Convention on the Rights of the Child

any crime. The Fourteenth Amendment however prohibits the imposition of “cruel and unusual punishments”. In my opinion, this is a cruel act and shouldn 't be permitted. It is unfair to the juvenile’s who are misunderstood, and don’t know from whats right and whats wrong. In the Crime Control Act of 1984, Congress addressed the effects of youth, and punishment, and completely changed the law. “It lowered from 16 to 15 the age at which juvenile’s case can, be transferred from juvenile court to…

development and how these are used in my placement. The legislation that will be explored in this report will be the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and how this reinforces Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC), Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) and UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. (UNCRC). This report will examine how these frameworks support the role of play, pedagogical approaches, evaluation of play, learning and development, children’s individual needs and…

Women’s Rights Over the Last Century Throughout history, cultures have typically assigned different roles to men and women. Women through the lens of history have been seen as inferior to the male authority. Women for many centuries have fought for legal equality, a voice, the right to own property, to work outside of the home, and common social equality. Women went from being the property of their husbands, and/or their fathers to being able to own their own property and manage their own…

Independence, everyone was allowed to be educated and was able to read freely in evidence of how literate the “Speech at the Virginia Convention” was as well as everyone else during that time period while the slaves were not to be more educated than of those who labeled themselves as a higher position as them, or else they would be punished. During the Virginia convention, Patrick Henry said, “Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath place in our…

and would do their best to hide their children when the Welfare came by, the Welfare was the division of government responsible for finding and kidnapping the children between 1940 and 1980. The Welfares were relentless, if they could not find the child they came looking for they would keep coming back or take others. They were particularly interested in smart girls and half-castes. They believed half-castes would be easier to assimilate. According to Geoffrey Partington: The most pressing…

He was chairman of a committee that gave the Great Compromise. He attended the Continental Congress and was one of the most vocal speakers at the Constitutional Convention in 1787.He played a part in producing the compromise, he wasn’t satisfied with it. Like Mason, Gerry refused to sign the Constitution due to the lack of the bill of rights. Originally, Gerry liked the idea of a stronger central government, but as time progressed, he turned to the anti-federalist side. However, this is…

Pre-birth to three and curriculum for excellence The children's act 1989 Legislates for England and Wales, was put into place to ensure that the welfare for a child is dominant. The children's act 1989 made those who worked with children and parents held responsible for the childâ€TMs safety. The main aim was: For protection of children and rights of parents to become balanced so that state intervention was controlled. To encourage partnerships between parents and statuary authorities. To…

Truth was one of the few women to take a white man to court at the time. She went through countless beating as a child for not learning english. She had her feet frose in the winter a s punishment. She has marks from a severe beating for no reason. Truth endored and accomplished many things throughout her life like being separated from her family, cruel punishment, and fighting for the rights of others Sojourner Truth was separated from friends and family throughout her early life. First, she…

Great Awakening started a social justice movement that affected the problems of abolition of slavery, prison and asylum, education, temperance movement and women 's rights. I believe the five key major reform movements of the early 19th century (abolition of slavery, prison and asylum, education, temperance movement and women 's rights) are directly attributed to women 's new social gospel from the Second Great Awakening. Women often were not directly involved in the political system; however,…

Children and youth’s engagement with digital technology and media seems to continually generate risk-oriented debates by adult allies, often calling for greater protection so as to minimize opportunities of risk and harm. Although the adult allies leading the call believe they are acting in the best interest of the chid, they often fail to recognize that since “children tend to be at the forefront of technology” (Genaro, What Is Contemporary Children's Culture: Lecture 1) their engagement…