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African-American Youth and Crime, 2007.
This paper examines African-American youth, affective disorders and the criminal justice system.
2,120 words (approx. 8.5 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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In this article the writer discusses that African-Americans are arrested for crimes out of all proportion to their numbers. The writer notes that many claim prejudice, but others simply point to the facts. The writer relates that a higher percentage of African-Americans are arrested and imprisoned, because they are responsible for the bulk of criminal acts. The writer then questions whether these juvenile criminals are solely responsible for their actions. Further, the writer discusses whether the environment in which these children are raised gives rise to the affective disorders, the drug use and the culture of violence, that plagues many of these youngsters from their earliest years. The writer concludes that figures show conclusively that a variety of social ills have made African- Americans far more prone to engage in criminal activity - and in particular violent criminal activity - than any other ethnic group. The writer notes that as long as this situation continues, African-Americans will be a legitimate focus for the war on crime.
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"Economic depression, population decline, crime, out-of-wedlock births, and single parenthood have created a downward spiral that no amount of government has been able to stop. The new minority culture of drugs and crime is not only entrenched, it is growing continually worse. Drug use itself leads to the making of many other irresponsible decisions. By lowering the inhibitions, it causes the user to act more on impulse than might otherwise have been the case. Unsafe sex not only spreads potentially deadly diseases like AIDS, but also produces many unwanted children. Just as bad in many ways, is the fact that many of these children, while cared for, end up being raised by single parents. Juvenile delinquency, in particular, is a frequent consequence of this arrangement. And still more troublingly, juvenile delinquency is not just a personal or familial problem; it is a social problem as well. Children raised in broken homes are for more susceptible to becoming criminals than those raised in two parent households. The child's life is incomplete. He does not receive the attention or the guidance that he deserves. Psychologically, he believes that has been rejected by his society, by what he views as society in early childhood - his family. The missing parent leaves a void that must be filled."
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African-American Youth, 2007.
A research paper into why many African-American children drop out of school, join gangs and end up in prison.
742 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, £ 18.95
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This paper presents research that looks into African American youth. It hypothesizes that many African-American children drop out of school, join gangs and end up in prison primarily because they grow up in poverty. It suggests that this trend breeds resentment and generates hostility towards society. The paper analyzes the literature and draws conclusions on this topic.
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"This research question is important, and we should care about it because drop out, gang membership, and crime rates among young African-Americans can be reduced if effective measures are taken. Garbarino (2000) notes that adolescents need to have someone to look up to and emulate. If their role model is positive and demonstrates a strong moral code through their actions and not just their words, the adolescent will most likely emulate these positive traits because they have seen first hand how they should behave."
"In contrast, when their role models are drug dealers, gang members, or violent adults, they most likely will exhibit the same behavior. According to Schwartz (2003) this demonstrates why high drop out rates, gangs, drug abuse, and crime in many African-American neighborhoods are such chronic and intractable problems, for there tend to be far more negative role models than positive role models. This role model imbalance perpetuates dropping out of school, drug abuse, and crime in each succeeding generation, in a vicious cycle that is very difficult to break."
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Youth Street Gangs: A Look Into African-American Male Membership, 2002.
An in-depth assessment of the causes of gang formation and underlying attraction of street gangs in order to determine priorities for intervention programs.
4,190 words (approx. 16.8 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 77.95
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The paper looks at youth gangs: the scope of the problem, statistics, risk factors and prevention strategies. Much focus is placed upon young African-American males and the extent of their gang membership. The author believes that a combination of social opportunities, community organization, and organizational change can be most beneficial in addressing the problem of African-American male youth gangs.
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"Estimates of the magnitude of youth gang problems in the United States had steadily increased over the last decades of the twentieth century. Once considered largely an urban phenomenon, gangs have increasingly emerged in smaller communities, presenting a challenge that severely strains local resources. Today's gangs are best characterized by their diversity in ethnic composition, geographical location, organization, and the nature and extent of members' involvement in delinquent or criminal activities. Hispanics have the highest percentage of youth gang membership in the US, however, adolescent African-American males represent a large proportion of the gangs, especially those established in the inner city. Causal risk factors must be explored in order to prioritize prevention and intervention programs to reduce youth gang activity among those communities most affected by adolescent black male gang activity."
