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Kayla Rios

Professor Miller

English 5B

March 3, 2014

Lifehacker: How does it really work?

Lifehacker uses many ways to explain their way about things. Through the blog, there are various methods the authors use to support their claim to grasp the reader’s attention. No matter how much evidence you have in your writing, you need to know how to put it fourth to have it make sense and be more valid. This can happen through many different appeals but Lifehacker mostly emphasizes more in tone, organization, word choice, repetition, and ethos.

Lifehacker uses great sense of tone to make the blog posts sound more interesting. The tone is very energetic and persuasive. For example, in one of the posts “This Is How You Reseal A Pack Of Cookies to make them fresh” by Mihir Patkar the author uses tone to have the activity sound fun and easy. When he was explaining the method he explains, “It’s much, much easier than how I am making it sound here. Seriously, watch the video”. By explaining this, the author states that it’s not a difficult task, he also sounds eager about the video. By saying ‘seriously’ he encourages one to watch the video.

Also in the post, “How To Talk To Your Kids About Drugs” tone was given in a very relaxed, supportive manner and even gives the reader confidence. The essay is about teaching your kids about drugs and how to inform them about the affects of drugs. For example, the blog stated, “Just remember to go easy, avoid lectures, let them ask the questions, and above all, be honest” (Walter Glenn). This sentence provides the tone to be very calm when presenting the information. He gives the reader the sense of what they should do without demanding it. Just by reading this sentence makes the reader feel confident within themselves that they can do it.

Organization can come in handy when you write a post or anything in general for that matter. In the post, “Be A Better Patient: What Your Doctor Recommends When You Visit” organization is used wisely and effectively. For example, in the beginning of the post the author gives you a small introduction, the information is then given in different sections. Each section has bullet points with a bold heading, which is then later explained in detail. The post also includes pictures that relate to that certain topic. By doing so, this post grasps the readers’ attention by having the post look organized and thought through as oppose of just having it in a simple lengthy essay.

In the post, “When Gmail’s Filters Aren’t Enough: How To Tackle Spam on Your Own” the author, Alan Henry also uses great organization to get his point across. He too uses an introduction explaining the different options the reader has to take care of spam. Then he goes about explaining every option he mentioned in the introduction more detailed and effectively. The author makes this post look very clean and organized. By giving an introduction, it lets the reader understand what the blog is going to cover to avoid confusion and to keep order. As oppose if he were not to use an introduction, the reader will probably read the blog and find out half ways that this is not what he/she was looking for. There’s also a conclusion, which helps the reader recall what the entire blog was about. Along with many other posts, this one has many pictures that relate to every subject matter within the blog that’s being explained. The pictures make the post more interesting because it gives the reader something else to look at other than just words.

The choice of words authors decide to use can affect the true meaning of the writing. In the post, “The Best Car Tricks And Upgrades To Make Your Ride More Awesome” by Eric Ravenscraft they use word choice effectively. Notice in the title how they refer to your vehicle as “your ride”, they use this specific phrase to make the title more modern and more fun. As oppose if they would’ve used your vehicle or maybe your means of transportation it wouldn’t sound as fun and interesting. They also refer to using these tips to make your car great or as they say, awesome. In the same sense, they try to grab the readers attention by using words such as awesome instead of using words like splendid. This just helps the author sound more up to date with the language people are using now a day.

“How To Stop Giving a F*ck What people Think” is a post whose word choice is much deeper and stronger. The author, Sean Kim, uses word choice differently than the post by Eric Ravenscraft he uses words that are not accepted to just blurt out in our society because they are considered to be disrespectful. When the reader comes across this blog and notices these types of words, it will make him want to read it because it is so unordinary. The author also uses these word through out the text, “Today is the last day we live a life dictated by others. Today, we’re going to get to the bottom of the truth. Today is the day we stop giving a F@$%”(Kim). Notice how the author gives the reader motivation to believe what he is saying by his choice of words. If he hadn’t used that word and used words like careless for example, it wouldn’t have had the same type of affect as F*ck which will probably hurt the motivation he is trying to give.

In the post, “Seven Things I Wish I Knew Before Getting My First Apartment” by Adam Dachis the author uses repetition to have the information stay in the readers mind. For instance he states, “At risk of sounding like a broken record, you avoid this by talking to people nearby” (Dachis). The author is explaining that when you move into a new apartment, you should study your surroundings the author repeated it in the introduction of the post and then later again in the middle and once more in the conclusion paragraph. The author really wants the reader to pay attention to this specific piece because it has a big affect.

