Treatments of Alcoholism Alcoholism can destroy the life of an alcoholic and devastate the alcoholic ’s family. But it also has overwhelming consequences for society. Consider these statistics from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence: *In 1988‚ alcoholism and problems related to it cost the United States an estimated $85.8 billion in mortality and reduced productivity; *Fetal alcohol syndrome‚ caused by a woman ’s drinking during pregnancy‚ afflicts five thousand infants
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Treatment Plan Assesment/Summary Client Name: Antwone Fisher Presenting Problem: Antwone was referred for treatment for a psych. Evaluation due to his recent and reoccurring altercations with others on the Navy Ship. Antwone has a lot of anger and aggression problems. Antwone Fisher is a young African American male in his twenties. He was born in an Ohio Correctional facility where he was placed in an orphanage by the state until his mother could resume the responsibilities of him. However his mother
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Phase 2 Discussion Board Introduction to Criminal Justice Hello Everyone‚ Are habitual offender laws targeting the right people for incarceration? Well first I am going to speak a little about the habitual offender laws. State legislators angered with the situation drafted new laws designed to prevent early release‚ especially for certain crimes. These new laws are called enhancement statutes. Examples of such statues would be the Habitual Felons Act‚ RICO‚ the Career
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Diversion Programs CJA/374 October‚ 28 2014 Diversion Programs Diversion programs are usually misunderstood by society‚ and in some cases is believe that they do not work. However research conducted by different organizations has found that they in fact do reduce recidivism amongst juveniles diverted V. those that were not. Diversion as described refers to “the attempt to divert‚ or channel out‚ youthful offenders from the juvenile justice system" (Bynum and Thompson‚ 1996:430). In this paper it
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder in which patients have intrusive thoughts that lead them to do repetitive behaviors to ease their anxiety. Treatment options for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy‚ medication‚ and Psychotherapy can help the person suffering by reducing the frequency of compulsive behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy‚ also known as CBT‚ is an effective way for treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. CBT is the training of a patient’s
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registration of the sex offender. In the state of Georgia the regulation that covers the registration of sex offenders is O.C.G.A 42-1-12 (. Procedural guidelines related to the implementation of the registration/publication program (how long do they have to register? Who pays for registration/publication? etc.) Sex offenders must typically register prior to or upon release from confinement and/or sentenced to community supervision. The sex offender will have 72 hours to register‚ after
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Innocence “Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?” presents many themes and symbols to the reader. One that jumped out at me while reading the story was the overall feeling of innocence. Joyce Carol Oates shows us innocence from the very beginning of the story to the end where Connie loses self-control and power. From the first paragraph of the story we learn that Connie is a young fifteen year old who longs for attention and acceptance. I was able to relate to the story better when I paused
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| Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders | | | | | Sexual violence in the United Stated has become a significant problem over the past decade. Besides being a health problem for the individual‚ it is a crime that every State punishes in accordance to their laws. In an effort to decrease the incidents of sexual assault‚ many states and legislators have passed laws geared towards reducing recidivism among convicted sex offenders. As a result‚ sex offenders living in the United States are
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Women Offenders In this article it discusses how the number of women offenders has increased. Based on the self-reports of victims of violence‚ women account for about 14% of violent offenders an annual average of about 2.1 million violent female offenders. Male offending equals about 1 violent offender for every 9 males age 10 or older‚ a per capita rate 6 times that of women. Three out of four violent female offenders committed simple assault. Six to ten women in State prisons had experienced
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of one month. An alternative diagnosis is which symptoms cluster together and whether they form disorganised‚ positive and negative symptoms (Liddle et al. 1994). Current treatments for schizophrenia are divided into drug treatments‚ psychological and social management and electroconvulsive therapy. Drug treatments have developed around the biological explanations of the causes of Schizophrenia. There are ample studies around but problems with some of the research in this area such as supporting
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