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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...
a greater chance of juvenile delinquency within these poor neighborhoods because the children have fewer life chances. Another obv...
down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...
would die, and that is frightening. Yet, I think of the many diseases and medical interventions available in a general sense. I re...
(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...
(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...
programming to address problems with disruptive behaviors, school adjustment and delinquency. This study outlines some central go...
1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...
and unusual punishment for the general population), it can be argued that it can in fact be applied to juvenile offender populatio...
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 ...
times when social change occurred (Emsley , 1987). In many ways the examination of the way those who are accused of committing cri...
help diffuse the individuals aggressive behavior if the primary source of agitation stems from illiteracy. Because conduct ...
done to various organs in the body: nerve damage which can lead to amputations; small blood vessel damage which that can lead to b...
rules - some written, some spoken, others explicitly followed by virtue of inherent knowledge but all universally understood withi...
to "study things in their natural setting, attempting to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of the meanings people br...
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...
if the child in question has been the victim themselves and in such cases recommends a course of treatment rather than incarcerati...
duplicated in the behaviors of youths. Through an analytical assessment of the current literature and an integrated view of the r...
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...
experienced some form of abuse - whether sexual, physical and/or emotional (Juvenile Justice Experts Should Focus on Girls Unique ...
who find themselves on the wrong side of the law as adults is the most effective means for accomplishing that goal. Those who opp...
mechanisms of attachment and supervision (2002). These things demonstrate a relationship between elements such as parental unempl...
labeled and controlled by drugs, something that alleviates the difficulties for the teachers and parents, but has unknown latent e...
Mahins treatment programs were highly effective at rehabilitating juvenile offenders when critical assessments were done thoroughl...
In twenty four pages this paper examines how juvenile correction facilities can be improved through American Correctional Associat...