georgian juveniles Essay Examples

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Cases of Juvenile Misdemeanors Increased between 1970-1991 (991 words, 2 pages)

The Kid Behind Bars When does one actually become an adult? When is one old enough to be tried and sentenced as an adult for crimes committed? These are questions which have been debated by law enforcement officials more often in the past decade than in the past 30-40 years. ... Read More

A Compiled Study of Juvenile Psychopaths (3905 words, 12 pages)

Study on Juvenile Psychopaths What is the "super predator"? He or she are young hypercriminals who are committing acts of violence of unprecedented coldness and brutality. This newest phenomena in the world of crime is perhaps the most dangerous challenge facing society and law enforcement ever. While psychopaths are not ... Read More

Are Boot Camps for Juveniles a Good Alternative to Incarceration? (2039 words, 3 pages)

In 1983, the first Juvenile Boot Camp was opened in Georgia. These Juvenile camps have become a very popular answer in controlling the behavior of our youths. The adult system was using boot camps for a few years before the juvenile system did. The reason the juvenile system did not ... Read More

A Paper on Juvenile Curfew (535 words, 1 pages)

Curfewsunfair, ineffective, and unconstitutional When you hear politicians and police talking about getting tough on "juvenile crime," you may imagine a school shooting, like those that have recently occurred in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Springfield Oregon. Others may recall TV clips of young people, sometimes covered by masks or paper bags ... Read More

High Incidence of Communication Problems Among Male and Female Juvenile Delinquents (1996 words, 3 pages)

Over the years, previous research has confirmed a high incidence of communication problems among male and female juvenile delinquents. Researchers have documented challenges in a broad range of communication skills including articulation, fluency, semantics, morphology, and syntax (Cozad Falconer). Basically these findings resulted from assessment procedures that relied primarily on ... Read More

Double Standards: What Factors Influence Juvenile Jail Sentences? (1217 words, 6 pages)

Justice, a pretty word in the meaning of making evil away from the goodpeople, is not always held in the society, including today. Two casesbrought up by Ashley Hayes (CNN) and Elizabeth Calvin (LA Times) throughtwo articles have things in common of two young children involved incrimes. One was involved ... Read More

Juveniles Charged As Adults (1569 words, 3 pages)

Did you know that about two hundred thousand juveniles are charged as adults every year? Over the past decades there have been many debates on whether juveniles should be tried as adults. These new policies came about because of the raise in violent crimes among teenagers in the late 1980s ... Read More

Should Juvenile Offenders Be Tried as Adults? (1018 words, 4 pages)

In Laurence Steinbergs essay, Should Juvenile Offenders be Tried as Adults?, Steinberg expresses a clear opinion based on the juvenile court systems and an issue that has considerable affects on juvenile delinquents. Steinberg states that it is now very common to see juveniles being transferred into the adult court system ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013