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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...
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...
more of the same behavior the recovery programs seek to overcome. A recent study has shown undeniable evidence that boot camp and...
programming to address problems with disruptive behaviors, school adjustment and delinquency. This study outlines some central go...
In five pages this research paper discusses criminal law and its current trends with the three major issues that have recently dev...
and unusual punishment for the general population), it can be argued that it can in fact be applied to juvenile offender populatio...
would die, and that is frightening. Yet, I think of the many diseases and medical interventions available in a general sense. I re...
In ten pages juvenile justice is considered in an overview of whether state laws assist or prevent justice with Miranda Rights fed...
(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...
youth homicides, with the highest of these rates being committed by males between the ages of 15 and 24 (Coupet, 2000; Carr, 1996)...
with them to the first American Colonies, and mostly served as a model as to who would provide what services in the early, fledgli...
as functionalism also felt that "criminality is not a quality inherent in an act or a person but rather a phenomenon defined by a ...
compel them to seek solutions to their problems though such activities as gang membership (xvi). The authors go on to show that ...
things in life is to deviate from what is considered by the masses to be normal; in fact, Morpheus points out that it is often con...
an individual level rather than a collective level. Not only will children be dealt with one on one they will be dealt with by ca...
juveniles, however, in this paper the student wants to consider the female juveniles only. There are a range of theorists,...
believes he can take the life of another without reciprocal discipline is a concept many find difficult to grasp, a point well tak...
are known, as well as any new information. While, ostensibly, these accounts are straight journalistic accounts, which are presuma...
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juvenile offender who targets adults and peers the approaches which seem to be having the most success are those which elicit comp...
reported a higher level of delinquent behavior than did females. Males in grade nine reported higher levels of delinquency than di...
As a consequence there has been a growing tendency within our criminal justice system to try juveniles who commit such atrocities ...
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...
statistics, all incidents of juvenile delinquency are not entered into these databases. Statistic provide only part of the story ...
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 ...
groups, prison reformers, and other activists" Restorative justice restores rather than punishes (Dzur, 2003)....