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also by engaging in certain activities or behavior patterns (1999). Also, gangs are universally loyal to their neighborhood, and ...
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...
by firearms is the number one cause of death among black males between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four (Lovett, 1997). The is...
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...
effectiveness, although difficult to prove, seemed to be less than that of traditional options. Recidivism rates, the rate at whic...
not been easy. It has been on the agenda for several years for congress (Voegtlin, 1998), and there has been an inclusion of the ...
disappear in the next few decades. A full exploration of the issues is thus critical to allowing us to turn around our juvenile j...
States was developed to contend with the operational responsibilities of dealing with the punishment of crimes commissioned by adu...
This research paper addresses the fact that juvenile crime, overall, declined in 2001, but drug arrested increased. The writer de...
accepting the fact that juvenile crime is increasing not decreasing and the seriousness of the types of crimes that are being comm...
and administrative changes have transformed the juvenile court from an initial rehabilitative social welfare agency into a scaled...
Juvenile justice models are considered in an overview consisting of seven pages in which the community corrections approach to juv...
be held any more responsible for his or her actions than a 15 year-old. While certain differences in criminal treatment should pre...
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...
use of military drill and strict discipline. The first of these was opened in the states of Georgia and Oklahoma in 1983 (54). A...
amounted to youth prisons in the guise of "training" or "reform" schools, Massachusetts formulated the necessary policies for a sy...
This paper discusses the aspects of the juvenile justice system that are working effectively and those aspects that need improveme...
This paper discusses the question of trying youth in adult courts. The paper reports research reports and opinions on this topic. ...
fails to perform the mandated service (Barkan and Bryjak, 2011). Other strategies include house arrest, with electronic monitoring...
Families are subject to a number of stressors that for the most part didnt exist just a few generations ago....
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...
The latter part of the Twentieth Century was characterized by a growing concern over what was perceived as a growing propensity...
see needs that should be filled. Barber has been in the justice system for many years and she finally began to realize that many o...
first began to describe a recognizable pattern of birth defects that are attributable to alcohol exposure in the late 1960s. Since...
try to negotiate the labels and in fact, they "attempt to disavow their deviant imputations" (Adams, 2003). These theorists do not...
Yong et al (2002) in their study of eighth-grade students, found that there was a close correlation between high self-esteem...
of behavior upon individual members of the group" (Bursik & Grasmick, 1995, p. 110). Thomas and Znaniecki also included the term ...
that depression may be a risk factor. Depression causes many different feelings and conditions such as the inability to concentrat...
Drug use is common among teens today, and most say "pressure usually is the reason for their usage" (Teenage drug abuse, 2004). If...