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The African American Heritage, 2006.
This paper presents a book review of "African Americans in the Early Republic" by Donald Wright.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, £ 24.95
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The paper discusses the lead author behind the work, Donald Wright. The paper explains that he began his interest in exploring the African American heritage as a youth. Wright contended that he spent much of his childhood fascinated by anything related to Africa and as a college student wanted to pursue these interests. Wright has remarked that he felt there was a need in the United States for people to realize the importance of Africa and African American people, because of the impact that these individuals have on the nation. Language, culture, tradition and the African American inclusion in the country has changed every aspect of society since the country began. Wright has worked as a researcher, instructor and first hand observer that has frequented the country of Africa and learned from the people he writes about.
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African-American Academics, 2006.
This paper examines whether or not African-American students use different strategies to achieve academic success compared to other groups.
1,194 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper details the results of various research studies conducted on African-American students in schools around America. One particular study, conducted on 43 students, consisted of an open-ended questionnaire delving into the question of how to enhance the academic success of African-American youth. The study asked questions pertaining to family and social issues as well as what students needed in order to better succeed in school. This paper discusses the most important single need of all the students tested, which was that teachers need to ask questions specifically designed to find out if students understand the material and if not, provide further explanations. The writer examines published material attesting to the fact that African-American students need alternative strategies to achieve academic success, which are described in this paper. This paper also delves into the benefits of cooperative learning, which is a strategy that teams students in small groups with different levels of ability, using a diverse series of learning activities to enhance understanding.
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"Both the elementary students (51%) and the high school students (26%) indicated that if parents helped students learn to study, their grades would improve. But the most important single thing both elementary and high school students reported, in terms of getting stronger academic footings in preparation for college, was that teachers need to "ask questions" specifically designed to find out if students understand the material, and if not, "provide further explanations."
On the subject of counsellors, an article in High School Journal suggests that African American students do indeed need different strategies to achieve academic success. Since a portion of African American adolescents live in single-parent home environments and below the poverty level, and as a result of that environment are "likely to question the relationship between educational achievement and economic progress," school counselors must take on strategies beyond their job descriptions."
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African-American Males, 2005.
This paper discusses the correlation between affective disorders, substance abuse and the criminal justice system for African-American males.
980 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 23.95
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This paper uses the four models of Kimmel and Messner as a framework for studying the masculine development of African-American males are developmental pathways, social development, social ecological and contextualism models. The author points out that the problems of living in poverty, the extremely pressured yet loosely and poorly defined role of the African-American male and the severe lacking of a positive role model result in many misdirected and misguided youths using substance abuse, developing affective psychological disorders and becoming involved in crime. The paper stresses that societal forms of direction for positive role modeling do not exist in qualitative or quantitative forms to any great extent, which leaves the African-American male floundering as to what they should or could represent.
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Objective
Statement of Thesis
Introduction
Background to the Problem
Models of Kimmel & Messner
Poverty: A Factor that Cannot Be Ignored
Treatment Options
Summary & Conclusion
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"The meaning of masculinity and associated norms of gender roles are stated to be the basis of "social constructionism" (Kimmel & Messner, 1989, 1992) Men tend to internalize their conceptions of what forms their masculinity from the culture they live in. 'Socialization' encourages men to attempt to live up to those standards that have been set within the culture. African-American men are "subject to a very different set of influences" socially than their white peers and therefore have a different masculinity as well as their social influences being quite different than those of white men."
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African-American Movie and Television Images, 2002.
This paper explores the image of African-Americans in movies and television and their impact on socialization.
3,145 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 16 sources, APA, £ 63.95
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This paper presents an extensive chronology of the manner in which African-American have been presented in movies and on television. This paper states that despite the attempt to portray American culture accurately, the media lags behind in regards to the changes in morality and values held by the American people, especially in the portrayal of minorities. The author feels that because television is an intense carrier of socialization, there needs to be much more research to assess the impact of these images on the psyche of black youth.
