A School-Based Community of Hope, Not At-Risk: An Evaluation of a District-wide Resiliency Program

Abstract In Maricopa County, Arizona, one school district was interested in developing a culture of resilience within and among all its schools. In 2006, the district implemented a resilience training program for all its faculty and staff. It was expected that the program would have positive effects on the students; in short, youth who are provided with critical aspects of a resilient culture will do better in school and be more successful. The results of the evaluation of this effort showed that the school youth had resilience factors strengthened by the end of three years of implementation but older students need constant encouragement to progress in their academics and ability to connect with their schools and teachers. This paper is an examination of student attitudes and behaviors from 2007 through 2009

Understanding 21\u3csup\u3est\u3c/sup\u3e century cybercrime for the \u27common\u27 victim: Frances P Bernat and Nicholas Godlove argue that it is time to extend the principle of universal jurisdiction to the typical types of cyber-offences

The innovation and ubiquity of computer connective technology has opened a terra nova for illegal activity. People can socialise, game, bank, and manipulate cameras and locks from any location with internet access. In the United States, youth have \u27hyper-interconnectivity\u27 - they are always connected to the internet for information and social contact (Netburn, 2012). Hyper-interconnectivity connects the younger generation in a worldwide social network: in 2009, about one fourth of the world\u27s population had access to the internet (Lu et al., 2010) and social networking has made worldwide inroads. The new found connectivity allows for the commission of old crimes in new soil: the internet. What this means is that victims are now geographically untied to their victimisers: fraud, theft, or threatening communications have no geographical tether between offender and victim. Notwithstanding its disparate forms, victimisation is commonly called cybercrime. © 2012 Copyright Centre for Crime and Justice Studies

Trafficking in humans: The TIP report

Human trafficking occurs throughout the world and is considered to be \u27modern day slavery\u27. To end such victimization, the United States began to take an aggressive stance against human trafficking by enacting the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) in 2000. Pursuant to the TVPA, the US government has attempted to assess the nature and extent of human trafficking. Since 2001, the US Department of State has compiled data on various forms of international human trafficking and published an annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Within the report, countries are designated as Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 2 Watch List, or Tier 3 depending upon whether they are taking active measures articulated in the TVPA to create strong laws, assist victims, and punish traffickers. Until this past year, 2010, the United States did not include itself within the report. Such an omission enabled other nations to challenge the objectivity of the tiered system. In June 2010, for the first time, the TIP Report included the United States in its analysis. This paper will review the positive and negative aspects of the TIP Report and indicate what the potential impact of the US\u27s self-analysis could be on future efforts to end worldwide human trafficking. © 2011 The Authors. Sociology Compass © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Radicalization of Women and Girls

Oppressive socialization approach views specific forms of women's commitment and involvement in terrorism as a reflection of “male practice.” It highlights women's passivity in radicalization processes, leading to controversial conclusions with respect to her (in)ability to make personal choices and decisions. Alternatively, it attributes a woman's radicalization to patriarchal models of socially desirable behavior in terms of submissiveness and maternal‐sacrificial code