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a responsive juvenile justice system is critical (Briscoe, 1997). In Texas, for example, children as young as ten will fall und...
be arrested, even though he was portrayed as basically a good kid. Jeff is a case study that commences this article which tugs at...
(Emerge, 1998; p. 48). Just nine months prior, on January 1, 1997, the state of Michigan had implemented its aggressive "get toug...
expect to see relatively consistent figures at each successive stage of the juvenile justice system. In fact, the disparities get...
In 5 pages this paper on juvenile crime discusses the effects of weapons and drugs on its incidences. There are 4 sources cited i...
In five pages this paper examines trying juveniles in adult courts in an assessment of the pros and cons of this practice with reh...
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...
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...
the belief that abuse perpetuated by women is harmless in comparison to that perpetuated by men. Denov presents no testable hypot...
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...
done to various organs in the body: nerve damage which can lead to amputations; small blood vessel damage which that can lead to b...
issues (Young, 2001). Many have multiple problems. Gahr (2001) explains that "juvenile crime is decreasing in some categories--li...
houses between the juvenile leaving the correctional system and reentering the community. Juvenile delinquency is just one ...
serves to protect juveniles, while enforcing the law at the same time. In other words, it treats these young criminal with kid glo...
In twenty two pages this paper discusses juvenile detention centers in this consideration of incidences of teen suicide. Ten sour...
emergency and routine health-related issues must be made available to the juvenile, including dental, medical and behavioral by th...
be tried - and convicted - as an adult. The extent to which the justice system has historically provided juveniles with a much li...
Ee derided the student on the basis of her gender and her color. He threatened the other student at one time saying "Ive got a gu...
2001 findings, with 43% black and 55% white juveniles arrested for violent crimes when the overall juvenile population that year r...
to outdoor environmental education and recreation programs in the quest to reacquaint them with appropriate social behaviors in an...
(Lithwick, 2002). But five justices would not look at the issue again, so the 1989 decision would stand (Lithwick, 2002). The iss...
II. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE CLASSIFICATION & TREATMENT PROGRAMS More than one hundred and seventy years ago, the...
health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...
of the problems with the system is that it is not standardized; each state has its own version. Funding mechanisms are different i...
parent prevents a child from receiving medical attention. Parens patriae is supposed to be used only for the protection of the ind...
is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...