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Working with troubled youth in South America

improving social welfare, social workers can work in a variety of different arenas and industries. For instance, some go into coun...

The Family System in Society

families, something unheard of in the past. Also, the dual career couple is the primary family working pattern today (Elloy & Flyn...

A Tool Against Child Abuse

This paper considers A-1654, a new New Jersey law requiring the education of new parents about what constitutes child abuse and ho...

HOMELESSNESS AND INHERENT HUMAN RIGHTS

Safe and secure housing is but one of many rights withheld from those whose circumstances – whether through mental illness, financ...

Problems with Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly

paper properly! While two million older adults are abused in America each year, only 2% of these cases are reported by phy...

The Elderly Population and Substance Abuse

not as healthy as those of younger adults. Metabolism changes and older individuals cannot handle alcohol in he same way as their ...

Elder Abuse: What It Is, Why It Occurs and How to Prevent It

or she does)" (Elder abuse and neglect, 2007). Abuse may also take the form of financial exploitation, when the caregiver steals f...

Juvenile Delinquency and Sexual Abuse

want to prostitute themselves because they become especially interested in sex, or they simply engage in criminal activity as a wa...

Domestic Abuse and the Court System

only be achieved when the contracting parties could not take advantage of one another. In cases of domestic violence, however, th...

How and Why Children are Used in Conflict

The human rights abuse is discussed in depth. The concept is supported with quantitative research. There are twelve sources listed...

Identifying Child Abuse Early

low protection from it. Academic performance was much better for low risk, high protection students. It was also shown that girls ...

COSTS OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE WORKPLACE

the job tested positive for either alcohol or drugs. Small businesses suffer the most - another statistic from the Substanc...

America's Best Drug Policy Option

of the crime problem, they carried with them the frustration of knowing that despite all good intentions, alcohol (like drugs) wil...

Using Gestalt Theory with Families

own feelings, behaviors and thoughts. The phenomenological method of gaining awareness is about "perceiving, feeling and acting" (...

Issues Concerning Prescribed Drugs

physical. And, as stated, taken as directed, there is very low risk of negative side effects of any kind. 3. Anti-psychotics As ...

The Drug Approval Process

get a drug that is not yet approved through illegal means. It makes sense for someone who only has days to live perhaps, but safet...

MEDICARE MODERNIZATION - AN OVERVIEW

Medicare Part D has the ability to impact millions of individuals who are currently enrolled in Medicare and who were unable to ge...

Anti-Drug Legislation On A Federal And State Level

property and possessions if found to be associated with such criminal activity as drug smuggling and racketeering. The Act states...

Research Proposal Regarding Early Adolescence and Drug Use

criminality (Davies, 1998). Recent studies, including those by Davies (1998) suggest that there are mitigating factors that deter...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Drug Therapies

of critiques of drug therapy versus the use of other treatment measures are the central themes of this paper. Background of Psych...

issues Relating to Drugs and Racial Injustice

All of these flyers point to the truth that drugs and drug use are not presented honestly in the media. Arguments The first fl...

Crime, Drug Use, and Their Contextual Relationships

defend" (Anonymous, 1998, p. 26A) brings to light yet another detrimental impact of teenage drug use. The 1990s heralded in...

Dangers of Crack Cocaine

cocaine use. According to Petitti et al (1990), cocaine is "an important risk factor for low birth weight in the black population...

Law and Drugs

are responsible for the physical and psychological wounds. People have often heard that if drugs were no longer a problem, ...

Crime, Drugs, and California Legislation

attempting to curb activity until such a time as when other social policies provide a more amenable application? Indeed, the stud...

ADHD and ADD and School Compulsory Medication

conspiracy to boost the sales of Ritalin (Lan, 2001). The case, Hernandez v. Ciba Geigy alleges that that the APA colluded with th...

Criminal Justice VI

initiated by the police, who have more freedom and a wider range of choices in how to proceed when dealing with a juvenile than wi...

Discrimination Practice Position Statement from Foxtrots Drugs to the EEOC

which represent minority populations. Nationally, "less than 37% of doctor of pharmacy graduates are under-represented minorities...

Illegal Drugs and Their Impact

a variety of legal prescriptions under false pretenses, one is actually taking drugs illegally. Similarly, teenagers are no allowe...