The post, “How I Learned to Stop Nagging My Kids and Start Motivating Them” by Sumitha Bhandarkar, repetition is used successfully but not as obvious. The blog was about how to praise your children and appreciate the good deeds they do instead of nagging about the bad things they do. The author explains, “The first thing I understood is that I should use praise/reward instead of criticism/punishment”(Bhandarkar). The author is trying to persuade the reader to use this type of method with your kids by saying it various times through out the blog. For example she also states, “So that leads us to the holy grail of positive reinforcement: cultivating internally motivated kids instead of externally motivated ones” (Bhandarkar). In this quote, the author is once again explaining that parents should take into consideration the good other than the bad. Although she is not repeating it word for word every time, she rephrases it, but it still means the same thing. By having the reader see the same idea over and over again, they are more prone to remember it.

In the post, “How to Teach Young Kids Budgeting Habits Early On” by Walter Glenn the author uses an interesting use of credibility. When the author was explaining how you could teach your kid about saving money he referred to Sesame Street on how Elmo, one of the characters from the show, explained the three jars on how to store money. He states, “In Elmo’s version, the three jars are For You (sharing), For Me (spending), and For Later (saving)”(Glenn). The author used this to have the reader relate to the process for their child. Since you are trying to teach your young child it would be a good idea to have something appropriate for their age so they can understand.

Lifehacker also refers to a more professional stance when trying to explain a point of view. In the article, “How to Talk to Your Kids About Drugs” by Walter Glenn, the author used an expert in the field, “I talked to Erica Curtis, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Santa Monica, about different techniques for engaging your kids in honest discussions about drug use” (Walter Glenn). By using this use of credibility, the reader will be more interested in the article because they will see that its something tested by a therapist. Since the article was about teaching your kids about drug use, the author used a great sense of credibility by using the wisdom of a family therapist. As oppose if the author would’ve used the experiences of a marijuana smoker or an alcoholic it wouldn’t have linked the purpose of the article.

All in all Lifehacker is a blog that gives you tips on life hacks and talks about just anything. The authors of every blog post use different strategies to get their point across although it may not be obvious they might still be there. Lifehacker mostly concentrates in organization, tone, ethos, repetition and word choice.

KEN INVOICE

ORDER DATE AMOUNT

EMOTIONAL DISORDERS (2PGS) 19TH APRIL 600

BIANCA MARIJUANA (8PGS) 17TH APRIL 2400

HIV AND SYPHILIS (4PGS) 17TH APRIL 1200

TOTAL 4200

Kaila Laxa

Professor Gray

CRJS

30 June 2019

Rough Draft

There’s so many things on TV, our phones, the internet and so forth, that shows gruesome details and pictures of horrible things like murder and assault. Such behavior is known as criminal behavior. Criminal behavior is pretty much irregular or deviant behavior that results in unlawful acts. If society is able to comprehend that side of thinking, then they can understand why people choose to be reckless and continuously break the law. Ted Bundy for example, he was a bright, handsome, politician, also religious, and a family man. Yet, why did he murder and do all those horrible things to women?

Ted Bundy was the “it” factor, her had the picture-perfect life that most people dream about. Ted was handsome, charming, empowering, a political figure and vice president of the Methodist Youth Fellowship at his local church. While attending the University of Washington in the city of Seattle, Ted Bundy met his former girlfriend Diane Edwards (who also goes by her alias, Stephanie Brooks.) Edwards left Bundy because of his lack of ambition, thus leading to a break up. The break up was very hard on Bundy, and he dropped out of school and eventually traveled east; leading him to Burlington, Vermont. Upon Bundy’s visit to Vermont, he decided to stop by the local records clerk, thus discovering the truth about who his parents truly are.

After returning back to the state of Washington with new information about his heritage, Bundy began to be involved with the Republican party and manage the office for Nelson Rockefellers presidential campaign. During this time in 1969, he met his longtime girlfriend and former fiancé, Elizabeth Kloepfer. Fast forward to 1973, when Bundy had enrolled in law school at the University of Puget Sound. Bundy did not do well while enrolled in law school, he often skipped class and was careless with his work, leading him to drop out in the spring of 1974.

Unfortunately, these great things are not what Mr. Bundy is known and remembered for. During the summer of 1973, Bundy reconnected with his old girlfriend Diane Edwards, all while keeping his relationship current with Elizabeth Kloepfer. Being careful that the two women never learned about one another, Ted kept this up for a year and even proposed to Edwards in which she accepted. Yet a few weeks after New Years of 1974, Bundy dumped Edwards and cut all communication. From that point forward, Bundy would be remembered for being an American Serial Killer who is believed to have raped and murdered over 100 women, but only confessed to thirty. Bundy would often times get his victims to approach him by acting helpless, usually with a cane needing helping to get in or out of the car, then he would kidnap the victims, rape them, kill them and often have sex with their corpse. The trial was nationally televised, he escaped jail twice but was eventually caught, arrested and later executed in Florida by the electric chair in 1989.

