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Juvenile Detention Centers and Suicide

In twenty two pages this paper discusses juvenile detention centers in this consideration of incidences of teen suicide. Ten sour...

Anomie Theory of Delinquency and Juvenile Delinquency

cultures norms in achieving those goals (Robert Merton: Anomie Theory, 2008). One could perhaps state that, as an example, the soc...

Article Critique/Male v. Female Substance Abuse Patterns

A 4 page article critique of a criminal justice study of juvenile behavior in regards to substance abuse pattern. No additional so...

Corrections Facilities and Programs for Juvenile Drug Abusers in Cedar City, Utah

be remanded to locked detention; among the offenses that result in detention is the "sale and use of drugs" (Locked detention, 200...

Case Study Analyses in Criminal Justice

M. is a serious risk. Because there were few witnesses to the actual event, and there is only scant negative history, it is diffic...

Should Minors be Tried as Adults?

approach to juvenile justice has changed from the idea of rehabilitation to what Hughes calls our "lock em up culture" (2002, p. 1...

Men, Women and Innate Differences

in women than men; however, recent studies have demonstrated that the opposite is true: i.e., the brain structure is roughly 10 pe...

Two Social Work Issues

When considering such concepts of indigence, welfare, racism, social fact, social inequality and functional/conflict/symbolic inte...

Societal Perception of Juvenile Offenders

with these companions (Haynie and Osgood, 2005). Their results indicate that the normative influence of peers on delinquent behavi...

JUVENILE JUSTICE PROCESS

further into the system (Juvenile Justice System, 2012). Sometimes, juveniles can enter the system through a child welfare agency ...

BILL OF RIGHTS, JUSTICE AND SECURITY

in his or her favor (Sixth Amendment, 2012). Finally we have the Fourteenth Amendment. Though not part of the original Bill of Rig...

Rectifying Overcrowded Prisons and Recidivism

Criminal justice has many problems confronting it in modern society. Three challenges, in particular, exist in todays criminal ju...

Gender, Family/Juvenile Delinquency

one time, a concept referred to as the "masculinity hypothesis" proposed that female delinquency was rare and consisted primarily ...

Correctional Programs/Juveniles

decade research has repeatedly shown that placing juveniles in community-based programs, rather than incarcerating them in institu...

Probation and the Role of Officers

process of criminal punishment can take two forms: community treatment or institutional treatment. Institutional treatment obvious...

Rehabilitation in Juvenile Justice

century, juveniles were treated precisely in the same manner as adult offenders within the American criminal justice system; howev...

Trying Juvenile Offenders as Adults

part of the American judicial system that juvenile offenders could be transferred to adult court under a waiver system; however, b...

2 Theories on Juvenile Delinquency

While certain factors, such as poverty and low-educational achievement, are known to promote juvenile delinquency, it is also true...

Forensic Psychology and Juvenile Justice

Abstract This paper provides an overview of the multitude of roles forensic psychologist play...

California Foster Care Agencies and the Criminal Justice System

for operating in isolation, or for the establishment of laws that are seen as disconnected from the reality of everyday experience...

Setting Appropriate Goals for Children with Disabilities

reduce fluid retention in the brain and the ability to control for fluid retention (often resulting in the implantation of stents ...

Trends and Interventions in Juvenile Justice

be minors. One aspect of being a minor is the inability to enter a legally binding contract. For many, this represents a glaring l...

Juveniles and the Death Penalty

turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...

Juvenile Delinquency and Sexual Abuse

want to prostitute themselves because they become especially interested in sex, or they simply engage in criminal activity as a wa...

Juvenile Justice Programs, A Success to Build Upon

is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...

Basic Legal Rights For Juveniles In The U.S.

emergency and routine health-related issues must be made available to the juvenile, including dental, medical and behavioral by th...

The Juvenile Justice System, Pro and Con

of the problems with the system is that it is not standardized; each state has its own version. Funding mechanisms are different i...

Parens Patriae is Sometimes Necessary

parent prevents a child from receiving medical attention. Parens patriae is supposed to be used only for the protection of the ind...

Young Women as the Perpetrators of Crime

Juvenile crime is a very real problem in this country and, in fact, the world over. Although they are typically...

Trying Juveniles

Crime is an ever present problem in our society. Unfortunately, juveniles...