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Theoretical Perspectives on Juvenile Violence

sociological or environmental forces. His statement that biology constitutes the only important factor in causing criminality set ...

Racism within the Context of Literature

would then include the contrast and comparison on how the characters dealt with racism and their subjectivity to it. Finally, the ...

Increasing Juvenile Violence and the Impact of TV

relates to ones personal development, which has been suspected of influencing the rising violent tendency of juveniles. II. TELEV...

Juvenile Delinquency Influential Factors

achievement and follow a child into his or her adulthood (Ensign, Scherman, and Clark, 1998). Authors such as Wooten (1959), Vold...

Newsweek 'Letter to the Editor' Sample

had to say about violence in the Middle East? In relatively recent short piece on Middle East violence, the news magazine reported...

Trying Juvenile Offenders as Adults

part of the American judicial system that juvenile offenders could be transferred to adult court under a waiver system; however, b...

2 Theories on Juvenile Delinquency

While certain factors, such as poverty and low-educational achievement, are known to promote juvenile delinquency, it is also true...

Ethical, Legal Issues and Registered Nurses

Outlook Handbook, which is published by the U.S. Department of Labors Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), registered nurses (RNs), a...

Juvenile Diabetes Treatment and Nursing Intervention

In seven pages this paper discusses juvenile diabetes in a consideration of the role of nursing intervention in monitoring and tre...

Minority Groups and Juvenile Violence

This paper examines the social issues of juvenile violence among minorities, and the legal ramifications of trying a child as an a...

Forensic Psychology and Juvenile Justice

Abstract This paper provides an overview of the multitude of roles forensic psychologist play...

Trends and Interventions in Juvenile Justice

be minors. One aspect of being a minor is the inability to enter a legally binding contract. For many, this represents a glaring l...

Ethics and Choice of Therapy

Masson and Harvill, 2009) While group therapy encompasses some tremendous advantages, it is also important to acknowledge that t...

Correctional Programs/Juveniles

decade research has repeatedly shown that placing juveniles in community-based programs, rather than incarcerating them in institu...

Probation and the Role of Officers

process of criminal punishment can take two forms: community treatment or institutional treatment. Institutional treatment obvious...

Rehabilitation in Juvenile Justice

century, juveniles were treated precisely in the same manner as adult offenders within the American criminal justice system; howev...

Setting Appropriate Goals for Children with Disabilities

reduce fluid retention in the brain and the ability to control for fluid retention (often resulting in the implantation of stents ...

Juvenile Justice Programs, A Success to Build Upon

is one of personal lifestyle choice, such as a choice to continue a family tradition of gang affiliation, for instance. The model ...

Juvenile Delinquency and Sexual Abuse

want to prostitute themselves because they become especially interested in sex, or they simply engage in criminal activity as a wa...

Adolescent Suicide

nature of both the emotional and the physical changes that are a natural part of adolescence ("Teen," 2003). Annually, close to 5,...

Trying Juveniles

Crime is an ever present problem in our society. Unfortunately, juveniles...

Strengthening the Juvenile Criminal Justice System

cruelty, and shoplifting. These programs are utilized to give youth another chance instead of throwing them in juvenile detention ...

Juveniles and the Death Penalty

turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...

Should Juveniles be Sentenced to Death?

The death penalty has consequently been in and...

The Death Penalty and Juveniles

(Lithwick, 2002). But five justices would not look at the issue again, so the 1989 decision would stand (Lithwick, 2002). The iss...

Political Processes and Healthcare Regulations

should be political informed by drawing on a variety of sources for information; vote for the candidates and/or ballot issues that...

Nurses and Pediatric Injury Prevention

educating parents as to the failure of seat belts along to protect young children from injury (Philbrook, et al, 2009). Children a...

Impact of Diabetes Mellitus

due to the fact that these medications lack the flexibility to provide fast hyperglycemic control (Seelandt, 2007). A diagnosis ...

The Juvenile Justice System, Pro and Con

of the problems with the system is that it is not standardized; each state has its own version. Funding mechanisms are different i...

Parens Patriae is Sometimes Necessary

parent prevents a child from receiving medical attention. Parens patriae is supposed to be used only for the protection of the ind...