One of the most life changing experiences I’ve had happened during Know More program which focuses on youth violence prevention. I never planned on attending this program because I didn’t have any time for anything else other than my exams during finals week. My school counselor insisted and I couldn’t refuse even though I wasn’t excited to spend my weekends out of town with strangers. Back then I didn’t realize it would play a significant role in my personality development. At that time my personality
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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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Gangs are corrupting minds and ruining our youth‚ many teens need to open their eyes and see the truth. A gang could just be a social group of friends and family that just hang out‚ but many of these gangs are involved in criminal activity like murders‚ robberies and drug dealing. One thing all gangs share in common is that they all want to claim territory (Conly) Gangs have been a part of history for thousands of years and their roots run deep into Americas past and culture. (Lewis) Gangs are a
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Is any work better than no work? Not for unemployment benefits New York – Roberta Hanson of North Haven‚ Conn.‚ had been searching for work for 22 months when she landed a part-time job weekend afternoons and nights for a nearby municipal parks and recreation department. But now Ms. Hanson rues the day she took that work. Why? The Connecticut Department of Labor used her negligible earnings in her part-time job as the new baseline for Hanson’s unemployment benefits. She went from receiving $483
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Youth justice system In the last hundred years‚ juvenile justice is concentrating on punishment and welfare both. England earlier had the unfortunate system of juvenile justice of imprisonment‚ transportation and even death penalty‚ regardless of the age of the offender. Now children and adults are treated differently and juveniles have their own courts to try their offences. A large number of them are considered to be suffering from behavioural disorders and in such cases‚ they are sent for psychiatric
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the idea of a possible correlation between youth organized sports and youth crime rates. Sports are able to teach youth discipline‚ honesty‚ character building and social skills. Since there are not many variables in the data being researched most data will be taken from case studies and examples. Although there are a lot of variables regarding youth crime it would take too much time and effort to try and pinpoint all the different factors affecting youth crime (socio-economic‚ cultural influences
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consequences of youth unemployment in Australia has been of particular concern within both government and private sectors for many years. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)‚ 10.9% of the total 15-24 age population was unemployed in September‚ 1995. This figure climbed to 15.3% in September‚ 2003. This evidence gives cause to the growing concern surrounding the increase in youth unemployment. For sizeable numbers of youth‚ its not going to get any easier to find work as they move
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To further elaborate on this point‚ take for instance our creation myths. We have at least three different creation myths—The Visayan Creation Myth‚ The Story of Bathala‚ and Malakas at Maganda. These stories established a whole Pantheon of gods like Bathala‚ Maguayan‚ Kaptan‚ Kabunian‚ Diyan Masalanta‚ Galang Kaluluwa‚ etc. These stories may come with different names for the gods because each tribe has a story to tell‚ although the premise of the stories don’t change. Due to the Christian and Islamic
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Evaluation and supervision are the core processes in determining standards and maintaining quality in education. The assumption is they enhance teacher’s performance and boost the learners’ achievements. Evaluation is a function of policy while supervision administrative tools. This paper is focussing on the definitions‚ types‚ purposes‚ roles‚ differences and similarities of these two key processes. It will also look at why the two are necessary in any education system and what problems are associated
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bullying in schools as this practice is becoming more prevalent. The question therefore needs to be asked: How can bullying in schools be minimized? Focus areas • Background • Causes of bullying • Prevalence of bullying • Effects of bullying Methods of research • Print material • Electronic media • Survey 1.0 Background A brief background into this pervasive practice is needed to set the context for the research 1.1 Definition of bully amongst youth community Bullying is a conscious
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