Introduction The issue of youth gangs has been a major concern in many societies. Youth gangs exist in almost every country. ... In the following paper, I will try to explore the effect of the 'Edgework' theory has on youth gangs. ... The study confirmed DYGs or youth gangs were more prevalence of delinquency, violence and drug abuse. ... Exploitation and Risks Deviant youth groups or youth gangs worldwide are often connected to various more mature crime syndicates like the Mafia in Italy and the U.S., the Yakusa in Japan, and the Triad in Hong Kong. ...

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Luckily, there are many programs that exist around the nation that target helping these troubled youth. ... However molding our youth and controlling the number of youth entering the juvenile justice system is still an uphill battle for our nation. More than 2 million youth become formally involved with the juvenile justice system each year.Behind the 14% percent of your youth that makes up our population are underlaying unfamiliar statistics. ... "While a minority of delinquent youth has mental health issues, approximately 50 to 66 percent of youth who are in the custody of the juveni...

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Luckily, there are many programs that exist around the nation that target helping these troubled youth. ... However molding our youth and controlling the number of youth entering the juvenile justice system is still an uphill battle for our nation. More than 2 million youth become formally involved with the juvenile justice system each year.Behind the 14% percent of your youth that makes up our population are underlaying unfamiliar statistics. ... "While a minority of delinquent youth has mental health issues, approximately 50 to 66 percent of youth who are in the custody of the juveni...

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Consistent research has been conducted analyzing the problems that youth face in today's world. ... However, in recent years, more literature has emerged addressing concerns of rural youth. The distinct similarities between urban and rural youth problems are still not being addressed. ... Another problem that many youth face is alcohol and drug abuse. ... However, a recent study shows that rural alcohol use is similar to that of urban youth, but rural youth begin drinking at an earlier age than urban youth (Cronk & Sarvela, 1997). ...

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A large portion of sociological theories comes from statistics collected from the societies or the society that is being studied. This helps make conclusions about changes or patterns so we can get a better idea of how society functions the way it does, what we should change, and how to go about ch...

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The Chicano youth began to form groups such as Mexican American Youth Association (MAYA) in California, and the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) in Texas made many demands to bring to the Education of Board. ...

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According to Doweiko, alcoholism was rampant among youth in England during the early 1800's (pg 283,2002). ... According to Hopkins, the exposure to African American youth to alcohol advertising is said to be more than any other population of race. In 2004 statistics had shown that 34% of African American youth saw more alcohol advertising in magazines compared to other youth in general. ... According to the American Medical Association (AMA), when a study on 12 year-old's was measured it was found that youth who were more aware of beer advertising held more favorable views on drinki...

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ER was always in-tune with the youth of Amercia. ... Duirng the depression years, Eleanore Roosevelt saw huge numbers of umemployed youths. She feared that continued unemployment coupled with near poverty would scar the youths forever. ... The NYA helped the youths by providing grants to high school and college and in return, the youths would work. ... This training was to ensure the youths had maketable skills for future employment. ...

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(A.D.A.M) For the youth over drinking is not the first hand problem, it's the fact that they are under-age drinking in general. ... In youth's as well as adults " alcoholism is a type of drug addiction. ... (A.D.A.M) "For the youth a dramatic effect alcohol does is it affects school performances and social activities". ... From different perspective the most likely to co-inside with the reasons why alcohol is a problem among youth is that of the Symbolic Interaction. ... Although, yes, programs and family may help the biggest influence amongst the youth is the peers, their friends,...

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Marketing industries, such as alcohol advertising industries, see the money in youth, and help corporations gain access to it. ... The biggest and most specific concern are advertisements that use elements of youth culture, such as animation, music and fashion to create a positive association and affiliation with youth. ... Ads that were liked by youth in the study were more likely to elicit responses from youth saying they wanted to purchase the brand and products advertised. ... The content of these websites and social media pages attract youth that can include games and videos. ... Specif...

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The new courts that were created for the juvenile offenders were based on the idea that rehabilitation could help the troubled youths. ... Placing youth offenders into adult jail and/or prison reduces the chances of anyone working with them with the goal of rehabilitation. ... Placing a child in an adult prison allows them to witness situations that any youth should not be a part of. ... Some people feel that these youth should be punished for the crime regardless of the underlying information. ... However, the United States criminal justice system allows these youths to be tried, convicted...

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The Influences of Smoking Advertisements on Youth and the Influences of Youth on Smoking Advertisements Introduction: In the past 100 years of American history, tobacco use has been glamorized in countless numbers of advertisements. ... Krupka (1990) analyzed a study to determine if smoking advertisements were positively associated with youth smoking. ... Smoking advertisements may have changed but America's youth are still the target audience of the advertisements. ... An extensive print media youth readership study is necessary to find all the answers. ... Cigaret...

