...Do Men and Women Experience Stress the Same? Today, more people are suffering from being stressed out. Our society is seeing more pressure related to family, work, and society. Even with the most up to date time-saving machines that make our life significantly easier than the old times, the problem of stress is constantly affecting our daily and life is becoming more severe than ever. “Stress” is the word we use when we feel that everything seems to have become too much – when we are overloaded and begin to put efforts towards coping with the pressures placed upon us. “Anything that poses a challenge or a threat to our well-being is a stress.”(Medical News Today, 2009, para. 1) Considering the important role that stress plays in our life, we selected the topic “Do Men and Women Experience Stress the Same?”. Stress that undermines both our mental and physical health is classified as negative, while some others can be used to motivate and are positive. Hence, it is important to know how stress works and who it effects. We made our focal points: 1) causes of stress; 2) consequences of stress; 3) methods of coping with stress. For the causes of stress, we find multiple reasons - mainly from work and family. Role conflicts, discrimination, and unfair criticism all contribute to stress in our daily life. Experiencing a high level of stress may develop several kinds of illness. The symptoms can be classified into three categories: physiological, psychological, and behavioral...
Words: 3905 - Pages: 16
...Correction and Treatmen CJS/240 08/03/2014 University Of Phoenix Correction and Treatment Community treatment in juvenile justice refers to Probation, Intensive Supervision, House arrest, balanced probation, Restitution, and Residential programs (Siegel & Welsh, 2005). Residential programs provide the juvenile with a more secure, safe living environment that can be provided by probation services (Siegel & Welsh, 2005). But most residential programs are often divided into four different categories such as foster homes, family group homes, Group homes and also rural programs (Siegel & Welsh, 2005). Group homes are non secure residences that provide these people with counseling, education; family living and they also teach them about job training. Foster care programs involve one or two juveniles who live with a husband and their wife these people are the ones who act as their caregivers and even to some they act like their parents would. The juveniles have the opportunity actually be able to get to know more about things they didn’t know and also they will be able to learn and grow in to a loving caring home and they could actually receive the attention that they have never felt are received at home before. The welfare department generally handles foster placements and funding of this treatment option (Siegel & Welsh, 2005). Rural programs include camps, farms, and ranches. They provide recreational activities and work for the juveniles. The...
Words: 536 - Pages: 3
...Teenagers Drug use is the increasing problem among teenagers in today’s high schools. Most drug use begins in the preteen and teenage years, these years most crucial in the maturation process. During these years adolescents are faced with difficult tasks of discovering their self identity, clarifying their sexual roles, assenting independence, learning to cope with authority and searching for goals that would give their lives meaning. Drugs are readily, adolescents are curious and venerable, and there is peer pressure to experiment, and there us a temptation to escape from conflicts. The use of drugs by teenagers is the result of a combination of factors such as peer pressure, curiosity, and availability. Drugs addiction among adolescents in turn leads to depression and suicide. One of the most important reasons of teenage drug usage is peer pressure. Peer pressure represents social influences that effect adolescents, it can have a positive or a negative effect, depending on person’s social group and one can...
Words: 2163 - Pages: 9
...Strengths: Family loves him (mother, older half-brother, stepfather, mom’s boyfriend, grandmother, family friends) Good work history after returning home from DJJ Grades improved when placed in structured environment (DJJ) Decrease in behavior issues when placed in structured environment (DJJ) Involved in Honors Programs while in DJJ (Insiders Program, welding, culinary arts) Earned machinery certification from Boeing Compliant and good working relationship with Probation Officer Completed everything asked while on probation No significant behavioral incidents at Al Cannon Classes or groups at Al Cannon (none to date but DM was moved to new jail - verify?) Role in the crime Likable guy Calm demeanor Potential for turning life around and...
Words: 1132 - Pages: 5
...Medical Marijuana in California The marijuana pant is one of the oldest plants known to mankind. It has become one of the most widely used plants. The plant has many uses other than medicinal use. It was used to make cloth and paper for centuries and was the most important source of rope until the development of synthetic fibers (Grinspoon and Bakalar). There are two different species of cannabis called sativa and indica. The feeling of each has a slight difference. Sativa has a more relaxing effect on the body than indica, but both are equally useful in medicating ill people. Marijuana is easily defined: it is one of the most benign substances know to humans (Rosenthal and Kubby). California is one of the first states in America fighting for the use of medical marijuana. In recent years, the medical use had grown vastly in the state of California. Medical marijuana is used for various reasons. Many people in California are beginning to buy or receive medical marijuana prescriptions to avoid serious consequences. “In 1996, California voters passed position 215, the Compassionate Use Act, legalizing marijuana for medical use. Proposition 215 permits ill Californians to use marijuana, provided they first obtain a doctor’s recommendation. Proposition 215 also give doctors legal defense against professional or legal sanctions for recommending use of marijuana” (Berkeley.edu 1). There is so much conflict between proposition 215 and the federal law. The federal...
