Description
- Topic children welfare will be the topic
- References should be only articles like http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/ child welfare http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.p...
Research
sources must be journal articles, NOT random WEBSITES. I recommend Academic Search
Premier under the library’s “Article Search” link.
Format
- Your paper must be more than 1750 words in length. This is text only, not the header or your bibliography.
- This is a formal paper and should be written as such. Do not use contractions (such as “can’t” or “don’t) and do not write in first person (I blah blah...)
- PLEASE proofread! Have someone other than yourself read the paper. I would welcome drafts as well.
- Your essay must be checked for grammar and spelling, and must include proper citations, such as the page numbers. If you do not write very well, I STRONGLY recommend you use MPC’s Student Writing Center.
- Be sure to write in your own words and DO NOT copy. Papers with copied/ plagiarized portions will not be accepted.
Content: DESCRIPTION/EXPLANATION/EVALUATION/PRESCRIPTION
- Description of the current public policy
- Explanation of the issue and why it is relevant to our lives
3. Summary of both sides of this issue. Evaluation of these positions.
4. Prescription of what the government (state or federal) should be doing
--I am not really interested in personal opinion except perhaps at the very end of the paper (one or two paragraphs).
Citing your sources
- You must cite your sources throughout your paper, not just at the end.
- You must also provide a bibliography at the end.
- I am not particular about the style of the citations, whether it is MLA, APA, or APSA.
- Do not overuse quotations! You will only be allowed TWO direct quotes for the entire
paper. Put things in your own words and then cite your source.
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Running head: CHILD WELFARE
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Child Welfare
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Child Welfare
Child abuse is rocking the whole world. With the different forms of child abuse that
continue to be defined with time, child welfare needs to be improved upon in order to keep up
with the changes that are taking place in the world. There are different systems that have been
put in place to try and mitigate and even prevent these issues. However, there is still room for
improvement. For instance, despite the efforts to curb child abuse, by the year 2014, there were
more than 700,000 American children who had fallen victim. Sadly enough, the biological
parents whom are expected to take care of these children serve to be the source of misery.
Overall, child welfare has been mismanaged over time and the children are suffering since what
needs to be done is being ignored.
There are certain issues that have been considered to be quite critical when it comes to
the wellbeing of the child. This is in the context of the children’s rights. Sadly, there are children
that are subjected to sexual risk behaviors due to their developmental patterns. Sadly enough,
there has been a link between sexual risk and the child’s involvement in child welfare. It has
been consistently indicated by different studies that there is a relation between the number s of
unplanned pregnancies and exposure to HIV and other diseases (Johnson, 2004). This was found
to be particularly true for those children that have been placed outside of their home (Johnson,
2004).
There are statistics that delve deeply into the sexuality of young people. According to
Leslie et al. (2010), in a study that was conducted on 993 children found that 25% of young
people between the ages of 11 to 15 were sexually active. It was also very clear from the studies
that this rate of sexuality increased with the increase in age. Among those children aged around
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15 years, an average of 59% of them were involved in sexual relationships. 19% of the same age
group had either gotten pregnant for the girls or had impregnated someone as for the boys. In a
study that was conducted by Johnson (2004), that was carried out in states located in the
Midwestern, it was found that a third of the females in the study had become pregnant in the
past. Of these girls, it was determined that 68% of them were un...
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