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he saw his little sister having sex, he might have been angry enough to throw something. However, whether or not he is guilty of t...
2005). It would take until the 1980s before all youth were taken out of adult jails and removed to separate facilities (Krisberg, ...
effectiveness, although difficult to prove, seemed to be less than that of traditional options. Recidivism rates, the rate at whic...
punishment under the law, however, and it has occurred a number of times. In fact, the death penalty has seen resurgence. ...
of age or older at the time the juvenile allegedly committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. If the al...
Families are subject to a number of stressors that for the most part didnt exist just a few generations ago....
States was developed to contend with the operational responsibilities of dealing with the punishment of crimes commissioned by adu...
that a ten year old can be prosecuted for murder. In contemplating this issue, it pays to take a look at the juvenile justice syst...
Another source indicates that, "Although the number of drug-related homicides has been decreasing in recent years, drugs still rem...
in 1950 was named the first Roscoe Pound Professor of Law (Rubenser 183). In Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency, which was first pub...
This paper discusses the question of trying youth in adult courts. The paper reports research reports and opinions on this topic. ...
This paper discusses the aspects of the juvenile justice system that are working effectively and those aspects that need improveme...
and drug abuse violations at a rate of 1,447.1, 1032.7, 699.5 and 561.8 per 100,000 youth population (National Center for Juvenile...
This usually involves some type of probation arrangement or counseling/treatment (The Center for Young Womens Development Handbook...
figures, the darkness, can easily represent the turmoil within Raskolnikov. His thoughts and plans are dark and frightening, espec...
will give us a 1 in 12 million chance. However we need to look at this in order to consider how correct it is. Here we can look at...
In eight pages the deviance concept is examined in an overview that discusses various factors such as the labeling theory with an ...
(Emerge, 1998; p. 48). Just nine months prior, on January 1, 1997, the state of Michigan had implemented its aggressive "get toug...
a responsive juvenile justice system is critical (Briscoe, 1997). In Texas, for example, children as young as ten will fall und...
In six pages this paper presents a detailed overview of juvenile gangs in a consideration of their rituals and activities. Six so...
emergency and routine health-related issues must be made available to the juvenile, including dental, medical and behavioral by th...
our complex world. Lets look at a few of them. Gang membership: Teams at several universities collaborated in studies of the Caus...
In ten pages juvenile justice is considered in an overview of whether state laws assist or prevent justice with Miranda Rights fed...
Ee derided the student on the basis of her gender and her color. He threatened the other student at one time saying "Ive got a gu...
The latter part of the Twentieth Century was characterized by a growing concern over what was perceived as a growing propensity...
see needs that should be filled. Barber has been in the justice system for many years and she finally began to realize that many o...
serves to protect juveniles, while enforcing the law at the same time. In other words, it treats these young criminal with kid glo...
for the next several years. The exceptions to this generalization are some older youths who get involved in car theft, robbery, bu...
this development, the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 was passed, which encouraged a policy of "zero tolerance" as it criminalized s...
Aggressive behavior would not be such a concern in children if it were a natural occurrence for them to outgrow the tendency; howe...