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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...
security forces enjoyed, and the issue of human rights abuses connected with police methodologies. The State Department noted that...
not enter the facility. Further, these individuals are children, after all, and what most thinking, caring adults want to do is t...
is unusual. All too often children are led through a troubled system that simply does not know how to treat young offenders. I...
if the child in question has been the victim themselves and in such cases recommends a course of treatment rather than incarcerati...
mechanisms of attachment and supervision (2002). These things demonstrate a relationship between elements such as parental unempl...
labeled and controlled by drugs, something that alleviates the difficulties for the teachers and parents, but has unknown latent e...
Protective Agency, established in 1885 (Roberts and Brownell, 1999). It was not until the late 1960s and early 1970s, though, tha...
groups, prison reformers, and other activists" Restorative justice restores rather than punishes (Dzur, 2003)....
for various programs and those who are involved in these programs. Most of the incentives fall for the department themselves, shif...
experienced some form of abuse - whether sexual, physical and/or emotional (Juvenile Justice Experts Should Focus on Girls Unique ...
duplicated in the behaviors of youths. Through an analytical assessment of the current literature and an integrated view of the r...
Unfortunately, the United States is becoming a more and more violent and aggressive environment for todays youth. According to sta...
emergency and routine health-related issues must be made available to the juvenile, including dental, medical and behavioral by th...
of the problems with the system is that it is not standardized; each state has its own version. Funding mechanisms are different i...
parent prevents a child from receiving medical attention. Parens patriae is supposed to be used only for the protection of the ind...
II. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE CLASSIFICATION & TREATMENT PROGRAMS More than one hundred and seventy years ago, the...
(Lithwick, 2002). But five justices would not look at the issue again, so the 1989 decision would stand (Lithwick, 2002). The iss...
turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...
The death penalty has consequently been in and...
has been, and is, a great deal of talk and controversy about the death penalty in the United States. There are many people who fee...
to improve childrens readiness levels for school and to retain early childhood professionals in the area of early childhood educat...
Crime is an ever present problem in our society. Unfortunately, juveniles...
cruelty, and shoplifting. These programs are utilized to give youth another chance instead of throwing them in juvenile detention ...
health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...
want to prostitute themselves because they become especially interested in sex, or they simply engage in criminal activity as a wa...
juvenile crime and the juvenile justice system; often it seems like society is being overwhelmed by children who have turned into ...
Juveniles present an interesting consideration in criminal justice. Police officers are in a position to make a very real differe...
is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...