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is unusual. All too often children are led through a troubled system that simply does not know how to treat young offenders. I...
as functionalism also felt that "criminality is not a quality inherent in an act or a person but rather a phenomenon defined by a ...
reported a higher level of delinquent behavior than did females. Males in grade nine reported higher levels of delinquency than di...
to issues such as competency and differences between the adult and juvenile courts. We have struggled throughout history of...
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...
In twenty four pages this paper examines how juvenile correction facilities can be improved through American Correctional Associat...
In seven pages this report discusses contributing factors of juvenile delinquency and discusses how it is defined within the crimi...
rather noble institution and embraces the authority to encompass the most important duty imaginable which is to protect and reform...
social factors can be used as the best method to explain juvenile delinquency. Differential Association In 1939 Criminologist Edw...
gangs also adopt certain types of hairstyles, and communicate publicly, through the use of hand signals and graffiti on walls, str...
compel them to seek solutions to their problems though such activities as gang membership (xvi). The authors go on to show that ...
In five pages social exclusion of children for various reasons are examined within the context of such juvenile literary works as ...
In five pages this paper argues against punishing parents for juvenile delinquent behavior of their children but does strongly rec...
In six pages this research paper examines whether or not it is ethical to try juvenile offenders charged with violent offenses as ...
In six pages this paper discusses juvenile case handling in America with the emphasis being upon this Florida state case. Five so...
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...
(Lithwick, 2002). But five justices would not look at the issue again, so the 1989 decision would stand (Lithwick, 2002). The iss...
is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...
turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...
want to prostitute themselves because they become especially interested in sex, or they simply engage in criminal activity as a wa...
part of the American judicial system that juvenile offenders could be transferred to adult court under a waiver system; however, b...
While certain factors, such as poverty and low-educational achievement, are known to promote juvenile delinquency, it is also true...
one time, a concept referred to as the "masculinity hypothesis" proposed that female delinquency was rare and consisted primarily ...
decade research has repeatedly shown that placing juveniles in community-based programs, rather than incarcerating them in institu...
process of criminal punishment can take two forms: community treatment or institutional treatment. Institutional treatment obvious...
century, juveniles were treated precisely in the same manner as adult offenders within the American criminal justice system; howev...
in his or her favor (Sixth Amendment, 2012). Finally we have the Fourteenth Amendment. Though not part of the original Bill of Rig...
further into the system (Juvenile Justice System, 2012). Sometimes, juveniles can enter the system through a child welfare agency ...