YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :PA Act 33 and Juvenile Justice
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century, juveniles were treated precisely in the same manner as adult offenders within the American criminal justice system; howev...
This paper discusses the five-stage model developed by the Vera Institute, which describes the process used to enter adolescents i...
This research paper describes the various approaches that have been tried in regard how best to handle juvenile justice and the wr...
A 4 page article critique of a criminal justice study of juvenile behavior in regards to substance abuse pattern. No additional so...
When considering such concepts of indigence, welfare, racism, social fact, social inequality and functional/conflict/symbolic inte...
(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...
the problem of juvenile violence" (Snyder, 2003, p. 4). Arrests of juveniles peaked in 1994, then dropped every year from 1995 thr...
is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...
emergency and routine health-related issues must be made available to the juvenile, including dental, medical and behavioral by th...
to outdoor environmental education and recreation programs in the quest to reacquaint them with appropriate social behaviors in an...
II. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE CLASSIFICATION & TREATMENT PROGRAMS More than one hundred and seventy years ago, the...
of the problems with the system is that it is not standardized; each state has its own version. Funding mechanisms are different i...
a serious drug and mental health problems when they were incarcerated. These juveniles have serious problems with hallucinogens, ...
and one flowchart. The logo, shown in Figure 1, is quite striking and pointedly appropriate for juvenile justice. It provides of...
does not treat all of its juvenile offenders as adults. Indeed, the state is one of the most progressive in the nation in terms o...
was reduced by about half, to reach an even keel with Caucasian arrest level, with a slightly higher percentage of arrests falling...
In five pages this research paper discusses criminal law and its current trends with the three major issues that have recently dev...
initiated by the police, who have more freedom and a wider range of choices in how to proceed when dealing with a juvenile than wi...
groups, prison reformers, and other activists" Restorative justice restores rather than punishes (Dzur, 2003)....
for various programs and those who are involved in these programs. Most of the incentives fall for the department themselves, shif...
security forces enjoyed, and the issue of human rights abuses connected with police methodologies. The State Department noted that...
is unusual. All too often children are led through a troubled system that simply does not know how to treat young offenders. I...
houses between the juvenile leaving the correctional system and reentering the community. Juvenile delinquency is just one ...
Supreme Court disallows the death penalty for juveniles. This decision was made primary due to the fact that young brains are stil...
as well. Nielsen and Perry (2000) state that we "must recognize that we are united in our diversity" (p. 4). This has...
the prison system. This is something that has concerned the public and the same problem is found in juvenile detention centers as ...
behavior. Letting them go, or sanctioning them with only community service, may be too lenient. Even so, some small gestures will ...
compel them to seek solutions to their problems though such activities as gang membership (xvi). The authors go on to show that ...
are known, as well as any new information. While, ostensibly, these accounts are straight journalistic accounts, which are presuma...
rather noble institution and embraces the authority to encompass the most important duty imaginable which is to protect and reform...