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…There is no doubt that various experts can give us many theories as to the causes of juvenile delinquency, including one's economic background, substance abuse, delinquent peer groups, repeated exposure to violence, increased availability of firearms…

…that, in the Bronx, a public school receives approximately eight thousand dollars per child, every year. A wealthier public school, within the same state, receives more than double that amount. While schools are only getting a small percentage, the juvenile detention…

…Tyler McKinna Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Alternative Names: Juvenile chronic polyarthritis; JRA; Still disease Definition: A chronic, inflammatory disease that may cause joint or connective tissue damage. The onset occurs before Age…

…make a bad system work" (M. p353) So why can't bad kids make a good system work. # 3JCCO in Maine is the Juvenile Community Corrections Officer. The JCCO gets involved with juvenile offenders because the courts place the juvenile on probation…

…. The principles underlying the practices of the juvenile court and the juvenile justice system were the protection and rehabilitation of offenders. Informality was the rule. Procedures observed in the separate adult criminal system, such as the right to counsel, notice…

…for over twenty years and has discovered that there is much needed work to be done to develop equality for juvenile offenders. The author believes that the juvenile system lacks the due process given to many of the adult offenders and therefore the rights…

…- easier to waive young offenders to adult court; concurrent jurisdiction - said waiver under discretion of the prosecutor, and statutory exclusion - excluding certain crimes from juvenile court altogether. The original initiative for these changes, deterrence…

…today. Anyone who watches television or even reads a newspaper has seen examples of the lack of justice in America. Our jails and prisons have become warehouses for criminals. Many who are repeat offenders or substance abusers. Are these people receiving…

…in it. Marian Wright Edelman, a researcher and professor at the University of Missouri explains, "Statistics indicate that increases in community violence and increases in juvenile victimization often overlap" (Edelman). It has been shown that juveniles, who grow up…

…at a Californian high school. He will be charged as an adult under state law. I believe that in cases of felonies such as murder committed by juveniles over the age of reason, as defined in their state, those accused should be tried as adults. The age of reason…