Bundy was raised by his maternal grandparents. His grandparents raised him to believe that they were his parents, and his birth mother was his older sister. He often told people that he loved his grandfather and that they were very close – but when others were asked about his grandfather, they would say he was a mean and cruel man that threw stray cats by their tail, pushed his youngest daughter down the stairs for oversleeping, beat his wife, and was racist towards blacks, Jews, Catholics and Italians. Bundy committed various crimes, and from a psychological standpoint it’s because of his grandparents, but more specifically his grandfather

During his teen years and early years of being in college, Bundy was very introverted and shy. Bundy even claimed to have hit a “social development wall,” and later on saying: “I didn’t know what made things tick. I didn’t know what made people want to be friends. I didn’t know what made people attractive to one another. I didn’t know what underlay social interactions.”

Psychology theory is the psychological reason behind something, in this case: behavior. Why did Ted Bundy do these terrible things? Was he crazy? Did he grow up in the wrong home? The possibilities are endless. All in all, in order to have a better understanding behind the reason “why,” one has to search a little deeper so that the truth can come to light. In some cases, people become sex offenders because they were sexually abused as children. This could be what happened to Ted Bundy, but it’s not.

It began in the home, and from there it branched off from society, school, church and so forth. But ultimately it begins in the home. One can learn everything from the people inside the home. One can observe arguments, reactions, love, and so forth. When observing these things, one can then begin to understand or get an idea of human’s actions and feelings between one another, which can lead to understanding one’s own feelings and actions. From there, church, friends, society, social media, and much more can add to the influence that began in the home.

Therapy, CPS, speaking to someone trustworthy so that one can explain what is happening inside the home. Sometimes it’s hard for one to know or understand that what is going on inside of the home is wrong, because it may have become so normalized it’s difficult to see clearly. Being able to discuss to someone with an open mind and free of judgment is important. Having an outsider looking in, can help provide one on information as to what one might need or how one might be able to help.

Self-Control theory the ability to, “resist temptations and refrain from acting on impulses they consider to be socially or personally undesirable.” May not everyone, but most people have secret fetishes or desires that one may not want to share to the public, and that’s okay! Not everyone likes the same things. Some people don’t like anime, and some watch nothing but anime; it’s all a preference.

Society is the biggest cause for self control. People do things because society says to, or people don’t do things because society will shame them for it. In a way, it’s as if society holds everyone back from life. People want to have self control of what they want to like, but then society and judgments comes into the picture and people have to practice self control to not explode about things that are not socially acceptable.

One can help treat the cause of, by not caring about what society or any one else thinks of one’s self. It’s important to live life however which way one may desire. Exercising the ability to have free expression in a positive environment, is great way to explain the balance of a healthy home environment.

Bundy was a serial killer. He acted like a criminal. He committed crimes. He did whatever his heart desired, no matter the consequence. The very definition of true evil. “This is really the only person, after representing thousands of clients in 40 years that I would say that about. I didn’t want to believe people were born evil, but I came to the conclusion that Ted was. He had this energy about him that was clearly deceptive, very sociopathic. I got that feeling right away when I first met him. He was manipulative, he was dishonest. But at the same time, he was basically, a really good version of a used car salesman. He seemed very believable. But my intuitive side said ‘No, he’s not telling the truth about a lot of this.’” Is what Bundy’s lawyer had to say about him.

If it weren’t for his grandfather, Bundy may have not turned out to be an evil serial killer. But because this started in the home with his abusive grandfather, he developed psychological issues and did whatever he desired to these females. Lost self-control, and committed these heinous acts of cruelty.

Going hand in hand with psychological theory, his gruesome desire to torture, hurt and kill these victims were because he was able not able to have any self-control. Ted Bundy was a politician, he knew what he was doing, he knew what the repercussions were and he had the confidence based on his status, charm, and good looks, that he wouldn’t get caught.

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Juvenile Delinquency Due to Lack of Opportunities

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Juvenile Delinquency Due to Lack of Opportunities

Abstract

There are many reasons associated with juvenile delinquency and some of these include maltreatment, environmental factors, family instability, imitation from others, criminal neighborhoods and poverty among the families and places where these young people live. From the resources analyzed it is true that juvenile delinquency is most of the time not the problem or not caused by the desires of the youths but rather caused by experiences and issues the youths face and this is a difficult situation to deal with. The different articles offer ways to deal with the situations which face children and which lead to early offending in ways that do not bring them into situations which are not comfortable for example being arrested and tried in courts of law. However, the most important question is are the kids who are involved in early offending different from the ones who undergo the same issues and do not get involved in offending? The other question is how much money can be used to solve the issue and which strategy is the best in dealing with the issue of juvenile delinquency since it seems to get out of hand.

