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Post by sadie1263 on May 4, 2011 19:05:08 GMT
Who do you believe is responsible?
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Drugs which killed 15-year-old teen found in lecturer's bedroom The drugs which killed 15-year-old Isobel Reilly-Jones at an unsupervised party were found in an unlocked cupboard in the bedroom of university lecturer Brian Dodgeon, an inquest heard today.
Issy died following the party in Notting Hill on April 22 after going into cardiac arrest after reportedly taking drugs. She was one of a group of four teenagers who found the drugs in the bedroom of academic Brian Dodgeon and his partner Angela Hadjipateras, who had left the youngsters to themselves in order to visit friends in Hastings. The news comes as Mr Dodgeon, 60, a research fellow at the University of London's renowned Centre for Longitudinal Studies, broke both legs after jumping off the North Circular Road in an apparent suicide attempt. The academic who is on police bail following his arrest for possession of drugs - was last night in a serious but stable condition in hospital after falling onto the pavement. Today the inquest heard that the couples daughter Beatrice took it upon herself to search her parents bedroom "looking for something that they could enjoy at the party."
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Post by toby on Jun 27, 2011 16:31:40 GMT
sadie posted.:-University of London's renowned Centre for Longitudinal Studies,
Toby comments.:- What in heavens name is this all about ?
Longitudinal studies ??
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Post by sadie1263 on Jun 27, 2011 18:29:01 GMT
Good point....didn't even catch that? What is that?
I just don't see how....if they were away that they are responsible for the girl going into their bedroom, obviously searching thru their things, and found and took drugs......
I think we continue to set really bad ideas in the heads of the younger generation that "nothing" is their fault or their own responsibility!!!!
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Post by sadie1263 on Jun 27, 2011 18:31:03 GMT
well this is what wikipedia has to say:
A longitudinal study is a correlational research study that involves repeated observations of the same variables over long periods of time — often many decades. It is a type of observational study. Longitudinal studies are often used in psychology to study developmental trends across the life span, and in sociology to study life events throughout lifetimes or generations. The reason for this is that unlike cross-sectional studies, longitudinal studies track the same people, and therefore the differences observed in those people are less likely to be the result of cultural differences across generations. Because of this benefit, longitudinal studies make observing changes more accurate and they are applied in various other fields. In medicine, the design is used to uncover predictors of certain diseases. In advertising, the design is used to identify the changes that advertising has produced in the attitudes and behaviors of those within the target audience who have seen the advertising campaign.
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Can't imagine what the class is like.....because I feel asleep just reading that!!
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