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groups during the ten-year period: 16.5% juveniles and 42.1% adults (Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis, 2000). Gender p...
be remanded to locked detention; among the offenses that result in detention is the "sale and use of drugs" (Locked detention, 200...
approach to juvenile justice has changed from the idea of rehabilitation to what Hughes calls our "lock em up culture" (2002, p. 1...
a serious drug and mental health problems when they were incarcerated. These juveniles have serious problems with hallucinogens, ...
seeds and need punishment. Rather, criminal issues are complicated. In fact, in criminology, the classical school emerged around 1...
The intent of this paper is to discuss the considerations that must be made in framing a mixed method study that will approach the...
and one flowchart. The logo, shown in Figure 1, is quite striking and pointedly appropriate for juvenile justice. It provides of...
of rehabilitation seems to have disappeared. Anyone who is aware of the new high-tech supermax prisons and the inhumane condition...
the Bloods and the Crips, both originating in Los Angeles (Siegel, Welsh & Senna, 2005). Both gangs mentioned expanded to the poi...
behavior. Letting them go, or sanctioning them with only community service, may be too lenient. Even so, some small gestures will ...
the prison system. This is something that has concerned the public and the same problem is found in juvenile detention centers as ...
reduce fluid retention in the brain and the ability to control for fluid retention (often resulting in the implantation of stents ...
for operating in isolation, or for the establishment of laws that are seen as disconnected from the reality of everyday experience...
was reduced by about half, to reach an even keel with Caucasian arrest level, with a slightly higher percentage of arrests falling...
does not treat all of its juvenile offenders as adults. Indeed, the state is one of the most progressive in the nation in terms o...
(Overview, 2004). The age of majority, that is, the age at which the defendant is considered an adult differs from state to state....
Court held in 1998 that a 13-year-old first-degree murder defendant had the right to jury trial because state law allowed juries f...
Juvenile crime is a very real problem in this country and, in fact, the world over. Although they are typically...
out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...
members of minority groups. That law has been in place since 1992, and has prompted 40 states to develop programs to reduce minor...
times when social change occurred (Emsley , 1987). In many ways the examination of the way those who are accused of committing cri...
to issues such as competency and differences between the adult and juvenile courts. We have struggled throughout history of...
juveniles in adult prison are at a far greater risk for abuse than are the adults in prison. The following presents some of those ...
issues (Young, 2001). Many have multiple problems. Gahr (2001) explains that "juvenile crime is decreasing in some categories--li...
done to various organs in the body: nerve damage which can lead to amputations; small blood vessel damage which that can lead to b...
for various programs and those who are involved in these programs. Most of the incentives fall for the department themselves, shif...
Unfortunately, the United States is becoming a more and more violent and aggressive environment for todays youth. According to sta...
believes he can take the life of another without reciprocal discipline is a concept many find difficult to grasp, a point well tak...
As a consequence there has been a growing tendency within our criminal justice system to try juveniles who commit such atrocities ...
things in life is to deviate from what is considered by the masses to be normal; in fact, Morpheus points out that it is often con...