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Overview of Cognitive Development/The First 2 Years

can find a partially hidden object, and responds to the sound of his or her name (CDC, 2008). By a year, a baby can find hidden ob...

Aggression, Domestic Violence And The Cycle Of Abuse

Zimbabwe experience considerably increased incidence of domestic abuse than do women in the United States. Protection for these w...

Article Review: Depression And Delinquency

that depression may be a risk factor. Depression causes many different feelings and conditions such as the inability to concentrat...

Negative Impact Television Programs Have Upon Children's Behavior

a social ill that grows worse with each passing generation as children are exposed to cleverly marketed television commercials foc...

Delinquency and Communications

In twenty five pages this paper analyzes how delinquency can be addressed through the development and use of effective communicati...

Robert K. Merton's Social Strain Theory

In seven pages the delinquency social strain theory of Robert K. Merton is examined in this overview. Seven sources are cited in...

Immigration Effects

cost of keeping the immigrants in jail simply eats money unnecessarily. Another problem that plagues this country is poverty. The...

Delinquency and Parental Attachment

In five pages this paper examines delinquency in a consideration of parental attachment impact. There is no bibliography included...

Social Issues, Parental and Peer Influences

In nine pages this paper examines such issues as delinquency, dieting, alcohol, drugs, and sex in a consideration of peer and pare...

Adolescence and Self Esteem Factors

Yong et al (2002) in their study of eighth-grade students, found that there was a close correlation between high self-esteem...

Do Children Living With Their Mom Only do Worse

The incidence of children living in single-parent homes continues to increase and it is usually the mother raising the children. M...

Drug Prevention/Delinquency

This research paper addresses two topics, delinquency and gang membership, and drug prevention programs, such as DARE, focusing on...

Crime, Criminology Theory, and Delinquency

of behavior upon individual members of the group" (Bursik & Grasmick, 1995, p. 110). Thomas and Znaniecki also included the term ...

Literature Review on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

first began to describe a recognizable pattern of birth defects that are attributable to alcohol exposure in the late 1960s. Since...

Delinquency and Labeling Theory

try to negotiate the labels and in fact, they "attempt to disavow their deviant imputations" (Adams, 2003). These theorists do not...

Removal of Children from the Parental Home: A Comparison of Policies for Seriously Violent Juveniles vs Nineteenth Century Native American Children

environment and an individuals propensity to engage in criminal activity. Juveniles often follow in the footsteps of their parent...

Tertiary Prevention: Family Violence

childs natural means of expression, namely play, is used as a therapeutic method to assist him/her in coping with emotional stress...

Why Kids Kill

no-parent families, emotionally absent parents, working parents - all these situations contribute to the lack of a childs moral an...

Mental Illness And The Juvenile Offender

to the nature of the crime they are still classified as a juvenile for the purposes of this paper. The definition of mental illn...

The Juvenile Justice System Literature Review

the prison system. This is something that has concerned the public and the same problem is found in juvenile detention centers as ...

"Risk Factors For Cardiovascular Disease In Children With Type 1 Diabetes" - Brief Analysis

to occur in someone who has had diabetes for many years" (Federal Citizen Information Center, 2006). Type 1 diabetics walk ...

Should Gay And Lesbian Couples Be Allowed To Adopt?

Accordingly, each parent represents a much-needed entity in the growth of a child: The mother provides stability and sanctity, whi...

Low-Income Parents & Reading at Home

literacy, it is axiomatic that these adults need to possess reading skills themselves. Consequently, education levels obtained by ...

Coping Techniques For Parents With Special Needs Children

with such aspects as homework (Patten, 1994; Bryan et al, 2004; Cooper et al, 1994). Reaching the special needs student req...

Social Justice and California Juvenile Hall's Minority Student Education

more of the same behavior the recovery programs seek to overcome. A recent study has shown undeniable evidence that boot camp and...

Mixed Method Study and Juvenile Crime Intervention Strategies

The intent of this paper is to discuss the considerations that must be made in framing a mixed method study that will approach the...

State Government Website Assessment

and one flowchart. The logo, shown in Figure 1, is quite striking and pointedly appropriate for juvenile justice. It provides of...

Rights of Fathers in the UK

if this is non bias is present in reality it should be reflected in the way fathers rights are interpreted. However, in UK law and...

US Corrections of the Future

seeds and need punishment. Rather, criminal issues are complicated. In fact, in criminology, the classical school emerged around 1...

Steve Christian's 'Out of Lock-UP: Now What?', Juvenile Crime and Drug Use

a serious drug and mental health problems when they were incarcerated. These juveniles have serious problems with hallucinogens, ...