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out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...
conclusion as to what is the best way of going about treating drug addicted offenders. The important question is: What is the bes...
with these companions (Haynie and Osgood, 2005). Their results indicate that the normative influence of peers on delinquent behavi...
the problem of juvenile violence" (Snyder, 2003, p. 4). Arrests of juveniles peaked in 1994, then dropped every year from 1995 thr...
in 1950 was named the first Roscoe Pound Professor of Law (Rubenser 183). In Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency, which was first pub...
per year, while public safety is not enhanced ("Mandatory," 2002). Non-violent offenders in Arizonas prisons comprise half of the ...
(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...
by firearms is the number one cause of death among black males between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four (Lovett, 1997). The is...
members of minority groups. That law has been in place since 1992, and has prompted 40 states to develop programs to reduce minor...
16 years. In South Australia, however, a juvenile is a person aged between 10 and 17 years" (Australian Institute of Criminology, ...
is about one-fourth of the entire population. Of those, over two million are arrested each year. That accounts for about 17 percen...
erroneously employed as the stand-alone solution of a much more complicated issue. Moreover, there are conflicting findings wheth...
be arrested, even though he was portrayed as basically a good kid. Jeff is a case study that commences this article which tugs at...
In nine pages this paper examines vocational youth organizations from an historical perspective with criminal offender retraining ...
In five pages the offender population in terms of a lack of motivation is discussed with the argument presented that self worth an...
In six pages this research paper examines whether or not it is ethical to try juvenile offenders charged with violent offenses as ...
An 18 page paper which summarizes 3 separate textbooks which analyze fully restorative programs as they relate to the field of ju...
from how we treat older criminals. But when it is precisely because of those exemptions that we make for juveniles that violent cr...
between offender and staff and reductions in recidivism, then, are central to acknowledging a variety of new correctional approach...
Over the course of the last decade, researchers, social and criminal theorists, and the general public have debated the issue of p...
Unfortunately, the United States is becoming a more and more violent and aggressive environment for todays youth. According to sta...
groups, prison reformers, and other activists" Restorative justice restores rather than punishes (Dzur, 2003)....
Juvenile crime is a very real problem in this country and, in fact, the world over. Although they are typically...
This paper argues that the purpose of prison is punishment. Although some offenders go through the system and are rehabilitated, t...
Juveniles are responsible for an astounding percentage of the crime in this country. Even more disturbing is the degree of violen...
security forces enjoyed, and the issue of human rights abuses connected with police methodologies. The State Department noted that...
Analysis There are very few people in society today want to see bad men and women doing bad things in public --...
of sex crimes, however. Sexual violence often targets children as well (Nester, 1998). The issues surrounding child abuse alone ...
labeled and controlled by drugs, something that alleviates the difficulties for the teachers and parents, but has unknown latent e...