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    The Social Problems on Young People which Related to Crime‚ Alcoholism‚ Drug-Taking and Desperation Study Case: Overcoming the issues by controlling drugs of free circulation Pandu Rizqi Akbar (016201100038) 10/17/2014 Introduction Nowadays‚ young people in particular are turning to crime and level of vandalism and street crime has gone up. There is little discipline in schools. Alcoholism is on the increase too‚ again particularly among young people‚ and drug-taking is a big problem.

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    A worldwide situation in criminal justice is the youth‚ who are being tried as adults for their wrongdoings. Although juveniles commit heinous crimes such as robbery‚ murder‚ or even rape‚ they are not mature enough to understand what they are doing. In the article “Kids Are Kids-Until They Commit Crimes” a 12-year-old boy got sentenced life in prison after he beat a 6- year-old girl to her death (Lundstrom). The boy did not know the girl was going to die because he is not mature enough to know what

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    many of the people caught up in the criminal justice system are low income‚ racial and ethnic minorities‚ often forgotten by society‚” Besides juveniles‚ what other age group is experiencing unprecedented incarceration rates? Does this surprise you? Why or why not? Another age group experiencing unprecedented incarceration rates is with very elderly people. Yes‚ it surprises me very much. I was not expecting to read that at all. I guess mainly because I figured that most elderly people would have

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    Juvenile DELINQUENCY For many young people today‚ traditional patterns guiding the relationships and transitions between family‚ school and work are being challenged. Social relations that ensure a smooth process of socialization are collapsing; lifestyle trajectories are becoming more varied and less predictable. The restructuring of the labor market‚ the extension of the maturity gap (the period of dependence of young adults on the family) and‚ arguably‚ the more limited opportunities

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    move forward in life. Many people to this day lie. They always expect to be able to say sorry after they lie and don’t think it affects the other person. When you lie to a person‚ even after you say sorry‚ it will always affect them. Even if you are a good person and you lie you can say sorry but people will always remember you from what you did. Hannah Baker committed suicide. “I hope you’re ready because i’m about to tell the story of my life. More specifically‚ why my life ended. And if you’re

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    Why do people commit crime? The reasons vary from social and those as a result of the economic conditions that an individual is going through. Certain people also have got psychological issues that prompt them to do such things. The genetic make up of people could also make them desire to commit certain types of crimes‚ (Pavao‚ 1998). Children not well looked after in terms of parental care have a higher chance of committing a crime in their early years. In the same way children who are assaulted

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    Social control theory is‚ “The view that people commit crime when the forces binding them to society are weakened or broken” according to the textbook Criminology; The Core. “[Jeffrey] was a loner‚ who felt neglected by his family and did not fit in well with his peers‚” due to this feeling he would constantly

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    The debate on whether parents should be held responsible for their children’s misdeeds has been going on for ages and people are divided on the issue. I believe that parents should be held responsible if their children commit any crime. A number of arguments surround my opinion. To begin with‚ if parents know that they will be held responsible for their children’s inappropriate actions‚ they will see to it that their children are well supervised and well cared for. Parents are responsible for

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    Crimes Against People May 26‚ 2011 Crimes Against People Crimes that are committed against a person produce a material risk that an offender will threaten body injury or actually use physical force on a person. These crimes are compiled of‚ but not limited to‚ offenses such as murder‚ manslaughter‚ battery‚ and assault. Although stalking is considered a crime against a person‚ it does not require the threat or use of physical force. I will provide you with a more detailed overview of the

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    SOLDIERS WITH PTSD THAT COMMIT CRIMES The ongoing war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan will always be a heavily debated topic from its beginning on October 7‚ 2001 with the attack on America soil on 9/11. But an ongoing war that is often ignored is the servicemen and women of those who return home from combat and suffer from psychological problems. As a Veteran of the U.S. Army myself that suffers from PTSD‚ I am disturb by the staggering reports of the number of combat veterans

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