Essays Tagged: "delinquent acts"
This paper discusses the evolution of the death penalty in the US and arguments for and against its application to juveniles.
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 recidivi ... and financial.Early intervention programs and services for juveniles engaged in high-risk and minor delinquent behaviors are significantly reducing the number of juveniles penetrating the juvenile and ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty
Hirschi's control theory in relation to car theft.
ociologists and criminologists to better explain deviance and criminality. The theory proposes that delinquent acts result when a person's bond to society is weakened or broken.According to Hirschi, s ... broken.According to Hirschi, strong social bonds with conventional people and institutions prevent delinquent behaviour. Delinquents never develop such bonds and are unable to develop strong attachme ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
The Relationship Between Adolescent Delinquents An
ounger siblings was associated with delinquency. The oldest of the family was found to be the least delinquent, but as the family grew it was found that the youngest had a greater advantage of being d ... an be built.The social class of a child can be a big determinant on whether the child will become a delinquent or not. First of all there are lower, middle, and upper class families. According to Anne ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Crime and the Social Process
lthough being a criminal is not accepted as part of the social norm, factors in society can lead to delinquent behavior. Travis Hirschi, criminologist and author of Causes of Delinquency (1969) can up ... cts do not have social bonds or people that would be affected by the offenders? actions. Therefore, delinquent acts will be a result when an individuals bond is weak in a society (Jacoby 294). Hirschi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
The Violent Teen Select an issue facing today's society and create an essay that clearly shows your stance. A persuasive paper.
sion committed by children, adolescents, and young adults, which include: verbal abuse, violent and delinquent acts, bullying, and physical altercations. Not all acts of youth violence result in injur ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Crime Causation and Diversion
Neighborhood Accountability Boards. Diversion programs offer a system by which children who commit delinquent acts may be dealt with in a speedy and informal manner stressing the importance of good c ... zenship, personal integrity, and family communication which are some of the main causes of juvenile delinquent behavior. Most people are aware of the saying "it takes a village to raise a child", than ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Girls and Delinquency: Different From Boys?
ively little to no attention has been paid to the females who have committed and continue to commit delinquent acts (Hoyt & Scherer, 1998). The majority of juvenile arrests are male, which is one ... ctors as males?In the 1990's a major surge of girls' arrests brought the subject of female juvenile delinquents and the crimes that they commit to the country's attention. Girls' arrest rates for some ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Juvenile Rights
at arrestAll states, in the United States have family or juvenile courts, who hear cases involving delinquent acts committed by persons considered to be minors. State laws vary on the age at which a ... s who enter into the juvenile court system, do so after being caught by the police for committing a delinquent act. If the police officer witnesses the youth committing the crime he or she may be take ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Reducing Juvenile Delinquency
ency laws were designed to provide treatment, rather than punishment, for juvenile offenders. Young delinquents are usually sent to juvenile courts, where the main aim is to rehabilitate offenders, ra ... le delinquency" itself has come to imply disgrace in today's society. A youngster can be labeled a "delinquent" for breaking any one of a number of laws, ranging from robbery to running away from home ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters