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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Juvenile delinquency -- United States"”.
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Juvenile delinquency : a history and analysis of the issue and representative speeches.
This study investigates the issue of juvenile delinquency in the United States and analyzes rhetorically three speeches that the issue has called forth. Chapter One discusses youthful crime today--its characteristics, sources, and punishments. The establishment of juvenile courts represents a step …
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Juvenile Substance Abuse and Criminal Career Continuity
The issue of juvenile drug abuse and criminal career continuity has become a nationwide concern in the last 3 decades. Social scientists and policymakers alike are concerned with the plausible relationship between juvenile drug abuse and adult crimes of high seriousness. This study represents an …
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Family risk factors related to adolescent adjudication
<p>Family and social relationships have been identified as risk-factors for adolescent adjudication. Ninety-five participants between the ages of 13 and 19 were recruited from the Youth Empowerment System (YES) Shelter & Residential Treatment Facility, Camden Day & Residential Treatment Center, and …
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Juvenile Justice Sentencing: Are There Alternatives?
Research indicates that states have implemented juvenile justice reforms to enact harsher punishments, to transfer greater numbers and younger juvenile offenders to adult criminal court, and to restrict discretion of the juvenile court judges. Social science studies have found that harsher …