Essays 211 - 240
In twenty two pages this paper discusses juvenile detention centers in this consideration of incidences of teen suicide. Ten sour...
serves to protect juveniles, while enforcing the law at the same time. In other words, it treats these young criminal with kid glo...
emergency and routine health-related issues must be made available to the juvenile, including dental, medical and behavioral by th...
accepting the fact that juvenile crime is increasing not decreasing and the seriousness of the types of crimes that are being comm...
II. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE CLASSIFICATION & TREATMENT PROGRAMS More than one hundred and seventy years ago, the...
be more delinquency in these families (Department of Criminal Justice, 2008). Children are less likely to graduate from high schoo...
(Lithwick, 2002). But five justices would not look at the issue again, so the 1989 decision would stand (Lithwick, 2002). The iss...
the juveniles who are punished through the adult court (Urbina and White, 2009, p. 122). Ostensibly, the purpose of transferring y...
of the problems with the system is that it is not standardized; each state has its own version. Funding mechanisms are different i...
parent prevents a child from receiving medical attention. Parens patriae is supposed to be used only for the protection of the ind...
health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...
want to prostitute themselves because they become especially interested in sex, or they simply engage in criminal activity as a wa...
is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...
turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...
juvenile crime and the juvenile justice system; often it seems like society is being overwhelmed by children who have turned into ...
Juveniles present an interesting consideration in criminal justice. Police officers are in a position to make a very real differe...
The death penalty has consequently been in and...
has been, and is, a great deal of talk and controversy about the death penalty in the United States. There are many people who fee...
to improve childrens readiness levels for school and to retain early childhood professionals in the area of early childhood educat...
Crime is an ever present problem in our society. Unfortunately, juveniles...
cruelty, and shoplifting. These programs are utilized to give youth another chance instead of throwing them in juvenile detention ...
is about one-fourth of the entire population. Of those, over two million are arrested each year. That accounts for about 17 percen...
changed dramatically. In addition, different cultures have implemented different forms of juvenile justice based on what they thou...
This research paper addresses the fact that juvenile crime, overall, declined in 2001, but drug arrested increased. The writer de...
Juveniles are responsible for an astounding percentage of the crime in this country. Even more disturbing is the degree of violen...
Juvenile crime is a very real problem in this country and, in fact, the world over. Although they are typically...
States was developed to contend with the operational responsibilities of dealing with the punishment of crimes commissioned by adu...
be minors. One aspect of being a minor is the inability to enter a legally binding contract. For many, this represents a glaring l...
part of the American judicial system that juvenile offenders could be transferred to adult court under a waiver system; however, b...
While certain factors, such as poverty and low-educational achievement, are known to promote juvenile delinquency, it is also true...