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Motor vehicle crashes remain the number one cause of death among youth ages 15 to 20. There were 6,131 youth motor vehicle deaths in 2000. In 2000, there were 2,339 alcohol-related fatalities among youth ages 15-20. ... The highest number of youth motor vehicle fatalities occurs in the summer. ... In 2000, there were 2,339 alcohol-related fatalities among youth ages 15-20. ...

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The system fails to recognize the mental effects a life sentence has on the youth as compared to an adult. ... The juvenile justice system does a good job of preventing healthy developmental growth of condemned youth by exposing them to more potential violence with the waiver of being tried as an adult. ... Maryland Department of Juvenile services is one of the few organizations whose main goal is to help the troubled youth of America and has made an impact and stayed true to its purpose. Research shows that their approach to juvenile rehabilitation is scientifically proven to be effective i...

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Education can determine whether a youth may become a juvenile delinquent. ... There is a higher chance of poor family youths dropping out of school then a youth thats family has money. ... A youths family can be the cause for them becoming juvenile delinquents. ... Sometimes the youths family themselves are involved in illegal behavior. A youth might have a father with a criminal history or one that belongs to a gang. ...

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Summary of Article In the article "Emotional Intelligences: A Missing Link in Educating Our Youth,"" the authors, Jacob Shirley W, Wadlington Elizabeth and Enloe Alicia discuss the necessary involvement of emotional intelligence into school curriculums. ...

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We should be building up these problem communities by effectively rehabilitating their users and dealers as opposed to sweeping them under a rug in prison and empowering our youth through education and political investment instead of leaving them vulnerable to poor role models. Changing the environment our youth grow in is critical to their success later on in life as they develop the tools to make the right choices at a very young age. ... Instead of pointing our police forces attention to the incriminating of the users and dealers in a given community we as responsible citizens need to pull...

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The Minority Youth -- Minority youth are more likely than other juveniles to come into contact with the criminal justice system. In the U.S., while public attention has tended to focus on the disproportionate number of minority youth (traditionally defined as African-American, Native-American, Latino and Asian), African-American youth has been singled out more than any other youth group. Studies have suggested that African-American youth are more likely than white youth to be detained pretrial or formally charged in juvenile court, even when charged with the same offense. ...

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Overall, each article provides separate interpretations that intermingle or conflict on the debate of the death penalty for youth. ... These stricter policies and punishments have given rise to an increase in death penalty sentencing and life in prison for youth. ... Cothern profiles the youth affected by the death penalty and discusses that prior to execution many of the youth have entered adulthood. ... Cothern presents the point of view in opposition to the death penalty for youth with the argument that the juvenile justice system contradicts the foundation and purpose for separating the ...

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For Instance, Corky Gonzalez who hosted the National Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in March 1969, brought many Chicano/a's also the first official gathering at the national level. ... Assembling a community of youth and students with cultural pride, he assembled conferences for the youth so they could contribute and acknowledge a stronger Chicano cultural identity. In March of 1969 Gonzales hosted the first National Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in Denver. ... Gonzales help start a foundation for all Mexican Americans that many other great leaders such as Ceasar Chavez and R...

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Whereas the youth of today is polled as having a significantly lower participation percentage. There are many reasons why the youth do not vote. ... Voter turnout is hurting tremendously with the youth of America. ... With the youth feeling more comfortable using the Internet, this might be reflected in their participation in the government. ... MTV has tried to increase participation in the youth. ...

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Youthful Sex Offenders This paper means to address the subject of minors who commit sexual offenses, the causation and whether or not youths who do commit sexual offenses have diagnosable and treatable psychiatric and/or anti-social disorders. ... The youthful offender act protects youths from serving hard time with adult criminals and seals their criminal records so they cannot be publicly viewed or held against an individual if he or she commits other crimes later in life. However, youths who commit sexual offenses are required to register under the sex offender's registration act, mo...

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Whereas the youth of today is polled as having a significantly lower participation percentage. There are many reasons why the youth do not vote. ... Voter turnout is hurting tremendously with the youth of America. ... With the youth feeling more comfortable using the Internet, this might be reflected in their participation in the government. ... MTV has tried to increase participation in the youth. ...

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Youths often view content that is not intended towards them. ... Most media is targeted towards the most vulnerable part of the population, youths. ... A worshipper of Satan (Manson) influencing the youth of America will no doubt have harmful repercussions. ... Denouncing bad material by parent's or even concerned citizens will help the youth of the nation. ... Harmful media should be censored to protect youth such as record stores not selling explicit music or television targeting harmful products. ...

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A crack cocaine epidemic began in the mid-1980's and public concern of drugs and violence combined with youth gangs heightening. ... Why do youths join gangs? ... Despite the poor homes that these youths come from, there are other convincing reasons to join a gain. ... Their families can't help them out, and finding a good, steady job is hard for inner-city youths. Most do not even have a high-school education and making money on the streets earns youths respect and freedom. ...

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