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In 5 pages this paper on juvenile crime discusses the effects of weapons and drugs on its incidences. There are 4 sources cited i...

This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...

rather noble institution and embraces the authority to encompass the most important duty imaginable which is to protect and reform...

In twenty four pages this paper examines how juvenile correction facilities can be improved through American Correctional Associat...

a responsive juvenile justice system is critical (Briscoe, 1997). In Texas, for example, children as young as ten will fall und...

Information about the juvenile system of criminal justice of these three centuries are compared and contrasted. There are 6 bibli...

In six pages this paper presents a detailed overview of juvenile gangs in a consideration of their rituals and activities. Six so...

(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...

was reduced by about half, to reach an even keel with Caucasian arrest level, with a slightly higher percentage of arrests falling...

done to various organs in the body: nerve damage which can lead to amputations; small blood vessel damage which that can lead to b...

members of minority groups. That law has been in place since 1992, and has prompted 40 states to develop programs to reduce minor...

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...

houses between the juvenile leaving the correctional system and reentering the community. Juvenile delinquency is just one ...

labeled and controlled by drugs, something that alleviates the difficulties for the teachers and parents, but has unknown latent e...

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...

Protective Agency, established in 1885 (Roberts and Brownell, 1999). It was not until the late 1960s and early 1970s, though, tha...

Unfortunately, the United States is becoming a more and more violent and aggressive environment for todays youth. According to sta...

groups, prison reformers, and other activists" Restorative justice restores rather than punishes (Dzur, 2003)....

for various programs and those who are involved in these programs. Most of the incentives fall for the department themselves, shif...

is unusual. All too often children are led through a troubled system that simply does not know how to treat young offenders. I...

youth homicides, with the highest of these rates being committed by males between the ages of 15 and 24 (Coupet, 2000; Carr, 1996)...

with them to the first American Colonies, and mostly served as a model as to who would provide what services in the early, fledgli...

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...

security forces enjoyed, and the issue of human rights abuses connected with police methodologies. The State Department noted that...

not enter the facility. Further, these individuals are children, after all, and what most thinking, caring adults want to do is t...