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Protecting Youth From Mexican Drug Cartel Recruitment: The Prospects Of Educational Interventions, Lisa Hochstetler May 2023

Protecting Youth From Mexican Drug Cartel Recruitment: The Prospects Of Educational Interventions, Lisa Hochstetler

Lux et Fides: A Journal for Undergraduate Christian Scholars

This investigation considers the impact of Mexico’s War on Drugs since 2006 and the influence of widespread cartel networks on the youth population. As both victims and perpetrators of drug-related crime, the young individuals of Mexico are the center of this research. The goal of this investigation was to determine how education in Mexico’s grade schools could be leveraged to protect its youth from drug-related violence and cartel recruitment. Therefore, the study examines both the challenges suffered by the education system due to the Drug War and the prospects for educational interventions to strengthen and protect youth over and against …


The Impact Of Childhood Abuse On Moral Development, Shayla Stogsdill Apr 2019

The Impact Of Childhood Abuse On Moral Development, Shayla Stogsdill

Orphans and Vulnerable Children Student Projects

Moral development is a topic which has little research to accompany it. Although there is a lack of understanding of where and how children develop morals, there is clear evidence to support that abuse in any form against a child will impact the way they learn morality. Children who experience abuse will face the physical, emotional, and mental impacts which will all contribute to the way they develop. Children also learn behaviors and ideas from caretakers and when those who are supposed to protect them do not, children will become disordered on the ideas of right and wrong. Childhood is …


The Unheard Cries And Unseen Tears Of The Middle East, Adina Shabe Apr 2019

The Unheard Cries And Unseen Tears Of The Middle East, Adina Shabe

Orphans and Vulnerable Children Student Projects

No abstract provided.


Children With Disabilities In The Foster Care System, Shayla Stogsdill Apr 2019

Children With Disabilities In The Foster Care System, Shayla Stogsdill

Orphans and Vulnerable Children Student Projects

No abstract provided.


Modern Slavery: An Analysis Of The Kamaiya System In Nepal, Leah M. Metzger Apr 2019

Modern Slavery: An Analysis Of The Kamaiya System In Nepal, Leah M. Metzger

Orphans and Vulnerable Children Student Projects

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Hiv/Aids On Orphans In A South African Context, Meghan Burkholder Apr 2019

The Impact Of Hiv/Aids On Orphans In A South African Context, Meghan Burkholder

Orphans and Vulnerable Children Student Projects

No abstract provided.


Adverse Child Experiences: An Overview With A Focus On Indiana, Meghan Burkholder, Grace Zander Apr 2019

Adverse Child Experiences: An Overview With A Focus On Indiana, Meghan Burkholder, Grace Zander

Orphans and Vulnerable Children Student Projects

No abstract provided.


Don't Shoot: Race-Based Trauma And Police Brutality, Leah Metzger Apr 2019

Don't Shoot: Race-Based Trauma And Police Brutality, Leah Metzger

Orphans and Vulnerable Children Student Projects

With the growing conversation on police brutality against black Americans, there is an increasing need to understand the consequences this has on black children. Research is now showing that children and adults can experience race-based trauma, which can have profound effects on psychological and physical well-being, and can also impact communities as a whole. The threat and experience of police brutality and discrimination can be experienced individually or vicariously, and traumatic symptoms can vary depending on the individual. Children are especially vulnerable to the psychological and physical effects of police brutality and the threat thereof because of their developmental stages. …


Prevalence, Nature, And Prevention Of Ptsd In Refugee Children, Leah Metzger Apr 2019

Prevalence, Nature, And Prevention Of Ptsd In Refugee Children, Leah Metzger

Orphans and Vulnerable Children Student Projects

The world today has the highest number of refugees ever recorded in history. At the end of 2017, there were 68.5 million individuals who were displaced across the globe due to persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations. There are three main categories of individuals within this statistic: refugees, internally displaced people, and asylum-seekers. By the end of 2017, there were 25.4 million refugees in the world (the highest ever), 40 million internally displaced people, and 3.1 million asylum seekers (UNHCR). It is currently estimated that over half of the worlds refugees are children, and 28 million children have been …


B.F. Skinner's Behaviorism: An Analysis, Mark P. Cosgrove Jan 1982

B.F. Skinner's Behaviorism: An Analysis, Mark P. Cosgrove

Books by Taylor faculty, staff, and administrators

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Psychology Gone Awry: An Analysis Of Psychological World Views, Mark P. Cosgrove Jan 1979

Psychology Gone Awry: An Analysis Of Psychological World Views, Mark P. Cosgrove

Books by Taylor faculty, staff, and administrators

Demonstrating that each of the three major psychological world views—naturalistic, humanistic, and transpersonal—has Its own singular weakness. Mark P. Cosgrove suggests an alternative: Christian theism. "A world view based on Christian beliefs." says Cosgrove. "adequately copes with the weaknesses of modern psychological world views and provides a suitable framework for the study of man and the development of solutions to human problems."