so fast and with it new societal issues within our communities. With these changes our criminal justice professionals must continue to train to stay focused on the issues they are faced with. One societal change that I want to touch on is teen prostitution. The demand on the criminal justice professional to curb this increasing issue is intense. Many police departments do not have the resources to handle this issue. Putting in place School Resource Officers (SROs) in local schools can help
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concern. It is a subject that many social scientists are interested in, especially in providing insight to social problems that might arise from sexual behavior. Social scientific evidence shows that problems have arisen from teenage pregnancy, prostitution, and pornography. These issues can be solved through looking at the problem with the insight of sociological theoretical perspectives. These perspectives include conflict theory, functionalism, and symbolic interactionism. Conflict theory holds
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Running head: RUNAWAY TEEN STRUGGLES Runaway Teens Struggles Joyce W. Davis Oklahoma Wesleyan University Abstract Research has shown that physical and sexual maltreatment precipitate runaway behavior in adolescents. However, there has been little large— scale examination of the family, school, and personal problems of maltreated adolescents. In the present paper, an 85—items Client information Record was completed on 2,019 runaway by shelter staff from eight southeastern states. There
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Prostitution is defined as the act of engaging in sexual activity for money (Schmalleger, 2012). Streetwalkers are the most common type of prostitutes and run the highest risk of being arrested. They are usually teens who have run away from home or drug addicts looking to make quick money to feed their drug addiction. Most work for pimps who have taken them in. these prostitutes will reap little to no monetary gain for the service they provide because the pimp takes majority of it. Hotel prostitutes
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Heroin Addiction Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive drug. It is usually sold as a white or brown like powder or as a black sticky substance known on the streets as “black tar heroin”. Pure heroin is becoming more common on the streets, but most is cut with other drugs or substances such as sugar, starch or other poisons. Heroin abusers do not often know the actual strength of the drug, or what its contents are and are at risk of overdose or death. It is estimated
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Stress Cancer Prostitution Gay Marriages Education Health Care Reform Embryonic Stem Cell Research Affirmative Action Revelations about Social Issues in Today's Society Health Issues Health issues, which arise due to the increase in number of people detected with life-threatening diseases like cancer and AIDS every year. This social issue can be handled only if another issue i.e. health care reform, is dealt with appropriately. Teen Issues There are plethora of teen issues which society
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reduce both teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, including
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becoming victims by virtue of their lifestyles or any other thing that may make them to be victims. Some of the things that can make one to be vulnerable to victimization is engaging in practices that are usually dangerous especially illegal drugs, prostitution, bullying, and consumption of alcohol among many other vices. Perpetrators of victimization usually go to certain extents to get their victims and some of the reasons may include the risk factors that consist of things that the victim does that
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they present Adam Bucko and his ability to point out teens in New York that are homeless by just their appearance. These runaway teens start off with favors to get what they believe they need by doing some prostitution, selling a drug …which only leads to them becoming homeless adults. In addition Adam Bucko states that majority of the reason teens runaway is because of abuse in the home and sexual abuse. I learned in the video that some teens are in denial about being homeless; they live paycheck
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Octavia Davis November 21, 2014 Comp 105 Early pregnancy is a serious problem for teenagers. Teenagers who are pregnant cannot usually support the child on their own. Early pregnancy can have various possible reasons. This paper focuses on determining the possible reasons for early pregnancy among teenagers. Victims of child abuse and/or neglect are at increased risk for delinquency and running away. However, existing research indicates that the relationship is not inevitable, because the
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