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This paper discusses the question of trying youth in adult courts. The paper reports research reports and opinions on this topic. ...

When The Sporting News assembled a panel of more than 100 illustrious coaches and they named John Wooden, the best coach, Wooden r...

of girls during the same period rose 6% (Siegel and Welsh, 2005). Even more striking and troubling is the fact that arrests for se...

However, in some cases the desired goals would not be equally available to all social groups, in others there might be too...

adult arrests, which was only 33 percent for this period (Snyder, 2003). The juvenile population of the US in 2001 was 78 percen...

the problem of juvenile violence" (Snyder, 2003, p. 4). Arrests of juveniles peaked in 1994, then dropped every year from 1995 thr...

in the world and a greater and greater percentage of violent crimes in particular. The behavior of far too many of our nations ch...

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...

as a whole. In addition, this article indicates that 67% of youth who were absent from school tested positive for drugs, w...

do acknowledge that targeted community-based programs can help by offering troubled youth a place to hang out, go to in event of f...

all under the influence of some substance (Califano and Colson, 2005, p. 34). Another study found that adolescents who are isolat...

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...

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...

This paper, first of all, discusses a recent murder case and then describes the juvenile delinquency theories that are relevant to...

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at juvenile delinquency. Modern trends and historical causes alike are examined. Paper...

This paper's content is the speaker notes that accompany the PowerPoint presentation khjuvawarpro.ppt, and the topic addressed is ...

This paper features two topics. the first relates to the bullying and the role it plays in regards to school shootings. The second...

This essay pertains to "My Kid's Dog," a short story by Ron Hansen. The writer discusses how the story reflects the therapeutic ap...

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 ...

This essay reports an empirical research study that focused on the effect of neighborhoods on juvenile delinquency and recidivism....

(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...

to improve childrens readiness levels for school and to retain early childhood professionals in the area of early childhood educat...

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 ...

reported a higher level of delinquent behavior than did females. Males in grade nine reported higher levels of delinquency than di...