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Background Information on U.S. Media and Television
The American Audience
Four Functions of Media
The Image of African-Americans on Television
Roots of the Distorted Images of African-Americans
The Birth of Television Images
Life on Television Study
The Neilson Rating System
Televisions Impact on Socialization
Socialization and Comprehension in Childhood
Studies with Children and Television
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"The Anglo-Saxon beliefs, which were brought to this country, showed the beginning of racial prejudice in this country. White was seen as pure, clean, good, reflecting the spiritual light; and black was seen as impurity, filth, evil and spiritual darkness. Those people who were prosperous and self-sufficient were the spiritual elect, and those who were enslaved were seen as damned. These beliefs carried on in the South, with the mythology of the happy slaves who were content to serve the master as the ultimate fulfillment of their lives. This became one of the many justifications for slavery and exploitation of blacks. During the Reconstruction period, images of a lazy, slow-witted blacks with loose morals and fondness for alcohol were used to reinforce institutionalized and social racism."
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The Ontario Government and Youth Crime, 2002.
An overview of the Ontario government's policies regarding youth crime through a review of the report "Tough on Crime".
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 6 sources, £ 55.95
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This paper focuses on the current Ontario government's policies regarding youth crime. The Ontario Crime Control Commission report on youth crime, "Tough on Crime" is outlined. It is argued that this policy is directed toward punishment as deterrence and will, ultimately, be unsuccessful in reducing rates of youth crime.
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American Youth Culture, 2002.
A study of American youth culture with reference to literature.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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The paper studies the rise and evolution of American youth culture over the last decade. This is achieved through a critical review of two literary works. The first is a novel called ?On The Road? by Jack Kerouac and the second is the 1955 film, ?Rebel Without a Cause?. Both plots are reviewed to show what they reveal about American youth culture. The paper continues with an exploration of American youth through the generations, beginning with the start of the 20th century, and it concludes with a look at the prevalence of youth culture in adult American society.
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""What's wrong with these kids today?" The intergenerational howl of frustration and confusion echoes down through the decades as those devastatingly cool and disdainful teenagers grow up, marry, and produce the next generation of rebellious teenagers. Because even though each generations comes of age with what it believes to be unique feelings of angst, despair and isolation, those agonizing emotions have tortured the young souls of every generation to emerge on the American landscape, at least over the course of the last century.
Jack Kerouac's On The Road is considered my many scholars to be the best novel to come out of the so-called beat generation. It is the story of Sal Paradise, an aspiring writer, and of his experiences on the road as he makes several trips across the country to meet friends in Denver and San Francisco."
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African-Americans in Special Education, 2005.
Factors determining the increasing number of African-American children in special education programs.
4,528 words (approx. 18.1 pages), 12 sources, MLA, £ 82.95
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This paper takes a look behind what is going on with special education and looks at the factors that are causing the strong over-representation of African-American youths in many of the special education classes across this country today.
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"The large amount of minority children, specifically African-American children, who have ended up in special education programs for students who have learning disabilities, behavioral disabilities, emotional disabilities, or mental disabilities, has remained a very strong reality even though it has been recognized for more than 20 years (Townsend, Thomas, Witty, & Lee, 1996). After looking at many of these patterns and how often they recur, it is important to look at the assumptions, beliefs, worldviews, and epistemologies that are often used by many who work in special education in order to determine what is causing the disproportionate amount of these individuals in special education programs throughout the country (Townsend, Thomas, Witty, & Lee, 1996)."
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Theories in Youth Crime, 2007.
This paper analyzes a theory regarding youth crime in the city of Huberville.
3,042 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 61.95
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In this essay the writer discusses a theory about youth crime in Huberville between the years of 1960 and 1990 and why this rate began to decrease after 1990. Furthermore, the writer attempts to explain how this theory of delinquency might have an influence on the legal ideology of juvenile justice in the city. Lastly, the writer discusses social policies which may stabilize or decrease the crime rate of the youth in Huberville. The writer concludes that Huberville's working and immigrant class may benefit from a program such as the one mentioned in the paper, which gives youth at risk someone whom they are close to and do not want to disappoint and who will encourage more conventional behavior.
