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Juveniles are responsible for an astounding percentage of the crime in this country. Even more disturbing is the degree of violen...
gets into trouble in the future, however, they are subject to sentencing as an adult (Montagne, 2000). There are certain ...
In 1899, the first juvenile court case was heard in Chicago as authorized by the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (Penn, 2001). The ju...
is trying to help and the psychologist. Social learning theories : The social learning approach to explaining juvenile delinque...
of the frequency of their transgressions, as opposed to seriousness, it is also true that only certain types of juveniles are like...
gang activity in Los Angeles is to realize how gang mentality universally displayed in this racially and ethnically homogeneous su...
not career criminals. While the label does have a negative connotation, it is not the same as calling someone a murderer or a thie...
own citizens" (Pelaez, 2005). The U.S. has more of its citizens locked up than any other country on earth (Pelaez, 2005). There is...
publications. Statistics, however, are not the most important thing when we are considering how to treat the problem. A prerequi...
The Volunteers of America group and its corrections' involvement are discussed in a paper consisting of six pages. Six sources ar...
2007).by the year of 1996 there were ten states that had juvenile boot camps (Schnurer; Lyons, 2007). The states were "Alabama, Ca...
In five pages this paper examines the U.S. corrections system in a consideration of its history, failures, and successes with stat...
Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...
5) have a court transcript proceedings and 6) appeal (Dane County Clerk of Courts, 2006). The one most distinguishing difference b...
While gangs are a part and parcel of the culture today, the concept of juvenile delinquency is rather elusive. Many do not dub chi...
is societally acceptable to that which is societally reprehensible. There is, of course, no one place to lodge the blame for juve...
that a ten year old can be prosecuted for murder. In contemplating this issue, it pays to take a look at the juvenile justice syst...
has existed for more than a decade (Associated Content, Inc., 2006; Young and Gainsborough, 2000). In fact, the juvenile system ha...
2005). It would take until the 1980s before all youth were taken out of adult jails and removed to separate facilities (Krisberg, ...
disappear in the next few decades. A full exploration of the issues is thus critical to allowing us to turn around our juvenile j...
he saw his little sister having sex, he might have been angry enough to throw something. However, whether or not he is guilty of t...
idea that juvenile offenders needed to be handled different from adult offenders; as the goal was to retrain the child toward more...
This usually involves some type of probation arrangement or counseling/treatment (The Center for Young Womens Development Handbook...
and as a result of this, there was a change in the way that the courts (read..judges) were to view juvenile offenders. For particu...
and drug abuse violations at a rate of 1,447.1, 1032.7, 699.5 and 561.8 per 100,000 youth population (National Center for Juvenile...
by firearms is the number one cause of death among black males between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four (Lovett, 1997). The is...
effectiveness, although difficult to prove, seemed to be less than that of traditional options. Recidivism rates, the rate at whic...
also by engaging in certain activities or behavior patterns (1999). Also, gangs are universally loyal to their neighborhood, and ...
contributing to delinquent behavior it may be nearly impossible to formulate an appropriate and meaningful intervention or treatme...
not been easy. It has been on the agenda for several years for congress (Voegtlin, 1998), and there has been an inclusion of the ...