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M. is a serious risk. Because there were few witnesses to the actual event, and there is only scant negative history, it is diffic...
was still excessive (Feltbower, Bodansky, Patterson, et. al., 2008). Not only is the increased threat of death concerning in Type...
be remanded to locked detention; among the offenses that result in detention is the "sale and use of drugs" (Locked detention, 200...
When considering such concepts of indigence, welfare, racism, social fact, social inequality and functional/conflict/symbolic inte...
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...
with these companions (Haynie and Osgood, 2005). Their results indicate that the normative influence of peers on delinquent behavi...
the problem of juvenile violence" (Snyder, 2003, p. 4). Arrests of juveniles peaked in 1994, then dropped every year from 1995 thr...
Abstract This paper provides an overview of the multitude of roles forensic psychologist play...
further into the system (Juvenile Justice System, 2012). Sometimes, juveniles can enter the system through a child welfare agency ...
in his or her favor (Sixth Amendment, 2012). Finally we have the Fourteenth Amendment. Though not part of the original Bill of Rig...
Criminal justice has many problems confronting it in modern society. Three challenges, in particular, exist in todays criminal ju...
turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...
is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...
Juveniles present an interesting consideration in criminal justice. Police officers are in a position to make a very real differe...
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...
to improve childrens readiness levels for school and to retain early childhood professionals in the area of early childhood educat...
Juvenile crime is a very real problem in this country and, in fact, the world over. Although they are typically...
want to prostitute themselves because they become especially interested in sex, or they simply engage in criminal activity as a wa...
health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...
parent prevents a child from receiving medical attention. Parens patriae is supposed to be used only for the protection of the ind...
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)....
experienced some form of abuse - whether sexual, physical and/or emotional (Juvenile Justice Experts Should Focus on Girls Unique ...
1998). Derek is induced into joining a neo-Nazi movement by a older hate-monger played by Stacy Keach, who uses him as a neighbo...
out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...
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...
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...
statistics, all incidents of juvenile delinquency are not entered into these databases. Statistic provide only part of the story ...