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want to prostitute themselves because they become especially interested in sex, or they simply engage in criminal activity as a wa...
turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...
is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...
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...
The death penalty has consequently been in and...
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 ...
Juvenile crime is a very real problem in this country and, in fact, the world over. Although they are typically...
the Bloods and the Crips, both originating in Los Angeles (Siegel, Welsh & Senna, 2005). Both gangs mentioned expanded to the poi...
the prison system. This is something that has concerned the public and the same problem is found in juvenile detention centers as ...
for operating in isolation, or for the establishment of laws that are seen as disconnected from the reality of everyday experience...
cultures norms in achieving those goals (Robert Merton: Anomie Theory, 2008). One could perhaps state that, as an example, the soc...
be remanded to locked detention; among the offenses that result in detention is the "sale and use of drugs" (Locked detention, 200...
M. is a serious risk. Because there were few witnesses to the actual event, and there is only scant negative history, it is diffic...
was still excessive (Feltbower, Bodansky, Patterson, et. al., 2008). Not only is the increased threat of death concerning in Type...
(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...
Supreme Court disallows the death penalty for juveniles. This decision was made primary due to the fact that young brains are stil...
approach to juvenile justice has changed from the idea of rehabilitation to what Hughes calls our "lock em up culture" (2002, p. 1...
further into the system (Juvenile Justice System, 2012). Sometimes, juveniles can enter the system through a child welfare agency ...
in his or her favor (Sixth Amendment, 2012). Finally we have the Fourteenth Amendment. Though not part of the original Bill of Rig...
this development, the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 was passed, which encouraged a policy of "zero tolerance" as it criminalized s...
reduce fluid retention in the brain and the ability to control for fluid retention (often resulting in the implantation of stents ...
Abstract This paper provides an overview of the multitude of roles forensic psychologist play...
part of the American judicial system that juvenile offenders could be transferred to adult court under a waiver system; however, b...
be minors. One aspect of being a minor is the inability to enter a legally binding contract. For many, this represents a glaring l...
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...