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Race and Class Roles in the Juvenile Justice System's Development

and, therefore, cannot begin to identify with the situation or see the need for drastic change. What, exactly, compels one ...

US Juvenile Justice System

(Emerge, 1998; p. 48). Just nine months prior, on January 1, 1997, the state of Michigan had implemented its aggressive "get toug...

Edward Humes' 'No Matter How Loud I Shout : A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court'

This is a 5 page critical review that criticizes the nation's system of juvenile justice and its many shortfalls, emphasizing the ...

Youth Offenses, the Juvenile Justice System, and Probation Issues

rather noble institution and embraces the authority to encompass the most important duty imaginable which is to protect and reform...

Mentally Ill Individuals and Ethical Treatment

In eight pages the U.S. justice system's treatment of mentally ill individuals is discussed in terms of what should be proper ethi...

Delinquency Concept Evaluation

This usually involves some type of probation arrangement or counseling/treatment (The Center for Young Womens Development Handbook...

Overview of the Juvenile Justice System

this development, the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 was passed, which encouraged a policy of "zero tolerance" as it criminalized s...

Criminal Profiling and Other Issues

artists, ruthless manipulators, and petty criminals. Psychopaths usually commit crimes because they like to control, dominate, and...

Proposed Victims' Rights Amendment and the Constitution

is deemed illegal by the court--even if it has to do with a technicality--the case is not supported. There is in...

Memo, Letter and Email Writing Exercises

There is always uncertainty in any new venture, and I found in the course of the research for this report that other cities essent...

The Victims' Rights Amendment

federal and state courts. But that didnt sit well with senators who favored a statutory approach" ("Senate Affirms," 2004). The...

The Treatment of Criminals for the Protection of Society

treated (Hare, 1993). They basically do not believe they have a problem. In most cases, people seek treatment because they want to...

Stroke Victims and Their Rights

The generic term "stroke" refers to a cerebro-vascular accident (CVA), which may occur on the left or right-hand side of the brain...

Examining the American Constitution's Victims' Rights Amendment Proposal

and pardon or commutation decisions; To be notified of a proposed pardon and to be heard on the proposal; To be notified of esc...

The Nature and Purpose of Criminal Law

of law" (Lippman, 2006, p. 3). This is what sets crime apart from acts we might find morally objectionable or distasteful, such as...

Domestic Abuse: Why Don’t Victims Just Leave Their Abusers?

of both the technologically developed countries and the third world alike. This issue is, in fact, one with world implications in...

Victims of Crime

stories, and information, without really caring what their situation is and this can leave a victim feeling very violated and dist...

Higher Education For Police Officers

upon a combination of myriad elements that work in a synergistic way to address the criminal mind. The aspects of psychology and ...

The National Organization for Victim Assistance

This 4 page paper discusses the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA), who founded it and when, what it provides, wha...

Victims and the Role of Journalists

one that truly shows the media as trying to be responsible (Cote & Bucqueroux, 1996). The examples provide one situation where it ...

Victim’s Rights Legislation in Washington State

or when their status changes; it says in part that a new "statewide automated victim information and notification system" will be ...

The Victims' Rights Movement

grass roots movement and aligned with a variety of groups, such as MADD and others that try to change the system and make their pr...

Types, Causes, and Results of Rape

rapists only 17% will be strangers to their victims (the remaining 83% will fall into the later acquaintance categories (Rape 101,...

New York Penal Law § 215.14 and the Rights of Victims

compares it to other state laws as well. Applicable federal law is duly noted and the importance of the victim impact statement is...

Today's AIDS Victims' Treatment and the Plague Depicted in Boccaccio's 'The Decameron'

In four pages this paper compares the social problem of the Black Plague that is the subject of 'The Decameron' with the modern da...

Legal Memorandum on an NJ Sexual Assault Case

In eight pages this paper discusses rape charges in New Jersey in a legal memorandum that considers case specifics and the female ...

Supreme Court Case of North Carolina v. Alford

In fifteen pages this paper examines the criminal justice importance of this Supreme Court case and offers an appellate process ov...

Criminal Justice and Phrenology

This paper consists of ten pages and discusses the criminal justice applications of phrenology or studying the contours of the sku...

A Day in Edison NJ Township Municipal Court

In a ten page paper a thorough examination of all events that take place from the beginning of a municipal court session in Edison...

Overview of Plea Bargaining

This paper consists of nine pages and defines plea bargaining in an overview of this criminal justice procedure. Seven sources ar...