Teen pregnancy is a health issue in New Zealand because it is a matter which has significant public importance as a society we value a woman having children once they are educated and fanatically stable but teen pregnancy goes against the social value. New Zealand has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world almost 4000 babies born to teen parents a year.’’ Since 2000‚ births 15-19 year olds have been trending upwards again with the birth rate increasing between 2001 and 2008
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Juvenile crime has been a serious topic since an increasing number of minors gets involved in violating the law and people consider it as a serious social issue. Even though the rate of juvenile delinquency such as assaults‚ rapes‚ and theft rises every year‚ nobody including the government and the police can come up with an effective way to prevent the teenagers from engaging in serious social problems. Even though they‚ the government and the police‚ assert that the curfews on teenagers can alleviate
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ADOLESCENT PREGNANCIES AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. A STUDY FROM TANGA-TANZANIA. By: Nyakubega Peter (MD 5‚ MUHAS-2008/2009) ABSTRACT Objective To assess the factors associated with adolescent pregnancies among secondary students at Tanga municipality. Methodology A cross sectional descriptive analytical study which targeted all girls in secondary schools at Tanga municipality‚ Results Low socioeconomic status was found to be an important cause for adolescent pregnancies as 57.1% of
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Juvenile Delinquent Renee Washington American Intercontinental University Abstract This report is in regards to our young people today that need to be helped to a point that they have meaning in their lives. There are ways that can be presented to insure that young offenders can work through the pain‚ and rage surrounding their emotions which causes negative behavior. Healing programs have been a recommendation thru the court systems to analyze juvenile delinquency‚ and find the factors
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Teen Pregnancy Teen pregnancy is a topic of concern due to the significant impact on the health of the mother‚ child‚ and community. The resources available for supporting the needs of teenage mothers are decreasing; resulting in the majority of teenage mothers being caught in the vicious cycle of poverty‚ school failure‚ and limited life options (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2000). In the United States more than 40% of women become pregnant before they are twenty years old‚ and 50% of teenage pregnancies
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teen pregnancy IS cool? 1. Teen pregnancy is up partly because there is less of a stigma associated with teen pregnancy since there is more of a "cultural permission" to be a younger mother. The rise is also partly due to the portrayal of celebrity teens such as Jamie Lynn Spears in the media and other cultural shifts‚ giving teens the idea that "having a baby is the new handbag". 2. The reason the authors use allusion in the first paragraph is to show the readers that teen pregnancy is becoming
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Juvenile Incarceration Victoria McMillian Troy University Introduction to Social Science Inquiry CJ3375DL T4 T. Newvine TABLE OF CONTENT I. GOAL STATEMENT‚ VARIABLES‚ QUESTIONS P.3 II. HYPOTHESES/THEORIES P.4-5 III. SAMPLING PROCEDURE P.6 IV. COVER LETTER
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| Teenage Pregnancy | The Real Issue | | Tina Riehle | 9/29/2011 | | A big issue Americans are dealing with is teenage pregnancies. There are different factors that contribute to this. At the micro-level the biggest overall factor is poverty levels. Many teenagers use contraceptives and still get pregnant. “If I use a condom I won’t get pregnant‚ right?” Wrong. The reason for this is because even though the condom was used‚ it may have been used improperly or was torn. Many low-income
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Running head: JUVENILE JUSTICE 1 Juvenile Justice Valarie Murphy-Taylor CRJ 301 Timothy Koester February 18‚ 2013 JUSTICE 2 Juvenile justice was created in the late 1800’s as reform to U.S. policies with regards to youth offenders. Over time‚ through various amendments directed at protecting both the due process rights of youth‚ and creating an averse effect in relation to jail among youth offenders‚ juvenile justice created a system similar to that
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Desirae M. Domenico‚ Ph.D. and Karen H. Jones‚ Ed.D. Volume 30‚ Number 1‚ Fall 2007 Adolescent Pregnancy in America: Causes and Responses Abstract Adolescent pregnancy has oc curred throughout America’s his tory. Only in recent years has it been deemed an urgent crisis‚ as more young adolescent mothers give birth outside of marriage. Atrisk circumstances associated with adolescent pregnancy in clude medical and health compli cations‚ less schooling and higher dropout rates‚ lower career
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