Tara Jones : A Years Old African American Baptist

Randy, who had a long history of divorce and involvement with drugs and alcohol, abused Joshua for years without the State interfering and protecting Joshua (Reidinger). Joshua’s father, Randy, ruthlessly beat Joshua, inflicting injuries so debilitating that Joshua was admitted into the hospital numerous times for treatment. Joshua had noticeable bruises and welts, cigarette burns and non-accidental skin abrasions, yet while the hospital suspected that these injuries resulted from child abuse, Social services took no measurable action to protect him from

Born into chaos Cyntoia Brown, has lived a tragic life full of unfortunate events. Going from guardian to guardian until finding a safe haven with Ellenette Brown who would be the woman Cyntoia would learn to call mother. Stability wasn’t something Cyntoia was accustomed to nor something she experienced much of. Her childhood or lack off mold her into the individual who would at 16 murder a man, she believed was going to harm her, rob him of his possessions and later leave the premises in his vehicle and call the cops to report the homicide because she didn’t want him to be alone. Her train of thought and actions speaks drastically of her innocence. She did not mean to kill Johnny Allen nor was it her intention that night on August 6, 2006.

Presenting Problem: She has a hx of multiple failed placements and relates being placed in the programs for her substance abuse, anger and aggression. She has 2 past suicide attempmts one from an attempted hanging and the other from attempting to jump off a building. She reported feeling homicidal 7-8 times against her stepfather. Rhonda reported physical and emotional abuse from maternal uncle and incidents of sexual assault btwn the ages of 6 and 12.

As told through her mother’s perspective, one will learn that Trina is a eighteen year old female of African-American decent and resides with her mother in Los Angeles, California. Trina’s parents, Keri and Clyde, provide their daughter with an upper/upper middle class lifestyle due to her father’s sudden successful career and her mother’s successful resale clothing business in Los Angeles. This well rounded and beautiful adolescent has recently graduated from high school with high grades and was accepted to Brown University, however, due to her summer manic episodes, Trina has not attended college yet.

Raseanda first became involved in the justice system at age 14. Her legal history includes seven intake contacts. Raseanda has had intake contacts for felony offenses. These intake contacts were not for felony offenses against another person. She has no history of escape. She has had six juvenile detention confinements and has run away from home several times. Raseanda has received court supervision with Chesapeake and Henrico County Court Service Units. While under the supervision of Henrico County, Raseanda was placed in the post-dispositional program at the Henrico Detention Center. Raseanda reported the program was helpful and helped build her self-esteem. Raseanda also reported being on electronic monitoring several times and being non-compliant.

Visits to several psychiatrists result in little or no benefit and Tara accumulates an assortment of "diagnoses." Finally, a teacher recognizes that Tara has symptoms similar to those of a student with OCD. Tara is introduced to the boy in question and to his therapist who prescribes exposure and response prevention, a form of behavior therapy. The story ends on a hopeful note for Tara who begins therapy and learns to take control of

Tanyia Jones (pseudonym) is a single, 13-year-old, African American female who was born in Detroit, Michigan in 2003. She currently resides at Vista Maria. Prior to being detained, Tanyia resided with her mother Ms. Jones (34), father Mr. Knight (40), and four other siblings ages 5, 6, 7, and 8 in a single family dwelling in Detroit of which is in an area of moderate criminal activity with many abandoned homes near it. Tanyia is currently enrolled in the 6th grade. She is considered a temporary court ward due to her current adjudicated offense and placement on Level 2 probation through the Wayne County Juvenile Court. She identifies her religion as Baptist.

Ashley Smith was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, and adopted when she was just a little girl. However, at the age of 13, she became very troubled and rebellious, constantly receiving suspensions at school for her impulsive behaviour, which even landed her in youth court several times. At age 15, Smith was convicted and sentenced to one-month incarceration at New Brunswick Youth Centre for throwing crab-apples at a postal worker. Within a few weeks of her sentence, Smith became aggressive towards the correctional staff and repeatedly destroyed her segregation cell. Her behavioral issues didn’t stop there, for instance, at times she threw urine and faecal matter at the guards. Due to Smith’s resistance, self-injurious behavior, and aggression towards the correctional guards, she accumulated several institutional infractions, which added 6-years to her original sentence of a month (DiManno 2012).

