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    teen depression

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    Abstract What exactly is teen depression? Teen depression is considered a disorder that takes place during the teenage years. It includes continuous sadness‚ discouragement‚ pessimistic thoughts‚ loss of self esteem (Teen). Teen depression can be caused by a wide range of factors. These factors include‚ but are not limited to family dynamics‚ social settings‚ peer pressure‚ and genetics. Depression symptoms vary for each person but the most common symptoms are: harming themselves physically

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    Teen Pregnancy

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    Teen Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is a major issue in the world today. Whether teens are uneducated‚ having emotional problems‚ or simply made a mistake‚ teens need help in preventing pregnancy. Teens should know the consequence of becoming pregnant before the pregnancy‚ not after. Teenage girls are typically unprepared to care for baby financially‚ emotionally‚ and independently. Rate of pregnancy There are high rates of getting pregnant. According to an online article titled Eleven

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    Juvenile Delinquent Gangs

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    Juvenile Delinquent Gangs As a kid I could remember walking to school every day. While on the way to school there was always a group of kids sanding outside of the school walking away. These kids dressed differently and they all whore the same type of clothes. It wasn’t until years later that I was told to stay away from them because they were gangsters. They were gangsters that caused problems to the community. These gangsters would go up to kids and try and jump them into their gang. For them the

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    Running head: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF A FEMALE GANG Week 7: The Psychology of a Female Gang Latoya J. Valentine Everest University CCJ 4656-1 Gang Activity and Drug Operations – 1 Professor Brad Anders 11/25/12 Instructional Activity As research and understanding of female gangs is imperfect or lacking‚ the criminal justice system would benefit by developing new methods for dealing with the increasing number of female gangs. To be effective‚ law enforcement officials should first acknowledge

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    Gang Control Model

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    is an expert on gangs and delinquent behavior‚ and tasked with the responsibility of addressing a growing gang problem‚ I would seek to develop a gang control model based upon the most effective practices. Four options are available to control organized criminal activity: suppression‚ social programs and education‚ as well as the option of taking no action at all. These options will be used to develop responses to particular scenarios that are presented in light of the growing gang problem. A rationale

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    Teen Suicide

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    Teens at High Risk of Suicide Teen suicide is a major problem in today’s society and it is totally preventable. This issue needs to be taken care of immediately. Teen should not be taking their lives intentionally. Teen suicide is derived from three major factors: bullying‚ drug/alcohol abuse‚ and most commonly mental illness. It has been a pretty popular topic in the media world but it still just gets pushed under the rug. Suicide is currently the third leading cause of death in the United States

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    Why did the slave trade come to an end? Why did the slave trade come to an end? In this essay I am going to write about “why the slave trade came to an end?” The Atlantic slave trade developed in the 16th century. By the 18th and 19th centuries‚ the public had come to hate the trade and called for its abolition. Because in the northern state of America thought that it was wrong for the black people to be their slave so the northern state and the southern state had a war and the northern state

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    Teen Stereotypes

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    People have this vision of teens being irrational and incapable of making sensible decisions. Often‚ teenagers or people just coming out of their teens are blamed for crimes‚ such as graffiti or vandalism. Teenagers are immersed in a variety of cultures at their age. They dress in ways that could be considered provocative‚ or they dress in

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    Teen Suicide

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    there are other options. This is one reason why I chose teen suicide as my I-search topic. I have had personal experience with teen suicide involving my friends‚ and the next time that one of my friends comes to me saying‚ ”I want to die.” I want to be able to understand where they are coming from and how I can help them. I also chose this topic because I want to educate others on how serious of a problem teen suicide really is. Teen suicide as an extremely complex tragedy‚ that

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    An End to Ignorance

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    highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy of any developed country. Each year‚ unprotected sex results in almost four million teenagers contracting an STD. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is also a serious health concern for young people. Of the 40‚000 new HIV infections in the US every year‚ about 20‚000 occur in people under the age of 25‚ unprotected sex being to blame. (1) The National Abortion Rights Advocacy League says‚ “By denying teens the full range of information regarding human

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