YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Contemporary Juvenile Delinquency
Essays 301 - 330
Abstract This paper provides an overview of the multitude of roles forensic psychologist play...
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...
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...
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 ...
health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...
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...
II. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE CLASSIFICATION & TREATMENT PROGRAMS More than one hundred and seventy years ago, the...
(Lithwick, 2002). But five justices would not look at the issue again, so the 1989 decision would stand (Lithwick, 2002). The iss...
emergency and routine health-related issues must be made available to the juvenile, including dental, medical and behavioral by th...
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...
Supreme Court disallows the death penalty for juveniles. This decision was made primary due to the fact that young brains are stil...
#2 Children who commit serious crimes can be rehabilitated. Amnesty International points out how the United States is "the only W...
as well. Nielsen and Perry (2000) state that we "must recognize that we are united in our diversity" (p. 4). This has...
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...
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...
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...
is unusual. All too often children are led through a troubled system that simply does not know how to treat young offenders. I...
labeled and controlled by drugs, something that alleviates the difficulties for the teachers and parents, but has unknown latent e...
Protective Agency, established in 1885 (Roberts and Brownell, 1999). It was not until the late 1960s and early 1970s, though, tha...
left unrepaired, all the rest of the windows will soon be broken". The job confronting the juvenile officer then is fixing the wi...