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…to catch repeat offenders. With new speed traps, they could catch more offenders than they are in the present time. For joyriding, you don't even have to steal a car to be charged with it. The law covers: boats, hovercraft, lawnmowers, etc... pretty much…

…% and the divorce rate doubled, the same as it did in Canada. Seventy percent of juvenile offenders in the U.S. jails grew up without a father. There is a drastic shortage of positive male role models. There is no doubt about it; single mothers have…

…., the number of single parent families rose by 300% and the divorce rate doubled, the same as it did in Canada. Seventy percent of juvenile offenders in the U.S. jails grew up without a father. There is a drastic shortage of positive male role models…

…, notes that in the thirty year period in which violent youth crime rose by 300% in the U.S., the number of single parent families rose by 300% and the divorce rate doubled, the same as it did in Canada. Seventy percent of juvenile offenders in the U.S…

…identified special education needs" (Rutherford) Among all incarcerated young people, 46% of males and 27% of females will become repeat offenders. The academic failure of delinquency predicts that as students fail, they leave school or suffer academic…

…offenders who lack maturity. Between 1985 and 1994, the United States has executed 9 convicted murderers who committed their crimes as juveniles. The amount of physical pain caused by all five methods of execution cannot be measured. Electrocution, gassing…

…). This is proof that the majority of offenders began their violent behavior during the younger years. However, the study also shows that those who began in the puberty stage did not commit the most serious and persistent acts of violence; moreover, by those who’s…

…of persistent and dangerous juvenile gang offenders become even more serious adult offenders.' Another study in California found that previously-incarcerated gang members continued their lives of crime after being released.         Gangs are spreading across…

…aware of their crime's magnitude? People like the mentally disabled and juveniles. What about the victims, sometimes truly innocent, of either bad representation or politics? Do they deserve to be considered in the same boat as Vickers, McVeigh and Hitler…

…that teenagers normally go through. The percentage of juvenile offenders under the age of 15 is skyrocketing. Now the majority of juvenile offenders are less than 15 years old, and crimes at such a young age were unheard of until a few years ago. The severity…