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

first began to describe a recognizable pattern of birth defects that are attributable to alcohol exposure in the late 1960s. Since...

try to negotiate the labels and in fact, they "attempt to disavow their deviant imputations" (Adams, 2003). These theorists do not...

that depression may be a risk factor. Depression causes many different feelings and conditions such as the inability to concentrat...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

(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...

was reduced by about half, to reach an even keel with Caucasian arrest level, with a slightly higher percentage of arrests falling...

done to various organs in the body: nerve damage which can lead to amputations; small blood vessel damage which that can lead to b...

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 ...

In ten pages juvenile justice is considered in an overview of whether state laws assist or prevent justice with Miranda Rights fed...

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

out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...

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...

and unusual punishment for the general population), it can be argued that it can in fact be applied to juvenile offender populatio...

In five pages this research paper discusses criminal law and its current trends with the three major issues that have recently dev...

the prison system. This is something that has concerned the public and the same problem is found in juvenile detention centers as ...

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

behavior. Letting them go, or sanctioning them with only community service, may be too lenient. Even so, some small gestures will ...

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...