...What are the causes and effect of youth crime? Nowadays, the topic of youth crime had caught more attention all over the world, more specifically, it’s a growing concern due to the increasing social influence, such as offending, re-offending, hate and drug crime. What’s the reason for youth crime? What’s the exactly effect of youth crime? Is there any effective solution that can help young people decrease the crime rate? These are the three parts we will clarify in this essay. First of all, from my point of view, the reason caused youth crime is mainly connected with the family. Nowadays, due to the parents in most the families need to work for their economic reason, lack of time caused less communication between children and parents, children might be neglected and feeling cannot get support from the parents when they need, they don’t have enough life experience for the right justice, so that they are easy to lost themselves when they meet some problem in their life, so that they use their own way, which is easy to cause the crime, to solve the problem. Besides, the other factor is the increasing levels of poverty around the world. We have seen with globalization the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and this inevitably means that those who are poorer will have to resort to illegal means to get what others have. Of course, this caused youth crime of the children from the poorer families. As the consequence, youth crime caused quite serious social effect...
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...Youth crime is a serious problem in Canada today and has been for many years. From 2000-2010, there have been decreases in the overall youth crime rate, properly crime rate, and violent crime rate, although youth crime remains high in many areas ("A Statistical Snapshot"). At-risk youth frequently become involved in criminal activity after joining a gang. Although Canadian youth from all socioeconomic backgrounds may join a gang, those who do so often come from low income backgrounds and single parent or foster homes or they may have a mental illness. Aboriginal youth are particularly susceptible to joining gangs due to the high levels of poverty and violence that plague many Aboriginal communities. Traditional methods of crime prevention...
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...Restorative Final Warnings: Policy and Practice DARRELL FOX, MANDEEP K. DHAMI and GREG MANTLE Darrell Fox is Consultant Social Worker, Havering Youth Offending Service, London Borough of Havering; Mandeep K. Dhami is Lecturer in Criminology, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge; Greg Mantle is Reader in Social Work, Institute of Health and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University Abstract: This article explores the diversionary measure of restorative final warnings within the context of the youth justice system. We examine the philosophy and rationale of the new era in cautioning and discuss the potential practice implications since its implementation in 2000, under the statutory legislation within the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. To date there has been very little research or academic debate on the new system of police cautioning of youth. Additionally, as final warnings develop a greater association with restorative justice practices, we explore how this ‘pre court’ intervention has the potential to broaden oppressive and discriminatory practices within the youth justice system in relation to particular societal groups. We will begin by explaining how police cautioning of youth has changed with the implementation of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and then explore contemporary police practices and outcomes regarding youth and the restorative final warning scheme. We will highlight the conflicting nature of the new scheme which requires voluntary agreement throughout...
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...Does Video Game Violence Contribute to Youth crime Contribution towards Video game violence has been the biggest thing in youth crime since 1995. Crime rates are said to have risen and are blaming it upon violence video games such as those rated M for Mature or higher. Others have charted that crime rates dropped due to violent games which is quite right since there are other crimes far more worse then what is done in games. Scans have shown that video games teach youth that violence is acceptable to solve conflicts. When you’re exposed to violence day in and out, it loses its emotional impact on you, once you’re emotionally numb to violence; it’s much easier to engage in violence. Violent games desensitizing players making them more aggressive towards others which increase bullying in schools. It also promotes violence against woman, which we see a lot in today’s society. In 1998 a study founded that 21% of video games involved violence against woman. The number of games with violence against women has increased dramatically since then. Exposure to sexual violence in video games is linked to increases in violence towards women. These games also give kids the idea that the way women dress or act cause them to be assaulted and that it is their fault this violence occurs against them. While many claim to believe crime rates are caused by violent video games, juvenile crimes in the U.S declined as the popularity for violent video games have increased. Between 1995 and 2009...
