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compel them to seek solutions to their problems though such activities as gang membership (xvi). The authors go on to show that ...
as functionalism also felt that "criminality is not a quality inherent in an act or a person but rather a phenomenon defined by a ...
While certain factors, such as poverty and low-educational achievement, are known to promote juvenile delinquency, it is also true...
one time, a concept referred to as the "masculinity hypothesis" proposed that female delinquency was rare and consisted primarily ...
rules - some written, some spoken, others explicitly followed by virtue of inherent knowledge but all universally understood withi...
a greater chance of juvenile delinquency within these poor neighborhoods because the children have fewer life chances. Another obv...
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...
This essay reports an empirical research study that focused on the effect of neighborhoods on juvenile delinquency and recidivism....
In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at juvenile delinquency. Modern trends and historical causes alike are examined. Paper...
down, in eating certain meats...in not celebrating certain holidays, etc.?" (1933, p. 72) While such prohibitions are common in ma...
(Henry and Lanier 2). The field itself is a branch of social science, in which criminologists endeavor to better understand crime...
1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...
programming to address problems with disruptive behaviors, school adjustment and delinquency. This study outlines some central go...
as a whole. In addition, this article indicates that 67% of youth who were absent from school tested positive for drugs, w...
the problem of juvenile violence" (Snyder, 2003, p. 4). Arrests of juveniles peaked in 1994, then dropped every year from 1995 thr...
(Singer, 1996). The case was shocking for a number of reasons, but two stand out: Bosket was only 15; and he was already in care a...
try to negotiate the labels and in fact, they "attempt to disavow their deviant imputations" (Adams, 2003). These theorists do not...
on the fact that other states are closing their boot camps for lack of funds and poor success rates, Nunnlee commented "at this po...
is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...
In ten pages this research paper examines the incidences of domestic violence in the law enforcement profession and how the relati...
The writer presents the simulated results from a questionnaire used to collect the perception of nurses who attended a training p...
that empower adolescents with the ability to resist peer pressure to join gangs". It does so in an approach that encourages behav...
suicide. This same instrument can be used following therapy to determine differences before and after counseling. Because teen su...
rate in the state of Washington was 30 percent (Puget Sound Educational Service District, 2006). Although how this figure was dete...
the standards of utility, feasibility, propriety and accuracy (CDC, 1999). These standards are defined by the CDC in the followin...
Vaughan also argues that it is unlikely that with this level of occurrence the reasons behind infidelity are unlikely to be simply...
This research paper describes the various approaches that have been tried in regard how best to handle juvenile justice and the wr...
out harsher sentences to juvenile offenders. For particularly violent crimes, in fact, one of the most effective means of crime c...
the Bloods and the Crips, both originating in Los Angeles (Siegel, Welsh & Senna, 2005). Both gangs mentioned expanded to the poi...
Juveniles are responsible for an astounding percentage of the crime in this country. Even more disturbing is the degree of violen...