In many way, peer pressure represents social influences effect the people in all ages, because we are greatly influenced by the people around us. ... In today society, drugs are very common, and they are considered to be an acceptable social phenomenon by many teenagers. ... Another issue is alcoholism. ... Nevertheless, alcoholism is a social issue that could lead kids to fail school, acting without any logic reason, or even committing a crime. ... Gangs are the real deal and very threatening issues that have to be dealt with. ...

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Wilbert Rideau is correct that the prisons have a minimal impact on crime because first, the prison system cannot prevent the criminal act in the first place in our society and they do not have enough impact after crime either; second, prisons are not doing enough rehabilitation, and finally, Prisons become a place that politicians avoiding the real social issues. ... Many of those in prisons come from the most socially excluded groups in society. ... Now days, prisons just support the criminals life inside prison without teaching them social skills and social norms, and when they get out, t...

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There are many effects that might contribute to this behavior including changes socially and physically. ... Socially, children are often cultured in school to behave with manners and respect. Behaviors outside of this could make for other difficulties not just socially. ... Causing bodily injuries to someone else should not be tolerated by children because they then grow up to think this is a way for them to solve their issues. ... Some people believe if you combat issues of violence and devious behavior while the individual is a child, they will grow up to be an upstanding citizen in the f...

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Computer technology presents many new challenges to social policy regarding issues such as privacy, as it relates to data mining and criminal investigations. ... Within the federal government, departments dealing with law enforcement, national security, criminal justice, the private sector, foreign policy, critical infrastructure and social issues are all involved in the ongoing efforts to develop these solutions. ... On the issue of cyber crime, Canada is an active participant in an number of international organizations such as the G8 Group of Senior Experts on Transnational Organized Crim...

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These form the backbone of Functionalist theory on crime and it is also used to form much social policy. ... Giddens described them as "probably the least reliable of all official figures on social issues." ... Interpretist sociologist crime statistics don't inform the whole of their research, they see it as the starting point for examining the social construction of crime. They also benefit social policy because social problems are easily quantifiable so can be identified and dealt with easily. ... The self-report studies also raise many issues about how accurate they are because even th...

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I chose gangs as my research topic for a current urban issue. ... The economy, as well as lack of program funding, and social issues are all causes of this problem. ... These types of places come along with social and criminal problems. ... I think children and teenagers should be offered more social activities to take their idle time and turn it into something positive. ... This is a very important issue and should be treated as one....

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The movie Friday is a comedy, but it also depicts many important social issues. ... Violence and crime are issues we hear about every day. ... In Friday, both of these issues are very apparent. ... Poverty and other social issues make it what it is, a very depressing and frustrating place to live. ... The movie covers a wide variety of social issues. ...

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The first function of law is to enforce social control. ... These laws are made according to social conditions and attitudes that are constantly changing. ... However it is hard to gauge the moral beliefs of the society because there are many different moral beliefs on the issue. ... The next function of law is to maintain the social order of a society. ... Laws are made to enforce social control, express public opinion and morality, deter criminal behavior, punish wrongdoing, maintain the social order, and to discourage revenge. ...

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School violence has been a very controversial and serious issue in America over the past decade. ... Moore analyzes the social structure of the United States, media influence, and the government's role in the development of the fear that is instilled in the people of the United States. ... He emphasizes the effect that the social structure in impoverished areas had on the shooting of a six-year old girl by her fellow classmate. ... Thus the social structure pushes those with little money even further into poverty, not allowing them the opportunity to overcome master statuses forced upo...

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Texas is known for many things, both socially and politically. The death penalty is a very serious issue that we as Texans need to concentrate on in the upcoming election. The Death Penalty has been around forever even back into the dark ages. It is the way that we punish people for crimes they have...

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Social Control Theories take a sort of opposite approach from other theories in criminology. ... It is these four bonds that make up Hirschi's Social Control Theory. ... One's acceptance of social norms and the development of social conscious depend on attachment for other human beings. ... Hirschi argued that people who live in common social setting share similar human values. ... They also have more difficulty in school, both academically and socially (Stone 1972). ...

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But only recently has the concept of juvenile delinquency become an issue in the way crime among youth is viewed. Our society tends to hold children in special regards in most cases, and the implementation of the juvenile court system led to the development of specific theories such as neutralization, labeling, and social control theories, by people which had a first-hand interest in these juvenile delinquency cases. ... For years, factors such as gender, race, age, and social class, have been the dominant force in research studies to explain the juvenile delinquent and their actions (Hewitt a...

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This is a very serious issue. ... But it is not yet a separate social being that should have separate social rights. ... Although the issue still rises about whether abortions are safe or moral, women should have the choice on whether or not they choose to have a child or wait for a better time into their life to do so. ...

