Scenario on Social Learning Theory

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Lynchburg Department of Job and Family Services has become overwhelmed with problems that involved domestic violence, child abuse, drug abuse, and alcohol abuse within families that have children. It is important to protect our children and we know how bad these offences can harm our youth today which is our future of tomorrow. Lynchburg Department of Job and Family Services decided to sit down and brainstorm; to come up with some kind of idea to protect the children in these families from any pain, harm, or damage that might come their way from the adult behavior. After carefully doing creativity thinking, we came up with a policy to help prevent the young children from the social learning theory. Social learning theory is “the view that people learn to be aggressive by observing others acting aggressively to achieve some goal or being rewarded for violent acts”. (Siegel, 2011). Social learning theory implies that if a child witnesses a mother or father being abused, then the child will grow up to be abusive or allow someone to abuse them. If a child witnesses a parent drinking alcohol or using drugs, than the child could grow up to use drugs or become an alcoholic. The new policy that Lynchburg Department of Job and Family Services has put in place is that if a parent, guardian, or caretaker of any child under the age of 18 is charged with an offense of domestic violence, child abuse, drug, or alcohol, the child or children will be removed from the home as soon as possible and placed in a foster care. In order for the parent, guardian, or caretaker to gain custody of the child back they must first complete a secondary prevention program related to their crime. A secondary prevention program is “programs that provide treatment, ... ... middle of paper ... ...ould not have handle it like that. No one is going to be the best and perfect parent, but we all can be the best that we can be while raising our child or children. Remember that our children are our future and we must mold them to succeed. Reference: Siegel, L.J.; (2011). Criminology: The Core. Fourth edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. University of Massachusetts, Lowell. United Nations; (2014). Right to be Considered Innocent until Proven Guilty. Retrieved from www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/.../11.asp/. Retrieved on May 19, 2014. Works Cited Siegel, L.J.; (2011). Criminology: The Core. Fourth edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. University of Massachusetts, Lowell. United Nations; (2014). Right to be Considered Innocent until Proven Guilty. Retrieved from www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/.../11.asp/. Retrieved on May 19, 2014.

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