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When considering such concepts of indigence, welfare, racism, social fact, social inequality and functional/conflict/symbolic inte...

with these companions (Haynie and Osgood, 2005). Their results indicate that the normative influence of peers on delinquent behavi...

cultures norms in achieving those goals (Robert Merton: Anomie Theory, 2008). One could perhaps state that, as an example, the soc...

A 4 page article critique of a criminal justice study of juvenile behavior in regards to substance abuse pattern. No additional so...

groups during the ten-year period: 16.5% juveniles and 42.1% adults (Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis, 2000). Gender p...

approach to juvenile justice has changed from the idea of rehabilitation to what Hughes calls our "lock em up culture" (2002, p. 1...

(Singer, 1996). The case was shocking for a number of reasons, but two stand out: Bosket was only 15; and he was already in care a...

the prison system. This is something that has concerned the public and the same problem is found in juvenile detention centers as ...

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 ...

of rehabilitation seems to have disappeared. Anyone who is aware of the new high-tech supermax prisons and the inhumane condition...

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...

as a whole. In addition, this article indicates that 67% of youth who were absent from school tested positive for drugs, w...

seeds and need punishment. Rather, criminal issues are complicated. In fact, in criminology, the classical school emerged around 1...

a serious drug and mental health problems when they were incarcerated. These juveniles have serious problems with hallucinogens, ...

riotous behavior inasmuch as students contend their rights are being violated by the limitation. The issue at hand, points ...

use is a prevalent factor in the school setting is intrinsically related to social elements, a point the authors illustrate by exa...

more of the same behavior the recovery programs seek to overcome. A recent study has shown undeniable evidence that boot camp and...

programming to address problems with disruptive behaviors, school adjustment and delinquency. This study outlines some central go...

In five pages this research paper discusses criminal law and its current trends with the three major issues that have recently dev...

initiated by the police, who have more freedom and a wider range of choices in how to proceed when dealing with a juvenile than wi...

1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...

(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...

As a consequence there has been a growing tendency within our criminal justice system to try juveniles who commit such atrocities ...

compel them to seek solutions to their problems though such activities as gang membership (xvi). The authors go on to show that ...

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...

as functionalism also felt that "criminality is not a quality inherent in an act or a person but rather a phenomenon defined by a ...

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...