That movie is rated R, but little kids were in there with their parents. ... Despite a 20-year low in the teen pregnancy rate and an impressive decline in the teen birth rate, the United States still has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any industrialized country (Casey Foundation, 1996). ... The rates keep dropping and are showing no signs of increase, yet. ... That 14 percent drop brought the rate to its lowest level since 1975 (Casey Foundation, 1996). ... As a result of all these teenagers looking for jobs, the unemployment rates have gone down, and the employment rates have risen. ...

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Furthermore, high rates of learning disabilities and poor academic achievements have been identified in 30-60 percent of juvenile offenders (Hunter, 1999; Kalogerakis, 1992; Juveniles Who Have Sexually Offended, n.d.) ... Higher rates of depression were significant in juvenile sexual offenders, in comparison to the general juvenile population (Juveniles Who Have Sexually Offended, n.d.) ... A study conducted by Becker, Kaplan, Tenke, and Tartaglini (1991), found higher rates of depression in juvenile sexual offenders with a history of abuse, in comparison to non-offending populations. ...

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(http://marriage.rutgers.edu/Publications/SOOU/TEXTSOOU2002.htm) Grandma always told me why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free. ... (DeLmater, 304) "The rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States is the highest of any Western nation; teenagers in this country are twice as likely to become pregnant as are Canadian or English teens, four times as likely as Swedish teenagers, and nine times as likely as teen women in the Netherlands."...

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Before continuing, it is necessary for me to share my understanding of the topic of child sexual abuse and its effects on children. ... It was heartbreaking for me to read about what was done to those little children; they didn't deserve any of it. ...

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Child abuse is a global problem that is deeply rooted in cultural, economic and social practices. It is a state of emotional, physical, economic and sexual maltreatment meted out to a person below the age of eighteen and is a globally prevalent phenomenon. However, in India, as in many other countri...

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