But due to financial problems and students having to take remedial classes, students tend to drop out of community college which often leads to unemployment and an increase in crime rate in the local community. ... As more students take those classes, the ratio of dropping out increases. ... In the journal, A Sense of Belonging: Improving Student Retention, the author, Patrick O'Keefe, stated that students who work part time and those working extended periods in low paying jobs are less inclined to see themselves as students and are more prone to dropping out (607). This gives insight to...

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Some students can be reached by the preceding suggestions, but some cannot. ... H.S is a ticking time bomb where violence rules, drugs are rampant, and students threaten other students who want to learn. ... School officials should be encouraging more parents to get involved. This violence does not only affect the students but the teachers as well. ... Also the safety and security of students, faculty and staff should be paramount. ...

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The purpose of education should be to prepare students for life, nourishing the potential in every student so that each may connect and give their unique ideas and abilities to society. ... Schools teach students to respect other students' opinions and encourage them to depend on dialogue in solving their problems. ... They claim schools curriculum should concentrate on building students' personalities. First, education shapes students' personalities that lead them to deal with challenges wisely. For example, education enhances students' self-confidence which is considered ...

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Violence is modeled, encouraged and rewarded by these strong peer groups. ... While it is alarming to know that in every class of thirty students in America, on average, at least one student will be bringing a weapon to school "mainly for protection "many more students survive their high school years without confronting violence (Koch, 1998). ... Factors that often contribute to violence read like a day in the life of most high school students. ... Some kids are mean to other students at school. ... A few students turn to drugs or gangs for comfort and acceptance. ...

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The act required American schools to enforce mandatory expulsions for any student found in the possession of a firearm on school property. ... By 1997, 3.1 million students were suspended annually as a result of zero tolerance policies; and in 1998, 87,000 students were expelled under the same regulations. ... A very small percentage of students suspended and expelled faced such consequences as a result of violent behavior. ... In the interpretation of this policy, Shanon was no different than a student who came to school carrying a loaded gun. ... In Palm Beach, Florida school police charged ...

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Here, residents are encouraged to be vigilant of crime in their area and work with the police in the detection and prevention of crime. Schools actively involved in the prevention of truancy and the parental involvement in the school system has proven effective in lowing the drop out rate of student and reducing crime in the neighborhood. ... Child poverty, the underclass and crime will be a problem with no true answer, until those in need are provided with programs, which encourage education and community involvement. ...

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After describing how they felt and if the opportunity presents, management would encourage some type of pay back or forgiveness to the victim coming from the offender. ... In order to assure that our children will contribute to society, we must make sure that our school teachers are educated not only in their fields, but also in ways that they will know how to identify problems among their students. ... For example; a teacher in a classroom might employ an affective statement when a student has misbehaved, letting the student know how he or she has been affected by the student's behavior:...

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The existing studies provided a basis for areas to be covered in the interviews in a largely unstructured manner, however subjects were also encouraged to address whatever areas they thought were important. ... This article shows that more shows students a direction policing practices can be oriented towards. ...

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The major that I plan on studying at the is Criminology and Investigations. Criminology and investigations is a major that requires you to study a variety of resources in order to prevent, investigate, and educate about different types of crimes. It is the scientific study of the law. To get into t...

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They say that when students are likely to live in poverty, witness drug abuse at home, have parents arrested and/or sent to prison, then it is not surprising how many students behave well, rather than some of them are violent. ... Crimes with guns and knives wouldn't take place without the students having access to those weapons. ... Another study found by high school, 25% of students fear victimization by their peers. ... Instead of allowing students to spend time on the streets or with gangs by getting them suspended, whenever the student is not dangerous, in-school suspensions and comm...

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A shortcoming of the decriminalization of marijuana may be that it can be more easily attained by children; however, marijuana may prove to be more beneficial to society by reducing illogical criminal detention, alleviating terminally ill patients, as well as encourage economic reform. ... Under the federal Higher Education Act, young students are forbidden from obtaining student loans if convicted for marijuana possession, while many other irrational criminal offenses remain undetected by the Organization (Nadelmann). Without student loans, the majority of college students could not...

