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done to various organs in the body: nerve damage which can lead to amputations; small blood vessel damage which that can lead to b...

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...

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 ...

houses between the juvenile leaving the correctional system and reentering the community. Juvenile delinquency is just one ...

grades. Each period is characterized by its own specific leading activity and developmental goals. Infancy The leading activity ...

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...

(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...

was reduced by about half, to reach an even keel with Caucasian arrest level, with a slightly higher percentage of arrests falling...

programming to address problems with disruptive behaviors, school adjustment and delinquency. This study outlines some central go...

is a time for considerable growth and learning, so it stands to reason that with the child a veritable sponge of curiosity, he or ...

1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...

and unusual punishment for the general population), it can be argued that it can in fact be applied to juvenile offender populatio...

In five pages this research paper discusses criminal law and its current trends with the three major issues that have recently dev...

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...

In ten pages juvenile justice is considered in an overview of whether state laws assist or prevent justice with Miranda Rights fed...

down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...

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...

out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...

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...

Mahins treatment programs were highly effective at rehabilitating juvenile offenders when critical assessments were done thoroughl...

juvenile offender who targets adults and peers the approaches which seem to be having the most success are those which elicit comp...

security forces enjoyed, and the issue of human rights abuses connected with police methodologies. The State Department noted that...

if the child in question has been the victim themselves and in such cases recommends a course of treatment rather than incarcerati...

not enter the facility. Further, these individuals are children, after all, and what most thinking, caring adults want to do is t...

who find themselves on the wrong side of the law as adults is the most effective means for accomplishing that goal. Those who opp...

is unusual. All too often children are led through a troubled system that simply does not know how to treat young offenders. I...