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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...
be remanded to locked detention; among the offenses that result in detention is the "sale and use of drugs" (Locked detention, 200...
cultures norms in achieving those goals (Robert Merton: Anomie Theory, 2008). One could perhaps state that, as an example, the soc...
groups during the ten-year period: 16.5% juveniles and 42.1% adults (Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis, 2000). Gender p...
approach to juvenile justice has changed from the idea of rehabilitation to what Hughes calls our "lock em up culture" (2002, p. 1...
in the world and a greater and greater percentage of violent crimes in particular. The behavior of far too many of our nations ch...
#2 Children who commit serious crimes can be rehabilitated. Amnesty International points out how the United States is "the only W...
want to prostitute themselves because they become especially interested in sex, or they simply engage in criminal activity as a wa...
parent prevents a child from receiving medical attention. Parens patriae is supposed to be used only for the protection of the ind...
health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...
(Lithwick, 2002). But five justices would not look at the issue again, so the 1989 decision would stand (Lithwick, 2002). The iss...
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...
to improve childrens readiness levels for school and to retain early childhood professionals in the area of early childhood educat...
Crime is an ever present problem in our society. Unfortunately, juveniles...
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 ...
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...
with these companions (Haynie and Osgood, 2005). Their results indicate that the normative influence of peers on delinquent behavi...
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...
seeds and need punishment. Rather, criminal issues are complicated. In fact, in criminology, the classical school emerged around 1...
of rehabilitation seems to have disappeared. Anyone who is aware of the new high-tech supermax prisons and the inhumane condition...
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...
The intent of this paper is to discuss the considerations that must be made in framing a mixed method study that will approach the...
out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...
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...