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...Insecurity: A strategy to save our youth from organized crime Introduction Organized crime is criminal organizations are terms which categorise transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals, who intend to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit Literature Review In his study, Irving Spergel (1990) found out that gangs exist in large, middle sized cities and they are now spreading to suburban and smaller countries around the world. Gangs have turned out to be important social institutions for low income male youths and youth adults from newcomer and residual populations. This can be attributed to the fact that gangs serve social, cultural and economic functions that are no longer adequately performed by the families of these young people, the schools they go to and finally the labor market. Youth gangs are now present in both socialist and free market societies, developing and developed countries, these clearly shows that society as a whole failing terribly in regard to proper upbringing and guidance of the youth. A study by Jeff Ferrell showed that cultural space has a significant impact on youth crime. Cultural space denotes those arenas in which young people construct meaning, perception and identity from e.g. media factories, political machines and legal bureaucracies. The media displays popular culture as a youthful lifestyle that involves drugs, a lot of money, violence and delinquent behavior....
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...2006/07 NB. Where the text above is in [square brackets] you should replace them with your own details. Coursework Assignment Sheet Before binding you must include a fully completed Coursework Assignment Sheet; which should appear immediately after the Title Page. Acknowledgements This should list assistance given in the production of your Dissertation both inside and outside of the University; e.g. by your Dissertation Supervisor, other Academic Staff, Organisations, and other individuals. NB. Whilst family, partners and friends may have been generally very supportive this is NOT the place to record that support. Abstract This must be no more than ONE Page in length; and include the purpose, methodology, findings and main conclusions of your Dissertation. NB. It should allow a busy reader to assess the value of this Document in the minimum of time; i.e. like the flyleaf of a book. Contents Your Dissertation must include an accurate Contents Page. NB. A busy reader may not want to read your entire Dissertation; so make it easy for them to find what they do want to read. List of Tables & Figures The order in which these should be presented is: Charts, Figures, Maps, Tables & Photographs. The numbering convention for the above is the Chapter number followed by the number in the sequence next; e.g.: Chart 1.4 (i.e. the 4th Chart in the 1st Chapter) Fig 3.2 (i.e. the 2nd Figure in...
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...I The Problem and Its Scope Rationale Juvenile Crime or Juvenile Delinquency is one of the most serious problems our country is facing these days. Although crime rates differ from region to region in the Philippines, juvenile delinquency remains a very broad issue which affects day to day living in our society. It is disturbing to see a 14yr old boy runs across a busy highway with hi-speed trucks and play “patintero” on them just to get away with a newly snatched bag. And multitude of researches found many factors pushing kids to do crimes such like this. With recent disturbances like war and natural disaster struck Zamboanga City, it is just timely to assess similar situation especially on a depressed placed like Barangay Sta. Catalina which was directly affected by the 2013 Zamboanga Siege. According to Villanueva (2006), juvenile delinquency refers to an anti-social act or a child/minor/youth’s behavior which deviates from the normal pattern of rules and regulations, custom and culture which the society does not accept. Bocar (2012) mentioned that the prevention of juvenile delinquency is an essential part of crime prevention in society. Guevara and Bautista (2008) quoted that, “an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure”, this clearly manifests the importance of misbehavior deterrence among the youth. Theoretical Framework Numerous theories tried to explain many factors causing juvenile crimes or juvenile delinquency. One of which is Robert Merton’s...
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...The Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Development program is a program held by a young Nigerian who wish to change those young people in his country by teaching them leadership and entrepreneurship skills. The country’s youth is been depressed on chasing their dream. In fact the many of them are under a life of committing crime, and corrupting moral. They need be oriented to a new positive life. Since the one-third of population in this country are young people between the ages of 10-24, the program will definitely help the county in the future. Though there are some NGOs working hard to improve the living standard in this country, they are focusing on the physical health. The people need be changed from their mental ability. It is said according to the survey large scale of talents among Nigerian have been waste. To improve the life of the people there leadership and business skills are needed. The founder of the Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Development program wanted to start a kind of school. In this school first year 30 students (15 boy and 15 girls) will be select from 6 schools. They will be trained in 8 months with the knowledge of leadership, communication, democracy and conflict management. The grogram will be divided into four semesters. At the end of each semesters the 30 students must complete a mission called passing it on. They need to teach at least 15 schoolmates about what they learned. In this way they will expand the influence of this program...
