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was reduced by about half, to reach an even keel with Caucasian arrest level, with a slightly higher percentage of arrests falling...
(Overview, 2004). The age of majority, that is, the age at which the defendant is considered an adult differs from state to state....
Court held in 1998 that a 13-year-old first-degree murder defendant had the right to jury trial because state law allowed juries f...
out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...
done to various organs in the body: nerve damage which can lead to amputations; small blood vessel damage which that can lead to b...
juveniles in adult prison are at a far greater risk for abuse than are the adults in prison. The following presents some of those ...
issues (Young, 2001). Many have multiple problems. Gahr (2001) explains that "juvenile crime is decreasing in some categories--li...
houses between the juvenile leaving the correctional system and reentering the community. Juvenile delinquency is just one ...
members of minority groups. That law has been in place since 1992, and has prompted 40 states to develop programs to reduce minor...
times when social change occurred (Emsley , 1987). In many ways the examination of the way those who are accused of committing cri...
to issues such as competency and differences between the adult and juvenile courts. We have struggled throughout history of...
is unusual. All too often children are led through a troubled system that simply does not know how to treat young offenders. I...
labeled and controlled by drugs, something that alleviates the difficulties for the teachers and parents, but has unknown latent e...
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...
Unfortunately, the United States is becoming a more and more violent and aggressive environment for todays youth. According to sta...
Protective Agency, established in 1885 (Roberts and Brownell, 1999). It was not until the late 1960s and early 1970s, though, tha...
believes he can take the life of another without reciprocal discipline is a concept many find difficult to grasp, a point well tak...
juvenile offender who targets adults and peers the approaches which seem to be having the most success are those which elicit comp...
Mahins treatment programs were highly effective at rehabilitating juvenile offenders when critical assessments were done thoroughl...
are known, as well as any new information. While, ostensibly, these accounts are straight journalistic accounts, which are presuma...
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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...
Abstract This paper provides an overview of the multitude of roles forensic psychologist play...
in his or her favor (Sixth Amendment, 2012). Finally we have the Fourteenth Amendment. Though not part of the original Bill of Rig...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the trying of juvenile offenders in adult courts. Insights are derived from an anno...
This research paper describes the various approaches that have been tried in regard how best to handle juvenile justice and the wr...
This book review is on a juvenile, Christian novel that features a funny, charismatic sixth grader. The write assumes the persona ...
This research paper presents discussions on the differences between male and female juvenile delinquents and how female delinquent...