Sociology Internship

Sociology

Internship

Juvenile delinquency

Youth in the whole world and also in United States are relentlessly exposed to cultural messages that promote violence as a way to solve problems and to feel empowered . Since adolescence is the time when the child become s an adult through a series of profound physical , sexual and emotional changes , the consequences of these day-to-day violent messages are often traumatic and terrible . Violence permeates the home s , communities , and schools of many children . Religious and ethnic conflicts in Ireland , India , and countries of the former

Soviet Union and in Asia , Latin America , and Africa claim a disproportionate number of young people as both victims and perpetrators . As a consequence , many of these adolescents in warring culture s grow up to be frightened and angry , often seeking retribution unless somebody intervene s in their lives to teach them to value peace

In the United States , among all persons fifteen to twenty-four years old , homicide is now the second leading cause of death more male teens die of gunfire than of all the diseases combined and among African-American youth homicide is the leading cause of death . 1 Many teenage males acquire a sense of power and control with a gun , all too readily available to them . There are , if averaged , four and one-half guns in every U .S . household

Social Theory

A growing body of theory and research provides us with a knowledge base concerning peace and conflict . This literature can be drawn upon to inform us about those consistent principles that emerge from the study of social conflict and are thereby recommended as necessary components of peace education curricula

Our list of educational objectives is influenced by the content of the curricula we reviewed for this project , by our opinions about what seems most essential for peaceful people to know , and by the theoretical and research literature on conflict and peace . While most of the curricula in our project focused on interpersonal conflict , the specific knowledge required for understanding conflict between adolescents is obviously different from the specific knowledge relevant for resolving ethnic conflict in Africa or for international conflict issues . Given the current limitations in time that teachers have for teaching about peace and conflict , instruction should emphasize general principles that apply to nearly all types and levels of conflict

The generic knowledge includes principles about tendencies toward bias in perceptions of others (e .g , prejudice , ethnocentrism dehumanization factors in escalation and de-escalation of conflict causes and consequences of cooperation , competition , and violence the role and dynamics of emotion in human relations the importance of reconciliation following conflict effective communication , problem solving , and decision making conflict resolution strategies (e .g negotiation , mediation , arbitration and nonviolent methods of social influence (e .g , positive incentives and reinforcement , friendly initiatives , nonviolent activism and resistance

Social Justice

Most educators engaged in peacekeeping rely on the use of adult authority to enforce rules . Such school districts , however , have faced considerable controversy over the disproportionate number of African-American and Latino /Latina...