... problem behavior is encapsulated in this statement, "Behaviors serve to obtain or avoid attention; activities or tangibles; or sensory conditions" (Farmer, Lane, Lee, Lambert, 2012, p. 150). The process is defined as having three steps: defining the target behavior, antecedent conditions that lead to the behavior, and the intervention. This paper sought to make an additional emphasis on the ... , these youths have few social connections and negative reputations that lead to marginalization and victimization. Little research has been done on students with disabilities and their social int...

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... justice system. For example, the 'Stern Review', published in 2010, highlighted the "abysmal" treatment that rape victims were subjected to as they went through the criminal justice process. (BBC, 2010) Subsequently, it outlined key recommendations of new practices and policies to be implemented within the criminal justice system, which now allow rape victims to be treated much more ... reason, it is fair to say that perhaps female victimisation is somewhat limited. It could also be argued that feminist victimology is heavily based upon qualitative methodologies rather than quantit...

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... inter-relationships among social isolation, physical and emotional well-being. With a $7.5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services, the project Social Isolation, Loneliness, Health and the Aging Process seeks to expand knowledge of the social and biological causes and effects of loneliness. The project is the first to integrate psychological, sociological, and biological research methods to identify interactions ... health behaviors. The second study will examine the links among social environment, loneliness, stress, health and disability among mature adults. Thi...

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... and economic conditions with which causal factors are interlinked. In 1994, Astri Surkhe argued that environmental "push" factors could not be considered outside the wider context of the socioeconomic development process. He observed, "In a broader development perspective, environmental degradation appears as a proximate cause of migration, while the underlying factors are population pressures and patterns of resource use" (Surkhe, 1994). In ... destabilized by deforestation and drought, and extreme weather events proliferate (Myers, 1993). Other ecologically-based phenomena, such as Pe...

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