YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Practice of Trying Juveniles As Adults
Essays 571 - 600
cruelty, and shoplifting. These programs are utilized to give youth another chance instead of throwing them in juvenile detention ...
turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...
juvenile crime and the juvenile justice system; often it seems like society is being overwhelmed by children who have turned into ...
Juveniles present an interesting consideration in criminal justice. Police officers are in a position to make a very real differe...
health and well-being (Neff and Waite, 2007). While illicit substance usage peaked in the late 1970s, recent statistics indicate t...
is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...
has been, and is, a great deal of talk and controversy about the death penalty in the United States. There are many people who fee...
to improve childrens readiness levels for school and to retain early childhood professionals in the area of early childhood educat...
Juvenile crime is a very real problem in this country and, in fact, the world over. Although they are typically...
for operating in isolation, or for the establishment of laws that are seen as disconnected from the reality of everyday experience...
be minors. One aspect of being a minor is the inability to enter a legally binding contract. For many, this represents a glaring l...
reduce fluid retention in the brain and the ability to control for fluid retention (often resulting in the implantation of stents ...
this development, the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 was passed, which encouraged a policy of "zero tolerance" as it criminalized s...
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 ...
decade research has repeatedly shown that placing juveniles in community-based programs, rather than incarcerating them in institu...
process of criminal punishment can take two forms: community treatment or institutional treatment. Institutional treatment obvious...
century, juveniles were treated precisely in the same manner as adult offenders within the American criminal justice system; howev...
in the world and a greater and greater percentage of violent crimes in particular. The behavior of far too many of our nations ch...
as well. Nielsen and Perry (2000) state that we "must recognize that we are united in our diversity" (p. 4). This has...
birth, it is critical to interact with the infant, to touch and cuddle and talk with the infant, to provide a safe and nurturing e...
the prison system. This is something that has concerned the public and the same problem is found in juvenile detention centers as ...
more of the same behavior the recovery programs seek to overcome. A recent study has shown undeniable evidence that boot camp and...
programming to address problems with disruptive behaviors, school adjustment and delinquency. This study outlines some central go...
a serious drug and mental health problems when they were incarcerated. These juveniles have serious problems with hallucinogens, ...
seeds and need punishment. Rather, criminal issues are complicated. In fact, in criminology, the classical school emerged around 1...
1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...
the Bloods and the Crips, both originating in Los Angeles (Siegel, Welsh & Senna, 2005). Both gangs mentioned expanded to the poi...
behavior. Letting them go, or sanctioning them with only community service, may be too lenient. Even so, some small gestures will ...
as a whole. In addition, this article indicates that 67% of youth who were absent from school tested positive for drugs, w...