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In five pages social exclusion of children for various reasons are examined within the context of such juvenile literary works as ...
In six pages this research paper examines whether or not it is ethical to try juvenile offenders charged with violent offenses as ...
In twenty four pages this paper examines how juvenile correction facilities can be improved through American Correctional Associat...
This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...
Information about the juvenile system of criminal justice of these three centuries are compared and contrasted. There are 6 bibli...
In six pages this paper presents a detailed overview of juvenile gangs in a consideration of their rituals and activities. Six so...
rather noble institution and embraces the authority to encompass the most important duty imaginable which is to protect and reform...
gangs also adopt certain types of hairstyles, and communicate publicly, through the use of hand signals and graffiti on walls, str...
This paper discusses the five-stage model developed by the Vera Institute, which describes the process used to enter adolescents i...
be arrested, even though he was portrayed as basically a good kid. Jeff is a case study that commences this article which tugs at...
This research paper presents discussions on the differences between male and female juvenile delinquents and how female delinquent...
This research paper pertains to the history of juvenile courts and describes how it has changed over the course of the twentieth c...
a responsive juvenile justice system is critical (Briscoe, 1997). In Texas, for example, children as young as ten will fall und...
times when social change occurred (Emsley , 1987). In many ways the examination of the way those who are accused of committing cri...
to issues such as competency and differences between the adult and juvenile courts. We have struggled throughout history of...
for various programs and those who are involved in these programs. Most of the incentives fall for the department themselves, shif...
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...
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...
is unusual. All too often children are led through a troubled system that simply does not know how to treat young offenders. I...
labeled and controlled by drugs, something that alleviates the difficulties for the teachers and parents, but has unknown latent e...
does not treat all of its juvenile offenders as adults. Indeed, the state is one of the most progressive in the nation in terms o...
out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...
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...
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 ...
issues (Young, 2001). Many have multiple problems. Gahr (2001) explains that "juvenile crime is decreasing in some categories--li...