Psy 300 Week 1

The panel consisted of Staff from multiple agencies, • Sister Pat from Dignity Health, Sr. Director of Dignity Health, Steve Dickerson (CPS), Mitchell Bowman (Rape Crisis), Richard Knox (Sheriff’s Department), and Greg Cohan (DA) The questions mostly centered on, when this information would be available in schools, where to receive more information on the subject, how to follow the CSEC Taskforce and receive updates, Statistics on how many children and youth are affected in Tehama County, how to identify someone who is trafficking and how to get away, and what is the standard time frame for RBPD to get involved with a missing child. Examples of the Q&A Q: How soon can we get information and trainings into local

Although child abuse has had a long-standing presence throughout United States history, laws to protect children only began in the early 20th century. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), approximately 3.4 million cases of child maltreatment was reported to Child Protective Services (CPS) in 2011 involving about 6.2 million children. Of those, approximately 681,000 children, were determined to be victims. Child maltreatment has become a widespread public health issue that requires careful attention from professionals and lawmakers in order to protect the safety and health of children across the country.

”(www.hrw.org) Consequently, when evaluating the evidence that is present it is safe to say, that despite all of the efforts that are put forth every day to protect our youth, some people still have the potential to prey on those whom cannot defend themselves. The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 has afforded the public with ammunition to fire back at those who prey on the vulnerable. Therefore, the foundation has been laid, for the public to build upon and grow with the knowledge that we are able to obtain to keep our children safe. Furthermore, we cannot solely rely on law enforcement, and others to keep our children safe we have to be proactive within the

On August 2, 2013, I’Tesha C. Briggs three children were removed from her home and placed in emergency protective custody with the South Carolina Department of Social Services over allegations that she had abused them. According to the placement plan, Briggs was ordered to complete a psychological evaluation, counseling, obtain a stable home and income and complete drug and alcohol assessment. DSS was to provide the counseling and evaluation

As many as 80 percent of the girls in some states’ juvenile justice systems have a history of sexual or physical abuse, according to a report released Thursday. Girls referred to the juvenile justice system who are disproportionately impoverished African-Americans, Latinos and Native Americans have a thirty-one percent chance of being sexually abused, compared to seven percent of boys in the system. The people who work in the Woman’s Rights Program have come in and said that the girls are not okay and that something needs to be done about it. Many people are now getting to the point of protesting in other countries to stop the abuse and sexual assault from the staff. The boys and girls at these Juvenile Detention centers and the inmates in these facilities are still people that need a course to learn that, however they got into that place is really wrong, but to teach it in a abusive way of sexual assault is not okay and needs to be changed

Policy Analysis: Megan’s Law Sexual violence, particularly against children, is a significant issue all around the world. In the early 1990’s in the United States, there were multiple well-publicized cases of sexual violence against children. From kidnappings, to rapes, and everything in between, violence was being committed against children and something needed to be done about it. In 1996, Megan’s Law was passed in response to the sexual assault and death of Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old from New Jersey (Corrigan, 2006).

As an organization that supports families, they are concerned about the safety of their family but they assuming and leaving out other factors. As important as the statement AFA raised they fail to grasp other components that brought up this policy. They assume that sexual predators are men, and women are not capable of such acts. Although it may not be prevalent in the media of reports of women being sexual offenders, this is overlooked and the stance is very one sided or bias. The AFA are particularly concerned about this idea rather than Target’s initial goal which

Chapter Eight of the book Flawed Criminal Justice Policies, authors take the closer look at the laws and faulty policy regarding the sex offenders. According to the book policy makers started the myriad laws to protect the public from the sex offenders with increased prison sentences, and restricting the residences to the violators. Today we have very similar situation when it comes to treatment of sexual offenders. The process starts with the sex offender being committed to the prison sentence, and lastly to being registered as a sex offender on many public websites, so that the people could distinguish who the sex offender is and where he/she lives. In this chapter we can learn about a lot of different statues that were made to protect people from the sex offenders.

During Week One, the researcher met with the two focus groups to establish a different rapport and provide an explanation of the research study. Although the researcher had previously established a rapport with the students in each group, it was imperative that the students not view the researcher as one of their Assistant Principals while the study was being conducted. Once the researcher gauged the initial feeling tone towards the research project that had been presented to the focus groups, permission forms were sent home with each participant. Lastly, the researcher conducted an informal observation in both classrooms.

Crystal Mew Professor Grant Intro to Justice Studies February 28,2018 Over the past few decades many laws have instituted in order to deter and prevent sexual violence. The most prominent method of doing so incorporates requiring sex-offenders to register. This registry is a system intended to enable government officials to monitor the activities of convicted offenders. Enlistment is also sometimes accompanied by additional restrictions including housing, being in the presence of minors, living in close proximity of a school, owning items targeted towards children, or even using the internet.

Surrounding the sex offender registry and

counseling, where the co-leader can take a few minutes work on some better communication methods so that the client can learn some new and healthier methods to communicate. When the co-leader does not have a client to work with, the co-counselor can be part of the counseling process with the leader of the group.

What I have learned from my decisions and rationale from the solutions that I implemented in round four, five, & six is that one major decision can change a positive or negative course of your company in a matter of a year. As a result of my decision, the company faced financial hardship in year four but demonstrated its defiance against economic crisis in years five and six by making smart and concise choices to improve the business margins on most levels. In year four the company struggled immensely due to the product positioning in the market and forecasting issue which led to excessive inventories the outstrip the company cash flows, negative ROS ( -3.2%), ROA (-2.4), ROE (.3.7) and a negative profits ($1,214,319). Also, the firm stock

I think the objectives set forth in Healthy People are a step in the right direction. They set goals that may not always be reached 100% but they are realistic and attainable. They always show improvement in areas that need work. However, there are some discrepancies that definitely stop the progress that Healthy People has set forth. Market and social justice principles make it difficult for health care delivery to be distributed equally among the nation. Social problems are issues that also increase the difficulty for health care delivery to be effective, such as poverty or homelessness. There are also set backs that occur do to economical issues the nation is having. A recent issue was the recession in the late 2000 's that caused many Americans

Christmas is not a happy time for everyone. Some individuals actually find that their mood suffers during the festive period as a result of the cold weather, a lack of family and friends or the winter depression seasonal affective disorder (SAD). The good news is that if any of those symptoms sound familiar I have 4 festive tips that can help improve your mood this year.