Juvenile delinquency in the United States

Research grant from the Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). With this grant, they were able to collect data with the help of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Harrisonburg Rockingham County(BBBSHR) that would best answer research questions surrounding training and support for mentors. OJJDP’s interest in the topic adds to its on going study on preventative nature of at-risk children in the United States. In their attempt to investigate the impact of…

the first to implement order maintenance when they respond to a service call. Here in the United States police officers are also given the job of implementing order maintenance in traffic safety. Officers overseeing traffic safety are responsible for the safeguard of roadways, vehicles and pedestrians. Police officers at local levels have been dealing with terrorism since the 1960’s. In the United States we can use the three sociological perspectives to aid in the understanding of the jobs…

high because 7% of the youth population in the United States is LGBT (“True Colors,” 2016). Each year $4.2 billion is spent on homeless assistance programs with less than 5% of this funding, $195 million, allocated for homeless children and youth. Out of that $195 million, there are currently no federal programs specifically designed to meet the needs of LGBT homeless youth, no federal protection for these individuals, and there are only a few state laws in place to keep these youths from being…

example of a shooting that she names is the 2014 Oregon shooting. Signal quotes her source Katrina Newman for her shooting example. The Oregon shooter killed one other student before he was killed. Signal explains how this has recreated fear in the United States. But has also given researchers a sense of how school shootings develop and how they can destroy that development. Newman and her colleagues believe that there are different types of shootings and patterns. An example Newman gave is a…

studies, reports, and documents could help answer why sex offenders choose to partake in the illicit activity and other criminal activities. The Facts “Nearly 63,000 cases of child sexual abuse were reported in 2012. Roughly, 18% of women in the United States have been raped at some point in their…

not see this type of military effort within the United States, it has become a familiar sight in other developing countries. According to statistics, "in the last fifteen years, the use of child soldiers has spread to almost every region of the world and every armed conflict. Though an exact number is impossible to define, thousands of child soldiers are legally serving in armed conflict around the world" (Child Soldiers International). Several states…

committed by Japanese military ended with destruction on Japanese soil-the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945. The victims’ of Japanese militarists’ aggression included peace-loving and innocent people of china, the Philippines, United States, Korea and Japan herself. A massive attack was launched in 1937 upon the city of Nanking. During this period, the Japanese committed Nanking massacre during which about three hundred thousand civilians…

The United States is a county that has many cultures mixed together. For example, Asian, European, Latino, and Native American. Because of the freedom in this country, more people are coming to the United States seeking for settlement. The United States is a powerful country, and the majority of the people living in the United States are having a peaceful life. This ideal life has been seen by other citizens from different countries. Some people have worked really hard to fulfill their American…

The purpose of this study is to compare the depiction of the US justice and prison systems in film and television across different decades and to compare scripted vs. unscripted depictions. This study is exploratory to determine which variables are prominent in the depictions. Key variables that will initially be under investigation are the guard to prisoner interactions, the depiction of segregation, gender roles, and the way the prison system is shown in general. The debates about the…

responsibility to ensure that all the residents of your state have access to safe water. By taking action and extending the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Emergency Order program that gives Flint residents access to free bottled…