Police and Juvenile Delinquency According to the numbers published on the National Institute of Justice, in 2010, the number of arrests of juveniles was down by a little over half the same number in 1994, when it reached its maximum. The reasons for Continue Reading...
High Risk Youths in Los Angeles Los Angeles is one of the cities that have had numerous challenges, particularly violence that has been a major issue for more than two decades. While the city is relatively safe and tranquil, unprecedented violence i Continue Reading...
Co-Occurrence of Substance Use-Behaviors in Youth Co-occurrence of Substance Use Behaviors in Youth Retrieved https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/219239.pdf Author Biographies: Biographical information of the authors is not made available in the Continue Reading...
Labeling Theory and Juvenile Crime Do we perform to expectations? One study of gifted children suggested that this was the case: in an experiment, teachers were told that certain pupils in their classroom had tested as 'gifted.' Almost immediately, Continue Reading...
Juvenile Facts Juvenile-justice experts stress that as juveniles differ developmentally from adults, they should be treated in a different way in the criminal justice system. "Minors are generally less mature, more submissive in the face of police Continue Reading...
Pros and Cons: Juvenile Justice Introduction There are pros and cons to indeterminate sentencing. As Portman (2018) points out, prison officials like the idea of indeterminate sentencing because they feel it provides prisoners with an incentive to be Continue Reading...
Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice The juvenile justice system has a unique position in the American justice system as a whole. Its function should be to rehabilitate the juvenile offender before he or she becomes an adult criminal. Juvenile records Continue Reading...
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act of 2008-PL 110-378 The Runaway and Homeless Act of 2008 built on legislation established in the 1970s that addressed youth issues in an attempt to keep youths from entering into the juvenile corrections system. Over th Continue Reading...
Ethnic Studies Pachucos are Mexican-American youth, who are generally ages of thirteen to twenty-two who belonged to juvenile gangs between 1930s to the 1950s.they, developed their own subculture during this period and were located in the southweste Continue Reading...
seminar was revolving more around why childhood education is important and the various credentials that support increased effort in this arena. Even though there were many related topics covered in this seminar, the major objective and goal is the r Continue Reading...
Prevention for Youth at Risk Explain the process of finding your article and how you determined it was peer-reviewed The process of finding relevant peer-reviewed articles concerning evidence-based approaches to prevention for youth at risk involv Continue Reading...
Hirschi's Social Bond Theory Hirschi's social bonding theory argues that those persons who strong and abiding attachments to conventional society are less likely to deviate than persons who have shallow or weak bonds (Smangs, 2010). These bonds come Continue Reading...
Truancy is the first and most reliable indicator of future delinquent behavior. Youth missing school regularly are at a great risk of getting involved in drugs, alcohol and crimes. The rising instances of truancy in schools around the country indicat Continue Reading...
Boys and Girls Clubs of America as a Resource to Aid in the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency Boys and Girls Clubs of America This research describes the tremendous need for nonprofit human services organizations by youth who: use drugs, commit c Continue Reading...
Parenting Style Influence on Excess Alcohol Intake Among Jewish Youth Ross Master of Science, Mental Health Counseling, College, January, 2008 Clinical Psychology Anticipated; December, 2016 The health hazards that are associated with adolescent Continue Reading...
Parenting Style Influence on Excess Alcohol Intake Among Jewish Youth Clinical Psychology The health hazards that are associated with adolescent alcohol use are well documented, and there is growing recognition among policymakers and clinicians ali Continue Reading...
Parenting Style Influence on Excess Alcohol Intake Among Jewish Youth Clinical Psychology The health hazards that are associated with adolescent alcohol use are well documented, and there is growing recognition among policymakers and clinicians ali Continue Reading...
Parenting Style Influence on Excess Alcohol Intake Among Jewish Youth Clinical Psychology The health hazards that are associated with adolescent alcohol use are well documented, and there is growing recognition among policymakers and clinicians ali Continue Reading...
Parenting on the Academic Achievement of Children Single parenting effects The term family refers to a group of at least two people who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption and who share resources, responsibility for decisions, values and g Continue Reading...
Juvenile Community Corrections Corrections in Community-Based Settings Community-based corrections: Factors to consider when dealing with juvenile offenders One seemingly self-evident truth regarding juvenile offenders might seem to be that socio- Continue Reading...
Juvenile Justice Adolescence -- a Time of Transition Adolescences and crime: A time of transition in the juvenile justice system The juvenile justice system in America reflects a fundamentally different conception regarding the adolescent mentalit Continue Reading...
Juvenile Rehabilitation Programs Prevention and Intervention Treatment Programs Rehabilitation of juveniles: Four critical factors Two of the universal characteristics of successful juvenile rehabilitation programs include beginning early (i.e., o Continue Reading...
Juvenile Justice How was the "get tough" movement different from the original parens patriae concept? This paper reviews both forms of punishment (or penalizing) when juveniles stray away from law-abiding behaviors. The history of parens patriae T Continue Reading...
According to Greenwood (2008), researchers have recognized 12 "established" delinquency-prevention programs that have shown remarkable improvement in their participants. They also identified an additional 20-30 that demonstrated promise. Shifting to Continue Reading...
Curfew Policy Description of policy Problem/need identification Development of policy Evaluation of policy It is unquestionable to claim that the world is progressively advancing and entering into the epoch of developments. However, it is very u Continue Reading...
However, both articles show, despite the criminal justice system's best effort, that is often not the case. Juveniles often return to the court system repeatedly, and when they do, they are often tried as adults, which only seems to add to the probl Continue Reading...
Delinquent Anti-Social Behavior In the contemporary world of ours, one of the major problems that the modern society is facing is that of juvenile delinquency. Unfortunately, this problem is the cause of major suffering, damage and anguish to the su Continue Reading...
Until recently, schools had steered away from those types of teachings and focused primarily on standardized testing and basic skills. While these things are still a major part of modern education, they now tend to be supplemented by character educa Continue Reading...
The interview will provide a pseudo, indirect dialogue between the parents and their respective child/children. This strategy will prevent any unwanted conflicts between parents and children during the interview process, which are inevitable especia Continue Reading...
The nature of the juvenile justice system may be adversarial at times, but unlike the adult criminal system it is not necessarily so. Agreement is the goal. In fact, depending on the nature of the offense, a juvenile case may be dismissed or dealt w Continue Reading...
Juvenile Delinquency in Courts Addressing Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile delinquency is a current issue trending in the American Society, especially due to its impact on the social environment. A close examination depicts the changing role that the Continue Reading...
This in turn more often than not leads the stigmatized to acquire more and more deviant and possibly criminal identities (Lanier & Henry, 1998). There can, of course, be other antecedents prior to labeling that can enhance the process of delinq Continue Reading...
Court Management Policy Proposal The retributive and rehabilitative approaches of justice are dominant, and research suggests that they have disappointed the juvenile legal system. The rise in youth crime and critiques of the juvenile legal approach Continue Reading...
In summary, observational preexperience had differential effects on the timing of subsequent contingency performance of infants (p. 693)." This research supports the potential for vicarious learning as a pre-emptor to juvenile delinquency when the Continue Reading...
Restorative Justice Approaches Reduce Youth Offending Restorative justice is a new paradigm within the criminal justice, particularly in the context of youth offenders. The philosophy behind restorative justice is to consider the juvenile's interes Continue Reading...
I told her that there had been three caseworkers since I had been in foster care this time, but none of them had ever gone to visit my mom. She had been alone in all of this. It wasn't fair for her. The third caseworker visited my mom and saw how Continue Reading...