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"This theory of criminal activity however does not explain why the crime rate among the youth as well as the adult of Huberville increased from 1960 to 1990 and then began to decrease when the city was revitalized. Although the city changed from a more stable city environment before 1959 to a more transient environment after that date, many of the same youths who were present before 1959 were still present after 1959. If these individuals had self control before that date it would stand to reason that they still had self control after that date so there must have been something that changed other than the level of self control which the youth possessed that would encourage them to engage in more criminal behavior. One thing that had changed in Huberville shortly before the crime rate increased was that the largest employer in the city closed its doors. This action which plunged Huberville into a recession also led to high unemployment rate of people would did possess the self control to work for a living before the jobs left town."
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Youth Crime and Punishment, 2005.
A discussion regarding various topics related to youth crime and the justice system, highlighting different perspectives and attitudes.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 8 sources, £ 49.95
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This paper examines a series of topics - gun control, age of sentencing, capital punishment, education and punishment of a crime - from the competing liberal/conservative points-of-view. These points of view are then, in turn, applied to the controversial topic of youth crime and what is to be done to stanch its spread. Ultimately, the paper argues that both sides have some of the answers - but not all of them.
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"Youth crime and punishment has long been a serious controversy in America, not least of all because a perception exists - at least in some quarters - that youthful criminals are not treated severely enough by the justice system. The following paper will examine five topics - gun control, age of sentencing, capital punishment, education for criminals and punishment for the commission of a crime - and provide both the liberal and conservative side of the issue. What should emerge is a recognition that both sides present compelling arguments in favor of their position - and that both sides do not have all the answers. With that in mind, it is to a discussion of the aforementioned topics that this paper now turns. Gun control is a very serious issue that is made more serious by the fact that guns are readily accessible to young people."
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Youth Crime, 2007.
A synopsis of the future actions of the juvenile court system with respect to youth crime.
3,004 words (approx. 12.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 61.95
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This paper examines the historical and modern trends occurring in the field of juvenile justice and proposes changes within the juvenile justice system. The paper focuses more on restorative rather than retributive justice as a means of reforming youth criminals and reducing the rates of violent crimes witnessed among young offenders.
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Abstract
Introduction
Problem Statement
Significance of Study
Historical Perspective Juvenile Crime
Future Directions
Restorative Justice vs. Retributive Justice
Theories Guiding Restorative Justice
Philosophical Foundations for Restorative Justice
Summary and Conclusions
References
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"In recent years much attention has been brought to the increasing incidence of violent juvenile criminal activity within the United States. The juvenile justice system was crated in the late 1800s as a system for protecting the rights of youths that engaged in deviant behavior. At that time the focus of the juvenile system included rehabilitating youth offenders to help them transition back into their communities successfully (Tanenhaus, 2004). With time however that focus shifted, and juvenile justice courts began taking on a more retributive approach to youth crime, punishing youth offenders for criminal activity rather than working toward reforming youth offenders. Part of this resulted from lack of adequate funding and information about the best methods for addressing youth criminal activity. This shift in paradigm has resulted in increasing levels of youth crime and more violent criminal activity among youth offenders."
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Youth Crimes and the Criminal Justice System, 2002.
An examination of the way that the criminal justice system treats youth crimes and why this might need to change.
1,024 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper explains that the criminal justice system has long treated the young differently from adults, but community attitudes have changed in recent years so that this policy is in question. It discusses the concerns about youthful violence and how this has led to calls for a change in the criminal justice system in order to increase the punishment possible for certain young offenders, especially those involved in violence.
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"Other statistics are even more frightening. Webber cites the Children's Defense Fund, which estimates that an American child is arrested for a violent crime every 5 minutes and is killed by guns every 2 hours. Nine in 10 young murder victims in the industrialized world are Americans. Between 1979 and 1991, nearly 50,000 American children were killed by guns, which is more than the number of Americans killed in Vietnam in 25 years. An American child is 15 times more likely to be killed by gunfire in the United States than a child living in Northern Ireland. More than half the people arrested for murder in the United States in 1991 were under age 25, and juvenile arrests for murder and non?negligent manslaughter rose 93 percent between 1982 and 1991. It is more and more common for young people to kill each other, and 55 percent of juvenile homicides in 1995 involved friends and acquaintances (Webber)."
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