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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"Juvenile justice system"”.
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Inside the Juvenile Justice System
… and integrity and being a nation that stands for justice and equality for all. Within the United States there are systems in place to better the people and communities in order to provide safety and order. However, just as any nation, there is a struggle with violent behavior and tendencies among …
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Minority over-representation in the juvenile justice system
Minority over-representation in the juvenile justice system is a national concern. Research in this area is limited, however, there is indication that minority over-representation, particularly of African-American youth, seems to occur at various stages of juvenile justice processing. It is my …
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The Revolving Door: Stories from the Juvenile Justice System
… in Kansas who have lived experience within the Juvenile Justice System (JJS). Narrative inquiry allows research to be interpretive and phenomenological—in that it involves examination of a participant’s lifeworld and explores their personal perception of an object or event, as opposed to an …
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Juvenile Injustice: Disproportionate Minority Contact in Oklahoma's Juvenile Justice System
… show that minority overrepresentation in the juvenile justice system is not a new phenomenon. The problem, however, is not going away and might even be getting worse. In 2008, the FBI's Uniform Crime Report showed that 52% of juvenile Violent Crime Index arrests, and 33% of juvenile Property …
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Punishment versus non-stigmatization in the Massachusetts juvenile justice system.
Thesis. 1976. B.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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The Graduation Pipeline: Investigating the Effects of Juvenile Justice System Contact on High School Graduation Rates
Contact with the juvenile justice system can seriously impact life chances for youth. System contact can lead to significant challenges by disrupting paths to traditional life attainments. Research overwhelmingly points to negative projections from juvenile system exposure. Labeling theory has been …
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An Evolving Standard of Decency: Examining the American Juvenile Justice System and the Constitutionality of Youth Incarceration
… nation in the world. Studies have shown that juvenile detention is generally ineffective at rehabilitating delinquent youth, which places the practice at odds with the stated intent of modern juvenile justice. Similar to the adult criminal justice system, there is a significant and widespread …
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Differences in Interventions for Children With ADHD Their Relationship to Contact with the Juvenile Justice System in SC
… what demographic differences exist between those juveniles with an ADHD diagnosis, involved in criminal activity and subsequently incarcerated at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (SCDJJ), as opposed to juveniles with the same diagnosis who do not end up incarcerated at the SCDJJ. …
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Unexamined Youth of the Juvenile Justice System: An Examination of the Prevalence of Unspecified Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorder Diagnosis
The Juvenile Justice System (JJS) has a disproportionate number of youths with mental health concerns. Studies have shown that up to 98% of incarcerated youth have a mental illness diagnosis (Harzke et al., 2012). Multiple factors lead to high rates of diagnoses; one being that the juveniles who …
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SOCIAL WORKERS PERSPECTIVES OF THE PROTECTIVE AND RISK FACTORS THAT AFFECT YOUTH IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM
… that affect youth from being involved in the juvenile justice system. The current study adds significantly literature by identifying the risk and protective factors that affect foster youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice system based on social workers perspectives. The results …
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Prevalence of depression and anxiety and associated risk factors among adolescent offenders within the juvenile justice system in Bulawayo and Matabeleland North Province(s), Zimbabwe
… Research has shown that adolescents entering the juvenile justice system are particularly vulnerable to depression and anxiety. Despite the negative consequences associated with these conditions among adolescent offenders, there is a dearth of studies conducted in low and middle countries …
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An ethical assessment of the treatment of juvenile offenders under the juvenile justice system in Zambia: a case study of chirundu district and Nakambala approved school.
… and ethically assessing the treatment of juvenile offenders in the Zambian Juvenile Justice System (ZJJS). The Juveniles Act of the laws of Zambia and international legal instruments provide for the treatment of juvenile offenders with special care as distinct from adult offenders at the …
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An ethical assessment of the treatment of juvenile offenders under the juvenile justice system in Zambia: a case study of chirundu district and Nakambala approved school.
… and ethically assessing the treatment of juvenile offenders in the Zambian Juvenile Justice System (ZJJS). The Juveniles Act of the laws of Zambia and international legal instruments provide for the treatment of juvenile offenders with special care as distinct from adult offenders at the …
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Rights of children in criminal proceedings : a comparative analysis on the compatibility of the Malaysian juvenile justice system with the standards of the Convention on Rights of Children (CRC)
… the law has always been a central subject of juvenile justice which attracts an intense academic, political and media interest and debate. In this respect, the United Nations Convention on Rights of Children (CRC), which was adopted on 20th November 1989, has laid down international standards …
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A mixed method examination of racial disproportionalities among youth who cross over from the child welfare to the juvenile justice system: child welfare and juvenile justice professionals' perspectives and racial attitudes
… from involvement in the child welfare to the juvenile justice system. During individual, semi-structured, audio-recorded interviews, 33 experienced child welfare, law enforcement and court professionals first described their perspectives on why youth cross over from the child welfare to the …
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Is there adquate juvenile justice? A critical analysis of the Law of defilement by juvenile offenders and the issues raised in Kapya Kandeke V the People
… dissertation considers whether there is adequate juvenile justice with regard to the law of defilement paying particular attention to the case of Kapya v the people. In approaching the subject matter, the research begins by giving a general background of the juvenile justice system. The research …
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The assessment of juvenile offenders : learning lessons for Saudi Arabia from a contextual comparison with Scotland
The diversity in systems and procedures for treating juvenile offenders who commit similar offences under similar circumstances around the world raises a number of questions. These questions concern the organisational and procedural structures, the value orientation, and the historical, political …
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The Cape Town juvenile assessment centre and the transformation of the youth justice system
… analysis of the Child and Youth Care system, including the Juvenile Justice system in South Africa and made recommendations for transformation thereof. Various transformation initiatives in the Child and Youth Care System stimulated the researcher's interest in the progress of the …
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Child abuse and juvenile delinquency: A review of the literature
… among practitioners and researchers in Criminal Justice that youth who are abused often become participants in the juvenile justice system. The current literature finds considerable evidence to support this position. However, some questions concerning the relationship between child abuse and …
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