Juvenile Crime and The Sealed Record
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A short, 3 page argument about how the juvenile justice system is failing and youthful offenders are not being deterred from committing more crimes. The writer argues that a 15 year-old delinquent should share many of the same penalties for committing an offense that a 22 year-old delinquent would for committing the same offense. Most important to the discussion is the idea that a juvenile's record should not be "hidden" after they've reached adulthood. Individual members of society should be able to make judgments based on someone's entire record and then determine whether or not crimes of their childhood are worthy of special attention. No Bibliography.
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Juvenile Crime: Get Tough Programs Verses Blended Sentencing and Community Address
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A 5 page overview of juvenile crime. While “get tough” policies have resulted in a lowered degree of juvenile crime, our juvenile detention facilities and adult penitentiaries alike are filled to the brim. The economic cost of crime is astounding. A more effective approach than either “get tough” programs or rehabilitation would be to address the societal problems resulting in crime. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Juvenile Crime: Juvenile Court, Adult Court, and the Alternatives
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A 7 page discussion of our failure as a society to find an adequate address for juvenile crime. While juvenile courts are often perceived as a slap on the wrist, they characteristically fail to provide for the basic Constitutional rights that a juvenile is entitled to and often even deal out harsher sentences than adult court. Both juvenile court and adult court are ineffective in addressing the problems of juvenile crime. Alternatives must be identified. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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JUVENILE CRIMES AND PROGRAMS
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This paper examines potential reasons why children gravitate toward crime and proposes intervention methods toward deterring at-risk youth from crime. Also included are specfic examples of institutional programs that are geared toward giving at-risk youth and latchkey kids alternatives to empty homes with little or no adult supervision. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MTjuveni.rtf

Juvenile Delinquency
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This 5.5 page paper explores the some of the major causes of juvenile delinquency: gang membership, poor cognitive and problem solving skills, substance abuse, lack of positive adult involvement in their life, as well as teen parenting and being "just plain bad." Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBjvjail.doc.

Juvenile Delinquency
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This 7 page paper considers the underlying reasons for juvenile delinquency and the arguments that exist for its presence. ome theorists have argued, for example, that poverty and familial status is a determinant of delinquency, while others have asserted that educational experiences and a lack of religious direction in the lives of modern adolescents are factors that impact whether children turn to delinquency and crime. These elements are considered in the context of existing research. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Juvenile Delinquency & The Home Social Environment
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In 12 pages the author writes 2 chapters on the topic of juvenile delinquency and the home/social environment. The introductory of the paper states: "The issue of juvenile delinquency and the home/social environment is one of major concern to families, schools, law enforcement agencies and society as a whole. There has been an influx of juvenile delinquents in today's society, ranging from those who are involved in truancy, to gang activity, to those who are convicted murderers. Juvenile delinquency is prevalent across the nation. There is not one certain paradigm of pedagogy for this occurrence. Juvenile delinquency is cross-cultural and cross-racial. It does not know any restrictions on socio-economic class or religion. When measured by official statistics, the problem of juvenile delinquency is staggering. In an attempt to address the issue of juvenile delinquency in the home/social environment, the focus of juvenile delinquency has been directed at the home of the individual and the social environment in which he exists. This is done in order to better understand the causes behind the delinquent behavior of the individual." Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Juvenile Delinquency / An Overview
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A 3 page discussion of juvenile delinquency, what it is, and what some of the popular sociological theories surrounding it are. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Juvdelqy.wps

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
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This 3-page paper focuses on two websites that deal with juvenile deliquency programs, and details what those community programs entail. Also included is a brief discussion about the importance of such programs. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTjdprog.rtf

Juvenile Delinquency and the Criminal Justice System
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This 7 page report discusses juvenile delinquency and the factors associated with contributing to it. In the lexicon of modern mental health and sociological professions, acting-out or delinquent behavior is recognized as an associated feature of adolescent depressive disorders. The term “juvenile delinquency” has also evolved as a legal term that refers to the actions taken by children and adolescents that is considered criminal if adults had done the same thing. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Juvenile Delinquency and the Programs Which Address It
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An 8 page review of the factors which contribute to an individual’s tendency to engage in a criminal act and a discussion of the programs which are in place to retrofit that individual for reentry into society. Emphasizes that the success of such programs is dependent of many factors as well. Bibliography lists 25 sources.
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Juvenile Delinquency and the Single Parent Home
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This 5 page paper reviews literature on this topic and finds that delinquency is more frequent in broken homes. The concept is discussed as it relates to the United States, but some information is included in respect to other parts of the world. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Juvenile Delinquency and Victimization in Canada: Relationship to Family, Peer Groups and Perceived Norms
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This is a 7 page paper discussing juvenile delinquency and victimization in relation to societal norms, and peer and familial groups. The definition of deviance has changed over the centuries and what were once considered acts of demonic possession in regards to criminal action are now considered violent reactions to elements within society. Juvenile delinquents have long been considered deviants to society because their actions do not “conform” to the norms of society and in fact “offend” society. In fact however, on assessing recent studied rates of juvenile delinquency and victimization in Canada, it has been reported that over half of the youths studied have committed acts of delinquency. In addition, youths who have reported high rates of delinquency have also reported high rates of victimization in their peer and family environments. If this is the case, youths who are considered delinquents may only be reacting to their immediate violent environments of peer and family in which victimization and delinquency are considered the norm and committing further acts of delinquency is reinforced and in part considered acceptable by their peer and family social groups. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Juvenile Delinquency As the Fault of A Changing Family Structure
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In this well-documented 7 page sociological research paper, the writer argues that the family itself has changed drastically since the 1950's and that this is one of the primary causes of Juvenile Delinquency today. Everything from the lack of father figures to the ability to spend less time as home is examined. The appearance of new drugs, unprecedented racial tension, and a new era of unimaginable violence in the media are also attributed as causal factors. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Juvenile Delinquency from a Behavioral Psychological Approach and a Functional Sociological Approach
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This is a 7 page paper discussing a psychological and a sociological approach to juvenile delinquency. The behavioral psychological theory of juvenile delinquency in accordance with the theories of B.F. Skinner finds that juvenile delinquency is largely a response to the stimuli presented to the individual within his environment. In other words, children learn aggressive behavior and this aggressive behavior may be reinforced in their environment until that environment changed. The functional sociological approach as used by Emile Durkheim shows that although criminal elements will always appear in society as a result of the conditions of a growing and changing society, overall juvenile delinquency is a reaction from how society has treated that individual in that the delinquent youth has not become part of a social group and reacts in an anti-social way. Despite the slight differences in these approaches, both the psychological and sociological theories support the idea that youths are largely not responsible for their own actions but these actions are largely a result of a reaction or a response to their environment. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Juvenile Delinquency In New Jersey
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A 9 page paper on the growing problem of juvenile delinquency in our society. It gives some insight into the history of our prison system, and talkes about some of the concerns and possible solutions to this manacing problem facing our nation. The focus of the paper is on New Jersey's youth crime problem, but it also discusses some state laws, and federal programs in other parts of the country as well. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Njjuvy.wps

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