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Building the new prison was supposed "expunge a stigma" from the state, and "Maine officials expected the savings in operating exp...
Families face a myriad of concerns and issues. Parents may disagree about parenting styles, there may be behavioral or academic pr...
and reformed" (An Overview of Juvenile Justice). Much of the juvenile justice system is comprised of drug-related offenses ...
fence, but rather that remedies should address both social concerns and the realities of this social, economic and political probl...
was still excessive (Feltbower, Bodansky, Patterson, et. al., 2008). Not only is the increased threat of death concerning in Type...
M. is a serious risk. Because there were few witnesses to the actual event, and there is only scant negative history, it is diffic...
approach to juvenile justice has changed from the idea of rehabilitation to what Hughes calls our "lock em up culture" (2002, p. 1...
be remanded to locked detention; among the offenses that result in detention is the "sale and use of drugs" (Locked detention, 200...
cultures norms in achieving those goals (Robert Merton: Anomie Theory, 2008). One could perhaps state that, as an example, the soc...
A 4 page article critique of a criminal justice study of juvenile behavior in regards to substance abuse pattern. No additional so...
When considering such concepts of indigence, welfare, racism, social fact, social inequality and functional/conflict/symbolic inte...
with these companions (Haynie and Osgood, 2005). Their results indicate that the normative influence of peers on delinquent behavi...
Supreme Court disallows the death penalty for juveniles. This decision was made primary due to the fact that young brains are stil...
(Singer, 1996). The case was shocking for a number of reasons, but two stand out: Bosket was only 15; and he was already in care a...
and unusual punishment for the general population), it can be argued that it can in fact be applied to juvenile offender populatio...
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...
down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...
In ten pages juvenile justice is considered in an overview of whether state laws assist or prevent justice with Miranda Rights fed...
would die, and that is frightening. Yet, I think of the many diseases and medical interventions available in a general sense. I re...
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...
issues (Young, 2001). Many have multiple problems. Gahr (2001) explains that "juvenile crime is decreasing in some categories--li...
to "study things in their natural setting, attempting to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of the meanings people br...
juveniles in adult prison are at a far greater risk for abuse than are the adults in prison. The following presents some of those ...
help diffuse the individuals aggressive behavior if the primary source of agitation stems from illiteracy. Because conduct ...
done to various organs in the body: nerve damage which can lead to amputations; small blood vessel damage which that can lead to b...
rules - some written, some spoken, others explicitly followed by virtue of inherent knowledge but all universally understood withi...
was reduced by about half, to reach an even keel with Caucasian arrest level, with a slightly higher percentage of arrests falling...
do acknowledge that targeted community-based programs can help by offering troubled youth a place to hang out, go to in event of f...
(Overview, 2004). The age of majority, that is, the age at which the defendant is considered an adult differs from state to state....