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    designing a health promotion program for numerous reasons. Two reasons are that theories serve as a guide for programs and interventions and they also help us reach goals and understand human behavior. First‚ a theoretical framework should be used to provide guidance for a program or intervention as it helps to develop measurable objectives and to choose the best strategies and methods for certain populations and health behaviors. For example‚ if a health educator wants to help a person or group lose weight

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    2011 JUVENILES IN CORRECTION SYSTEM Juveniles in this country commit all types of crimes from petty crimes to heinous crimes like murders and aggravated assault. The UCR reveal that juvenile individuals under eighteen were arrested for 1.6 million crimes. (Bartollas & Miller‚ 2011). Adolescents and young adults have the highest rate of criminal victimization. ( Conklin‚ 2010). Juvenile court judges have many sentencing choices‚ such as probation‚ issuing fines‚ sending juveniles to correctional

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    Prometheus says that "to be free‚ a man must be free of his brothers." By reference to the story‚ explain what Prometheus means by freedom and why he values it. In what significant ways is freedom non-existent in the society from which he escapes – and what are the consequences of that lack of freedom? In Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ Prometheus says that "to be free‚ a man must be free of his brothers." Freedom is a concept totally forbidden in the society in Anthem. Prometheus is given consequences for

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    Rights of Juveniles

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    Describe the Legal rights juveniles have today To protect juveniles from self-incrimination‚ provisions were made to have the Miranda rights available before being questioned by the police. A 1979 us supreme court ruling found that juveniles should have a waiver and be old enough to understand the consequences of waiving their rights. The Miranda rights also protects juveniles against the unlawful search of their personal property‚ unless it is to maintain order and safety among other students

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    What Is Strain Theory

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    The Strain Theory is distinguished from social control and differential association/social learning theory. Agnew‚ 1992‚ states that there are significant amount crimes that are committed everyday by the hands of adolescent and young adults. The Strain theory helps to establish understand the important of choices and consequence. Violent has many consequences that can affect all racial and ethnic groups (Agnew‚ 1992). The negative impact that is affect by the choices that we make and allow to overcome

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    Juvenile Justice System

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    The Juvenile Justice System has become a major factor when it comes to dealing with juvenile offenders. The Juvenile Justice System was not always around and has not stayed the same. Many different rules and regulations have changed just like the Criminal Justice System; the Juvenile Justice System is made up of three categories: [Juvenile] Policing‚ [Juvenile] Courts‚ and [Juvenile] Corrections. Juveniles make up their own world when it comes to the Justice System. They have a narrow range of crime

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    Juvenile Data Analysis

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    The research being proposed will analyze Juvenile data from‚ “The Bureau of justice Statistics” or BJS‚ using primary data. The site will discuss the link between juvenile delinquency by comparing past research with current research. The study will be concentrated but not limited to discussing the difference in genders. Comparing which gender has a higher substance abuse issue. My hypothesis is that females have a higher substance abuse than males issue which causes criminal involvement. Males are

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    Final Project - Wal-Mart’s Organizational Theory and Behavior Jean K. Martin AXIA College of University of Phoenix There are so many organizational behavior concepts to take into consideration for the success or failure of any organization‚ business or company. The way these concepts are handled by management and employees will either keep the business open or these same concepts could end up in closure of this same business or organization. Management and employees are the people who will make

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    Juvenile delinquency has become a very predominant occurrence in today’s society. In 2010‚ there were 6‚531 arrest for every 100‚000 youths age 10 to 17(Knoll‚ C‚ 2010). While it may be that youth are being processed through the criminal justice system more today than ever‚ rather than actually committing more forms of crime and delinquency (Puzzanchera‚ Adams‚ & Sickmund‚ 2010). Youth are however experiencing increased participation with the criminal justice system are creating problems for parents

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    Juvenile Delinquency can be defined in three different ways; legal definition‚ role definition and the societal response definition. In the legal definition‚ it is the act that causes them to be juvenile delinquents. The role definition‚ it is the actor that who is perceived to be a delinquent. In the societal response‚ it is the audience reaction that defines the person as deviant or a delinquent. With all those definition the main thing that has to be considered to judge if a person is a juvenile

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