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clients hold a substantial amount of power when it comes to their own treatment. Clients elect Head of House members who are in charge of running meetings, assigning jobs, making sure the jobs are completed and assigning punishments for minor infractions, like not making your bed or being late to group. Each morning, the clients hold a “Committee” which is basically a trial for those who have been caught by their peers doing something that is not part of the program. They are read their charges…

Imagine being woken up in the morning by Nazi soldiers breaking into your house, forcing you to leave your belongings behind, and ordering you to a camp where you would most likely die. This harsh situation was all too real for many families during Hitler’s reign around 1933. Adolf Hitler, who served as chancellor from 1933 to 1945, was the leader of an anti-Semitism group known as the Nazi Party. The Nazi’s goal was to purify the human race by incarcerating and executing individuals from the…

Mental illness is a growing topic within the law enforcement community; specifically, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. We see it in our communities in many ways. Law enforcement officers are facing PTSD in front and behind the badge. Within this paper I will discuss the topic of PTSD and how it relates to policing. To begin, I will define Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. PTSD is a traumatic event that involves actual or threatened death, serious injury or other threat to the integrity of the…

Laws Governing Sexual Harassment Clearly sexual harassment has been around as long as men and women have shared the same space. United States history is marked with this type of inappropriate and often heinous behavior. Reva Siegel and Catharine MacKinnon discuss this long history in an article they co-authored for the Yale Press in 2003. Siegel and MacKinnon point out that, “… sexual coercion was an entrenched feature of chattel slavery endured by African-American women” (Yale Press, 2003,…

Abortion Essay Abortion is the legal termination of a pregnancy within the womb before the foetus is viable. It is one of the most controversial topics in today’s society. Personally, abortion is neither right nor wrong, but about the personal circumstances. However there is a lot of controversy over the topic, many say that pro-life is a convincing argument to show abortion is undeniably wrong. Pro-life view believes that a foetus is a human being from the minute of conception therefore it…

profiled has a big effect on the minority community and also the policing community as well. Being a victim of racial profiling hinders the minority communities. It also loses the trust of police officers. When you get pulled over for a minor traffic infraction or just nothing at all the black community calls that driving while black. After you get pulled over the officer will try to find any little thing to keep you there and find reasonable suspicion to search you and your car. Or they can…

not every officer thinks the same. Officer do not have the same mind from all the time and nor interact with the same people in the same manner. Usually it is given as long as the person is not blankly breaking the law and it is usually a minor infraction discretion is always used. ***In conclusion no two officers are the same there are many things and factors that determine what type of police officer someone is. Sometimes it is the environment in which they are in are the type of job that…

consume his thoughts and he is unable to stop worrying even though he acknowledges that his worries are unfounded. He over estimates the danger and level of fear he should have in his worries about his parent’s health. His father had a myocardial infraction, but is well, but the patient’s fears persist. This patient also reports experiencing an edgy feeling and muscle tension that are criteria for GAD. He reports symptoms specific to panic attacks, such as dizziness, sweating palms, heart…

Essay # 1 – Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. In this essay, I argue against Cardoza’s ruling in the case of Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. I disagree that the original judgment finding the Railroad Company negligent should have be overturned. I begin with a summary of the case. I will then explain both Cardoza’s and Andrew’s views with reference to negligence and duty of care, which are most relevant in this case. I will explain why Cardoza’s decision may be considered incorrect or…

Socio-Economic Factors Juvenile delinquency causes a disruption in the economic system by the increasing rates of criminal acts. Social scientist and legislators attempt to unveil causes and solutions to this national dilemma United Nations, 2003). Youth that experience educational, financial or poverty go into survival mode to get their needs met. Getting needs met are not by employment but in “street hustling” and ways to make a quick dollar. Role models are limited and unavailable…