Please read the case study carefully and answer the following questions. Please use positive and negative reinforcement to answer the questions. Your essay must be at least 375 words in length.

Denise had been a straight “A” student up until high school. Recently, she has starting hanging out with a new group of teens. Her new friends are not particularly interested in school, and some of them have been in trouble at school. Denise starts to date Eli, who is a member of her new group of friends. One afternoon he tells Denise that he and some of his friends are all going to forge notes from their parents so they can skip school. He invites Denise to come along. He tells her they will be having a party at a friend’s house where they will be drinking some beer and smoking a little pot. She helps the other students forge the notes and they end up at the party. After drinking a few too many beers, Denise goes outside to get some air. Once she gets outside, she begins to vomit. A neighbor hears loud music coming from the house and see Denise getting sick in the yard. The neighbor calls the police. The police arrive.

1. You are the police officer answering the call. How would you handle the situation?

2. You are Denise’s parent. How would you handle the situation?

3. You are the school principal. How would you handle the situation?

Textbook:

Schram, P. & S. Tibbetts (2017). Introduction to Criminology: Why do they do it? (2nd ed.).

Answer preview

As a government police officer and a practitioner in the enforcement of law and order, it’s critical to protect the safety of communities and offer assistance in programs or interventions aimed at improving its wellbeing. Considering teen guidance on peer influence and drug use, it’s essential to champion for the drug-free environment for school-going teens. In the event peer group influence results in an incidence whereby students partake in excessive alcohol use, then medical attention should be called over to help attain sobriety. However, such peer groups must clearly be reprimanded and their routine events investigated due to its severe effects. It is estimated each year in the United States between 70,000 and 100,000 people die from alcohol abuse and drug overdose. Such massive loss can be prevented by the formatio…

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