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…Public Register Sarah Payne, an eight-year old girl who was murdered in September 2000 by an (ex) sex offender. Because of that, the British paper ‘News of the world’ published a list of convicted sex-offenders. Name, photo and place of residence…

…Journal Article #1: Is juvenile obsessive-compulsive disorder a developmental subtype of the disorder? A review of the pediatric literature. Author: Daniel Geller from the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, April, 1998…

…in confinement and that they are disproportionately black. Blacks in 1991 made up 12% of America's population, but 48% of both prison and jail inmates. Forty percent of the occupants of death row on 31 December 1991 were black. In public juvenile facilities in 1989…

…Who Deserves Privacy? The legitimacy of Megan's Law is a heated debate that is current in our society today. This law forces all sex offenders to make themselves known to their neighborhoods. Many questions have been brought forward in an effort…

…juveniles as adults. At the same time, law-abiding adolescents are subject to growing restrictions that clearly treat them as non-adults, including curfews, parental-consent requirements and a variety of zero-tolerance policies in schools. Since many exceptions…

…in more offshore conditions. The behavior of juvenile salmon upon entering salt water has evolved to optimized growth and survival. As soon as physiologically capable of withstanding full-strength seawater and having attained a needed size, young salmon…

…of the offender. Moreover, it is a 'fault' in their biological nature, which causes them to commit crime . Positivists believe that behaviour is determined and shaped by forces, which are outside the control of the individual . Lombroso proposes that Aboriginals…

…dysfunction may characterise violent offenders while temporal lobe dysfunction may characterise sex offenders. Research involving newer imaging techniques e.g. MRI and CT is ongoing. Freud never really had much to say about crime, other than it was most…

…Megan's Law arms the public with certain information on the whereabouts of dangerous sex offenders so that local communities may protect themselves and their children. The law also authorizes local law enforcement to notify the public about highrisk…

…and characteristics of children in care regardless of whether they have been labeled "dependent," "neglected," "status offender," "CHINS" (Children in Need of Supervision), or "emotionally disturbed." It was Wooden's impression that a "shell game" was being played…