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There's no doubt that parents encourage their children to succeed in school so they don't ever have to go through what they are going through now. ... Disordered neighborhoods encourage disordered behaviors. ... Students who live in crowded neighborhoods exhibit more behavioral problems, more anxiety and hyperactivity, and lower scores on vocabulary and reading comprehension tests, which in turn are related to violence. ...

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Ted Bundy, who was a college graduate and part-time law student who killed a large amount of women has fallen under this classification (Serial Killers pg. 247). ... In the opinion of Levin and Fox, not only have psychological theories underplayed the role of victim in vulnerability, they have overlooked situations and settings that could encourage a sense of domination through murder. ...

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A study was found that 270,000 guns accompany secondary school students to class daily. ... Also, giving the offender the appropriate punishment along with the rehabilitation services needed to encourage former criminals can help lead productive lives. ...

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He walked to the cafeteria where other students were having their breakfast where he pulled out the gun and raised before firing a shot without saying a word. The students present panicked and started screaming while running out of the cafeteria. ... Other similar cases have also taken place in schools, where young students got access to guns and ended up injuring and killing some of their fellow schoolmates. ... People from the society should be encourage to ensure that their societies are safe by reporting suspected illegal gun owners to the police. ...

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The question on whether this education should be offered has raised debates as some argue that it encourages crime, especially in situations where some people could deliberately commit crimes so they would go and receive college education in the prisons. ... More so, this is risky since they can be caught in real danger in case the students are not carefully watched. ... There are many students out there who work extra hard to gain college education, and it doesn't seem fair for someone to receive it for free, and especially to the criminals who do not truly want or appreciate it (Crouse,...

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Another student at the Inter-American University stated: "I believe that locking up a criminal between 4 walls and have him contemplating how he ended up in jail and either feel remorse for his crime or anger because of the outcome for a lifetime until death is a far greater punishment rather than 5 seconds of pain and then lights out and feel nothing at all." ... Revenge should not be encouraged as it drives us only to more evil and hatred. ...

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All of my life I've wanted to be an officer of the law, more specifically an R.C.M.P. Though as my life went on and I grew older I realized that these goals maybe unreachable. So I set out in the world of finding a career that would satisfy my financial and family needs, and personal goals. In the next few paragraphs I will try to describe how my work history never compared to my goals and expectations of my dreams, and hopefully come to some conclusions on where they lead me. My dream of being a police officer started at a very young age, as a child playing I was always a cop, never ...

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Tsotsi takes us on an incredible emotional journey where we witness a world filled with cruelty, violence and grave poverty. In this paper, the use of routine activities theory and general strain theory help in explaining the level of random violence. We may just look at a person or a group of individuals and think that they are sociopaths. Many times we cannot fathom why some people commit crimes, whilst others even under the same circumstances, do not. The need for getting to the underlying root as to why people commit a crime is particularly significant, for regardless of the fact that cri...

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What is community policing? Community policing is a working partnership with a community that helps make the environment a better place to live in. This partnership with the community has goals such as reducing neighborhood crime, helping to reduce fear of crime and enhancing the quality of life ...

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The primary purpose of the juvenile justice system is to hold juvenile offenders accountable for delinquent acts while providing treatment, rehabilitation, and programs designed to prevent recidivism. Juvenile courts have recognized that there are developmental differences between adults and juvenil...

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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain the works of Edwin Sutherland and his theory of differential association. The differential association theory depicts a relationship between a societal structure and criminal behavior. Sutherland illustrates the focuses of differential association into nine detailed tenants. He arrived at these tenants through his different experiences with the theory, and the different versions of his book "Principles of Criminology". Differential association emphasis how an individual' interactions with people can have an affect on criminal beh...

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Capital Punishment Capital punishment is not a new concept. It is older then the Roman Empire, and has changed much since it's first use. Death through drowning, crucifixion, or hanging, or throwing form a high rock, or being thrown into a fiery furnace, or firing squad, or electric chair or th...

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FACTS Mr Praveen Singh, the accused was charged with three offences. He was charged with two statutory offences and one common law offence. All these offences took place on the night of August 20, 2000. He pleaded guilty with regards to the charges of reckless or negligent driving in contravention of s 63 (1) of the National Road traffic Act . Mr Singh was driving on a public road and whilst doing this he unlawfully and negligently passed a vehicle in front of him. ...

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