Words: 1615 - Pages: 7
...overcrowding in prisons. Many states are on community- based corrections now. So the question is how can evidence-based practices in community corrections effectively manage offenders without compromising safety? To be able to meet this challenge it requires correction leaders to the use the most effective resources and focus on giving services that prove to reduce offender recidivism. Some examples of community corrections are parole and probation. Both systems watch convicted offenders and sometimes use the same sanctions and rehabilitation programs, but work differently. For instance, offenders on probation serve their sentencing in the community instead of being incarcerated. On the other hand, an offender on parole served time in prison but was granted to be let out in the community; due to maybe good behavior or time served expired. As policy makers now focus to have community- based corrections, probation agencies are stepping up to the plate as a leader. Probation higher ups are having the challenge to help lower these pressures by handling the growing number of offenders within the community. Instead of sending these offenders to prison, we can use this new program but still need to try to maintain the safety of public. Researcher studies have shown that criminal justice agencies can really reduce offender recidivism by implementing a series of evidence based practices. Evidence practices are programs or tests proven to have positive outcomes through research and have...
Words: 2019 - Pages: 9
...imperative it is to maintain the juvenile justice system as a separate entity from the adult court systems. It must stay separate in both the way cases are disposed and in the way sentence is carried out. Namely, punishment as in the adult system must be avoided and continued to be replaced by rehabilitation. In recent years, there has been intensive debate about whether the juvenile justice system should focus its limited resources on rehabilitation or punishment to curtail the rising statistics in juvenile delinquency. It is my belief that the juvenile justice system should primarily focus on the process of juvenile rehabilitation as opposed to strictly punishment. This paper will include an assessment of law enforcement, court processes, probation corrections, and community services as well as the intervention programs currently available to increase the incidents of juvenile delinquency. In this paper the subject to examine is both sides of the spectrum and try to show that the process of rehabilitation, rather than just straight punishment will provide a more effective solution to the problem of juvenile delinquency. I will be examining some of the arguments that oppose the views of rehabilitation over punishment and attempt to prove that the arguments for punishment are not as valid as those for rehabilitation. This paper will also provide evidence to support the claims that rehabilitation is a more effective way to resolve some of the issues which that are apparent in the juvenile...
Words: 2127 - Pages: 9
...to | |because of his imprisonment in Somalia. | | | | | |What are the most important facts? Which facts have the most bearing on the ethical decision presented? Include any important | |potential economic, social, or political pressures, and exclude inconsequential facts. | | | |The husband was convicted and found guilty .During presentencing investigation the probation officer discovers that the husband had| |served in the U.S. military in Somalia. In which his job entailed gruesome duties which led to him suffering from from | |post-traumatic stress disorder and that has regressed him to the level of a 10-year-old because of his imprisonment in Somalia. And| |In the opinion of his treating psychiatrists, any prolonged...
Words: 1207 - Pages: 5
...According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a study exposed that prisoners who initiated treatment in jail and then sustained it after release had a superior result. According also to (NIDA) it was stated that, “once prisoners were set free, they relapsed back into their old addictions”. Recovery begins not with pressure but with hitting bottom. Usually, the addict has to see up-close just how bad things can get. Only when the addict is ready can meaningful, lasting recovery begin. You can never force an addict into real recovery, threats don't work, ultimatums don't work, nothing works. They'll stop for two weeks and relapse. It must be their choice, self-will is key to overcoming anything, and that is what drug addicts in Massachusetts hospitals...
Words: 1109 - Pages: 5
...University of Phoenix Material Ethical Dilemma Worksheet Incident Review |What is the ethical issue or problem? Identify the issue succinctly. | |The problem here is that this man has committed crimes and had PTSD and they are not sure that he should be put in jail for his | |criminal acts or sent for help as they have stated that he has regressed to an age of a 10 year old because of his experiences. | |What are the most important facts? Which facts have the most bearing on the ethical decision presented? Include any important | |potential economic, social, or political pressures, and exclude inconsequential facts. | |There is a few important fact here. The first being that the man committed a crime, another fact would be that the man has PTSD and| |was a POW while serving the country. I think that the fact that he has served time for his prior convictions without incident could| |be a interesting fact as well. I think that the fact that he was locked up in a box in Somalia for 6 weeks has a huge impact on how| |he would act being locked up I think in the end that would be the worst thing for him to do when we could send him to the VA and | |get him help. | |Identify each claimant (key actor) who has an interest in the outcome...
