People Can Change

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as this one. Numerous studies have shown that incarceration of young people only leads to further instances of criminal behavior. A case in point is your own prior stay at Riverview Correctional Institute."(77 aker) This quote shows how thinking outside the box helps shape society for the better. Judge Thomas realized that sending Reef to jail would not result in anything constructive for him. Reef was already a troubled individual. He was an orphan who had moved from one foster home to the next. His childhood was a series of unfortunate circumstances with an alcoholic grandfather and a sick grandmother who he lost very early in life. With all this anger and aggression inside him, Reef would usually find himself in situations which pushed him towards trouble. Judge Thomas felt that giving Reef a severe punishment, like sending him to jail, would just add to Reef's rebellion and rage. He would probably end up hurting someone else or himself. Therefore, she decided to help the boy ...

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bad social services had taken him away from her, put him in a foster home. The first of many"(10 Aker). A few centuries ago, before the foster care system was implemented, a huge number of kids used to end up homeless on the streets. This problems still persists today. However, because of a functional foster care system, the number is much less today.
Reef was part of the foster care system, and he was moved from home to home. Due to this constant movement, he had a very unsettled childhood filled with anger and resentment. However, had he not been placed in a foster home he would have ended up on the streets and in much worse conditions. People now view foster care as a means of ...

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