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(Overview, 2004). The age of majority, that is, the age at which the defendant is considered an adult differs from state to state....
vary somewhat from state to state, juvenile justice typically has a similar protocol. At the time a juvenile is arrested, a decis...
In 1899, the first juvenile court case was heard in Chicago as authorized by the Illinois Juvenile Court Act (Penn, 2001). The ju...
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, ...
Juveniles are responsible for an astounding percentage of the crime in this country. Even more disturbing is the degree of violen...
Crime is an ever present problem in our society. Unfortunately, juveniles...
is unusual. All too often children are led through a troubled system that simply does not know how to treat young offenders. I...
contributing to delinquent behavior it may be nearly impossible to formulate an appropriate and meaningful intervention or treatme...
disappear in the next few decades. A full exploration of the issues is thus critical to allowing us to turn around our juvenile j...
This paper discusses the question of trying youth in adult courts. The paper reports research reports and opinions on this topic. ...
serves to protect juveniles, while enforcing the law at the same time. In other words, it treats these young criminal with kid glo...
Congress the power to create lower federal courts (U.S. Courts, 2008). Under Congress, there are 13 U.S. Courts of Appeals, 94 U.S...
is trying to help and the psychologist. Social learning theories : The social learning approach to explaining juvenile delinque...
are not necessarily the same words (or meanings) and as a result, the photographer can argue that the purpose of the import was no...
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...
by firearms is the number one cause of death among black males between the ages of fifteen and thirty-four (Lovett, 1997). The is...
and administrative changes have transformed the juvenile court from an initial rehabilitative social welfare agency into a scaled...
5) have a court transcript proceedings and 6) appeal (Dane County Clerk of Courts, 2006). The one most distinguishing difference b...
Criminal justice has benefitted tremendously from recent scientific and technological improvements. Crime scene investigators no ...
publications. Statistics, however, are not the most important thing when we are considering how to treat the problem. A prerequi...
This usually involves some type of probation arrangement or counseling/treatment (The Center for Young Womens Development Handbook...
States was developed to contend with the operational responsibilities of dealing with the punishment of crimes commissioned by adu...
perpetrator to go free without any legal recourse speaks to the need for another option whereby the alleged criminal serves time, ...
members of minority groups. That law has been in place since 1992, and has prompted 40 states to develop programs to reduce minor...
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...
offender and his history at the time of his arrest. Protection of society. This goal of sentencing is to remove the offend...
have, at their lowest level, the inferior courts (which might include magistrate court, municipal court, justice of the peace, pol...
and reformed" (An Overview of Juvenile Justice). Much of the juvenile justice system is comprised of drug-related offenses ...
juvenile crime and the juvenile justice system; often it seems like society is being overwhelmed by children who have turned into ...