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Term Papers on Social Issues
Juvenile Delinquency
Number of words: 973 - Number of pages: 4.... which a youth may be declared a delinquent in one community may not be
against the law in another community. In some communities, the police ignore
many children who are accused of minor delinquencies or refer them directly to
their parents. But in other communities, the police may refer such children to
a juvenile court, where they may officially be declared delinquents. Crime
statistics, though they are often incomplete and may be misleading, do give an
indication of the extent of the delinquency problem. The FBI reports that
during the early 1980's, .....
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Foster Children: Happiness Or Heartbreak?
Number of words: 792 - Number of pages: 3.... and then they are heart broken when the children are reunited with their parents. There are those who are willing to take the chance that maybe they will be able to adopt their foster children sometime in the future. However, adoption tends to be an extremely long process because sometimes it is hard to sever the biological parents’ rights to their children. The people who decide to become foster parents are admired by a lot of people, especially because it is known that foster parents endure extreme emotional turmoil. However, one of the most obvious negati .....
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The Homeless Population
Number of words: 470 - Number of pages: 2.... are a lot of homeless deaths during the winter beacuse they can't find a warm place to go and they freeze to death.
Every year increases. There are two major trends responsible for the rapid growth of homelessness over the past 15-20 years.
These two trends include the growing shortage of affordable rental housing and a simultaneous increase in poverty. How many people are homeless throughout the world? The number of homeless is made up of 58% African American, 29% Caucasian, 10% Hispanic, 2% Native American, 1% Asian. Who is to blame for homelessness? As .....
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Woman's Struggle For Independence
Number of words: 1120 - Number of pages: 5.... They still didn't
have the right to voice there opinion and were still viewed as property. If they
disobeyed there male role model they were punished. The art of the Renaissance
gave women some freedom to voice there opinion about the arts and social issues
as long as there opinions weren't very radical. However women were only the
objects in the arts. They were the models and not the creators. They were not
allowed to express themselves but only to be expressed by others. This lead into
the period of the Reformation, women were still viewed as property an .....
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"The Typical Abnormal Teen"
Number of words: 557 - Number of pages: 3.... fear of adulthood.
The inability to be understood is one of the trademark characteristics of the typical teenager. Throughout the novel, Holden acts the way he does because no one seems to share his view of the world; no one understands what is going on in his head.
Holden also uses colloquial speech instead of forming sentences with proper words and grammar. Many reviews of The Catcher in the Rye say Holden's words "accurately capture the informal speech of the average intelligent, educated, northeastern American adolescent". Most teenagers, today and when .....
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Stereotyping And Racism
Number of words: 480 - Number of pages: 2.... is nourished by fear as it grows out of exaggeration. It is a profoundly negative emotion bearing the fruit of hatred.
Racism is a form of extreme prejudice that leads to physical and psychological violence. Racists can be any color: white, black, brown, red or yellow. A white racist thinks all blacks are alike, while a black racist thinks all Hispanics are alike. In addition, a Hispanic racist may think all Native Americans are alike. The ethnic boundaries of racism “pigeon hole” another group, while having no boundaries of its own. It only requires a tan .....
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Welfare Reform: A Matter Of Justice
Number of words: 1664 - Number of pages: 7.... Government has expanded the eligibility for Medicaid,
requiring states to serve more people. They also increased the standards
required of nursing homes. This led to higher nursing home costs which were
passed directly back to the Medicaid program. The current average cost to care
for a patient in a nursing home is nine times greater than that of a single
dependent child. The price of medical care, in general, has drastically
increased. Expensive new technology and procedures are a large part of this
increase. The need for these costly new technologie .....
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The Real Threat Of Nuclear Smuggling
Number of words: 552 - Number of pages: 3.... Council in Washington, D.C., estimates
that a bomb requires between three and 25 kilograms of enriched uranium or
between one and eight kilograms of plutonium. A Kilogram of plutonium occupies
about 50.4 cubic centimeters, or one seventh the volume of a standard aluminum
soft-drink can.
In addition to this, analysts have found that security is much to lax in
even the supposedly "most protected locations". For example, the Russian stores
in particular suffer from sloppy security, poor inventory management and
inadequate measurements. Then there is the virtu .....
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