Intro to Psychology Child of an Alcoholic Introduction I choose to do my topic on children of alcoholics. Millions of children live with or have lived with an alcoholic parent. Alcoholism is a disease that affects the whole family, not just the alcoholic. Children are influenced by their parents and are vulnerable. However, there is help and hope for children and adult children of alcoholics.
h In Criminal Justice Criminal Justice and The Constitution CJU-422_01 Edward Waters College Abstract While child abuse and neglect occurs in all types of families, even in those that look happy from the outside, children are at a much greater risk in certain situations. Eighty-four percent of prison inmates were abused as children. One in three girls and one in five boys are sexually abused by an adult at some time during childhood. Most sexual abusers are someone in the family or someone the child knows, not the proverbial stranger with a lollipop. Families with four or more children have higher rates of abuse and neglect, especially if their living conditions are crowded or they live in isolated areas.
Jessica Petty 12/02/14 English 1/Carmichael Homelessness: Adolescents to Mid-Twenties Homelessness is one of the leading causes of death and mental illness in the United States. The age old concept of young people “aging out” of the foster care system is still relevant, however, not the only issue regarding the subject. Of those who study homelessness amongst teens, many would say that it comes down to the personal circumstances following the individual. Fifty-eight percent of adolescents (sixteen to eighteen years of age) in the United States are homeless (www.nationalhomeless.org). Legislation aimed to “prevent” homelessness and aid those affected by it effect adult homelessness, those from the ages of eighteen to twenty-five
More evidences shows that legal and illegal drugs are available to individuals, starting with adolescents, creating long-term effects in the lifespan development, affecting the health status of the person and reducing the life expectancy. This strong issue that belongs to nurture represents a component of a high risk environment, which is growing by time, affecting the society. Drug Issue in Life Span Development Research in the area of drug abuse demonstrates that the use of drug is not limited to a segment of population or age group. Evidence shows that the most exposed to drugs are the adolescents. The family is implicated in the initiation, maintenance, and prevention of drug abuse by its members.
Pham1 Trang Pham Instructor: Lisa Grundy English 111 13 June 2013 Why Teen Do Drugs More teens are trying drugs than ever before. Why is this? Today's teens are in a very different environment – with pressures, technology and priorities vastly changed – from when you were a teenager. These things create reasons why teens do drugs: stress or bored, self-esteem and rebel, and fit in and experiment. One reason often heard from people using drugs is that they do them to feel good.
Behavioral Problems: Parental substance abuse can be destructive to a family and the relationship that exists within the unit. Children that are subjected to drugs as a baby has a higher risk of substance abuse, academic problems, behavior problems, and violence. Children who come from families involved with substance abuse often has impulsive behavior (Feaster, 1996). Addiction: “Alcoholism and drugs abuse in a family creates patterns in families” (Substance Abuse Training Tri-Town Head Start, 2007). Children who have parents that abused drugs or alcohol are at a much higher risk of becoming addicts.
Studies show that areas where alcohol is more accessible have a high rate of street and domestic violence. The most violent crimes committed are alcohol related. Alcohol abuse has been linked to the growing rate of child neglect and abuse, people taking time off from work, and trouble with the law. The misuse of alcohol claims the lives of many Australian men and women. A study conducted in 2004 showed that 3,100 people die each year and 72, 000 are hospitalized due to alcohol.
Often times, victims use drugs to "divert" and "distract" themselves from all the things they see, hear and experience. This becomes their "escape" to temporarily forget the hurtful things that they go through every single day. Discrimination. Studies show that LGBT teens are significantly more likely to experience discrimination in schools, workplaces and etc. 1/3 of LGBT youth who suffer from discrimination have reported the issue,
In modern society, it is not strange to hear about a couple of teenagers who accidentally become parents, and then their lives depend on how they are going to live raising a child while they have not even finished their high school education. Teen pregnancy is one of the main causes of a huge amount of other social problems such as single motherhood, children left abandoned or for adoption, and wrongly-raised children, among other problems. The problems presented before, in the long run, make even more social problems: teenagers escaping from their homes and going with gangs because of problems in their families, the consumption of drugs among teenagers, or, to some extent, prostitution, because single mothers need to make money to afford food, shelter, and education for their children. The figure in Appendix A (page 8) clearly explains this. If we identify the root of this tree of problems and cut it, probably we can find a solution to the whole pile of social problems mentioned before.
This is because most teens tend to offend by committing non-violent crimes, only once or a few times, and only during adolescence. It is when adolescents offend repeatedly or violently that their offending is likely to continue beyond adolescence, and become increasingly violent. It is also likely that if this is the case, they began offending, and displaying antisocial behaviour, even before reaching adolescence[4]. Contents [hide] 1 The development of juvenile delinquency 2 Types of juvenile delinquency 2.1 Sex differences 2.2 Racial differences 3 Risk factors 3.1 Individual risk factors 3.2 Family environment and peer influence 4 Crime Theories Applicable to Juvenile Delinquency 4.1 Rational choice 4.2 Social disorganization 4.3 Strain 4.4 Differential association 4.5 Labeling 4.6 Social