Children Youth and Environments Journal

BEING CHILD In this day and time, more children are playing video games, which is one of the most argued things in the world. Bushman and Cruz say that most of researchers, parents and pediatricians believe that video games have an effect on children’s behavior (Bushman and Cruz, 2000). While some parents and teachers believe that playing video games causes school shooting and increases for bullying and violence towards women, research has shown that children who play video games not only…

name-calling. Social bullying is spreading rumors or leaving someone out and Physical bullying is the act of hitting, pushing or stealing someone else’s belongings. These children form few friendships and often times isolate themselves from others around them and lack…

Fighting Youth Crime Youth crime is an increasing problem, not only in the US, but also in other parts of the world. According to Juvenile Crime: How bad is it?, “There is a growing feeling in this country that juvenile crime is getting worse, that it is more violent and more deadly than ever before” (Smith 10). The issue of youth crime affects the population as a whole in many different areas and, therefore, needs some solutions. There are many sources from which temptation to commit crimes…

through the processes of competition, predation, parasitism, and mutualism. The structure and function of communities are determined by the nature and strength of the population interactions within it, but these interactions are affected by the environment in which a community exists. Police have an inherent role in the effective policing of a community. How this is conducted is dependent on so…

The social construct of youth and high school sports leads to unrealistic expectations on the athlete, parents should never push a child to participate more than they are comfortable because it can lead to depression, physical injury, and sports burnout. Many children starting from a young age are pushed by their parents to participate in sports. According to Shugart (2011), obesity is not as large as an epidemic as the media portrays to the public, and is in fact the latest obesity analysis…

Southern California A Review of Multisystemic Therapy Introduction History of Multisystemic Therapy At the core of juvenile delinquency lies antisocial behavior. This type of behavior has been shown to correlate with multiple factors both within the youth and the systems, which he or she resides in. However, in the late 1970s, treatments only focused on a few of those risk factors. Multisystemic therapy, or MST, was developed by Dr. Scott W. Henggeler in 1986, with help from Dr. Charles M.…

Mental Health The juvenile justice system is now faced with a continuous need to provide mental health care for the youths. The original purpose of the juvenile justice system was to offer rehabilitation and set out preventative measures to the juvenile delinquency system, the system focused more on the rights of the children over punishment. The juvenile system was set up to divert children from going through the adult harsh process in the adult justice system. However, the approach has…

Introduction This research paper will focus on the controversial issue of homosexuality, especially in youth, and the problems they encounter, including bullying. The text will look at homosexuality from a social, religious, cultural psychological and utilitarian point of view. Different categories of people have their definitions of homosexuality. It is caused by various factors which will be discussed, including its effects on individual persons and the society at large. Nature of…

aggressive characters can enhance a child’s risk of aggression, as can seeing violent characters portrayed attractively, research has suggested”(2004). In which this demonstrates that with the studies done by experts they have said that due to what the children see on shows they would follow him or her as their role model, in which when they found out their favorite singer or actor has done something wrong such as doing drugs. That adolescents would want to follow up in their steps because of…

Everyday, children and teens face trials and tribulation when it comes to harboring the intensities and handling the stress associated with Attention Deficit Hyper Disorder (ADHD), Anxiety, Depression, and other very common mental health illnesses seen everyday. In order to properly treat, diagnose, and handle these mental illnesses, it is important to consider its environmental origins. Factors within the student’s environment, such as socioeconomic class, the difference in residency, and…