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see needs that should be filled. Barber has been in the justice system for many years and she finally began to realize that many o...
is societally acceptable to that which is societally reprehensible. There is, of course, no one place to lodge the blame for juve...
The latter part of the Twentieth Century was characterized by a growing concern over what was perceived as a growing propensity...
idea that juvenile offenders needed to be handled different from adult offenders; as the goal was to retrain the child toward more...
as a whole. In addition, this article indicates that 67% of youth who were absent from school tested positive for drugs, w...
behavior. Letting them go, or sanctioning them with only community service, may be too lenient. Even so, some small gestures will ...
the prison system. This is something that has concerned the public and the same problem is found in juvenile detention centers as ...
and reformed" (An Overview of Juvenile Justice). Much of the juvenile justice system is comprised of drug-related offenses ...
2001 findings, with 43% black and 55% white juveniles arrested for violent crimes when the overall juvenile population that year r...
II. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE CLASSIFICATION & TREATMENT PROGRAMS More than one hundred and seventy years ago, the...
of the problems with the system is that it is not standardized; each state has its own version. Funding mechanisms are different i...
is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...
Juveniles present an interesting consideration in criminal justice. Police officers are in a position to make a very real differe...
to issues such as competency and differences between the adult and juvenile courts. We have struggled throughout history of...
(Overview, 2004). The age of majority, that is, the age at which the defendant is considered an adult differs from state to state....
In ten pages juvenile justice is considered in an overview of whether state laws assist or prevent justice with Miranda Rights fed...
In eight pages this paper examines 1990s' crime rate statistics in this consideration of Pennsylvania's juvenile crime system. Ei...
and, therefore, cannot begin to identify with the situation or see the need for drastic change. What, exactly, compels one ...
In ten pages the Action Plan of the OJJDP is examined in a step by step analysis with juvenile delinquency causal theory also disc...
a responsive juvenile justice system is critical (Briscoe, 1997). In Texas, for example, children as young as ten will fall und...
rather noble institution and embraces the authority to encompass the most important duty imaginable which is to protect and reform...
In six pages this research paper examines whether or not it is ethical to try juvenile offenders charged with violent offenses as ...
There she has begun a program that brings together police officers and offenders through the use of a four-legged friend: the poli...
compel them to seek solutions to their problems though such activities as gang membership (xvi). The authors go on to show that ...
punishment under the law, however, and it has occurred a number of times. In fact, the death penalty has seen resurgence. ...
(Emerge, 1998; p. 48). Just nine months prior, on January 1, 1997, the state of Michigan had implemented its aggressive "get toug...
is unusual. All too often children are led through a troubled system that simply does not know how to treat young offenders. I...
further into the system (Juvenile Justice System, 2012). Sometimes, juveniles can enter the system through a child welfare agency ...
of age or older at the time the juvenile allegedly committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. If the al...
changed dramatically. In addition, different cultures have implemented different forms of juvenile justice based on what they thou...