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do acknowledge that targeted community-based programs can help by offering troubled youth a place to hang out, go to in event of f...
all under the influence of some substance (Califano and Colson, 2005, p. 34). Another study found that adolescents who are isolat...
was reduced by about half, to reach an even keel with Caucasian arrest level, with a slightly higher percentage of arrests falling...
(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...
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...
to "study things in their natural setting, attempting to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of the meanings people br...
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 ...
statistics, all incidents of juvenile delinquency are not entered into these databases. Statistic provide only part of the story ...
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 ...
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...
experienced some form of abuse - whether sexual, physical and/or emotional (Juvenile Justice Experts Should Focus on Girls Unique ...
attention in their federal death penalty trial in the U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Michael L. Taylor and Keon D. Moses start...
understand that theirs is a life of devastating poverty and extreme hardship, a life which bears little resemblance to that most o...
is an eternity to teenagers. It was his intention to tell the story of a generation coming of age in one night" (Hyams et al PG)....
young children, although incontestable, is one of the prominent societal concerns of the time. Such graphical violence has been d...
This research paper focuses on the role of peer pressure in regards to adolescent use of marijuana. Whether or not marijuana shoul...
account of youth cultures that exist among white, middle class adolescents in California, and relates these suburban sub-cultures ...
In five pages this paper discusses the insulin dependent form of diabetes that was once thought to only affect young children. Si...
In eleven pages this paper discusses the correlation between LD students and incidences of delinquency. Nine sources are cited in...
In thirteen pages this paper presents a problem analysis, objectives establishment, policy or program design, action development, ...
the juveniles who are punished through the adult court (Urbina and White, 2009, p. 122). Ostensibly, the purpose of transferring y...
In ten pages this paper examines how adolescents are affected by gang membership and culture. Six sources are listed in the bibli...
This paper examines pertinent issues regarding the due process and Miranda rights of minors in the US criminal justice system. Th...