Today, almost 25% of our generation ages 13-19 have struggled with some type of mental health disorder in their young lifetime. ... At least 70% have at least one diagnosable mental health need, while 20-25% have serious emotional issues. Furthermore, mental health disorders in the juvenile delinquent population has an extraordinary high rate exceeding 50%. ... Review of Relevant Literature/Model Program Summary Report Based on the studies mentioned about it is apparent that a large part of our juvenile health suffers from various mental health disorders. ... These effective programs have had ...

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Today, almost 25% of our generation ages 13-19 have struggled with some type of mental health disorder in their young lifetime. ... At least 70% have at least one diagnosable mental health need, while 20-25% have serious emotional issues. Furthermore, mental health disorders in the juvenile delinquent population has an extraordinary high rate exceeding 50%. ... Review of Relevant Literature/Model Program Summary Report Based on the studies mentioned about it is apparent that a large part of our juvenile health suffers from various mental health disorders. ... These effective programs have had ...

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The additional courts include domestic violence, juvenile drug courts, family treatment courts, mental health courts, community courts, peer/youth courts, and homeless courts (Farole et al 2005). ... Early results from studies show that these types of courts are having a positive impact on the lives of offenders and victims (Bureau of Justice Association). ... Each court is unique in that it only deals with one type of problem, hence the name of the court in providing services related to substance abuse treatment, domestic violence, family treatment, anger management counseling, and mental hea...

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Department of Justice retains data for analysis, dissemination, and study to help those in law enforcement and those wishing to research data related to criminal justice. ... The information being researched in this brief paper is the characteristics of the parent prison population and their children and the BJS is a very useful start before further study. ... For example, homelessness, unemployment, mental health issues, and substance abuse can all compound reunification and further bring out re-offense. ... Additionally, though there is a wealth of information here, other sources must be ...

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In a recent study they found 75% of white Americans believe that there is no issue with the criminal justice system and that racism is not a problem in the world we live in today. ... As shown in a Chicago study names with Emily or Brenden have a 50% more chance to getting a call back from a job than someone names Lakisha or Jamal even though they have the same exact resume. ... A government study on discipline in public schools states that black students are three times more likely to be suspended than white students. ... In a study done by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adm...

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In 1996, the National Counsel on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) did a study indicating that 18 percent of women inmates interviewed had given birth at some time during a past or present prison term (Acoca & Austin, 1998). ... These early years of life are very important developmental stages for a child, often determining their future health and developmental potential. ... (Acoca &Austin, 1996) In addition, some women interviewed for the 1996 NCCD study reported being shackled in full restraints at some point during their pregnancies. ... (Acoca & Austin, 1996) Finally women's...

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There are youth with mental health problems, violent juveniles, and juveniles with substance abuse problems in which these programs could really benefit. ... A study done for the National Institute of Justice states that, within the boot camps, juveniles are found to have positive changes and become less antisocial. ... That same study also found that youngsters who participated in the Big Brother/Big Sisters program benefited immensely. ... His study shows that intervention from families and communities can really have an impact on children's lives. In another study done by Peter Gre...

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Crime fighting with police or punishment is no longer enough, and new studies have proved that education attainment is considered a strong contributor to deter the crimes. ... Education improves people health in many ways. ... Also, educated people always get jobs with higher income that enable them to select a good health insurance plan, hence they can protect their health. ... In contrast, highly educated people can deal with their health problems wisely. Their knowledge enables them to get access to more information about health risks, making better use of that information or more effective...

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Many of researchers say that there are three major effects on poor people that are lack of education, health problem, and indulgence in criminal lifestyle. ... As we move on to low level job, as they didn't study well definitely they cannot get a good and respectful job without diploma or degree, they will get job of labor, cobbler, house-keeping jobs. ... In addition, health problem is also major issue in poor society because in poor society keep open dumpster and do latrine in open place like in India some people do on railway track and near to track, because they do not have proper fa...

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Some studies have also implicated violent movies and video games. ... There are many psychologists and clinical psychiatrists who along with independent researchers compile extensive lists and do studies on what may be the cause of school violence. ... School violence is a subset of youth violence, a broader public health problem. ... A large study shows one in three students between 6th and 10th grades are either bullies or victimized by bullies. Another study found by high school, 25% of students fear victimization by their peers. ...

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As for the data they used, they combined information form NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics), the U.S. ... The dependant variable for their study was the peoples attitudes toward the death penalty. ... They provide efficient and direct means of describing each individuals outcome to the study, such as support for the death penalty. ...

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A study of the rates of victimisation of Indigenous Australians found that Aboriginal women were 10.7 times more likely to be victims of violent crime than non-Aboriginal women (Harding et al. 1995, pp. 20-3). ... In the absence of further studies we cannot be certain whether gay men and lesbians experience higher levels of sexual violence than other men and women. In 1993, a national survey funded by the Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health examined transgender lifestyles and AIDS/HIV risk (CDHSH 1994). The study indicated the existence of a major area of previously unrecogn...

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However, three methods that have shown some effectiveness to prevent crimes are public health-style, situational crime prevention and crime prevention through social development (Sacco and Kennedy, 2002). ... One way to prevent crime is through the health-care system model. ... Public health-style can be explained using primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention (Sacco and Kennedy, 2002). ... Stepping away from the Health Care System perceptive, another effective method to preven...

