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Should Minors be Tried as Adults?

approach to juvenile justice has changed from the idea of rehabilitation to what Hughes calls our "lock em up culture" (2002, p. 1...

Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory

on the experience. The learning reflects on - analyzes, judges, evaluates - the experience (Davies, n.d.). 3. Abstract Conceptuali...

Children and The World Wide Web

childs use of the Web. In many ways the Internet might be considered a sociological experiment. While most adults are...

Is the Death Penalty for Juveniles Constitutional?

Supreme Court disallows the death penalty for juveniles. This decision was made primary due to the fact that young brains are stil...

The Influence of Television on American Society

1977, p. 4). For children in particular, there is no activity that permits as much intake "while demanding so little outflow" (Win...

The Case of Miss A; Planning with a People Centred Approach

housework and laundry. Miss A is unable to do much housework, does not eat meals with him and goes to bed very late due to eating...

Wellness & Nutrition for Healthy Aging

p. 364). Due to the fact that eating behaviors tend to be established by early experience, it is important for healthy eating habi...

Concept Analysis/Loneliness

149 studies, women, aged 60 to 80, indicated higher levels of loneliness than do men (Beal, 2006). The research conducted by Rokac...

Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy

cause of a childs disease or malady or because they use the accusation of MSBP as a ploy to avoid malpractice suits (Johns, 2007)....

Two Lesson Plans for Adult ESL Learners

to memorize these words or phrases. * Working in dyads, students will practice one of two dialogues, either speaking with the nurs...

California Drug Statistics

groups during the ten-year period: 16.5% juveniles and 42.1% adults (Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis, 2000). Gender p...

Teen and Adult Parenting Styles

she found out. It brought my mom and I closer but my dad and I, were not close any more at all" ("Melinda"). Because this girl is ...

Abstract for Article on Diabetes Screening

criterion for inclusion in the study as all children previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes were excluded. Body mass index (B...

Adult Development/A Case Study

Art Institute. Each school could have one representative and Ritas art was chosen to represent her school. She won. This brief d...

Juveniles Tried as Adults: A Problem Statement

the death penalty in juvenile cases (Brendtro and Mitchell, 2007). It was Kennedys contention that some of the elements that are ...

Media Article Analysis/TV and Aggressiveness

revulsion to blood and gore that the researchers discuss as one of the desensitizing aspect of exposure to violence. Parents watch...

Singer: Recriminalizing Delinquency

(Singer, 1996). The case was shocking for a number of reasons, but two stand out: Bosket was only 15; and he was already in care a...

Beatrice C. Mosionier/In Search of April Raintree

It has never been out of print since its publication and has been translated into "French, German and Dutch" (Taillon 16). Written...

Diabetes Self-Management - Hispanic Patients

has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...

Young Adult Book Challenge Letter

to young people, the library staff applauds all parents who are interested and involved in their childrens educational process, an...

Homer Hickam/October Sky

of this minister, and "his belief in Gods sense of humor and His fondness for neer-do-wells," inspired Sonny, as this fueled the ...

Children’s Perceptions of Adults

is presumably himself, as an adult, looking back at the things his father did for him. These are things that the child clearly nev...

Ethical Issue Of Confidentiality In School Counseling

there are those that are relevant to childrens protection as well, such as confidentiality. For example, during a recent visit tw...

Content Based English Language Learners

instructional techniques and their behaviors to increase the success level for these students. Pica (2002) reported that in the...

Role of Orality in Personality Development

early childhood experiences and, again, prioritize the mother-infant relationship as pivotal to later development. In other words,...

Workforce Development Issues in Adult Education

think that adult education is a new idea. Yet, adult education is something that is an old institution. The first adult educatio...

The Adult Entertainment Industry as a Noncriminal Deviant Sub-Culture

nudity. Mens bodies, by contrast, are almost never shown nude; if they are, they are usually exaggerated into a "heroic" style. Fe...

Article Analysis: Substance Abuse and Mental Illness

inability to regulate decision-making behavior at such times is critical if relapses are to be avoided (Matto, 2007). In addition,...

Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Deceptions

to investigate if the residents of a bioship are being brainwashed. (The term "padawan" is the Jedi term for "apprentice.") Obi-Wa...

Juveniles, Transfer Laws And Adult Court

be tried - and convicted - as an adult. The extent to which the justice system has historically provided juveniles with a much li...