The Guilty Patent "Band-aid"
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(9pp) One of the difficult judgments to make in the area of law and crime prevention, is to determine when blame stops and responsibility begins. One idea that is growing in popular consideration is creating legislation, which makes parents responsible for their minor children's crimes. The major method of this logic is "hitting the parents in the pocketbook." Although this sounds like a clean and easy solution, it really is a bandaid approach to a much larger problem. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BBparent.doc

The Impact of Gender Roles and Family Environment on Eating Disorder Risk
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of an article on the impact of gender and family environment on the risk for developing eating disorders. This paper integrates a view of the central factors presented in this research article, including the hypothesis, the procedures or methods, and the statistical comparisons utilized to support the outcomes of the study. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MHEatRev.rtf

The Importance Of Peer Groups
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5 pages in length. For an adolescent just beginning to develop a sense of himself and his social significance, peer groups provide that measure of acceptance that every youth aspires to achieve. These formations of like-minded and similarly aged teens represent the onset of adulthood in that they help to establish a pattern self-esteem and self-perception that will be carried on into adult years. The writer discusses the importance of peer groups, along with the effects positive and negative peer associations have currently and later in life. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Link Between Learning Disability and Delinquency
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An 11 page paper discussing whether a link between learning disability and delinquency truly does exist. There is substantial argument against any link existing between LD and delinquency, but there is far greater evidence in favor of its existence. Despite some researchers' efforts to discredit that link, it appears to be very real and certainly worthy of attention from parents, schools and the courts. Includes an outline; bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KS-LDdel.wps

The Many Manifestations of Aggression in Children
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A 13 page overview of the different manifestations of aggression which occur among our nation’s young people. Notes the importance of both environment factors and genetic factors in determining the form aggression will take. Suggests that by far boys are more likely to exhibit the more serious forms of aggression than are girls and that the intensity of this exhibition increases rather than decreases with age. Devotes particular attention to the problems of verbal aggression, sexual harassment, and acts of over violence. Defines each and examines the different manifestations of each which have occurred during the last few years. These forms of aggression, in particular, are suspected to be the result of deeply rooted psychological problems. This paper suggests that the increase in aggression which we have experienced over the last few years is directly correlated with a decline in societal mores and norms but emphasizes that it is also important to remember that various physiological and genetic factors can be at play as well. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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The Myth of Peer Pressure
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An 8 page paper discussing peer pressure, the great scapegoat for many of the poor choices that teens can make today. There are more areas in which teens can make choices than at any other time, and those teens without the unyielding support of a close family frequently are on their own in making decisions for themselves. Peer groups can have influence, but only by the acquiescence of the individual. "Peer pressure" has become a euphemism for discounting personal responsibility, but it has no effect in minimizing that personal responsibility. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Potential Adverse Impacts of the World Wide Web on Children’s Psychological Development
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A 7 page discussion of some of the more negative aspects of the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web can be a phenomenal tool for adults and children alike. It has limitless possibilities in regard both to information access and entertainment. Like most things in life, however, the World Wide Web has both positive aspects and negative aspects. This is particularly true in regard to its potential impact on children. The Web can, in some instances, be a perilous place. The Web can in fact be a place which can endanger the welfare of our children, expose them to inappropriate materials, and ultimately produce a devastating effect on their psychological development. The result can be maladjustment as to societal norms and mores and even outward behavior such as violence. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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The Teen Problem of Procrastination
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This 12 page paper provides an overview of the issue of procrastination in teenagers and considers the way in which this problem is viewed by adolescent populations. This paper provides an overview of the issue relative to adolescent psychology and relates the outcomes of a survey of a teen population. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHProcra.wps