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In five pages this research paper discusses criminal law and its current trends with the three major issues that have recently dev...
initiated by the police, who have more freedom and a wider range of choices in how to proceed when dealing with a juvenile than wi...
that blockage of these goals can result in delinquency that indicates that deviant behavior is an illegitimate method for achievin...
does not treat all of its juvenile offenders as adults. Indeed, the state is one of the most progressive in the nation in terms o...
out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...
was reduced by about half, to reach an even keel with Caucasian arrest level, with a slightly higher percentage of arrests falling...
(Overview, 2004). The age of majority, that is, the age at which the defendant is considered an adult differs from state to state....
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...
juveniles in adult prison are at a far greater risk for abuse than are the adults in prison. The following presents some of those ...
issues (Young, 2001). Many have multiple problems. Gahr (2001) explains that "juvenile crime is decreasing in some categories--li...
houses between the juvenile leaving the correctional system and reentering the community. Juvenile delinquency is just one ...
done to various organs in the body: nerve damage which can lead to amputations; small blood vessel damage which that can lead to b...
members of minority groups. That law has been in place since 1992, and has prompted 40 states to develop programs to reduce minor...
times when social change occurred (Emsley , 1987). In many ways the examination of the way those who are accused of committing cri...
to issues such as competency and differences between the adult and juvenile courts. We have struggled throughout history of...
This research paper presents discussions on the differences between male and female juvenile delinquents and how female delinquent...
This paper discusses the five-stage model developed by the Vera Institute, which describes the process used to enter adolescents i...
This research paper pertains to the history of juvenile courts and describes how it has changed over the course of the twentieth c...
This research paper attempts to define exactly what makes up exploitation of women in advertising. The author also addresses alle...
executes minors (Eckford). This may surprise some as the United States system of justice has always been looked up to compared wit...
by juveniles. Tragedies such as Jonesboro, Arkansas; Bethel, Alaska and Paducah, Kentucky have shocked the world as young people h...
This paper addresses the idea of using education as a preventative measure for fighting crime. The author focuses on juvenile del...
In four pages this paper argues that children should not be legally punished as adults and confined to separate juvenile detention...
In five pages a speech discussing juvenile crime problems proposes some radical solutions by President Bill Clinton in a considera...
This paper consists of four pages and considers the societal roles juvenile halls and prisons play regarding youth crime. Three s...
This paper consists of ten pages and assesses juvenile detention centers and their impact. Eight sources are cited in the bibliog...
In nine pages political, social, and economic issues are considered in this discussion of juvenile offenders and capital punishmen...
In about six pages this paper examines the controversy regarding 'light' sentences that are often unfairly received for juvenile o...
In five pages the journal article featured in a November 4, 1994 issue of Criminology (Vol. 29) entitled, 'The Influence of Delin...
and 1991, the number of Violent Crime Index arrests for murder increased by 85 percent, compared with 21 percent for those 18 or o...