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In six pages this research paper discusses juvenile status offender penalties and how probation could solve the problems associate...

In fifteen pages this paper examines ten different ethical problems that can manifest themselves within a juvenile detention cente...

In seven pages a research proposal on whether or not juvenile delinquency can be controlled is presented. There is no bibliograph...

a traditional East Coast ghetto. The gang writing on cement walls, criminal samizdat that cops read for news of a planned attack ...

Juvenile delinquency and gang violence are subjects discussed in the scope of this research report. Legal reassures, prevention an...

the Bloods and the Crips, both originating in Los Angeles (Siegel, Welsh & Senna, 2005). Both gangs mentioned expanded to the poi...

in the world and a greater and greater percentage of violent crimes in particular. The behavior of far too many of our nations ch...

birth, it is critical to interact with the infant, to touch and cuddle and talk with the infant, to provide a safe and nurturing e...

down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...

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...

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...

all under the influence of some substance (Califano and Colson, 2005, p. 34). Another study found that adolescents who are isolat...

programming to address problems with disruptive behaviors, school adjustment and delinquency. This study outlines some central go...

would die, and that is frightening. Yet, I think of the many diseases and medical interventions available in a general sense. I re...

(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 intent of this paper is to discuss the considerations that must be made in framing a mixed method study that will approach the...

riotous behavior inasmuch as students contend their rights are being violated by the limitation. The issue at hand, points ...

use is a prevalent factor in the school setting is intrinsically related to social elements, a point the authors illustrate by exa...

seeds and need punishment. Rather, criminal issues are complicated. In fact, in criminology, the classical school emerged around 1...

Ee derided the student on the basis of her gender and her color. He threatened the other student at one time saying "Ive got a gu...

cultures norms in achieving those goals (Robert Merton: Anomie Theory, 2008). One could perhaps state that, as an example, the soc...

with these companions (Haynie and Osgood, 2005). Their results indicate that the normative influence of peers on delinquent behavi...

be remanded to locked detention; among the offenses that result in detention is the "sale and use of drugs" (Locked detention, 200...

M. is a serious risk. Because there were few witnesses to the actual event, and there is only scant negative history, it is diffic...

was still excessive (Feltbower, Bodansky, Patterson, et. al., 2008). Not only is the increased threat of death concerning in Type...

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

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