age 18 cannot legally purchase or consume alcohol‚ serve on juries or be drafted‚ because they are presumed not to have the capacity to handle adult responsibilities (Labelle‚ Phillips‚ Horton‚ 2006). Last year‚ the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory life sentences for offenders under 18 was cruel and unusual punishment‚ and therefore unconstitutional. At the heart of the decision is the recognition that it is fundamentally unjust to mandate a life sentence for children convicted
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YOUTH CONSUMERISM ABSTRACT : “The future is not in the sun‚ moon‚ stars or other planets‚ it’s in our youth.” Thought by thought‚ action by action they are the pioneers sculpting future of our country. Youth remain no longer conservative but they are swept by the changes in globalization. Kites rise not with‚ but against the wind and the youth in India are responsible for the unparallel growth in economy‚ bringing about unpredicted changes and have put India as the drives of the change in the
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Today’s Youth‚ Tomorrow’s Frankenstein Views on School Shootings On a sunny spring day in April 1999‚ a suburban school named Columbine High in Littleton‚ Colorado found itself under attack by two of its own students. (http://www.knowgangs.com) In less than fifteen minutes of the first lunch period on that Tuesday‚ two armed students killed thirteen and wounded twenty-one fellow classmates before they turned the guns on themselves - the most devastating school shooting in U.S. history. Unfortunately
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Children of today’s society are unbelievably overtaken by marvels of modern technology. More than ever before‚ technology influences young people‚ how they communicate‚ how they learn‚ and how they spend their time. Ranging from the Internet‚ the cell phone user‚ the video gamer‚ to the Ipod user‚ the youths of today have one. Children of today’s society have either one or all of these modern toys. Whether it is gaming‚ surfing the Internet‚ or talking on the cell phone‚ the youths today would
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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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words of James” Youth is the joy‚ the little bird that has broken out of the eggs and is eagerly waiting to spread out its wings in the open sky of freedom and hope.” Power of Youth Youth is the spring of Life. It is the age of discovery and dreams. India is of largest youth population in the world today. The entire world is eyeing India as a source of technical manpower. They are looking at our youth as a source of talents at low costs for their future super profits. If Indian youth make up their
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Youth gangs in North American society are nothing new. When we turn on the news we often hear stories of misguided youth contributing to yet another gang related crime. Even though it is known that youth crimes are overrepresented in the media today‚ the subject of youth gang activity is quite a predicament to our society. Over the last few years‚ there has been a moral panic created by constant exposure to the media which portrays a great amount of youth crimes and violence. In Canada there
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economic conditions have affected the emergence‚ growth‚ and current state of youth and college sports in the United States. The emergence‚ growth‚ and current state of youth and college sports in the United States have been subject to many things‚ but two of the most influential and definitive conditions of these stages are the social and economic factors. The emergence of sports in the United States had little to do with youth sports and everything to do with college sports. The main factor socially
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The Power of Youth in Creating “Corruption Free India” The essay is a study of role of youth to make country a corruption free nation. It is an effort to give concrete view point on the power of the integrated youth of nation who are future of the country and whose efforts are decisive for country’s progress. INTRODUCTION It is a no brainer that Corruption in India is at its rampant best. There is not one section of the society that is spared from it. Recent examples like CWG‚ 2G and
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My own thoughts on Youth Rebellion Youth rebellion is a vital process of a child’s turning into an adult. It can also be seen as teenage rebellion. What is the exact definition of youth rebellion? This is the Wikipedia version: "As part of their development into young adults‚ humans must develop an identity independent from their parents or family and a capacity for independent decision-making. They may experiment with different roles‚ behaviours‚ and ideologies as part of their process of
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