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...adult social scenes. Some Young Adults find it difficult to adjust to making a change in their life. To me, education, unemployment and crime are major challenges for them today in this world. Noticing that each challenge have some negative effect on each individual which causes them to occur in bad situations. Many Young Adults find they are over-loaded and over whelmed with great difficulty in making changes that they find her to do. They sometimes feel confused and even have a sense of loneliness which can cause health problems. Sometimes something that occurs in your life can cause Young Adults to become depressed, like a divorce which has a high rate, death, or break-up. In my opinion clearly, there is a need for a intervention to help these Young Adults who are on the wrong path in their life. DiscussionA challenge facing youth is unemployment. When looking back as far as decades ago, the youth of today have a very hard time finding a steady good job. During the time period we have notice that economy has had a downturn which affected jobs and several other companies. Studies show that across the globe, the economic crisis has had a dramatic impact on the challenges facing young people seeking jobs. Between 2008 and 2008, the youth unemployment rate has seen the largest annual increase on record, reversing the Pre-Crisis trend to declining youth unemployment rates since 2002 and rising to 13 percent in 2009. I believe this is a important problem because its affecting their financial...
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...OK. Another problem of young people is drugs. This is a relatively new problem but it is becoming more and more dangerous. Million young people today are using drugs, and most of them will die. Usually they want just to try it , then again and again … and after year may be two years they will die . It is true. Because there are no medicine to help you. That’s why never do it, if you do - it goes bad, very bad. I think that police must work hard to protect young people from drugs. Because drugs will kill our young generation and our future will be very bad. PROBLEMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE. People of almost every age are susceptible to this pernitious disease but it hits the youth the hardest. It's name is unemployment. The persent-age of unemployed youth in the total number of the jobless is high. In many developing countries the situation is more serious. Many young people to commit suside. Unless the economic...
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... | |The issue of youth unemployment in the UK: | |Marketing research study, aiming to identify the main contributing points | | | | | | | |November, 2011 | Table of Contents List of illustrations 3 Executive summary 4 Key findings 4 Introduction 5 Background 5 Research Objectives 7 Method 8 Definition of population 8 Sample Size 8 Sampling technique 8 Data collection method 8 Questionnaire design 8 Findings………………………………………………………………………………..9 Trends 9 Education and Age 9 Age and Work experience 9 Thoughts on Apprenticeships 10 Factors 10 Lack of youth support 10 Lack of job opportunities 11 Young people lacking required job skills 12 Stereotype of young people 12 Youth interest in job prospects 13 Youths from one-parent families 13 Lack of role models 14 Ability to depend on welfare system...
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...Effects and Ways of Curbing Youth Restiveness in Nigeria: Implications for Counselling Happiness Ihuoma Igbo1* Innocent Ikpa2 1. Department of Educational Foundations, Benue State University Makurdi, Km 1, Gboko Road, PMB 102119, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. 2. Department of Educational Foundations, Benue State University Makurdi, Km 1, Gboko Road, PMB 102119, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. * E-mail of the corresponding author: hapigbo@yahoo.com Abstract The study was a survey designed to investigate causes, effects and ways of curbing youth restiveness in Nigeria. Three research questions were formulated. A total of 200 National Youth Service Corps members were sampled from 1200 Batch B 2012 Benue State. An instrument titled “Causes, Effects and Ways of Curbing Youth Restiveness Inventory” (CEWYI) was used to collect data. Data was analyzed using frequencies and percentages. The result revealed that youth restiveness is mostly caused by illiteracy, unequal distribution of national resources, poor child upbringing among others. The effects include upsurge of social vices and destruction of lives and properties while the result also revealed that it can be curbed through skill acquisition programmes and enlightenment against the phenomenon. The paper concluded that counselling could be an effective way of curbing youth restiveness in Nigeria. Keywords: Youth Restiveness, Causes, Effects, Curbing, Counselling 1. Introduction Restiveness among youths globally and those in Nigeria...
