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

process of criminal punishment can take two forms: community treatment or institutional treatment. Institutional treatment obvious...

century, juveniles were treated precisely in the same manner as adult offenders within the American criminal justice system; howev...

Criminal justice has many problems confronting it in modern society. Three challenges, in particular, exist in todays criminal ju...

further into the system (Juvenile Justice System, 2012). Sometimes, juveniles can enter the system through a child welfare agency ...

reduce fluid retention in the brain and the ability to control for fluid retention (often resulting in the implantation of stents ...

part of the American judicial system that juvenile offenders could be transferred to adult court under a waiver system; however, b...

decade research has repeatedly shown that placing juveniles in community-based programs, rather than incarcerating them in institu...

Juvenile crime is a very real problem in this country and, in fact, the world over. Although they are typically...

for operating in isolation, or for the establishment of laws that are seen as disconnected from the reality of everyday experience...

cruelty, and shoplifting. These programs are utilized to give youth another chance instead of throwing them in juvenile detention ...

Crime is an ever present problem in our society. Unfortunately, juveniles...

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

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

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

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

The death penalty has consequently been in and...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

be tried - and convicted - as an adult. The extent to which the justice system has historically provided juveniles with a much li...

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

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

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

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