The Making of the 1963 Baptist Faith and Message. A. J. Smith Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2008.

Jerilyn, a teenager within the ABC Primetime Video The Lost Children Behind Bars committed a variety of different minor crimes throughout her years ranging from trespassing, disorderly conduct, marijuana use, and habitual truancy (Emsnyc12, 2012). Along with these minor crimes, Jerilyn had also committed a very serious criminal offense of child molestation against her nephew, which led to her being put into the Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Facility (Emsnyc12, 2012). With that being said, her criminal behavior can very much be attributed to substantial events that occurred within her life at a very young age. At six years old, Jerilyn was molested by her mother’s boyfriend and this lasted for an entire month. (Emsnyc12, 2012). Soon after this molestation occurred, various changes within Jerilyn’s life began to emerge, as one may suspect. She soon began to turn to crime as a way to deal with this terrible life event and began smoking marijuana, using alcohol, and skipping school as well as not coming home for long periods of time (Emsnyc12, 2012). Jerilyn being molested by her mother’s boyfriends had a profound impact on her life and can very much be a leading factor in her committing her own act of child molestation on her nephew, who was six at the time (Emsnyc12, 2012). From a very young age, after the molestation occurred, Jerilyn was emerged into a life of crime, with the final act of child molestation landing her in the Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections

She was in the foster care system before being adopted by Darlene, and had a good childhood. She participated in swimming and went camping with her family. At a young age Sharnell was diagnosed with FASD, ADHD, ODD, borderline personality disorder, anxiety, and a narcissistic personality. This posed problems for her and her mom when growing up as she would have severe mood swings, and become aggressive. At the age of 12 she began acting out, and showcasing dangerous behaviour like playing chicken on the road. When she as 13 these behaviours started escalating and she received a restraining order due to stalking a teacher. By 15 she was causing public disturbances, making harassing telephone calls, and assaulted a bus driver. These behaviours could become more severe causing Sharnell to be incarcerated unless something

The objective of this assignment is to conduct an interview with someone who currently works in the crisis intervention, in order gain a perspective of the work or service, what it entails and how to be successful in providing what is needed to those in crisis.

Hartley's father Wayne is on drugs. Wayne smokes marijuana. Wayne does meth. Wayne does cocaine. Wayne does the drugs in the home. Hartley's mom Cassey has a history of drug abused. It is unknown if Cassey is still using drugs. Cassey has some mental depression ( a form of Bipolar). Cassey does take medication for the mental depression (unknown). Cassey posted on social media that: "She wants to die." It is unknown why. Wayne is verbally abused to Cassey in the home. Wayne tells Cassey "She is a sorry piece of shit. She is not a good momma." The family is Tupelo in an unknown motel. Due Wayne is working there. It is unknown when the family is back in Carroll County.

About nine years ago, I became acquainted with a five-year-old little girl that I will call Suzie. Suzie came into my home as a foster child of the state, and had been removed from her biological parents because of child abuse and severe neglect. Suzie’s childhood history included sexual abuse by her older brother, she had been forced to watch other sexual acts by her brother, as well as being physically harmed if she did not perform sexual acts on her brother.

JG was born on January14, 1962 in Worcester, MA. She is a Caucasian; a single woman whose primary language is English. She is approximately 5’3” tall, weighs approximately 175 pounds, has brown hair, brown eyes, wears glasses, and has a birthmark on her hand. JG has a court appointed temporary guardian through DDS to provide her with the support she needs in order to maintain safe boundaries from her former care givers. JG lives with her shared living provider, Melissa and her family. She is currently unemployed. JG has three biological brothers and two sisters alive. Her mom and one brother are deceased. She communicates frequently with one of her sisters in person and by phone. She is very concerned about one of her brothers who abuse substances. He is homeless and JG has engaged in frequent attempts to sneak out of the house at 4:00 am to search for him. Her efforts have been unsuccessful however, and her caregiver and family are very concerned about her doing this and walking to unsafe neighborhoods.