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...peoples mind is power or at least that is what comes to my mind. In the American Heritage College dictionary fourth edition, it is a noun of the word “empower”, they describe it as “1.to invest with power esp. legal power or official authority, and 2. To equip or supply with an ability; enable.” (Empower, 2010, 2002, p. 460) In my research on the subject, I found that people use the word in different context in different fields of study or genres of practice but it all comes back to some person having a feeling of power therefore empowerment. In one study on ”the empowerment of youth as a strategy to reduce crime in Nigerian society” they say, “In recent years, almost all governments of countries of the world, including advanced countries have sought new approaches to harness the potential of young people and address the problems facing them. The concept of youth empowerment has gained increasing attention. Youth empowerment means involving young people in decision making processes on issues that affect them, as well as entrusting them with the knowledge and skills necessary for them to effectively and meaningfully participate.” (Olaleye, 2010, p. 104) In another article from the Journal of marketing published by American Marketing Association entitled the psychological effects of empowerment strategies on consumers’ product demand, “since the internet is here companies now utilize that as a tool to involve customers in various stages of the development of new products.” This gives...
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...FACTORS AFFECTING THE OUT OF SCHOOL YOUTH IN BARANGAY MULAWIN OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, BULACAN DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 2014-2015 A Proposal Submitted to the Dean of his Instruction Dr. Antonio M. Bermudez, Ph.D In Partial Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor in Elementary Education By: Catherine P. Banton Emily P. Esplago Marivic Mahinay March 2016 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND This chapter aims to know the different factors that affects the out-of-school youth in Barangay Mulawin of San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan. Introduction Researchers focused much of their attention in studying the Factors Affecting the Out of School Youth in Barangay Mulawin of San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan during the School Year 2014-2015, to determine the different factors that affects in every youth in studying. According to Rizal (1861-1896) that “The youth is the hope of the Fatherland” Rizal (1861-1896). This statement of Rizal says that the youth are the future leaders, workers and citizens of their nations. Yet in many Barangay in San Jose Del Monte City, Bulacan, out of school youth is a vulnerable population with complex needs. Some suffers from lack of basic education, unemployment, uncertain future and are at risk for participation in gangs and trafficking groups. The assets of youth should be used to help their society grow and prosper; instead they often remain underused or are channeled into crime, violence and destructive activities. Statement of the...
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...Introduction Youth Apostolate is a group of young people that submit themselves willingly and responsibly to the on-going formation, to give hope by living and sharing the gospel values, helping the young people become better Christians and upright citizens in the society and exist for spreading of religious doctrine. It is not an organization but a community of young people helping other youth to become a good citizen of the country. Youth comprises those who are 13 to 29 years old, comprises almost one-third of the country’s population. The youth increasingly play a large role in the development of society particularly in the Diocese of Malaybalay. According to a Social Weather Station (SWS-2001) survey, the youth acknowledge economics, crime, and governance as the country’s main problem. However, despite the fact that they acknowledged the severity of these problems, most of them respond with either helplessness or apathy when asked what they can do to help solve them. This is reflected in the youth behavior towards involvement and participation in organization and activities. Accordingly, Filipinos are not joiners. Only one out of eight Filipino youth are involved in religious organizations and only one out of ten youth joins organizations. Furthermore, the Filipino youth was found to have unexpectedly high incidences of involvement in illegal activities such as illegal drug use, criminality, and illicit sex. Given these disturbing facts about Filipino youth, will they have...
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