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…The primary purpose of the juvenile justice system is to hold juvenile offenders accountable for delinquent acts while providing treatment, rehabilitation, and programs designed to prevent recidivism. Juvenile courts have recognized…

…of the dramatic increase in the number of juvenile offenders in the U.A.E. According to the ministry of interior's statistics (2004), the rates of juveniles' delinquents have increased by 1376% between 1977 and 2003. Many societies worldwide are becoming more and more…

…be the result. There are certain programs available to first-time offenders, that allows the defendant's punishment to be decreased under certain circumstances. Although some members of the community believe that mistakes are made, the fact of the matter…

…in severity, from hanging in the eighteenth century to the 'short, sharp, shock' of detention centres advocated more recently. A more humane approach is also detectable within the history of juvenile justice, whereby the correction or treatment of young offenders…

…of twenty-five. Lets face it, it seems that the get tough approach should reduce juvenile crime: More severe penalties should deter juveniles from committing crime, and those chronic offenders who are not deterred can be locked away for longer periods of time…

…Introduction: Since as early as the 18th Century, there have been many theories as to the possible causes of juvenile crime. Scientific, biological, environmental and economical factors have all been put forward as singular explanations. Modern theorists…

…from 18 to 41 years old, remain on death row for crimes committed as juveniles: All 74 offenders are male, Seventy-three percent committed their crimes at age 17, and Sixty-three percent are minorities?They have been on death row for periods ranging from…

…quadruples, then there are eight times as many rapes. A level 3 sex offender lives a hop, skip, and a jump away from Highland Elementary School. Allowing that to happen is equivalent to letting a recovering alcoholic work as a bartender. Level 3 offenders…

…Consider psychological studies of offender profiling. A definition of offender profiling is often illusive, but a loose description of the term is to identify physical, personality and psychological characteristics of a person based on their offence…

…IMPACT OF TELEVISION VIOLENCE IN RELATION TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY TABLE OF CONTENTS IntroductionEffects Of Television - The BeginningCorrelational ExperimentsField ExperimentsCause And Effects On Types Of ChildrenConclusionReferences…