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Robert K. Merton's Social Strain Theory

In seven pages the delinquency social strain theory of Robert K. Merton is examined in this overview. Seven sources are cited in...

Immigration Effects

cost of keeping the immigrants in jail simply eats money unnecessarily. Another problem that plagues this country is poverty. The...

Delinquency and Communications

In twenty five pages this paper analyzes how delinquency can be addressed through the development and use of effective communicati...

Delinquency and Parental Attachment

In five pages this paper examines delinquency in a consideration of parental attachment impact. There is no bibliography included...

Social Issues, Parental and Peer Influences

In nine pages this paper examines such issues as delinquency, dieting, alcohol, drugs, and sex in a consideration of peer and pare...

Drug Prevention/Delinquency

This research paper addresses two topics, delinquency and gang membership, and drug prevention programs, such as DARE, focusing on...

Delinquency Topics

to the ways in which individuals rationalize their behavior when their personal choices go against societal norms. Matza and his a...

Adolescent Delinquency Case Study

life of this boy, asking what went wrong may help to comprehend juvenile delinquency in America. There are many implications and t...

Delinquency and Peer Pressure

In five pages the journal article featured in a November 4, 1994 issue of Criminology (Vol. 29) entitled, 'The Influence of Delin...

Application of Theory on Delinquency

that blockage of these goals can result in delinquency that indicates that deviant behavior is an illegitimate method for achievin...

Case Study Involving Social Theory, Delinquency, and Intervention

the most telling incidents was when he told his fathers fiancee, Cathy, that she was insane to consider marrying somebody as self-...

Mental Illness And The Juvenile Offender

to the nature of the crime they are still classified as a juvenile for the purposes of this paper. The definition of mental illn...

Root Causes Of Recent School Shootings

with an ethical foundation. Out from all the bloodshed and terror of such despicable crimes comes the most obvious of questions: ...

Juvenile Justice: Evolution Of Parens Patriae To Due Process

and reformed" (An Overview of Juvenile Justice). Much of the juvenile justice system is comprised of drug-related offenses ...

Juvenile Justice Bulletin: Key Points

2001 findings, with 43% black and 55% white juveniles arrested for violent crimes when the overall juvenile population that year r...

AB 2989: Outdoor Environmental Education And Recreation Program

to outdoor environmental education and recreation programs in the quest to reacquaint them with appropriate social behaviors in an...

Juvenile Detention Centers and Suicide

In twenty two pages this paper discusses juvenile detention centers in this consideration of incidences of teen suicide. Ten sour...

Overview of America's Juvenile Court System

serves to protect juveniles, while enforcing the law at the same time. In other words, it treats these young criminal with kid glo...

Basic Legal Rights For Juveniles In The U.S.

emergency and routine health-related issues must be made available to the juvenile, including dental, medical and behavioral by th...

Nominal Sanctions, Parole And Juvenile Justice

II. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE CLASSIFICATION & TREATMENT PROGRAMS More than one hundred and seventy years ago, the...

The Death Penalty and Juveniles

(Lithwick, 2002). But five justices would not look at the issue again, so the 1989 decision would stand (Lithwick, 2002). The iss...

The Juvenile Justice System, Pro and Con

of the problems with the system is that it is not standardized; each state has its own version. Funding mechanisms are different i...

Parens Patriae is Sometimes Necessary

parent prevents a child from receiving medical attention. Parens patriae is supposed to be used only for the protection of the ind...

Alcohol and Drug Use/Juvenile Crime

health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...

Juvenile Justice Programs, A Success to Build Upon

is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...

Juveniles and the Death Penalty

turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...

Juvenile Crime and the Court System

juvenile crime and the juvenile justice system; often it seems like society is being overwhelmed by children who have turned into ...

Juvenile Justice, Due Process, and Social Control

Juveniles present an interesting consideration in criminal justice. Police officers are in a position to make a very real differe...

Should Juveniles be Sentenced to Death?

The death penalty has consequently been in and...

Death Penalty for Juveniles

has been, and is, a great deal of talk and controversy about the death penalty in the United States. There are many people who fee...