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1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...
programming to address problems with disruptive behaviors, school adjustment and delinquency. This study outlines some central go...
(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...
Yong et al (2002) in their study of eighth-grade students, found that there was a close correlation between high self-esteem...
as functionalism also felt that "criminality is not a quality inherent in an act or a person but rather a phenomenon defined by a ...
of the frequency of their transgressions, as opposed to seriousness, it is also true that only certain types of juveniles are like...
used, the aim was for a difference, but in todays industry with the high level of development it is quite possible for there to be...
windows. Those windows include the children themselves but they also include society as a whole. Child abuse can be either...
gang activity in Los Angeles is to realize how gang mentality universally displayed in this racially and ethnically homogeneous su...
down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...
This usually involves some type of probation arrangement or counseling/treatment (The Center for Young Womens Development Handbook...
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...
duplicated in the behaviors of youths. Through an analytical assessment of the current literature and an integrated view of the r...
who find themselves on the wrong side of the law as adults is the most effective means for accomplishing that goal. Those who opp...
juveniles, however, in this paper the student wants to consider the female juveniles only. There are a range of theorists,...
reported a higher level of delinquent behavior than did females. Males in grade nine reported higher levels of delinquency than di...
rules - some written, some spoken, others explicitly followed by virtue of inherent knowledge but all universally understood withi...
a greater chance of juvenile delinquency within these poor neighborhoods because the children have fewer life chances. Another obv...
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 ...
While gangs are a part and parcel of the culture today, the concept of juvenile delinquency is rather elusive. Many do not dub chi...
experienced some form of abuse - whether sexual, physical and/or emotional (Juvenile Justice Experts Should Focus on Girls Unique ...
(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...
Drug use is common among teens today, and most say "pressure usually is the reason for their usage" (Teenage drug abuse, 2004). If...
of behavior upon individual members of the group" (Bursik & Grasmick, 1995, p. 110). Thomas and Znaniecki also included the term ...
in 1950 was named the first Roscoe Pound Professor of Law (Rubenser 183). In Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency, which was first pub...
the problem of juvenile violence" (Snyder, 2003, p. 4). Arrests of juveniles peaked in 1994, then dropped every year from 1995 thr...
In seven pages the delinquency social strain theory of Robert K. Merton is examined in this overview. Seven sources are cited in...
cost of keeping the immigrants in jail simply eats money unnecessarily. Another problem that plagues this country is poverty. The...