Statement of the Problem

Delinquency among the young people is a nationwide problem. However, delinquency does not always happen with all the youths and some youths especially those from well off families and those areas inhabited by what can be called economically or financially affluent are not majorly affected by youth delinquency. From the comments of Cuentas (2018), it is clear that youth delinquency is a process or a result of being exposed to situations which are not pleasing or even worthy for a person to live in. firstly the people of color and specifically black people tend to live in areas which are prone to crime and this results to the youths learning the ways of crime from the neighborhoods. This is because crime does not always change with location where people travel but remains in a neighborhood and the type of people a person associates with determine the kind of person they become.

However, these crime neighborhoods can be avoided as Cuentas states. however, in as much as they can be avoided, most of the time it is not even the neighborhoods that drives youths into crime. The major reason as to why youth get into crime is witnessing violent behavior and generally lacking opportunities for them to go on with their lives in the best manner possible. when youths lack opportunities because the government does not want to invest into their area, they get to understand that they are not valued in the society and even though they want to be good they end up in crime as it the only consolation they have because they trust nobody sees them and nobody cares about them. The youths also get to learn about systemic racism and even though they try, most of the times they get turned down and they find the experience very disheartening when they try to look for opportunities and every time they are turned down. However, this paper discusses the many reasons as to why youths especially from low-income families find it difficult to go on with normal life and resort to crime mainly because of lack of opportunities.

Research Hypothesis

The research hypothesis for this research is that; increased crime rates among African American youths from low-income areas is contributed to highly by the lack of opportunities in their areas.

The null hypothesis for the research is: lack of opportunities has no effect on the increased crime rates among the youths from low-income families.

Research Design and Methods

The research will use deductive research design. deductive reasoning research design is the type of research design that is based on deducing specific statements from general ones. For example, youths from financially unstable families engage in criminal activities. The other statement deductive statement under this might be Andrew is a youth from financially unstable family and therefore Andrew is likely to engage in criminal activities.

The research will also use cross-sectional design in that the research will be studied at one particular point in time. The major way of testing my hypothesis will be through observation, questionnaires and interviews of the resource persons who in this case will be both black and white youths from different financial backgrounds. I will also use secondary data for this research. Secondary data refers to the research done on a particular issue in the past. I will use journals and researches to bring out the fact that many people of color from low-income backgrounds engage in criminal activities due to lack of opportunities.

Survey Questions

Why do you think youths engage in crime?

Do you think youths from low-income backgrounds are likely to engage in criminal behaviors?

Why do you think so?

what opportunities might the youths lack so that they engage in criminal behaviors?

Is there anything that can be done for those already in criminal activities and save them?

Are there other opportunities apart from crime for the youths?

If yes, what are these opportunities?

What can the government do about criminals?

Do youth criminals need apprehension ordo they need saving?

Does enabling the families financially solve the issue of crimes?

What role does racial injustice play in the issue of criminal behavior of the youths?

What can non-profit organizations do to help the youths who are likely to engage in crime?

Is is the fault of the government that youths engage in crime?

What can the government do to prevent crime among the youth?

Do youths from financially stable families engage in crime?

Why do they engage/do not engage in crime?

What is the role of parents in dealing with youths with criminal behaviors?

Can racial justice and equality be achieved?

How can it be achieved?

Will achieving racial equality and equity solve criminal behaviors among the youths?

Literature review

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Cuentas, A. (2018). Poverty: Key Factors Contributing to High Juvenile Delinquency Rates. Medium. https://medium.com/@acuentas07/poverty-key-factors-contributing-to-high-juvenile-delinquency-rates-31f9aebc44e8#:~:text=Poverty%20is%20a%20reoccurring%20factor%20in%20juvenile%20delinquencyThis article states the major reason as to why a lot of youths get into violence. Poverty is the major thing and the article states that it is not always the wish of the young people to get involved into crime but depending with the situation they are in and seeing the injustice around them, crime remains the only option.

National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. (2001). Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice. National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/9747

‌This book portion discusses in chapter 2 (The Development of Delinquency), discusses the reasons as to why delinquency among the youth occurs and, in this part, mainly the reasons why delinquency among the youths is prevalent is that youths lack of opportunities and this is especially with the youths of color and those from areas inhabited by low-income communities.

