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- 191: A Comparison Of Male Juvenile Sex Offenders With Delinquent Non-Offenders
- ... actions taken seriously. The juvenile sex offender (JSO) is fast becoming a concern to scholars as well as to the general public. According to Barbaree, Hudson, and Seto (1993), there has been a surge of interest in the JSO over the past 20 years. This recent interest may be caused by the increased awareness of the number of juvenile sex offenders (Barbaree et al., 1993). Approximately 20 % of all rapes and between 30% and 50% of child molestations are perpetrated by adolescent ... great number in comparison to the number of referrals, to this researchers knowledge, there are no treatment facilities in Harris County specifically designed to treat this type of offender. Statistics are not clear on recidivism rates here; but one thing is clear, that this problem will not go away nor improve by itself. Younger children are typically the victims of assaults by juvenile sex offenders. In 1986, it was found ...
- 192: Explain What Is Meant By The T
- ... or because of expectations of future price changes. Cost and availability of credit tend to reduce demand for some goods as you have to pay more to pay off a good brought on credit when interest rates are high. The size and structure of the population can affect demand. The demographic time bomb occurring presently may mean that future production is geared towards goods that old people have more use of. How ... have a need for different goods than those of the wealthy. The factors influencing supply are less obvious, as we are mainly consumers. Costs of production are influent, for example, if they rise due to interest rates the profit margin is reduced and some firms may have to leave the market, decreasing supply. There is an inverse relationship between costs of production and supply. Another important factor is the profitability ...
- 193: Ronald Reagan
- ... push his program through congress. The Presidency When Reagan became president he started out in a recession. 11 percent of the work force was unemployed in fall, 1982. This recession reduced inflation significantly, but the interest rates remained high. During the next two years the economic recovery began. The unemployment came down, but thousands of factory jobs disappeared. The new jobs, which were mostly in service industries, paid less, leaving inflation low ... of Reagan’s actions fueled a 5-year stock market increase. During his run, he had very high military bills and was forced to borrow money from different countries, especially Japan. The huge deficit kept interest rates very high which made the value of the U.S. dollar soar. But a large devaluation of the dollar in 1986 failed to overcome the huge trade deficit. This caused a panic on ...
- 194: Alternative Medicine
- ... illness, whereas 58 percent were used to prevent future illness from occurring or to maintain health and vitality” (JAMA, 1998). “The magnitude of demand for alternative therapy is noteworthy, in light of the relatively low rates of insurance coverage for these services” (JAMA, 1998). Coverages vary widely depending on the policies provided by the carriers. In my research, I contacted the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, (“KCSOS”), Personnel Office to inquire ... plans that were more comprehensive and cost- effective and replaced the medical plan component. An additional benefit was that there was a net premium savings. Three companies, Pacificare, MCC and BHA, offer plans at comparable rates which provide a variety of family and personal counseling services which are more along the lines of preventative medicine rather than the hospitalization plans that were offered under the basic hospitalization plan. Employee unions have ... system), and how that relationship affects the preservation and restoration of health. In addition, Doctors of Chiropractic recognize the value and responsibility of working in cooperation with other health care providers when in the best interest of the patient.” (ACA, 1998). There can be little doubt that chiropractic treatment is valuable as both a standard medical treatment and as an alternative form of medicine. There may very well be some ...
- 195: Environmental Forces And International Business
- ... for many years. In addition, economists and marketers use certain economic indictors to predict trends in their industry. Companies must borrow money occasionally and the inflation rate determines the real cost of borrowing. Inflation and interest rates are important in economic dynamics but not bottom line measures. Two important general measures of economic welfare are unemployment and the rate of growth in real per capita national income. When growth is slow, unemployment ... imported in the knowledge that they will be further processed in Australia and then exported, there is an export concession scheme which allows importation without the payment of import duty or sales tax. Inflation and interest rates have had a steady decline in Italy since 1992 which largely benefits the real economy of the country. The soundness of the Italian economic system has been proven by the success of external ...
