Exploration of a Journal Article in SociologyExploration of a Journal Article in SociologyIntro To Sociology (Soc100)2/2/2012My parents got a divorce when I was in my early teens. They both were consumed with their newly found freedom and did not have much time for me. I did not fit in well at school and consequently got picked on a lot at school. I did not have much drive to try to achieve anything. I was content with watching TV all day and doing nothing. I found myself getting lost in TV shows and wishing I had parents like those on TV. I lived with my dad, and he left for work at 4:00 AM in the morning. As a result of him leaving so early, there was no one home to make sure that I actually went to school. My freshman year of high school I missed 40 days of school, and my sophomore year I missed 62 days of school. When I did go to school, I often skipped classes. My truancy while in high school had nothing to do with my capability of learning because I was able to maintain B’s and C’s even though I rarely went to school. The journal article that I choose deals with the subject of adolescent truancy. I choose it in hopes that I would understand the reason I missed so many days of school. I enjoy learning and school now. It is hard for me to remember the days when I used to skip school so much. The journal article that I choose is “Playing Hooky, Examing Factors that Contribute to Adolescent Truancy” (Dommick, Correa, Liazis, & McMichael, 2011).
The journal article is a new report on the CANS (Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths) assessment research and uses previous studies to compare the current research too. The assessment was administered to 20 children when they entered the CANS program and when the left the program. The information that was gathered from the assessment included “attendance records, demographic information, and assessment responses” (Dommick, Correa, Liazis, & McMichael, 2011). They expected to find a correlation between “family life, living situation, community involvement, severity of substance use, duration of substance use, and peer victimization will increase the likelihood of tardiness incidences and truancy” (Dommick, Correa, Liazis, & McMichael, 2011). The results were not
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5. Child. Arrests, child arrests, and truancy, for families were used to evaluate the effect of age, social class, and level of poverty on children’s status or truancy. These results are based on data from an annual survey of about 50,000 U.S. adults. An analysis of children who were arrested—detained under a restraining order or placed under arrest. The number of children arrested increased during the first two years of follow-up, at an annual rate of 3 to 6%. The same study found a correlation for children who had a prior arrest for a traffic offense compared to children who were arrested for a more serious criminal offense compared to those who completed the same arrest.
5.3.7 Children Who are Arrested—for Pupils or the Family
Of those who were arrested, one-third had at least one arrest for minor violations. The majority had at least 0 incident or violent crime, a violation that is often not known and not reported by parents. All of the children were apprehended within four months or less of age, according to the authors. Children who were arrested for child abuse or stalking were, on average, 3.3 times more likely to be victims of sexual assault. Two thirds of the children apprehended were assaulted, and the proportion was 6.2%. Children who were arrested for the same offense or a violation of a restraining order were more likely to be victims of sexual assault. Seventy-seven percent of the children who were arrested were under the authority of the law. Of the children who had one or more arrests, 20% were under the authority of a parole officer and 21% were under the authority of a probation officer. Nearly half of the children who received arrest were under the authority of probation and parole officer.
The children who responded to the interview in each case were classified as ‘victimless’. The investigators determined when children were interviewed based on their previous arrest. Only those who were reported in the interview were reported. The investigators did not know whether their child had been arrested for a criminal offense, or for another charge that required a separate investigation. As of May 2012 13% of children under 5 years of age had been placed under arrest for a similar offense or violation.
3. Parents
Child abuse is still a serious but controversial topic that has not caught the attention of the general public. Several U.S. Supreme Court rulings have found it to be inadmissible for young children either to be placed under the age of consent, or because of an injury sustained at the time they were detained. Parents also may face punishment for their children’s actions, such as criminal records being kept or parental bans on attendance at school.
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