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Christopher Slobogin writes: If nothing else, the interaction between the criminal courtroom and the mental health profession has produced some memorable nomenclature. "The abuse excuse," "battered woman syndrome," "child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome," "false memory syndrome," "television intoxication," "urban survival syndrome," "XYY chromosome abnormality"--these are just a few of the colorful appellations used to describe claims that mental health professionals have bolstered with their testimony over the years. ... I tried to determine, through my studies, whether or not the plea ...

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Six studies were evaluated on the effect of CCTV cameras being introduced in car parks where there had previously been high incidences of vehicle crimes and there proved to be a 51% decrease in reported crimes in these areas. ... A significant number of young offenders are later reported to have mental health issues, such as schizophrenia, personality disorder, bipolar, drug and alcohol dependency or suffering the effects of family breakdowns. ... Government spending on crime needs to be better placed in the treatment of mental health in the youth population, drug and alcohol programmes an...

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The most significant study conducted to evaluate the evidence of the "innocent executed" is the Bedau-Radelet Study (Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases, 40, 1 Stanford Law Review, 11/87). The study concluded that 23 innocent persons had been executed since 1900. However, the study's methodology was so flawed that at least 12 of those cases had no evidence of innocence and substantial evidence of guilt. ... (Markman, Stephen J. & Cassell, Paul G., "Protecting the Innocent: A Response to the Bedau-Radelet Study" 41, 1 Stanford Law Review, 11/88). ... Calling their work mis...

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In 1992, the State of Washington's Department of Social and Health Services published a report identifying 691 sexually aggressive youths in state custody, 33% of whom were under the age of 12. ... The majority of cases of juvenile sexual aggression appear to involve adolescent male perpetrators; however, a number of clinical studies have pointed to the presence of females and prepubescent youths who have engaged in sexually abusive behaviors. ~ Looking at social process theories one might conceive that youths who perpetrate these crimes against other children are lacking elements of s...

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The link between drug use and crime is not a new one and numerous studies show that drugs use directly relates to crime in multiple ways. ... Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) conducts an annual National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) that questions numerous people living households about their drug and alcohol use and their involvement in crimes. ... (Another study found that every additional dollar invested in substance abuse treatment saves taxpayers more than seven dollars in societal costs (CSAT 1997). ... One such study was conducted in Baltimore on heroin users....

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Sentences of incarceration were given in proportion to the crime and in some cases, even treatment of mental health was ordered. ... Race and Socioeconomic Status Application Disparity For many years, studies have revealed that race is a significant predictor of capital punishment, with blacks being sentenced to death row more than whites (Phillips, 2012) Of the 3,483 male inmates on death row, as of 2009, 1,738 of those inmates are white, 1,302 inmates are black (Banks, 2013). ... Amnesty International also revealed, according to a 2007 study of Connecticut sentences that were examined by Ya...

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"Dr Joseph Goldberger, a public health official, sought to unravel the mystery of pellagra, a deadly and at times disfiguring disease that was particularly virulent in the southern United States"(Hornblum) He recruited dozens of Mississippi prison inmates to try and prove his theory that pellagra and deadly disease is caused by dietary deficiency. ... "Scores of desperate, mostly uneducated African-American prisoners offered themselves up as human guinea pigs for a dollar a day in experiments ranging from relatively innocuous studies of deodorants and detergents to dangerous wor...

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Studies have shown that older people hold less accurate perceptions of actual crimes rates than younger people (Davis & Dossetor, 2010). ... For the elderly, regardless of the majority's view of crime (Clark, 2003), studies continue to show that their misperceptions of crime increase with age (Davis & Dossetor, 2010) and they become more fearful (Grabosky, 1995). ... The Australian Bureau of Statistics found that in the 2011-2012 Australian Health Survey: Physical Activity (2013), watching television peaked at over 19 hours per week for the elderly, making people aged over 75 years the gr...

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In the USA, thousands of Americans are serving the life without parole because of the crime they committed at juvenile age. Most of them are murderers or recidivisms. Among these prisoners, there is a man who murdered his father, stole all his parents' money, and ran away from home when he was just ...

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Professor Robert Goodman, in his study entitled, "Legalize Gambling as a Strategy for Economic Development", describes the effects of gambling on local businesses. ... These problems inflict a lot of social cost, in turn; impose major economic costs on the society such as production, health and counseling, crime, regulation, prevention and welfare cost. ...

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From the late 1980s, research on gender, crime and social issues, has hugely focused on the study of masculinity, and how there has become a correlation between masculinity and violence. ... Many psychologists use these theories when studying a patient; to see if their mental state has had an effect on their issue, whether they have committed a serious crime or are in a perhaps state of suicidal. Moving onto the crisis of masculinity, Ray evaluates that over the past 10 years, there has been much attention towards the research of 'problems of men's health, boys' educational a...

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In a case study on moral panics, three non-identical studies were analysed from several situations and after a certain amount of time from the actual crime. ... Cohen's famous study about the Mods and Rockers in the early 1970's shows the influence of the media and how it can cause a moral panic in the society (Marsh, Ian; Melville Gaynor 2009). Cohen referred to people who endanger society as 'folk devils' in his case study about media reporting the dispute on the Mods and Rockers in 1960. ...

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