Words: 1086 - Pages: 5
...Sheriff Kirk Taylor is focusing on defendants still waiting on a trial. They make up more than half of the jail's population, which is already housing 137 more inmates than its capacity of 509. 90 are waiting to be charged with misdemeanors; 186 of those felonies. Bernadette Lopez was just released from jail and experienced the overcrowding firsthand. "It's just ridiculous," she says. "It's just out of control. They have ten of us all crowded in one room. The toilets are broke. The facilities are just, it's just out of control." The sheriff is working on a case based off of community research to reach letting defendants wait for trial at home. He says, "If you incarcerate people on low-risk crimes, they are 70% more likely to recidivate. We...
Words: 379 - Pages: 2
...Bloutt, used the ruse of a broken down vehicle to get the victim to stop to render assistance at which time the robbed him at gun point. The usual process that these two offenders would go through is known as the criminal justice process. The criminal justice system is comprised of three major institutions which process a case from inception, through trial, to punishment. A case begins with law enforcement officials, who investigate a crime and gather evidence to identify and use against the presumed perpetrator. The case continues with the court system, which weighs the evidence to determine if the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. If so, the corrections system will use the means at their disposal, namely incarceration and probation, to punish and correct the behavior of the offender. Throughout each stage of the process, constitutional protections exist to ensure that the rights of the accused and convicted are respected. These protections balance the need of the criminal justice system to investigate and prosecute criminals with the fundamental rights of the accused (who are presumed innocent). Though a number of rights derived from the Constitution protect the accused from abuses and overreaching from law enforcement officers, the arguably most important of these rights are the Miranda advisement and the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. Miranda rights are the familiar refrain of police dramas. "You have the right to remain...
Words: 1900 - Pages: 8
...Aaron Maxfield COU 617 Counseling Children and Adolescents Dr. Lawrence Rubin Capstone Module 4 People join gangs for many reasons, not least to fulfill the universal needs among young people for status, identity and companionship. There is some evidence to suggest low self-esteem has a significant relationship with the characteristic features of gang membership: aggression, antisocial and offending behavior. Other important psychological motivations contributing to gang membership include the need for money, protection against victimization, connectedness to others in the gang, the need for status and respect, and excitement (Madden, 2013). As a former probation officer, I was able to supervise and form relationships with a significant amount of gang members. I was able to see firsthand the risk factors that circle around the neighborhoods where gang activity was prevalent. Gang membership doesn’t just appear in a vacuum. There are so many different forces at play and risk factors that coincide with mental health problems in these environments including: low-income households, unemployment, use of illicit substances, low parental involvement, low educational attainment, and involvement in the criminal justice system. As a therapist, I realize there will be numerous mental health issues that will be challenging. There appears to be a high prevalence of conduct and antisocial personality disorders among the gang membership population. Violence before age 15 that...
Words: 986 - Pages: 4
...for offenders as an alternative to incarceration. This program applies to offenders chosen at the judge’s discretion and is based upon the offenders compliance, the nature of the infraction, and the burden on the system. Involved is a period of time where the offender is confined to his home under the supervision of a probation officer and some form of electronic monitoring. These monitoring options include the random call method (RC), an ankle monitor using radio frequency (RF) or GPS technology, or a combination thereof (Burell & Gable, 2008). Electronic monitoring is touted as an ideal means of reducing overcrowding in jails and prisons, but how effect is electronic monitoring and house arrest really? More than 30 years after its integration, there are several issues that have developed, or that have yet to be resolved. To demonstrate this lets us look at one example that occurred in the year 2000. Gerald A. Jones, a young, 18 year old man, was convicted of a robbery after sticking a gun into a woman’s face and stealing her watch. As a result, he was placed under house arrest with an electronic monitoring device. Yet, unbeknown to his probation officer, the equipment failed within days of the beginning of his sentence. As the sentence carried on, the failure continued to go unnoticed until one night when Mr. Jones left his house to attend a party to mourn the loss of one of the local gang members. Towards the end of the...
Words: 5158 - Pages: 21
...University Abstract In the United States the prison population has increased from 300,000 in 1972 to 2.2 million people today. One in 31 adults in the United States is in jail, prison, on probation or parole. The American government currently spends over 68 billion dollars a year on incarceration. Drug Policy and the incarceration of low-level drug offenders is the primary cause of mass incarceration in the United States. Forty percent of drug arrests are for simple possession of marijuana. Growing evidence indicates that drug treatment and counseling programs are far more effective in reducing drug addiction and abuse than is incarceration. Drug policies most often refer to the government's attempt to combat the negative effects of drug addiction and misuse in its society Governments try to combat drug addiction with policies which address both the demand and supply of drugs, as well as policies which can mitigate the harms of drug abuse. Demand reduction measures include prohibition, fines for drug offenses, incarceration for persons convicted for drug offenses, treatment (such as voluntary rehabilitation), awareness campaigns, community social services, and support for families. Policies which may help mitigate the effects of drug abuse include needle exchange and drug substitution programs, as well as free facilities for testing a drug's purity. Political parties, the general public, interest groups (public/special)...
Words: 2657 - Pages: 11
