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by Fisher and Sirianni, would not only give more visibility to the law enforcement officers in an area, but would engage the activ...
at a full 25% above their capacity (McMurry, 1997). Though some have blamed increased recidivism rates and decreasing prison effe...
ineffective as a crime deterrent. The rising rate of the prison population attests to this fact. Although the prison syste...
In five pages this paper discusses the U.S. criminal justice system's practice of discrimination and the social and political devi...
there are also some commonalities in the way that the law has been developed and the way it is implemented. In each case the evo...
poverty. There is always a potential bias in any system that has the danger of becoming an inequality. The basis of the law and...
the death penalty in juvenile cases (Brendtro and Mitchell, 2007). It was Kennedys contention that some of the elements that are ...
left unrepaired, all the rest of the windows will soon be broken". The job confronting the juvenile officer then is fixing the wi...
a result, non-profit and private organizations have tried to step forward to provide diversion programs, or alternates, to incarce...
need it, and monitor their blood; both of these could interfere with daily routine and make the child feel hes being singled out (...
This paper argues that the purpose of prison is punishment. Although some offenders go through the system and are rehabilitated, t...
the juveniles who are punished through the adult court (Urbina and White, 2009, p. 122). Ostensibly, the purpose of transferring y...
This research paper focuses on the role of peer pressure in regards to adolescent use of marijuana. Whether or not marijuana shoul...
In five pages this paper discusses the insulin dependent form of diabetes that was once thought to only affect young children. Si...
account of youth cultures that exist among white, middle class adolescents in California, and relates these suburban sub-cultures ...
is an eternity to teenagers. It was his intention to tell the story of a generation coming of age in one night" (Hyams et al PG)....
young children, although incontestable, is one of the prominent societal concerns of the time. Such graphical violence has been d...
the number of suspected incidents of child abuse and neglect topped 1.9 million cases; by 1994, over 3.1 million children were rep...
In eleven pages this paper discusses the correlation between LD students and incidences of delinquency. Nine sources are cited in...
In thirteen pages this paper presents a problem analysis, objectives establishment, policy or program design, action development, ...
In ten pages this paper examines how adolescents are affected by gang membership and culture. Six sources are listed in the bibli...
This paper examines pertinent issues regarding the due process and Miranda rights of minors in the US criminal justice system. Th...
incarcerated for a drug offense accounted for the largest percentage of the total growth (59%), followed by public-order offenders...
attention in their federal death penalty trial in the U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Michael L. Taylor and Keon D. Moses start...
understand that theirs is a life of devastating poverty and extreme hardship, a life which bears little resemblance to that most o...
heinous, atrocious or cruel, that the crime was committed for the purposes of avoiding or presenting ...a lawful arrest, and that ...
windows. Those windows include the children themselves but they also include society as a whole. Child abuse can be either...
very distinct physical characteristics (Clinton Community College, n.d.). Examples include a flattened nose, very large jaws, stro...
each community and asking about individual "safety concerns and security needs" (Greene, 2000, pp. 299-370). One particular commu...
In six pages this article is reviewed in terms of structure, content, findings, conclusions, observations, and critical assessment...