Provide Opportunities for Children and Youth. (n.d.). Ojjdp.ojp.gov. https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh176/files/action/sec4.htm

This study looks into the manner in which children presented with opportunities are likely to be better than those who are not presented with opportunities. This is because according to the study, youths and young people always envision good lives ahead of them and this is not always possible since lack of opportunities makes them suffer a lot in the process. Therefore, even though some succeed, it is not always the case for most of the youths who are not provided with opportunities which can make them successful.

Young, S., Greer, B., & Church, R. (2017). Juvenile delinquency, welfare, justice and therapeutic interventions: a global perspective. BJPsych bulletin, 41(1), 21-29.

‌In this research the study looks at the juvenile delinquency tendencies as well as how these happen. The research also looks into the welfare of the youths and their families, if justice is served for those who are found in criminal activities as well as how just are the processes since some of the criminal activities are as a result of resource mis-appropriation. The last important part are therapeutic interventions employed by different governments and agencies towards the issue. If focuses on a global perspective from countries which are economically less developed to the countries with high economic development like the United States of America and the Great Britain.

Shader, M. (2001). Risk factors for delinquency: An overview. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

This research looks into the different ways in which delinquency among the youths can be explained. As shader states, there are many different variations of explanations as to why different people engage in criminal activities or just mere delinquent practices. Therefore, this study looks into the different factors which lead to delinquency as well as what can be done to deal with these issues because even with justice and apprehension of those who are involved does not fully solve the issue but just covers the issue while in real sense there is a deep-seated problem which needs to be solved.

Poverty and Juvenile Delinquency in the United States – Free Essay Example. (2019, December 12). StudyDriver.com. https://studydriver.com/poverty-and-juvenile-delinquency-in-the-united-states/

In this article, poverty is explained in the manner in which it is a big contributor towards juvenile delinquency and how it matters that poverty leads to democracy while at the same time there is punishment. It states that for every year the unite states uses about $21 billion for the sake of curbing and dealing with juvenile crime. this becomes a very difficult problem if such amount of money is used for juvenile delinquency and still it does not end. Based on this the article does on to give suggestions of how the issue can be dealt with and can be solved.

Gogua, I. (2020, June 23). Juvenile Delinquency – Causes, Prevention, and the Ways of Rehabilitation. Penal Reform International. https://www.penalreform.org/blog/juvenile-delinquency-causes-prevention-and-the-ways-of/

In this article there is a discussion of how juvenile delinquency is caused by violent neighborhoods, imitation, family issues, psychological issues and the situation of being street kids. However, with all these causes the article takes the issue from a positive side and discusses that there is a chance that these issues can be solved and people return back of normal. One such way of solving the problems is generally rehabilitation and trying to create sense into the young people why they should not get involved into such cruel behaviors.

Cho, M., Haight, W., Choi, W. S., Hong, S., & Piescher, K. (2019). A prospective, longitudinal study of risk factors for early onset of delinquency among maltreated youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 102, 222-230.

‌this research looks into the area of juvenile or youth from a point of view of relationship between the cases of offending and early maltreatment of the same kids. For example, 5002 students in grade 3 were studied and when they got into age 6 to 8 years, they were noticed to have continuous offending cases and therefore the research offers solutions as ways of making sure that the students are not maltreated when they are young.

Analysis

Once data is collected the major ways of analysis will be by using essays to explain the results especially the interviews which is a qualitative approach while charts, tables and measures of central tendency like mean, mode and median will also be used.

Results

Results expected from the field and from the secondary data is that young people are highly affected by their environments and that whatever they go through determines the kind of people they become. Therefore, the best way to solve the issue of juvenile or youth delinquency is through helping the kids to grow in a healthy environment and making the environments safe for them to grow in and develop into positive and good people.

Recommendations

Based on the results it is clear that children formation is what determines what kind of people they become as they grow up. Whether a child is treated well or not determines if they will be able to be good people or fall under offending crimes. Therefore, good environment is necessary for the children to grow in. the other important thing is reduction of poverty levels and employing ways to curb crime in the criminal areas.

Kambrook Channel Marketing Strategy

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Kambrook Channel Marketing Strategy

A channel strategy is a method used to expose products, services and brand identity to possible consumers of products (Watson et al., 2015). Kambrook is increasing its range of products and now trades in kitchen, household and other electronic appliances. Some kitchen and electric devices may require after-sale services in fitting and usage instructions, therefore requiring direct channels, and personal selling to get to the consumer. Also, retail trading will be appropriate due to the nature of Kambrook products. The products could be distributed to Retail shops where consumers place their orders. Due to the wide range of products and development in technology, Kambrook will apply e-commerce and social media marketing to make its products known to its potential consumers. The marketing channel will be through the creation of media platforms, where consumers get to know more about the company and products through digital means and can also make orders of purchases.

