YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Issues in Juvenile Crime
Essays 421 - 450
expect to see relatively consistent figures at each successive stage of the juvenile justice system. In fact, the disparities get...
our complex world. Lets look at a few of them. Gang membership: Teams at several universities collaborated in studies of the Caus...
who find themselves on the wrong side of the law as adults is the most effective means for accomplishing that goal. Those who opp...
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...
Mahins treatment programs were highly effective at rehabilitating juvenile offenders when critical assessments were done thoroughl...
more of the same behavior the recovery programs seek to overcome. A recent study has shown undeniable evidence that boot camp and...
would die, and that is frightening. Yet, I think of the many diseases and medical interventions available in a general sense. I re...
1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...
In ten pages juvenile justice is considered in an overview of whether state laws assist or prevent justice with Miranda Rights fed...
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...
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...
do acknowledge that targeted community-based programs can help by offering troubled youth a place to hang out, go to in event of f...
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...
down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...
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...
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...
members of minority groups. That law has been in place since 1992, and has prompted 40 states to develop programs to reduce minor...
to "study things in their natural setting, attempting to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of the meanings people br...
those who already have a predilection to antisocial behavior are far more likely to take the bait of such mind numbing media than ...
in group settings, these community-based probation programs ensure public protection in ways not possible using standard casework ...
In nine pages this paper examines punishment for juvenile delinquency in an evaluation of program strengths and weaknesses with bo...
Juvenile delinquency and gang violence are subjects discussed in the scope of this research report. Legal reassures, prevention an...
and 1991, the number of Violent Crime Index arrests for murder increased by 85 percent, compared with 21 percent for those 18 or o...