Professional Development Plan for a Juvenile Probation Officer
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A 5 page discussion of the importance of an ongoing professional development plan for juvenile probation officers. Identifies juvenile behavior and psychology, communication, law and policy, and computer utilization as four key areas of concentration for such plans. Presents specific steps for addressing each of these areas in a defined, measurable, relevant, and timely way over a three year period. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Proposal / Is Juvenile Delinquency Controllable ?
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A 7 page research proposal in which the writer cites the growing problem of juvenile delinquency, its social & psychological implications, etc; It is proposed that years of research can help us to better understand the behavioral and cognitive aspects of this societal problem..The writer describes what sort of "team" would have to be assembled and in light terms, how such a research project might be evaluated. No Bibliography.
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Reducing Gang Violence In New York City
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This 8 page paper comments on the policies and strategies that have been used in New York City to reduce gang violence for the last several decades and the results of those efforts. For comparison, the writer comments on how differently Los Angeles deals with this same issue. The writer than briefly comments on how persons holding different perspectives, liberal, civil libertarian, conservative and crime control might respond to the policies in New York City. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Reforming Juvenile Justice
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A 3 page paper making two recommendations to the governor of the state of Illinois for reforming juvenile justice. The recommendations are to exercise fairness throughout the system and to impose accountability on those adolescents who likely have not been required to be accountable at home. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Retraining Youth to Become Positive, Contributing Members of Society
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A 3 page paper which examines the positive effects of reform schools, boot camps and group therapy, and the ways in which they can help you become stable and more productive. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Return To Reform Schools For Juvenile Delinquents
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This seven-page-paper presents a detailed discussion on juvenile delinquency and the return of reform schools. Bibliography lists seven sources.
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Scared Straight
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7 pages in length. Battling the criminal element has been an ongoing and increasingly difficult objective since man's first presence was recorded. Deviant behavior in human beings is hard-wired into the species' psyche; when coupled with such additional elements as negative environmental influence, the prevalence for criminal behavior accounts for significant occurrence even in a civilized society. To catch such behavior at the earliest point and restructure the thinking process of a young perpetrator is the fundamental approach of such shock programs as Scared Straight, a high-profile tertiary approach to prevention that engages violent youth in brief encounters with inmates who describe "the brutality of prison life or short-term incarceration in prisons or jails" (The Department of Health and Human Services, 2001) with the expectation of shocking - and thereby deterring - adolescents from committing crimes. While a program such as this has all the markings of a successful outcome and lower recidivism rates, statistics have illustrated how such hard-core approaches may actually increase criminal behavior instead of prevent it. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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School Resource Officer
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8 pages in length. The escalating presence of violence in today's schools has necessitated a unique yet wholly functional approach to counterbalancing this dangerous phenomenon. While some schools employ the limited protection of, for example, metal detection devices, others are utilizing the benefits of School Resource Officers (SROs), who occupy three specific and very important roles pertaining to law enforcement, counseling and teaching. The driving force behind implementing such a program is for law enforcement to have a hands-on involvement in structuring and educating students' perspectives of civilized behavior. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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School Violence
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An 8 page paper. The high profile shootings at schools over the last few years lead many to believe that our children and youth are not safe in their schools. This is not true, children and youth are far less likely be killed at school than in any other setting. This essay provides the data regarding violence in schools and what some districts have done to make their schools safer. Data included. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Sentencing of Juvenile Criminal as Adults
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( 5 pp) Sentencing youth to incarceration can never be the sole solution to delinquency and crime. However, public fears about juvenile delinquency and crime have escalated in recent years, boosted in part by a handful of headline-grabbing incidents that foster stereotypes of young people as out of control. It is not as though these incidents do not happen, sadly they do. However, the doubt which it engenders in society's mind concerning its youth is equally damaging. One proposed solution is to sentence and incarcerate juveniles as adults. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Should Loitering Laws be Used to Curb Gang Violence?
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This 9 page position paper supports the new trend to revive antiquated loitering laws in order to clean up city streets. Opposing viewpoints are examined and refuted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Social Cognition in Problemed Behaviors
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of social cognition and then relates the impact of this on problemed behaviors, including childhood aggression and gang interactions. Bibliography lists several sources..
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Sociocultural Forces and Juvenile Gangs
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A 3 page discussion of the influence sociocultural forces have in influencing juveniles to join gangs. The author demonstrates that the sociocultural forces come full circle when the same juveniles that were once influenced to join a gang start exerting influence on others. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Sociology Theories & "The Rebel Without a Cause."
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(7 pp) Explaining crime and delinquency is a complex task. A multitude of factors exist that contribute to the understanding of what leads someone to engage in delinquent behavior. While biological and psychological factors hold their own merit when explaining crime and delinquency, perhaps sociology factors can make the best effort to explain juvenile delinquency. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Sociology Theories & "The Rebel Without a Cause."
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(7 pp) Explaining crime and delinquency is a complex task. A multitude of factors exist that contribute to the understanding of what leads someone to engage in delinquent behavior. While biological and psychological factors hold their own merit when explaining crime and delinquency, perhaps sociology factors can make the best effort to explain juvenile delinquency. Movie characters are used to illustrate social theories. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: BBjvsc2R.doc

Specialized Offender Programs (Case Study Analysis)
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This 5 page paper examines some offender programs and uses a case study analysis. the fictitious case involves a seventeenth year old drug abuser who lives in a negative environment. Various programs and possibilities are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA644cse.rtf

Street Gangs / A Sociological Examination
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A 25 page paper that discusses the origins and status of gangs in the United States. This paper provides a working definition of gangs, discusses the sociological implications of gangs and relates perceptions from both internal and external positions. This paper presents the concept that though gangs do horrific things, they also meet some very specific sociological and psychological needs for their members. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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