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    Explain the Social Learning Theory‚ making reference to two relevant studies. By Tanisha Sabhaney Behaviouristic theories of learning are essentially theories of conditioning and emphasize the role of reinforcement in learning. One of the mot predominant theories is Albert Bandura’s social learning theory‚ which assumes that. People learn through observing others’ behavior‚ attitudes‚ and outcomes of those behaviors which is called observational learning‚ that is an indirect form of learning known

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    How should juvenile offenders be treated in the American criminal justice system? This is one of the most pressing questions in the field of criminal justice today. Juvenile offenders are treated quite differently than the adults in the American criminal justice system‚ and nowhere can that difference be clearer than in the corrections system. Historically‚ juveniles were treated as less responsible for their actions than adults‚ and subjected to different methods of correction than adults‚ even

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    Juvenile Delinquency “Humanity has the stars in its future‚ and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.” --- Isaac Asimov Americans today are often bound to the stereotype that poor parental child-rearing methods‚ peer pressure and poverty are the cause of juvenile delinquency in America. However‚ the truth is that there are far more factors other than these‚ major and minor‚ that contribute to the cause of juvenile delinquency

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    WISCONSIN YOUTH FUTURES Technical Report #14 Risk-Focused Prevention of Juvenile Crime University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension Cooperative Extension Risk-Focused Prevention of Juvenile Crime By Karen Bogenschneider Assistant Professor‚ Child and Family Studies Family Policy Specialist University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension What Factors Lead to Juvenile Crime? "Do we know enough to prevent juvenile crime?" The response to this question hinges on one of the most effective prevention

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    Engaging With Vulnerable People This essay will explore the concept of vulnerability‚ the type of people who can be vulnerable and its potential effects.  It will then relate this specifically to the case of Miss Jaya an elderly Hindu lady who has no relatives and lives alone‚ and why she is perceived to be vulnerable.  The essay will then go on to evaluate how a nurse can demonstrate professional values and empower the patient to help reduce their vulnerability‚ taking into account the Nursing

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    Juveniles entering in the criminal justice system can bring a number of serious problems with them. The problems include substance abuse‚ academic failure‚ emotional disturbances‚ physical health‚ family problems‚ and a history of physical or sexual abuse. However‚ the rehabilitation programs in the juvenile criminal justice system is not meeting the needs of the adolescent population and the problems that come with them. Effectively addressing these problems require the programs to be successful

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    What Is Theory

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    TQuestion a. What kinds of theories are addressed in the article? Answer: The article discusses mainly two types of research theory.one is quantitative (Positivistic) and the other is qualitative (Phenomenological). These theories provide necessary guideline to the researcher regarding how to design their research questions‚ select relevant data‚ interpret the data‚ and propose explanations of causes or influences. The quantitative approach follows systematic empirical investigation of social phenomena

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    I decided early in my life that I would not choose my career based on the amount of pecuniary I could make in the field but on what fits my interest. I come from a single parent household of four girls. My mother always stressed to me and my sisters how salient education is. Dilatory and indolent behavior was not tolerated. My mother wanted us to have an auspicious future. My mother’s inculcation of being erudite as the key to success motivated me to attend Florida A&M University. As a child‚ I loved

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    There has been an enormous amount of research‚ going back almost thirty years‚ about the relationship between childhood trauma‚ and juvenile delinquency. Many researchers cannot say that there is a direct link between the two‚ but after much research‚ researchers have found that childhood trauma can perhaps be a predictor for juveniles who later in life commit crimes. Trauma is defined as‚ “a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury

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    Its goal is to change patterns of thinking or behavior that are behind people’s difficulties‚ and so change the way they feel. It is used to help treat a wide range of issues in a person’s life‚ from sleeping difficulties or relationship problems‚ to drug and alcohol abuse or anxiety and depression (In-Depth‚ 2016). CBT works by changing people’s attitudes and their behavior by focusing on the thoughts‚ images‚ beliefs and attitudes that are held‚ a person’s

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