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of age or older at the time the juvenile allegedly committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult. If the al...
in 1950 was named the first Roscoe Pound Professor of Law (Rubenser 183). In Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency, which was first pub...
accepting the fact that juvenile crime is increasing not decreasing and the seriousness of the types of crimes that are being comm...
that a ten year old can be prosecuted for murder. In contemplating this issue, it pays to take a look at the juvenile justice syst...
is societally acceptable to that which is societally reprehensible. There is, of course, no one place to lodge the blame for juve...
While gangs are a part and parcel of the culture today, the concept of juvenile delinquency is rather elusive. Many do not dub chi...
idea that juvenile offenders needed to be handled different from adult offenders; as the goal was to retrain the child toward more...
2005). It would take until the 1980s before all youth were taken out of adult jails and removed to separate facilities (Krisberg, ...
has existed for more than a decade (Associated Content, Inc., 2006; Young and Gainsborough, 2000). In fact, the juvenile system ha...
and drug abuse violations at a rate of 1,447.1, 1032.7, 699.5 and 561.8 per 100,000 youth population (National Center for Juvenile...
and as a result of this, there was a change in the way that the courts (read..judges) were to view juvenile offenders. For particu...
he saw his little sister having sex, he might have been angry enough to throw something. However, whether or not he is guilty of t...
This usually involves some type of probation arrangement or counseling/treatment (The Center for Young Womens Development Handbook...
disappear in the next few decades. A full exploration of the issues is thus critical to allowing us to turn around our juvenile j...
by firearms is the number one cause of death among black males between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four (Lovett, 1997). The is...
punishment under the law, however, and it has occurred a number of times. In fact, the death penalty has seen resurgence. ...
In seven pages juvenile crime is considered in terms of family quality of life, delinquiency, responses to juvenile crime, and pro...
and administrative changes have transformed the juvenile court from an initial rehabilitative social welfare agency into a scaled...
use of military drill and strict discipline. The first of these was opened in the states of Georgia and Oklahoma in 1983 (54). A...
This paper discusses the aspects of the juvenile justice system that are working effectively and those aspects that need improveme...
also by engaging in certain activities or behavior patterns (1999). Also, gangs are universally loyal to their neighborhood, and ...
contributing to delinquent behavior it may be nearly impossible to formulate an appropriate and meaningful intervention or treatme...
not been easy. It has been on the agenda for several years for congress (Voegtlin, 1998), and there has been an inclusion of the ...
effectiveness, although difficult to prove, seemed to be less than that of traditional options. Recidivism rates, the rate at whic...
This paper discusses the question of trying youth in adult courts. The paper reports research reports and opinions on this topic. ...
be held any more responsible for his or her actions than a 15 year-old. While certain differences in criminal treatment should pre...
In ten pages this research proposal assesses the recidivism impacts and success rates of juvenile delinquency programs versus juve...
In eight pages this paper examines how to address the problem of juvenile delinquency and how to productively reintroduce offender...
amounted to youth prisons in the guise of "training" or "reform" schools, Massachusetts formulated the necessary policies for a sy...
In ten pages this paper discusses juvenile delinquency in a consideration of the roles played by family, school, and the church wi...