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- 3251: Juveniles Must Accpet Responsi
- ... to indict anyone suspected of capital crimes (Gehrke/Branch B6). When the rare occurrence of a juvenile being tried as an adult takes place, grand juries often focus on one or more topics of community interest, hence it is not uncommon for minors to escape conviction. (Gehrke/Branch). More juveniles must stand trial as adults for the legal system to maintain its full effect. The opposition to prosecuting juveniles as adults ...
- 3252: Drugs And Teenagers
- ... I was addicted" In today's highs schools the availability and variety of drugs is widespread. There is a demand for drugs and the supply is plentiful. Since drugs are so easy accessible, a natural interest in them may develop. A person may hear about drugs experiences, on reactions of drug usage, such as " Hey the weed that he sold us was cool, I got stoned man". This response will create ...
- 3253: Democracy
- ... only 70% vote, then 70% control 100% of the government. Voting without adequate understanding and choosing candidates for the wrong reasons are symptoms of voting for the sake of voting and not taking an active interest in how our country is run. Instead of making an effort to understand issues and party fundamentals, too many ignorant people actually base their decisions on what the candidates tell them. The result is that ...
- 3254: Death Penalty - Herrera Vs Col
- ... have issued statements opposing the death penalty. Complete texts of many of these statements can be found at www.envisioning.org. Women Women have, historically, not been subject to the death penalty at the same rates as men. From the first woman executed in the U.S., Jane Champion, who was hanged in James City, Virginia in 1632, to the 1998 executions of Karla Faye Tucker in Texas and Judi Buenoano ...
- 3255: Crime
- ... been convicted of crimes and got away with it, do to their lawyers. The death penalty is a good punishment because people in this country deserve to feel safe. Some countries have had their crime rates lowered due to the abolishing of the death penalty, but we live in the U.S.A., country of lawyers, where money talks and you can't trust anyone. The death penalty is good because ...
- 3256: Child Abuse
- ... ignorant of any other behavior toward her child. One of the goals of the psychologists is to provide information to therapists which will help tailor therapy to the individual needs of the abusive parents. "Recidivism rates for abusive care-givers are high," says Walters. "To a large extent, abusive parents which require a variety of treatment. " Their research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Contact: Gary Walters ...
- 3257: Battered Womens Syndrome - A S
- ... from each of three symptom clusters: intrusive recollections, avoidant/numbing symptoms and hyper arousal symptoms. Recent data indicate that many individuals qualify for a post traumatic stress disorder under the current diagnostic criteria, with prevalence rates running between 5 to 10% in our society. As noted earlier, in order for a diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder to apply, the individual must have been exposed to a traumatic event involving actual ...
- 3258: Marijuana
- ... reason, advance directives are becoming increasingly prevalent. In a recent study, King (1996) reported that approximately 90% of the American public want advance directives. Both the young and the healthy express at least as much interest in planning as those older than 65 and those in fair to poor health (p. 77). According to Lynne (1986) nurses play a significant role because they attend to the patient continuously and have an ...
- 3259: Housing Discrimination And Hou
- ... is strikingly higher than for whites, but in fact minorities with better credit history than whites are being turned down. Even those minorities that are approved, receive smaller loans are required to pay a higher interest rate. These practices can be devastating to minorities in the market for a house. Because the banks are giving them less money, the housing options become smaller and smaller and limited to poorer areas. Turning ...
- 3260: History Of Social Security
- ... of the families within a small community upon each other. The complexities of great communities and of organized industry make less real these simple means of security. Therefore, we are compelled to employ the active interest of the Nation as a whole through government in order to encourage a greater security for each individual who composes it . . . This seeking for a greater measure of welfare and happiness does not indicate a ...
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