Essays Tagged: "young persons"

Comparing life today with life fifty years ago.

ey could even see in graphic detail if they so desired. Thanks to television and the Internet, many young adults have had their lives influenced in ways no one even knew possible.Next is family. A you ... r named carried. Parents told their children to take pride in who they are, and respect themselves. Young adults were told quite often that their actions affect how the family is looked upon, and not ...

(2 pages) 136 0 4.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Young Offender Boot Camps.

Young OffenderBoot CampsThere are many issues to consider when dealing with the treatment of young o ... issues to consider when dealing with the treatment of young offenders in the justice system. These young persons are vulnerable and a desired method of treatment needs to be obtained to ensure the ch ... ome contributing members of society. A fairly new method which takes the place of incarceration for young people are boot camps which aim to decrease the rates of re-offending.This alternative measure ...

(13 pages) 267 2 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Understanding and Treating Suicidal Adolescents from a Counselor's Perspective

ne particular influential person: Kurt Cobain. In the early nineties, Kurt Cobain was popular among young persons for his "new edge" and controversial music. It was his suicide that brought the seriou ... the world; however, it was this exact occasion that glorified suicide and made it a common way for young persons to deal with their problems. Suicide is something we need to explore through the signs ...

(8 pages) 118 2 4.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

KIDS

y understand. I see little girls wearing miniskirts and boys becoming more interested in girls at a younger age. The scariest thing is that it is acceptable for a girl and boy to do these things. I wo ... if I denied my daughter the ability to "fit in". "KIDS" a movie by Larry Clark really gets under a young persons skin. The movie portrays a real life example of teenagers in New York City participati ...

(4 pages) 72 3 3.7 Feb/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Contra capital punishment; evaluation of statistics and arguments

st number of citizens in 2004 via capital punishment ("Facts and Figures on the Death Penalty"). As young persons of America, we must be alarmed at the systematic and governmental destruction of our f ...

(5 pages) 30 0 4.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Teens and Violence Reaction Paper

of a person's life. They have to decide what and who they are going to become. This is a time in a young persons life when many things can influence them, without them even noticing. There are many s ... ple are just used to it, and cannot imagine themselves without having a gun, because when they were young, it was instilled into their heads by their parents that carrying a gun is necessary. Not carr ...

(5 pages) 65 1 3.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Mandatory Reporting

in the dictionary as ill-treatment, insult, words abusing another person. Compared to the Child and Young Persons Act (1989) definition of child abuse which is delineated under the four categories, Ph ... appropriate methods for dealing with child abuse. These methods included those under the Child and Young Persons Act which states suitable protection required for an abused child, intervention orders ...

(4 pages) 16 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Police Brutality

become a major problem in the police force. Police officers have a tendency to harass the homeless, young persons, and minorities, among with many other groups of people (Fighting 2). Since the relati ...

(3 pages) 16 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

In this essay I shall discuss the different approaches Berlie

or did this deliberately because it gives the aspect of being pregnant at such a crucial stage in a young persons life and it may somewhat warm the reader to the character more with the feeling of emp ... he thought that people wouldn't think that highly of her anymore because of her being pregnant at a young age and not married. Helen made a desperate attempt to rid of the baby, she was riding a horse ...

(6 pages) 1242 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

The Stroop Effect

n which they appear to be similar.INTRODUCTIONA challenge over many centuries is how to help single young men and women to find suitable marital mates. Traditional societies use marriage brokers and r ... n to find suitable marital mates. Traditional societies use marriage brokers and relatives to bring young persons and their parents together, while in modern societies young persons meet through co-ed ...

(5 pages) 4 0 0.0 Apr/2011

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology