Because sexual arousal is an emotional response, it is to be argued  that those who participate in sexual deviance, are responding to a  biological response their body is sending out (Smid, Wineke, Wever,  Edwin, Smid, & Wineke, 2018). However, this does not mean that the  response should be acted on and that the person should not be held  accountable for his or her actions, but I believe it does give hope  there could be some kind of potential medication that could help the  sufferer lessen, or eliminate, the unhealthy urges they are feeling. The  biological response of wanting to have sexual contact with children,  harm someone sexually, or any other sexually deviant thing that could be  potentially harmful, is something that must be addressed in order to  prevent these persons from becoming victims to the biological tendencies  their bodies are putting off, though I do not believe biology itself is  the only factor to blame for the reason these urges come about, which  is explained in the following paragraph about the ways psychological  matters can affect children into adulthood, and play a role into sexual  deviance.

Children who have been sexually abused have a higher likelihood of  becoming sexually deviant themselves when they grow older (Levenson  & Grady, 2016). These children are often times exposed to other  things like parents who are neglectful, drug addicts, incarcerated and  abusive in other ways, which may also lead them to become sexually  deviant when they mature into adolescence or adulthood. It is commonly  known that sexual molestation is something that ripples down until  something puts a stop to it, like incarceration, so until someone stop  the behavior, a child who has been molested themselves is more likely to  act out sexually when they get older (Levenson & Grady, 2016). If a  child is sexually abused and comes from a home that is neglectful, they  are less likely to get the help they need to heal from the sexual  trauma, which could also put them at risk for sexual deviance at at a  later age, so this is another fact that plays into the psychological  side of explaining sexual deviance.

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What do you feel is the best way to handle gangs and other special populations in the juvenile justice system? Specifically identify three of the most important factors in determining whether a youth will join a gang and which of the issues identified as special populations most prominently shapes or alters the processing of offending juveniles. Defend your position with some facts and data.

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I feel that the best way to handle gangs and related special populations should start with a two-pronged approach. The first would be a cooperative effort between school, law enforcement and other social or youth related services to provide stronger outreach and prevention methods through education, awareness and youth activity programs. I would argue the second step would be proactive gang enforcement. This could be done by using police and probation resources to provide for an intensive supervision program that would allow for gang monitoring and intelligence information. I would argue though controversial, a unit like the LAPD’s CRASH Unit of the 1990’s would be a good idea. The overall concept worked and reduced crime before the corruption scandals. As it pertains to the 3 factors that would shape the juvenile offenders to join gangs is first, it provides a sense of belonging to a group, in some cases acts as families for the gang (Taylor, Fritsch, 2011).  The second is that it provides for a way for a youth to obtain money through drugs and other crime, the last reason is that friends join gangs and they want to belong (Taylor, Fritsch, 2011). 

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Taylor, R. Fritsch, E. Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs and Practices. 4th Edition. (2011). McGraw Hill. New York. New York

Sexual  violence is a crime that happens far too often and to many women and  men. Approximately 1 in 4 women and 1 in 6 men have been sexually abused  and out of those statistics only 28% of the victims report the crime  (The Center for Family Justice, n.d.). The truth is inevitable, rape is a  vert common crime, but what makes someone want to sexually abuse or  rape a person? There are different theories that are believed, as to why  someone would be sexually deviant, some believe it is biological while  others believe it is psychological. Biological theorists believe that  the acts of sexual deviance are because someone is born with them and  psychological theorists believe that outside factors such as, trauma,  what is learned through social interaction and development. Biological  theorists believe there is an impulse that causes someone to be sexual  deviant and also believe that a man who is susceptible to be sexually  abusive may also have the capabilities to produce a larger number of  children, but there other biological theorists that believe that it is  more of a want, the want to achieve a certain number of sexual partners  (The Advocates for Human Rights, 2006). There are various perspectives  that focus on the psychological aspect of rape and sexual abuse.  Researchers will often look into the offender’s past life to determine  what made offender decide to commit such an act. 

