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    Introduction The prevention of juvenile crime‚ alcohol and drug abuse and how best to intervene to predict and ameliorate the life choices of many young and vulnerable members of the population are very vital in building positive community development. The social and economic factors influence crime trends over the longer term while other factors such as changes in the percentage of young males in the population may mask the effect over the short term. Given the increased numbers of young people

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    Vantages Services Jamaica Limited is an multinational corporation with parent company in Stockholm Sweden and a subsidiary in Jamaica. They viewed Jamaica as a potential place where their business would be successful hence; operations were commenced in early 2004. After six months of operations‚ Vantages Services Jamaica Limited began to experience industrial relations problems. Subsequently employees sought union representation. This however‚ led Vantage Services Jamaica Limited to visit their

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    1.Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” is a daughter’s mimicry of how her mother tells her to perform housekeeping and other sensitive topics for proper behavior. Because of the content and demanding tone‚ do you find the mother abusive and demeaning‚ or is something else going on? The mother seems to be abusive‚ demeaning and cold. Her tone throughout the story is critical and commanding. The way she talks to her daughter makes me feel as if there were no warm feelings in their relationship. The mother gives

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    regret not listening to people with knowledge. People with knowledge and experience can be a positive influence towards people that need the help and advice they need for a better future. Jamaica Kincaid in her story “Girl” explains how a mother gives her knowledge towards her daughter to save her life from violence and promiscuity. The mother advices her to be careful from any dangers in the world even though her daughter doesn’t seem to have reached the adolescence stage. She believes that a woman’s

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    cities now face is crime. What are the most effective measures to tackle crime in urban areas NumWord 343 The rapid pace of urbanization is often associated with a high level of crime and violence. The greater concentration of wealthier victims (persons‚ banks‚ houses‚ etc.) makes the urban areas attractive for the criminal-prone individuals and potential offenders. The search of the most effective way to tackle crime depends on what do we prefer - to react or to prevent crime. The traditional approach

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    Girl The poem Girl‚ written by Jamaica Kincaid‚ presents itself with great meaning and many literary purposes. The devices and styles Jamaica uses bring out the purpose of the poem perfectly. There is also a perfect balance of negative and positive turns in the writing. The subject and theme of this poem are very different. The subject would be presented as what this girl hears from people‚ specifically her mom‚ in her everyday life. The theme would be the specific details of the subject; things

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    Nowadays‚ school violence becomes a serious problem in many countries. Especially in Vietnam‚ there r more and more SV with more serious consequence. Everybody usually thinks that school is a peaceful place‚ but now the risk of dangerous is lucking? Our children. So‚ what should we do to protect our children? First‚ we have to find out the causes of SV. After that‚ we can expose some solutions. In short‚ what I want to talk abs today is cause and solution of SV. Let’s start with some reason why

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    Violent role in history In the “Violence Vanquished” with Steven Pinker‚ Pinker considers that the modern era is the most peaceful time in the history of the human species. All kinds of violence have declined due to the progress of human civilization‚ government ability to enforcement‚ development of commerce and the expansion of cosmopolitanism. The author has pulled together data from numerous statistical sources to back up his claim that violence has tended to decline through human history

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    occurring on the streets‚ but in the school systems as well. School violence is defined as any physical or verbal attack on a person while on school grounds or on school property. In earlier decades‚ school violence merely involved delinquency and the occasional fight. However‚ school violence has become a problem which has plagued the nation for the past several years. There has been an increase in the amount and the degree of violence. Students are now bringing guns‚ knives‚ and other weapons to school

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    on Violence Violence is the aggressive behaviour showcased by an individual. The dictionary defines it as‚ "the intentional use of power or physical force‚ threatened or actual‚ against oneself‚ another person or against a group or community that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury‚ death‚ psychological harm‚ mal-development or deprivation." This is a comprehensive definition of violence and very well describes all the related aspects of violence. Violence is an

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