Cultural Theory of risk

profits. The street value of the drugs is exponentially high, which in turn creates a feeling of strain on an individual who cannot support their addictive behaviour. Criminologists call this strain theory. Strain theory is defined as “The proposition that people feel strain when they are exposed to cultural goals they are unable to reach because they do not have access to culturally approved means of achieving these goals” (Linden, R. 2015). These individuals turn to illegitimate means to…

come from infants who sleep in the parents’ bed. Bed sharing is bad for infants because the airflow around the baby is not enough. You can share bedrooms, but not the beds. Also, low oxygen levels and brain defects have also shown increased SIDS risk. Overheating is another cause that can lead to SIDS because it suppresses the infant's arousal response. There are much more precautionaries and causes, but there is too much to list. Since the late 1980’s, SIDS has decreased…

and the patients cultural background. Treating culture as a set volatile seriously…

barriers to learning impede positive learning outcomes. As such, culturally responsive pedagogy has been identified as a method to remove such barriers. In this report, culturally responsive pedagogy will be defined as a teaching practice that uses cultural knowledge, experiences, and understandings of RCELD students to make learning encounters more relevant and meaningful for all learners. This term was introduced by Gloria Ladson-Billings to “describe teaching that integrates a student’s…

immigrants’ cultural and ethnic identities in American historical studies. Within the United States’ racialized landscape, issues about assimilation and acculturations of immigrants by the dominant whites or developments of immigrants’ cultural and ethnic identities should continue to be studied in depth. In addition, there have been some notable cases of ethnic and cultural identity reaffirmations whereby individuals in their ethnic groups have been proud of and tried to promote their cultural…

Punitive drug law enforcement is believed to be the best force in the fight on drugs thinking that criminalization works as a deterrent to drug use. Despite its worldwide popularity and use, evidence does not support the theory that increased punishment works to deter users from drug consumption, but actually increases problems related to drug use. Many countries who have also done comparative studies have identified no correlation between the harshness of drug laws or the intensity of law…

I hold an open attitude toward the cultural differences and respect different values. Before college, I lived in Mainland China and developed my value system based on the eastern culture. Later, I moved to Hong Kong for college. Because of the British colonialism, Hong Kong developed a unique…

They are at a very critical stage in their lives where they are forming their personal and cultural identity. Having undocumented status brings on psychological stress which has often been associated with depression and anxiety, feelings of isolation, increased psychosomatic symptoms, and personal identity confusion (Ellis and Chen, 2013, p. 252)…

Freudian Theory of Personality-Journal Psyche). The second stage, the Anal stage, happens between the ages of 1.5 to 3 years. This stage is related to the pleasure of developing healthy toilet training habits (The Freudian Theory of Personality-Journal Psyche). The third stage in Freud 's theory is the Phallic stage, and this happens between 3 and 5 years of age. The development of pleasure from the sexual attraction boys and girls have toward a parent of the opposite gender (The Freudian Theory…

William Glasser: Discipline Guided by Choice Theory William Glasser believes that all behavior is chosen and that all of our actions are driven by five basic needs. These needs are survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. Educators need to recognize that if a student is acting out it they are lacking one or more of these basic needs. Glasser does not believe in punishment. In place of punishment, students must state their inappropriate behavior, why it was wrong, and what they…