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approach to juvenile justice has changed from the idea of rehabilitation to what Hughes calls our "lock em up culture" (2002, p. 1...
be tried - and convicted - as an adult. The extent to which the justice system has historically provided juveniles with a much li...
with these companions (Haynie and Osgood, 2005). Their results indicate that the normative influence of peers on delinquent behavi...
Juvenile crime is a very real problem in this country and, in fact, the world over. Although they are typically...
In nine pages political, social, and economic issues are considered in this discussion of juvenile offenders and capital punishmen...
In six pages this research paper discusses juvenile status offender penalties and how probation could solve the problems associate...
In 8 pages this paper offers solutions to the growing juvenile crime problems and focuses upon valuable programs of victim and off...
This paper consists of eight pages and assesses boot camps for juvenile offenders in terms of their pros and cons with such issues...
There she has begun a program that brings together police officers and offenders through the use of a four-legged friend: the poli...
believes he can take the life of another without reciprocal discipline is a concept many find difficult to grasp, a point well tak...
Mahins treatment programs were highly effective at rehabilitating juvenile offenders when critical assessments were done thoroughl...
Criminal justice has many problems confronting it in modern society. Three challenges, in particular, exist in todays criminal ju...
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the trying of juvenile offenders in adult courts. Insights are derived from an anno...
experienced some form of abuse - whether sexual, physical and/or emotional (Juvenile Justice Experts Should Focus on Girls Unique ...
times when social change occurred (Emsley , 1987). In many ways the examination of the way those who are accused of committing cri...
Unfortunately, the United States is becoming a more and more violent and aggressive environment for todays youth. According to sta...
labeled and controlled by drugs, something that alleviates the difficulties for the teachers and parents, but has unknown latent e...
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...
and unusual punishment for the general population), it can be argued that it can in fact be applied to juvenile offender populatio...
Clearly, not everyone is a fan of the boot camp approach to rehabilitation, with critics contending how such brutal methods do not...
relates to ones personal development, which has been suspected of influencing the rising violent tendency of juveniles. II. TELEV...
In eight pages this paper examines 1990s' crime rate statistics in this consideration of Pennsylvania's juvenile crime system. Ei...
although blacks make up only 12% of Sacramentos drug users, "52% of those arrested in Sacramento are African-American" (Schiraldi,...
cruelty, and shoplifting. These programs are utilized to give youth another chance instead of throwing them in juvenile detention ...
the prison system. This is something that has concerned the public and the same problem is found in juvenile detention centers as ...
Crime is an ever present problem in our society. Unfortunately, juveniles...
and reformed" (An Overview of Juvenile Justice). Much of the juvenile justice system is comprised of drug-related offenses ...
(Kopel, 1995). Another article supports the notion that the majority of offenders in prison are not violent ("Crime," 1998). Ther...
Supreme Court disallows the death penalty for juveniles. This decision was made primary due to the fact that young brains are stil...
II. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE CLASSIFICATION & TREATMENT PROGRAMS More than one hundred and seventy years ago, the...