- 196: Eating Disorders
- ... attendants, jockeys, gymnasts and professional runners. So in other words Eating Disorders can strike anyone. A person’s race also has been found to be related to the development of Eating Disorders. Very low commonness rates of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa has been reported for blacks and other minority groups. Most individuals who are present for treatment of Eating Disorders are white. This difference is probably due to cultural expectations ... 1991). What looks as a low percentage of Eating Disorders among nonwhites may be partly because minorities have not been systematically studied. Researchers have also suggested that socioeconomic factors may play a role in predominance rates; it appears that nonwhites’ risk of developing Eating Disorders increases as they involve more of the middle and upper class values of their white counterparts (Nardo, 1991). Section Three What Are the Psychological Characteristics of ... give recommendations for ways to improve communication. Such help can be especially helpful to adolescent clients and their families, or to couples whose relationships are in distress (Boskind, 1987). There has been recent increase of interest, of the use of antidepressant drugs in the treatment of Bulimia. Continued research is needed, but the outlook from several studies appears promising. Of course, counseling is still recommended along with the drug treatment ( ...
- 197: Korea 2
- ... and also supported and advanced the growth of the private sector. The main aim of the government in South Korea has been to ensure that the behaviour of individual business accorded with the long term interest of the business class as a whole, and while applying authoritarian rule recognising when it was time to allow the market to operate on its own. Apart from the macroeconomic management, government in the NIEs ... technological development in advanced materials, advanced vehicle technology, bio materials and nuclear reactors. The role of the government in South Korea was also to provide these financial incentives to promote the development of particular industries. Interest Rates for example were kept generally low and stable in order to reduce the cost of investment. Designated industries received priority in allocation of bank credit, state investment funds and foreign exchange, The government in ...
- 198: Pursuing a Career in Psychiatry
- ... the same percentage suffer from some form of substance abuse. The fact is, however, that these statistics do not even begin to cover the myriad of psychiatric disorders found in the world today. These startling rates bring in the increasing need for psychiatrists. Psychiatrists are medical specialists that are specially trained in medical school to diagnose and treat patients with severe mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. They also order and oversee ... most people were convinced that mental disturbances were not caused by supernatural powers. Scientists, however, were still unsure whether such illnesses stemmed from physical problems or psychological abnormalities. The nineteenth century saw an explosion of interest in medical theories regarding mental disorders. In 1861, Paul Pierre Broca discovered that tumors led to speech loss, and sparked other scientist’s search for the answers to the mysteries of the brain. In the ... Psychiatric Association (“Psychiatrist,” Career 376). To become a psychiatrist an individual must go through extensive training, volunteer for countless hours, and take rigorous courses in high school. Psychiatrists share many similarities, when it comes to interest and duties, with other professions in the medical field such as general practitioners, pathologists, dermatologists, gynecologists, and cardiologists. According to the United States Department of Labor psychiatrists can also be classifies with surgeons, pediatricians, ...
- 199: Deforestation
- ... 20.4 million hectares of tropical forests annually and if these figures are not reduced, we will lose all of our tropical forests in about 50 years. It has been suggested that the high deforestation rates are caused partly by the fact that the new surveys are more accurate and thus reveal old deforestation rates that have not been detected with older methods. At first there was concern only among foresters about deforestation but now the public has created organizations such as Green Peace to help increase awareness and reduce ... growth, defoliation and eventual death occur in most affected forests. From 1850 to 1980 the greatest forest losses occurred in North America and the Middle East (-60%), South Asia (-43%) and China (-39%). The highest rates of deforestation per year are now in South America (1.3%) and Asia (0.9%). Over the last two decades the world became interested in the loss of tropical forests as a result of ...
- 200: Us Presidents 30-42
- ... tariff in the nation's history. Although the bill was not what he wanted, Hoover signed it on June 17, 1930, justifying his act on the ground that the flexible provision, permitting him to change rates within a compass of 50% on the advice of the tariff commission, would enable him to remedy injustices in the law. Early in his administration Hoover attacked the problem of enforcing prohibition. On May 28 ... defense engendered controversy. Reagan's domestic program during his second term focused on tax reform. Late in 1986 the Senate joined the House to pass a major tax bill that reduced the number of tax rates, removed millions of low-income persons from the tax rolls, and eliminated most deductions. One focus of the administration from the beginning was an agenda of social issues ranging from opposition to abortion to support ... overridden. The streak ended in October 1992 when Congress, urged on by consumers, overrode his veto of a bill that reversed portions of a law barring local governments from regulating cable-television fees. In 1992 interest rates and the inflation rate were the lowest in years, but by midyear the unemployment rate reached 7.8%, the highest since 1984. In September the Census Bureau reported that 14.2% of all ...
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