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Political and social polarisation grew dramatically during the 1970's and the early part of the 1980's which caused the police service to become disordered in many controversies. ... There are three main issues of accountability that appear within Police work. ... He prepares a draft annual policing plan, in consultation with the police authority, which is issued by the police authority. ... The reasons being are to build up communities where crime and the fear of crime is reduced dramatically and the public have more trust that criminal and anti social behaviour is effectively c...

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The 13th Annual Asian Pacific Islander Issues Conference The 13th Annual Asian Pacific Islander Issues Conference consisted of a great many events that dealt with many serious problems that dwell deep within the United States and continue to keep Asians, as well as Asian Americans, down and suppressed from breaking the typical stereotypes. The conference was held at the UC Berkeley campus in the Dwinelle Hall with a goal of promoting awareness of our rights and the political, social, and the economic environment in which we exist, and to inspire us to act on such awareness. ... He discuss...

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Marijuana has been used for thousands of years for medical, social, relaxation, and religious reasons. ... Also hundreds of million dollars in tax revenue would be generated if marijuana was illegal and taxed, the cost of foster care and social services for children of incarcerated offenders and the public cost of funerals for police officers killed in botched sting operations. ... They must protect themselves because they can't rely on the police for protection so they arm themselves, and violence becomes an issue. ...

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Stereotyping abusers as minorities or underprivileged society members are also a mistake considering that abusers emerge from all different types of nationalities and social strata. ... The group's efforts are directed toward the awareness of modern women's rights and issues to educate the population. ... The government refuses to provide any details toward the issue but there have been reports of a growing amount of incest and gang rape. ...

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But, school violence is not a new issue for the nineties; School violence has been around since the 1950's, but then it was more an issue of juvenile delinquency than violent behavior. ... Curing social ills could take a long time, so I propose a high security approach to the problem. ...

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It is a tangle of current social values, ethics, procedures and equality. "All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals" and therefore wealth, social status, race and other social differences should have no influence in the process of justice. ... However with the issue of legal aid and court costs the inevitable problem of funds available to the courts arises. ... However if the accomplice is allowed to testify, the judge shall issue a warning to the jury about the "potential unreliability" of this evidence. ... There is seen to be a social problem with the exclusion of the...

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Being placed at the bottom of society with no chance for upward social mobility, can also be considered a violent crime, right? ... Until mainstream society gets over the issues of fear, anger, and disapproval they have of people of color and the poor both non-violent and violent crimes will exist. ...

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It places a special focus on the laws themselves to prevent crime and social disorder from occurring. ... People were thought to be inclined toward social disorder without adequate controls in place. ... In this view, an importance is placed on the social order. ... The rules and norms governing the social system of prison inmates are capitalistic in nature. ... This perspective somewhat believes that the children were destined to commit their first acts of delinquency due to the prior conditions, and thus it places the focus on the system for how it is now able to handle the issue. ...

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Judicial System The issue of the U.S. court system not treating juveniles as adults has been debated since the creation of the judiciary system. ... Children incarcerated as adults are thrown in jail for their mistakes, live out their childhood with hardcore criminals, and are thrown into society with no education and no social skills, being expected to begin a new reformed life. Children who have the opportunity to enter crime prevention and or rehabilitation programs can straighten themselves out, learn why they do the things they do, and then are returned to their social situations at...

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This paper will examine the extent of alcohol-related violence and some of the ways in which the Government and local bodies are addressing the issue. ... It is no coincidence that it is this social group that licensed premises are trying to attract with such promotions (see figure 3). ... The National Drug strategy Tackling Drugs Together' was launched in 1998 but politically the Government appear reluctant to wage war' against alcohol and all the social and economic problems that it brings. ... This will provide a clear overview of the problem and influence strategies ...

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Crime is an important issue which has been both a problem in the past and is currently a problem through out the world today. It has been noted that the crimes which take place on college campuses, have also been an issue, causing the university crime rates to increase over the past few years. ... With approximately 35,000 students attending the University of Georgia as of 2010, campus safety is an important issue for both on and around campus in order to keep the students, whom are enrolled in the university, safe. ... The article "Social disorganization theory and the college campus," writte...

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However, experts have offered theories involving causal factors range from personality problems to family, social, and economic considerations (Reed). ... Sociologists adhere to broader explanations, stressing the influence of selective social factors on the behavior of the adolescent. ... Lawrence Kohlberg applied the concept of moral development to issues in criminology. He suggested that people travel through stages of moral development, during which their decisions and judgements on issues of right and wrong are made for different reasons. ... After conducting a statistical analysis ...

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