In selecting the channels, factors such as the marketing environment, competitors and channel compensation were considered. The marketing environment has developed to using technological methods in marketing hence appropriate to reach a broader range of audiences. The competitors in the electronic appliances are also applying e-commerce means; therefore, to achieve an added advantage, Kambrook requires a developed e-commerce strategy. The channel compensation is the benefit derived from the marketing channel used. The cost needed for the eCommerce channel strategy is lower and reaches a broad audience at the same time, compared to other channels. Papua New Guinea is a developed region with diverse cultures but with the common characteristic of technological device usage. Therefore, the Kambrook company will apply eCommerce, social media strategy, and direct selling strategy to market its products to potential consumers. Also, the products that Kambrook trades serve broader demographics, making eCommerce an appropriate channel for its marketing.

The selection of the channel members will involve approaches that directly lead to sales of the products. The company will apply the marketing skills and commitment level criteria while considering the market coverage and sales performance. A good marketing skill enables a member to reach to a group of potential consumers and create an impact by convincing the possible consumers to make purchases (Irani et al., 2011). The commitment level of the channel member will encourage them to work towards a goal and find ways to reach it. A committed channel member is dedicated to achieving an objective; hence it is an appropriate attribute in marketing. Most households use electric appliances; thus, there is a vast potential market that requires commitment and skill to cover.

The channel members require motivations for the successful marketing of the products and to attain the set objectives of the company. The company should make corporative arrangements with the channel members to have incentives when a sales target is reached. The availability of the incentives will encourage the channel members to work towards achieving their goals to get extra cash or benefit (Gilliland, 2004). Also, partnerships and strategic alliances address a supportive and continuing relationship between the management and the members, hence highly motivates them. The agreement may be made through assessing the capabilities of the members in achieving their roles and continual appraising of the policies that guard the relationship.

Providing policies for the promotion of the products through eCommerce also motivates the channel members. It can be done through developing a plan with price concessions, providing the members with financial assistance and ensuring their safety during distribution and marketing activities. Price concessions allow bargains with consumers, which enhances marketing strategies and sales of products. When the members are guaranteed security and financial assistance, they are inspired to work harder and reach their targets, consequently benefitting the company.

References

Gilliland, D. (2004). Designing channel incentives to overcome reseller rejection. Industrial Marketing Management, 33(2), 87-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0019-8501(03)00031-2

Irani, H., Shahanaghi, K., & Jandaghi, G. (2011). Develop a framework for selection of intermediary in marketing channel. Iranian Journal Of Marketing Studies, 4(1). Retrieved 21 May 2020, from.

Watson, G., Worm, S., Palmatier, R., & Ganesan, S. (2015). The Evolution of Marketing Channels: Trends and Research Directions. Journal Of Retailing, 91(4), 546-568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretai.2015.04.002

Juvenile Justice System Evolvement

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Juvenile Justice System Evolvement

The act of young people getting involved in unlawful conducts have prominently increased in the nation. Juvenile delinquency is a typical threat in the modern society whose roots tend to spread as time goes where large number of juvenile continue to practice immoral and illegal actions in the community. The juvenile justice system being the body involved with juvenile criminality has certainly been evolving to different capacities as well as ways of carrying out jurisdiction in the attempt to curb this devastating menace. The establishment of juvenile courts was as a result of the alarming issue of the harsh conditions that the tender people were being subjected to at the adult detention centers. The argument was that adults are hardened compared to children thus it was not just to retain all in the same prisons which were always overcrowded. In this discussion, the evolvement of juvenile justice system is illustrated into a profound extent with regards to the change of original philosophy of acting in the best interest of child as well as the standard issues experienced by the juvenile courts in acting towards providing proper and necessary services to prevent future juvenile criminality.

There before prior and in the early 19th century, there were no juvenile justice systems and the youths were prosecuted and detained in the same jurisdiction systems as the adults. Things come to be different in the late 1800s and early 1900s where the where well-programmed collection institution, as well as the juvenile court, was established. Since that era, significant changes have been evident in the juvenile justice system as a result of the increase of young people delinquency in the United States as well as other parts of the world (Cicourel, 2017). In the early decades of the nineteenth century, the collection institutions were overcrowded, and all criminals were oppressed equally without the consideration of age. It was not just, and the federal states called for intervention where the young people could be retained at different collection centers.

