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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...
experienced some form of abuse - whether sexual, physical and/or emotional (Juvenile Justice Experts Should Focus on Girls Unique ...
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...
a greater chance of juvenile delinquency within these poor neighborhoods because the children have fewer life chances. Another obv...
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...
statistics, all incidents of juvenile delinquency are not entered into these databases. Statistic provide only part of the story ...
juveniles in adult prison are at a far greater risk for abuse than are the adults in prison. The following presents some of those ...
out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...
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...
all under the influence of some substance (Califano and Colson, 2005, p. 34). Another study found that adolescents who are isolat...
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...
do acknowledge that targeted community-based programs can help by offering troubled youth a place to hang out, go to in event of f...
(Lithwick, 2002). But five justices would not look at the issue again, so the 1989 decision would stand (Lithwick, 2002). The iss...
down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...
would die, and that is frightening. Yet, I think of the many diseases and medical interventions available in a general sense. I re...
programming to address problems with disruptive behaviors, school adjustment and delinquency. This study outlines some central go...
(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...
1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...
and unusual punishment for the general population), it can be argued that it can in fact be applied to juvenile offender populatio...
the Bloods and the Crips, both originating in Los Angeles (Siegel, Welsh & Senna, 2005). Both gangs mentioned expanded to the poi...
parent prevents a child from receiving medical attention. Parens patriae is supposed to be used only for the protection of the ind...
This paper's content is the speaker notes that accompany the PowerPoint presentation khjuvawarpro.ppt, and the topic addressed is ...
This paper features two topics. the first relates to the bullying and the role it plays in regards to school shootings. The second...
want to prostitute themselves because they become especially interested in sex, or they simply engage in criminal activity as a wa...
health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...
those who already have a predilection to antisocial behavior are far more likely to take the bait of such mind numbing media than ...