 `When  it comes to the explanation on sexual deviance and whether the act is a  result of biological or psychological, there is not one perspective  that is right. Each and everyone of our thought processes are different  because we are different, so a sexual offender and their choice to be  sexually deviant can have a multitude of variables that affect their  decision, but I do not believe someone is born to commit such sexually  deviant acts and that some kind of trauma or it’s something an offender  has learned because they have viewed such an act and were essentially  taught that the act itself if normal. There a many variables that can  affect someone’s choice to commit a crime such as rape or sexual abuse  and oftentimes it takes great research to determine the why of such  awful situations. 

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There have been a number of different approaches used to handle problematic students in schools. One direction is to main-stream the problem children in hopes that by surrounding them with pro-social peers, they will see what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior and conform.  Another approach is to isolate them in special schools designed to handle discipline issues while concentrating the problem children into a single location.

Start your post with a declaration of which of these two options is better and explain why.

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As it pertains to problem students, I would make the argument that they should remain with peers in a pro social environment.  I can recall in 2002 when I was a sophomore in college I worked as a school district police officer part time for about two and a half years. I was able to deal with and see up close the role that peer, and pro social behavior played in positive development of troubled kids. The approach in the district I worked was to keep kids in the school, they would get suspended and a criminal summons for fighting but still stayed in regular school. If a student became too violent or became too much of a discipline issue, they were sent to an intermediate unit school.  While I did not work at this type of school, I knew officers that did and dealt with some of the students. This type of school was filled with students that relied on bad and criminal behavior and I feel was a training ground for juvenile detention or jail later in life. I feel that in regular school even if I filed criminal charges against a juvenile, I could still see them and keep an eye of them and be a positive role model along with teachers and friends. The alternative form of education did not offer this approach which is why I feel it would have more of a negative impact.

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first reply to Tyler

The Stanford prison experiment had every intention of being just an experiment. However, as the time had progressed each had started taking on their assigned role and it had gone from an experiment to an actual prison within the matter of a couple days. The guards had started to change after the first couple of days from looking at this as an experiment and treating it as a prison. The prisoners had started to riot very quickly because of the action of the guards and the situation had quickly gotten out of control. What the experiment was supposed to achieve is how people would react when put into that environment. What the experiment had achieved was that guards would instantly take control of the situation and take into their own hands how to break the prisoners so that they would follow orders and punishment was used rather harshly. What the experiment had uncovered was that the person would revert to a state of shyness to at which try and keep dignity, the guards most likely use the extreme measures as a first resort which was seen in the experiment.

The one thing that can be taken away from this project and be applied to prisons is that make sure guards are aware that they should only have to use the extreme on prisoners who do fight back and make their job hard. The reason why I would recommend this is because the actions at which the guards take causes the prisoner to revert to the shyness so that they can protect their dignity. After watching the video, I am surprised to see that the guards in only a couple days had started to lose sight of the true purpose of the experiment and at which had turned the experiment into a full functioning prison.

Second Reply to Shaka

In the video Quiet Rage: The Stanford Prison Experiment, the main goal was to test the psychological and behavioral consequences of becoming a prisoner and a prison guard. A group, consisting of 24 people was selected to play the roles of inmates as well as officers. This experiment was set to last for two weeks of observation.  But, it came to an end in less than one week. Things got out of control and what was set to be an experiment became a real-life prison scene. There were officers abusing their power causing inmates to rebel. Some inmates stuck together even though officers considered them ” well behaved”, they refused their privilege until all inmates were going to receive the same treatment.

My recommendation would be for the inmates to respect the officers and for the officers to not mistreat the inmates. Both parties play a role in what takes place in prison. There is no need for innocent inmates to be receiving push-ups, or having their beds taken away because one of their peers are violating. Working in this field, one thing that I’ve learned is that when your fair and firm, things operate a lot easier with less resistance from the inmates.