1. DENZEL NOWLIN

2. DENZEL’S BACKGROUND
Diagnosed with a learning disability
Came from a poor family background
Bad neighborhood
Brother was shot at 23, Denzel was 11yrs old at the time.
At the age of 13, Denzel was chasing girls, skipping school,
spending nights away from home, shoplifting, getting into
fights with peers which resulted in getting charged with
assault.

3. DENZEL’S CASE
16-year-old Denzel Nowlin was sentenced to 3 1/2 to 7 years
in state prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery.
Denzel, who was 15 at that time of crime, and his friend
Gordon Hackaday forced their way into a Swissvale home
and demanded money from two women while waving guns.
Gordon, who also was 15, put a gun to one woman's head,
while Denzel fired a shot into the window.
He was charged as an adult, due to the seriousness of the
crime, and a judge ruled against sending his case to
juvenile court

4. PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Choice Theory - Theory that humans behavior is a directed
consequences of people’s conscious decisions to engage or not
engage in a particular behavior. ( Although Denzel was young at the time he
committed the crime , he was fully aware that what he was doing was wrong and that there
would be consequences )
Rational choice Theory – Theory suggesting that delinquents are
rational people who make calculated choices regarding what
they are going to do before they act. ( Although Denzel had a learning
disability, it doesn’t justify the fact that he was able to reason and know exactly what he was
doing when he walked in that house with Gordon and when he decided to fire the gun, had the
gun not been fire he might have had received less time. )
Strain Theory - Crime is caused by society telling children what to
seek without providing the means to do so. (Denzel’s Mother only had
Denzel left to help provide for the family . We can assume that perhaps Denzel felt that pressure
and decided to help provide for his family by any means possible which is what lead him to
commit the crime)

5. PRIMARY PREVENTIONS
- GOOD PARENTING SKILLS
- P R E - S C H O O L / H E A D S TA RT
- E A R LY I N V O LV E M E N T I N C H U R C H O R
ANY RELIGIOUS SERVICES
- SKILLS TRAINING
- PEER PROGRAMS
- E A R LY C H I L D H O O D P R O G R A M S

6. SECONDARY PREVENTIONS
.- REHAB/ THERAPY
JOIN ORGANIZATIONS
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS – AN,
ORGAN I Z ATI ON THAT HEL PS CHI L DREN
REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL AND BUILD
THEIR FUTURES. WE NURTURE CHILDREN
AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES. AND WE
COULDN’T DO ANY OF IT WITHOUT YOU.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB - THESE
PR OG R AMS H EL P YOUTH CR EATE
ASPI R ATI ON S F OR TH E F UTUR E, PR OVI DI N G
OPPORTUN I TI ES F OR CAR EER EX PLOR ATI ON
A N D E D U C AT I O N A L E N H A N C E M E N T.
YMCA - A PR OG R AM, TH AT SER VI CE S AN D
I N I TI ATI VES AN D EN AB L E K I DS TO R EAL I Z E
THEIR POTENTIAL, PREPARE TEENS FOR
COLLEGE, OFFER WAYS FOR FAMILIES TO
HAVE FUN TOGETHER, EMPOWER PEOPLE TO
B E H E A L T H I E R I N S P I R I T, M I N D A N D B O D Y,
P R E P A R E P E O P L E F O R E M P L O Y M E N T.

7. TERTIARY PREVENTIONS
School - GED, College, finish high school
Find a Job ( it will allow Denzel to meet new people,
gain better work ethics, distract him and he would learn to
understand that you must work hard to have the things you
want.)
Community Service
Half way house : (right after prison it would be
recommended that before Denzel was completely exposed to
society, for him to go to a half way house)

8. JUSTINA ESKAF
Supportive Parents/Family ( my family is guiding me until this
day
Strong Morals (Strict parents)
High Expectations
Culture
Religion (involved in church activities at early age). ( Christian
Faith)
Good Friends
Extra Curriculum activities
Good Grades/School
Work/Responsibilities

9. ELAINE
• Supportive Family
• Private all girls Catholic school
• Strong traditions
• Moved to USA from Colombia age 10 :
experienced difficult times, which made me
appreciate family and just the important things in
life
• Good grades
• Involved in clubs at school
• Responsibilities: with responsibilities , come little
or no time to be involved in bad activities, such
as Denzel did)