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Crime and Youth Myths

people, accost individuals with their language, and generally make a nuisance of themselves. We can even go a bit further and argu...

Why Adolecents Commit Crimes

is about one-fourth of the entire population. Of those, over two million are arrested each year. That accounts for about 17 percen...

U.S. Crime

publication from the University of Maryland, the authors note that one of the reasons for discrepancies in crime statistics is tha...

Massachusetts Program of Juvenile Courts and Crime Prevention Policy

amounted to youth prisons in the guise of "training" or "reform" schools, Massachusetts formulated the necessary policies for a sy...

Trying Juveniles In Adult Courts

has existed for more than a decade (Associated Content, Inc., 2006; Young and Gainsborough, 2000). In fact, the juvenile system ha...

America and Violent Crime

violence: * More than 80 Americans die every day from gun violence (NEA-HIN, 2002). * American children and youth are 16 times mor...

Crime and Hate

the curtailment of hate speech would be beneficial to such a goal. And indeed, such a solution sounds simple enough : Point an ac...

Actual Experience and the Application of Techniques in the Classroom

This paper consists of five pages and presents a personal essay on a Youth Advocate Center internship and application of social mo...

The Bible - Fact or Fiction?

This 8 page paper considers whether the Bible is fact or myth, and whether or not it provides an accurate account of real people a...

Evolution of Myth

aspects of the people from whom it is spawned. Barthes views on the evolution and purpose of myth are echoed...

BOOK REVIEW: MYTHS OF INNOVATION

This 3-page paper is a book review for Berkun's Myths of Innovation....

The Ethnic Myth by Steinberg

involvement. He indicates that the Native American population was not like other regions that the Europeans had colonized, for the...

Antigone Legend and Myth

(Logia.com). "Unmoved by the dissuading counsel of an affectionate but timid sister, and unable to procure assistance, she determi...

Mythic Image by Joseph Campbell

In five pages this paper discusses how Campbell's text distinguishes myth through art and also considers such topics as dreaming, ...

Voodoo Heritage by Michel Laguerre

In five pages this paper examines the anthropological text in an evaluation of the myths and rituals the author describes....

Detailed Examination of Serial Killing

This paper consists of fifteen pages and consider 5 criteria including public crime perspective, crime data, crime as treated acad...

Solving Juvenile Crime Problems

by juveniles. Tragedies such as Jonesboro, Arkansas; Bethel, Alaska and Paducah, Kentucky have shocked the world as young people h...

Youth and the Societal Roles of Juvenile Halls and Prisons

This paper consists of four pages and considers the societal roles juvenile halls and prisons play regarding youth crime. Three s...

Youth Problem of Crime and Crack Cocaine

Youth populations are the focus of this thesis consisting of twenty five pages that assess early crack cocaine onset use and its i...

At Risk Youth and Recreation Programs

In twelve pages this research paper considers at risk youth and the crime intervention effectiveness of recreational programs such...

South Africa's Youth Issues

This paper examines South African youth in this post apartheid overview that addresses HIV and AIDS heath concerns, education, cri...

Juvenile Crime and Families with Single Parents

In fifteen pages this paper examines juvenile delinquency in a consideration of the relationship between youth crime incidence and...

Modern Youth and a Violent Subculture

In six pages this paper examines crime subculture and the 3 premises of its existence with the emphasis being upon youth violence....

Youth Violence

In seven pages 2 violent child crime videos are reviewed in terms of the justice system and whether or not it is fair to try youth...

Programs and Juvenile Crime

a 17- and 18-year-old can turn a gun on a student population and that an 11-year-old can kill a three-year-old child. Nor is it li...

Dispelling Police Investigation Myths

In three pages this paper exposes the false myth that all crimes are investigated by law enforcement officials. Three sources are...

Options for Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Crime

houses between the juvenile leaving the correctional system and reentering the community. Juvenile delinquency is just one ...

American Youth as Crime Victims

for a few days. They engage in many risky behaviors. Further, juveniles are not rational actors who look at the potential results ...

UK Youth Crime Representations and Public Perceptions

see a violent scene on televisions or a film does not shock us or surprise us, we see it as normal, and for many, especially where...

Intimidation

the most recent evolution of this age-old behavior. Cyber-bullying refers to use of any type of technology such as cell phones and...