The number of juveniles in collection institutions increased leading to overcrowding in these facilities where the offenders could be taken to adults justice systems for prosecution regarding the intensity and kind of the offense. Later, this system was questioned to be unfair as the juries could judge youths depending on the mood and temperament at that particular scenario. It significantly leads to the necessity of the nation developing advanced juvenile justice system where both the collection institutions and the juvenile courts are related and are entirely responsible for dealing with young people criminality as well as providing appropriate jurisdiction. The first collection institution was started in Cook County Illinois back in the year 1899, and they effectively spread to other parts of the nation. The establishment of juvenile courts that could significantly work for hand on hand with the collection institutions became the unifying factor in the juvenile jurisdiction system (Thompson & Morris 2016).

Later, after the invention of the juvenile courts, the “best interest” philosophy was adopted. It suggested that the judiciary bodies have to conduct jurisdiction with the best interest of the child to ensure that the juveniles are not victimized but instead natured to enhance their proper and upright growth. The intention of putting young people in detention was not punishment according to the law but shaping and rectifying their behaviors to better people who can later be productive in the society. During this decade there was mandatory prosecution for the juveniles as well as well as long-term or future imprisonment sentences. Things continued to be the same for the next sixty years when the government saw the importance of rectifying this juvenile jurisdiction system as it was not working out well as time goes. The necessity of changing juvenile prosecution was because of the increased young people delinquency which was possibly perpetuated by the appealing philosophy of best interest of the child in conducting jurisdiction.

In the 1960s the nation abandoned the ‘best interest” philosophy due to the alarming increase in youth delinquency and adopted harsher juvenile justice system. It was viewed as the appropriate solution to the increased intensity of young people criminality in the society. Under this particular juvenile justice system, the criminals could be prosecuted in consideration of the crime committed, and there was a possibility of a life sentence as well as murder (Emerson, 2017). There before the youths took advantage of the best interest of child philosophy and get involved in wide variety of illegality as at the end, they will not be punished but taken to collection institutions where they could be subjected to a friendly environment. The later adopted philosophy was not after giving the criminals the best interest but adhering to the maintenance of the federal state law and order. Therefore, in the process of shaping the juvenile’s behavior, they could be significantly subjected to the appropriate punishment. The intention of this kind of juvenile justice system in incorporating fear to the young people who had increasingly tended to go against the law.

Immediately, after the introduction of the harsher juvenile jurisdiction system, the number of youths getting involved in criminality decreased for a while. However, later in the 1980s and 90s the percentage of teenage delinquency significantly increased at a higher rate. The constitutional law regarding juvenile jurisdiction was adhered to and even made harsher, but the case tends to incur any change in the society. Youth delinquency since then up to date takes an increasing trend which seems not to fluctuate at any time. Research has put it clear that poverty, as well as the modern ways of livelihood, instigate the actions of young people being involved in criminal acts as a way of earning a living. The case is different here and has significantly developed to a greater extent where juvenile commit serious offenses such as murder and drug trafficking among many others.

Currently, the juvenile justice system does not adhere to the best interest of the child due to the erosion of moral values and increment of social immorality (Guarino-Ghezzi, 2017). The original jurisdiction system was only focused on enhancing the juvenile’s right way of living by significantly improving their social-economic living standards. The following juvenile justice system aimed at maintaining law and order of the society where punishment and prosecution were done similarly to that adult criminal justice. The current jurisdiction system tent to apply both the prior strategies where prosecution is done per the law and order measures as well as different programs being adopted to improve the social and economic life of the youths. It is right that both these two juvenile justice system failed, but the question is will the current jurisdiction strategy be much useful in curbing delinquency among the young people? Its efficacy will lead to a socially stable society where the only minimum number of young people get involved in the unethical conducts where a good number adhere to the law.

In the attempt of providing proper and necessary services to children to reduce their ability to commit a future crime, the juvenile courts have adopted some sound strategies. Among the common issues experienced in rectifying the behaviors of delinquent young people include providing training and education as well as taking them to rehabilitation centers. Training juveniles who are in custody equip them with different skills and ideas of utilizing the natural resources productively as well as ceasing the guilt after the release as they have something valuable to offer to the community that will help them earn a living. Many of these juveniles are prosecuted due to their actions of drug abuse and trafficking. Therefore, taking them to the rehabilitation centers for a specific duration of imprisonment is sound and effective in curbing their criminal be in future (Aizer & Doyle 2015). Also, by educating the delinquent children, they get the knowledge that helps them to distinguish between the right and the wrong as well as being equipped with appropriate skills which they can use productively to improve the social-economic and political society.

As discussed above, there has been significant evolvement of the juvenile justice system in the nation since the late 19th century up to date. The abandoning of the best interest of the child original jurisdiction philosophy to one focused on law and order at the mid-1900s set the pace towards reducing juvenile delinquency in the community. Change is inevitable but always better when adopted in a right way as it is the case with the current minor jurisdiction system where children are taught to maintain law as well as equipped with significant skills.

