Effects Of Substance Abuse On Anti Social Behaviors Of Youth In Accra

Author : Joseph Wilson
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783346273635

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Effects of Substance Abuse on Anti-Social Behaviors of Youth in Accra by Joseph Wilson Pdf

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Sociology - Children and Youth, , language: English, abstract: The purpose of this research was to find out the effects of substance abuse on antisocial behaviours of youth in Accra. The main instrument used for the collection of data was the survey research method. A simple random sample technique was used in the selection of 100 participants ranging between the ages of 13-24 years using both descriptive and inferential statistics in analysing data. Substance abuse has been linked to anti-social behaviours, depression, conduct problems, personality disorders, suicidal thoughts and learning disability. In the USA, males under the ages of 18 years arrested for drug offenses had the highest rate of positive substance tests when compared to young people arrested for other criminal offences. However, a substantial rate of illicit substance use was also found among youth who committed violence and other crimes. It is noted that adolescents who abuse alcohol and other substances usually withdraw from school and community activities thereby depriving their families, friends and communities of the positive impacts they might otherwise have made. The findings of the research indicated that substance abuse does have a significant influence or effect on anti-social behaviours of adolescents in Accra. Analysis revealed that there is a significant difference between males and females with regards to anti-social behaviours. Moreover, the frequency of substance abuse correlated positively with anti-social behaviours. It is therefore recommended that counselling departments and clinical psychologists departments should be established in order for young people to seek professional assistance in dealing with strong emotions associated with antisocial behaviours. These departments will enable both counsellors and psychologists to function effectively in helping youth in the country to better handle strong emotions associated with substance abuse and antisocial behaviours, thereby helping them to better cope with peers, friends, family members and he community at large.

Author : Mavis Kitcher (Mrs)
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Junior Graphic by Mavis Kitcher (Mrs) Pdf

Author : Sam Clegg
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1992-11-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Daily Graphic by Sam Clegg Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Africa, West
ISBN : UOM:39015072491734

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West Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Alcoholism
ISBN : CORNELL:31924071857613

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Papers Presented at the ... International Institute on the Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1916 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Medicine
ISBN : OSU:32436010520441

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Cumulated Index Medicus by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ransford Tetteh
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Daily Graphic by Ransford Tetteh Pdf

Author : Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Daily Graphic by Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh Pdf

Author : Carol Jones,Elaine Barclay,Rob Mawby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136598692

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The Problem of Pleasure by Carol Jones,Elaine Barclay,Rob Mawby Pdf

The tourism and leisure industries are big business. Opportunities for leisure and tourism have escalated as disposable income, technology, travel and education have become increasingly available in recent times. However, this trend has been juxtaposed with an increase in crime, particularly since the early the 1950s. Acquisitive crimes have been facilitated with the development of more portable and valuable commodities; some activities, such as drink driving and disorder, have now been socially defined as crimes and are more readily identified through new technology such as the increasing use of CCTV. The Problem of Pleasure covers them all. The purpose of this book is to inform and enlighten a range of readers, whose interests may be academic or commercial on possible crime events and modus operandi of criminals. The book has a global perspective, bringing together leading academics from the UK, the US, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand who examine several aspects of leisure that are vulnerable to crime, from illegal hunting to street racing, as well as the impact of crime upon tourists and the tourism industry. This book will be a key text for students of tourism and leisure as well as criminology and sociology; people working in the tourism and recreation industry; policy makers and the police.

Author : Elizabeth Ardayfio-Schandorf,P. W. K. Yankson,Monique Bertrand
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782869785458

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The Mobile City of Accra by Elizabeth Ardayfio-Schandorf,P. W. K. Yankson,Monique Bertrand Pdf

This book is a product of collaborative research between the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD, France), the University of Ghana, Legon and CODESRIA. It examines various economic, social and environmental challenges of urbanization that critically affect the capital of Ghana, which has experienced high demographic growth and territorial expansion. This work analyses the Greater Accra city dwellers' residential practices, and focuses on two main factors influencing land and rental markets. On the one hand, it interrogates the constraints and dynamics of urban families, their needs and gender characteristics in terms of accommodation. On the other hand, it explores the opportunities and interests in investment on the part of land owners and real estate developers. At these two levels of describing the social and spatial discriminations, the book attempts to explain the difficult choices that this fragmented city faces. It emphasizes the role of mobility in structuring the metropolitan area, and the negative impact of lack of mobility which results in some households and communities suffering more than others. The book throws light on diagnostics and prospects in the matter of urban planning.

Author : Peter Addai-Mensah
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 1433104989

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Mission, Communion and Relationship by Peter Addai-Mensah Pdf

Mission, Communion and Relationship addresses the urgent need for the churches in Africa to positively respond to the crisis confronting the continent's young men. It calls for the church to commit itself to providing alternatives to the various crises confronting male youths in Africa (dislocation, illiteracy, streetism, unemployment, emigration, crime, imitation of foreign cultures, consumerism, drug abuse, promiscuity and HIV/AIDS). Mission, Communion and Relationship argues that communion and solidarity with male youths is a missiological imperative of the Roman Catholic Church in Africa, which must work in concert with other Christian denominations, as well as Muslim and African Traditional Religion leaders. This interdisciplinary book brings together insights from ecclesiology, church history, theological anthropology and the social sciences as well as African and Western philosophy with concrete ecclesial and human experiences. Mission, Communion and Relationship sets forth a framework for dealing with the cultural formation and religious development of male youths in ways that are authentically African and Christian, socially oriented and pastorally engaged.

Author : Joe Aggrey
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998-06-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Graphic Sports by Joe Aggrey Pdf

Author : Victor N. Shaw
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002-10-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780313012075

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Substance Use and Abuse by Victor N. Shaw Pdf

While the issues of substance use and abuse have been addressed from a variety of perspectives and approaches, the fundamental social issues have not been covered in any systematic way. This book represents the first academic effort to apply major sociological theories to the field of substance use and abuse in order to provide readers with a solid knowledge base from which they may develop more informed ideas about prevention, intervention, treatment, law enforcement, and social reactions to this ubiquitous social problem. Using a systematic framework, Shaw reviews the existing literature, explains key concepts, addresses fundamental issues, and discusses the policy implications for public health, social control, community, and work. This comprehensive sociological treatment of substance use and abuse is essential reading for educators in public policy, sociology, criminology, and deviance. Applying the major sociological theories of anomie, career, conflict, functionalist, rational choice, social control, social disorganization, social learning, social reaction, and subculture perspectives, Shaw provides an important overview of the issues involved with substance use and abuse. By utilizing such an approach, he demonstrates that public views, governmental policies, intervention strategies, and prevention programming can be informed by the different sociological theories. This unique consideration and analysis illustrates that no single view on substance use and abuse is absolute or sacred. Therefore, considering the issues from a variety of sociological perspectives will bring greater understanding to a pervasive social problem that continues to plague American society.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sociology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122361798

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Sociological Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.

Author : John Cawley,John Horan Cawley (Jr.)
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 911 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199736362

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The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity by John Cawley,John Horan Cawley (Jr.) Pdf

This volume summarizes the findings and insights of obesity-related research from the full range of social sciences including anthropology, economics, government, psychology, and sociology.