Senior Research Sym. Program_Spring 2022

we could take back or do over. With all this being said,“Do you think we should continue to prosecute juveniles as adults?” According to the Juvenile Justice Network there are around 250,000 tried, sentenced or incarcerated as an adult. That is a large number of youths for the United States and truly rehabilitation is needed instead of throwing them away inside of a prison cell.

Erica Gibbons - Special Session: Patrol Procedures

On Yuen Got - “Candide: Optimism is Unrealistic?” (session 15) Optimism refers to the idea of taking a positive perspective of everything. Is the opposite of pessimism. Optimistic people don’t think about the shortcomings and flaws of a thing, and always treat everything around them with positive thoughts. Optimism, but I would call it the biology of hope. There is always not the ideal believe in this world. It is depend on the people that believe in it. In this essay I would like to argue that optimism is a realistic belief but not like the Voltaire allegory in Candide that is unrealistic. Mackenzie Graham - “Disgust: A Response to Allison Joseph’s ‘On Being Told I Don’t Speak Like a Black Person’” (session 19) This presentation will analyze the poem by Allison Joseph, “On Being Told I Don’t Speak Like a Black Person.”This poem explains a story of a black woman who is criticized for how she speaks or how she is supposed to speak. Using literary criticism, psychological and sociological research, I explore my response to this text. I react in disgust because throughout the poem she mentions how she is supposed to speak as a black woman. This may suggest that the people she is surrounded by aren’t knowledgeable about the culture that comes with being black, and implies she shouldn’t have to be told how to speak by other people. Miranda Gunn - “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Generalized Anxiety Disorder” (session 20) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been considered one of the primary therapeutic treatments for multiple mental disorders. Individuals with anxiety disorders have been proven to especially benefit from this modality. Specifically, rational emotive behavior therapy and generalized anxiety disorder will be discussed in depth in relation to how therapeutic treatment benefits our clients. Client history and treatment will be presented as a case example to provide a better

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