Socioeconomics

that may sway a judge’s ruling on a sentence one way or another. Studies find, however, that people of color and of low socioeconomic status were more likely to receive harsher sentences than white people or people of high socioeconomic status (Thornbery 1973). This illustrates a trend that surely could cultivate feelings of injustice. The cause of these racial and socioeconomic biases could be due to the engrained practices and trends followed through the years, as exemplified in Thornberry’s…

Although socioeconomic status and pre-K involvement both clearly correlate to kindergarten readiness in urban areas and particularly within Memphis, there are other, larger urban processes at work within the setting of urban Memphis. One of these processes is urban psychology. Urban psychology relates the interactions of the people to their surroundings and how these interactions shape the children. These surroundings for a pre-kindergarten child can include the home environment, which has…

Discussion 2: The Impact of Social Condition on Vulnerable Groups 1. Discuss the factors that make these populations vulnerable. According to the CDC (2015), Socioeconomic status (SES) is one of the key factors of social vulnerability. It includes employment, income, housing (e.g., homelessness), and education level. People with lower socioeconomic status more likely lack resources needed to follow emergency preparedness instructions (p. 2). Being a youngster puts children at risk as a…

University insinuated by a selected few student from TAMU. A small group of approximately twelve white college students approached two African American students from Uplift Hampton Preparatory; a charter public school mainly of students of lower socioeconomic status, and minorities. The article went into detailed interactions of the group of college aged students toward the young group of students from the high school. According to the article and witnesses one of the white woman approached two…

One of the most complex issues in special education today is disproportionality. Disproportionality was first reported in 1968 by an educational researcher named Lloyd Dunn. Dunn observed that 60 to 80 percent of students who were misidentified for special education services were students from low-status backgrounds including African Americans and students from non-middle class environments (Vallas, 2009). Still, years later, the problem continues to exist. Minorities continue to be…

demonstrated that medication management alone or in conjunction with behavioral intervention relieves ADHD symptoms more effectively than behavioral or community based treatments alone. Socioeconomic status has also been shown to moderate treatment response. However, research has had conflicting evidence regarding how socioeconomic status effects the efficacy of pharmacological treatment; one study showed no influence of SES on drug response whereas another study showed a positive correlation…

There are numerous flaws in the criminal justice system that prevent justice from being served. One of these flaws are wrongful convictions. A wrongful conviction is when a person is convicted and punished for an offense that they did not commit. Some of the common causes of wrongful convictions are eyewitness misidentification, false confessions, government misconduct, and bad lawyering. Eyewitness misidentification is a main cause of wrongful convictions. DNA has proven that eyewitness…

In a research study by Black et al, the impacts of the presence of a father or a father figure in a child’s life were analyzed. The researchers’ objective was to analyze the contribution that an African American father with a low socioeconomic status make to their family and the impact that this contribution, in turn, has on a preschool children’s competence, behavior, and home environment. According to Black et al, paternal engagement with a child can be determined by the status of…

Imagine growing up in a household where no one ever muttered a word. No one talked during breakfast, getting ready for school, after school, at dinner, or even before bed. There were no books around to read or a television set around blaring cartoons or educational shows. How would one’s vocabulary develop or increase if that were the case? Now imagine a household where talking amongst family members was always occurring. Parents were waking up asking their children “How did they sleep last…

Head Start program pre-kindergarten classroom. This was quite an eye-opening, and valuable learning experience because of the level of diversity that goes on in one of these classrooms. Head Start is a federally funded program that aids low socioeconomic status families in giving their children a safe, learning environment up to two years before they go into the public school setting. Capital Area Head Start (1998) mission statement is “to provide a comprehensive child development program,…