUS NOOlO KIMllU Kenya In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Obtaining the Degree of: Master of Arts in Development Studies Specialisation: Public Policy and Management Members of the Examining Committee: Prof. James Bjorkman Dr. Jan Kees van Donge The Hague‚ The

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    Youth

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    India Demographics Profile 2013 Home > Factbook > Countries > India Population | 1‚205‚073‚612 (July 2012 est.) | Age structure | 0-14 years: 29.3% (male 187‚386‚162/female 165‚345‚284)  15-24 years: 18.2% (male 116‚019‚042/female 103‚660‚359)  25-54 years: 40.2% (male 249‚017‚538/female 235‚042‚251)  55-64 years: 6.8% (male 41‚035‚270/female 40‚449‚880)  65 years and over: 5.6% (male 31‚892‚823/female 35‚225‚003) (2012 est.) | Median age | total: 26.5 years  male: 25.9 years 

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    Media and Youth

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    A look at the world media landscape for children and youth immediately presents two opposing themes: opportunities and risks. For example‚ globalization of media brings opportunities to broaden children’s outlooks and provide more equal access to information‚ but it also threatens cultural identification and values. Technological advances bring the promise of new skills and greater youth participation in society‚ but also increase the risk of child exploitation and informational divides. There

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