References

Aizer, A., & Doyle Jr, J. J. (2015). Juvenile incarceration, human capital, and future crime: Evidence from randomly assigned judges. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130(2), 759-803.

Cicourel, A. (2017). The social organization of juvenile justice. Routledge.

Guarino-Ghezzi, S. (2017). Balancing juvenile justice. Routledge.

Emerson, R. M. (2017). Judging delinquents: Context and process in juvenile court. Routledge.

Taylor, R. (2014). Juvenile justice: Policies, programs, and practices. McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Thompson, K. C., & Morris, R. J. (2016). History of the Juvenile Justice System. In Juvenile Delinquency and Disability (pp. 55-72). Springer, Cham.

KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN SWOT ANALYSIS

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Kentucky fried chicken swot analysis

Kentucky fried chicken is one of the few companies which has stood the test of time and continues to thrive in its environment as it is a company with so many opportunities, threats, opportunities, and other factors which come into play and which are very important when looked objectively. This is a company that has a lot of positive impacts on society and at the same time, it has a lot of negative impacts, so many opportunities as well as threats towards its operations and running. It is a company that is a preference for so many people when it comes to chicken because of its special herbs which make their chicken taste so good. Therefore with all these I hereby provide a SWOT analysis of KFC company (Frue, 2019).

Strengths

Very well-known business

New non-meat options

Use of secret herbs and spices

Share of a cooperate owner with other companies Weaknesses

Poor service and lack of cleanliness

Questionable franchise system

Supply chain and problematic distribution issues

Managing franchises

Lack of product innovation outside chicken

Opportunities

Experimentation with food to meet customer quality

Opportunities to expand to new geographical areas

Focus on low cost and healthy

Ability to thrive very well in new markets Threats

Changing food trends and preferences

The challenge of food quality

A lot of competition from other companies

Economic fluctuations

KFC has so many strengths and this can be attributed to its continued presence in all the markets of the world till the present day. This is because its strengths make the business continue thriving and it enables it to retain most of its customers and makes sure that everything is perfectly done. Below are the strengths of KFC (Omer, 2018).

Popularity and very well known – KFC is very widely known and there is no need for a person to introduce another towards KFC since it is one of the very few brands which at the mention of their name a person can know that it is all about chicken. Therefore it makes things easy and possible for this company as its popularity is already a selling point.

With the company realizing that there are options for it to get defeated by other companies especially when it comes to vegetarians it has brought into place options and foodstuffs which are for the vegetarians and therefore this makes it possible for the company to capture both those who take meat and the vegetarians whom meat to them is not the first option due to either health issues or personal decisions.

Secret herbs and spices- KFC uses herbs and spices in preparing their chicken and all their foods. However, these remain a product of KFC and therefore it has never been possible for the company to expose them which has served for a long time as one of the major strengths of this company. This is because no one else can copy their cooking mechanisms because without the knowledge of which herbs and which spices are used in making the chicken then it becomes very difficult for them to even cook anything close to what KFC prepares and therefore this leaves it as a leading fast-food producer.

The company has weaknesses as well and these include poor quality and lack of proper customer care services as seen by most of its customers in most places and therefore this acts as a detriment towards its success. As it is a common problem with most fast-food providers the company also experiences supply chain and distribution problems. Apart from these the company also has questionable franchise management as well as a lack of product innovation apart from the chicken.

With the popularity, its many customers, and its ability to create new and more ventures KFC gets so many opportunities through which they can easily make their customers access their service thus make more money. These include their ability o open their branches in different parts of the world, they can focus on low cost and healthy food, it can do very well in new markets among other factors which make it one of the best companies with many opportunities to venture into (Omer, 2018).

However, it also has threats and these threats act as a diminishing power towards its glory and success. For example, the change in food trends and preferences whereby people stop taking a lot of chicken or a lot of fast foods make it prone to lose its customers and therefore this makes the business to some extent fail. The other threats include competition by other businesses which have entered into this market and also the challenge of food quality (Frue, 2019).

Therefore KFC even though successful to a large extent is still struggling with issues for its survival in its current market share and place as it makes efforts to remain relevant within the market. It also faces a lot of threats that have to be dealt with if the company is to be successful in its operations.

References

Frue, K. (2019). SWOT Analysis of KFC. Pestleanalysis.com. Retrieved April 5, 2021, from https://pestleanalysis.com/swot-analysis-of-kfc/#:~:text=%20SWOT%20Analysis%20of%20KFC%20%201%20Strengths

Omer, S. K. (2018). SWOT analysis: The tool of organization stability (KFC) as a case study. Journal of Process Management. New Technologies, 6(4), 27-34.