Essays Tagged: "Juvenile"

Criminal Justice Reform / Speech Paper with Outline and all Supplements. The need for extreme criminal justice reform in California

d what can be doneSENTENCE OUTLINEI. An analysis of Department of Corrections data by the Center on Juvenile and CriminalJustice in San Francisco, CA, in Nov, 1995 indicates that since the enactment o ... t half of 1995 per the FBI.MANUSCRIPTAn analysis of Department of Corrections data by the Center on Juvenile and CriminalJustice in San Francisco, CA, in Nov, 1995 indicates that since the enactment o ...

(11 pages) 477 0 3.4 Mar/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

"The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling. Shows the relevance of the children's stories to adults

Children's stories are juvenile tales that can only be read by children or others with child-like minds. They are solely fo ... er how wise you think you are, you can still learn something from one of these tales, no matter how juvenile the language of the tale might seem. Many times while reading Kipling's stories I forgot th ...

(11 pages) 126 0 4.8 Jun/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Too Young?

omizing a cow. Threehundred and fifty years later, sixteen states have legitimized the execution of juveniles.Four of those twelve states have lowered the legal age of execution to twelve. Forwhatever ... orted by the public since this country'sexistence. In this day and age of increasing violence, both juvenile and adult, it is time tore-examine the use of the death penalty as the ultimate solution to ...

(6 pages) 148 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Juvenile delinquency

in that time were dealing with (Ripley). What is more odd in this story is that the murderers were juvenile. Both of them were only 10 years old when they committed that abduction. British judges sen ...

(4 pages) 102 0 3.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Juvenile laws a collective of 4 essays in one.

Substance abuse concerning juveniles go through problems because juveniles are naive and very easy to trap into becoming users. ... itment from adults. This is a way to build up their self worth. The problems that exist with in the juvenile is because they lack these things. Recognition, skills and opportunities do not exist becau ... skills and opportunities do not exist because they lack a healthy lifestyle.To this day drug use by juveniles has been a long term problem with no solution. A plan of action must be taken to slow down ...

(7 pages) 133 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

"Violence in sport is taught and rewarded"

o the player they will eventually become. Although I will not be discussing sports or athletes at a juvenile level in great detail, I would like to point out that many of the characteristics players d ...

(8 pages) 126 0 4.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Underage driving

imary defenses against serious injury and death. A young person under the age of 16 is considered a juvenile. A person under the age of 18 is a minor. Below is some information on legal issues affecti ... icense at age 16 there are rules that there shouldn't be. Even though it might seem that minors and juveniles are less experienced in driving then adults it's really not true. I researched this subjec ...

(2 pages) 44 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Juvenile Death Penalty.

Psychology 101Should Juveniles Receive The Death Penalty?I feel the death penalty is appropriate for juveniles in certain ... urder and brutal crimes that are considered capital offenses. There have been several laws made for juveniles regarding the age they could be tried as adults in capital cases. These laws were made bec ... adult committed a horrific crime and knew what he or she was doing when the crime took place. These juveniles perform the same cruel acts as adult capital offenders. They need to be punished for their ...

(2 pages) 126 0 4.2 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Pirandello: Six Characters in Search of an Author -- analysis, dramatic elements, dramatis personae, themes (with textual reference), genre, synopsis, setting

eading ManStepdaughterLeading LadySonSecond Female LeadBoy (mute role)IngenueLittle Girl (mute role)JuvenileMadam PaceOld Character LadyOther Actors and ActressesStage Door ManFirst Stage ManagerSecon ...

(4 pages) 88 0 2.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

How might the changing demographics and diversity of the U.S. population affect the operation of juvenile and criminal courts?

The changing demographics and diversity of the U.S. population may affect the operation of juvenile and criminal courts by the effectiveness in properly dealing with new trends in crime and a ... sworn personnel who are called upon to respond to those concerns, and hearing court cases.Although juvenile crime rates declined during the mid-nineties, high-profile juvenile homicides andschool vio ...

(3 pages) 102 0 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Myths of the Juvenile Superpredator: Myth vs Fact.

The myth of the juvenile superpredator is being readily touted in the media these days. Newspapers, public speakers ... berg, & Potter, 2000, p.175). Kappeler, Blumberg, and Potter refer to this topic in chapter nine, "Juvenile Superpredators," (Kappeler et al., 2000, p175-195) of their text: The Mythology of Crime an ... e beliefs (myths) with fact. The facts that Kappeler et al. use to rebut the myths that there is a juvenile crime wave, that youngsters are becoming more violent, and that said youngsters are operati ...

(8 pages) 77 0 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Where have all the parents gone?

Where have all the parents gone?It is 3am in the morning when a police officer spots a group of juveniles in a public park. The police officer and his partner approach the juveniles and find that ... uestion the fifteen year old, he replies with obscenities and spits at them. Rather then taking the juveniles down to the station, the officer decides to phone the juvenile's parents to make them awar ...

(7 pages) 136 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Lost (Personal Descriptive/Narrative Essay)

ling lips. My inexperienced hands had painted and crimped in a failed attempt to disguise my naive, juvenile appearance. At long last, Matt made his way through the crowd to me."Thanks for coming out. ...

(7 pages) 280 0 4.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

"Monkey See, Monkey Do" Essay on prosecuting minors as adults.

go. They say that if the child is fair because it sets a examples to other children. I believe that juveniles accused of violent crimes should be tried and sentenced as minors.A juvenile should not be ... o think about having fun and what's for dinner, not thinking that you'll go to jail for a mistake.A juvenile should not be tried as an adult because children are influenced by things on TV and on the ...

(3 pages) 80 1 4.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Inhereted Diseases/ MLD

ebroside sulfate to accumulate in the cells.There are three forms of MLD, they are: late infantile, juvenile, and adult. Late infantile is the most common kind. Affected children have trouble walking ... the most common kind. Affected children have trouble walking the first year of their life. With the juvenile form, those who have the disease usually begin with the emotional disturbances and dementia ...

(2 pages) 21 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

The Message of George Orwell's Animal Farm

get the message of it, whether they know about Soviet history or not. The reason for this seemingly juvenile understanding stems from the fact that, even though Orwell may have intended to emit a mess ...

(3 pages) 73 1 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Miranda vs. Arizona

d rape. Miranda had served 3 years in jail previously for the attempted rape charges. He also had a juvenile background of assault and burglary. After his mother died, most of his childhood consisted ...

(7 pages) 144 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

To Kill a Mockingbird: How do illusion and reality affect our perception of ourselves and others?

ories they hear about him. One can see in the following quote the story of Boo Radley when he was a juvenile : "According to neighbourhood legend, when the younger Radley boy was in his teens he becam ...

(4 pages) 34 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Changing the drinking age to 21

ific evidence supports the fact that the early introduction of drinking is the safest way to reduce juvenile alcohol abuse. Young people in France, Spain, and Argentina rarely abuse alcohol. They lear ...

(2 pages) 32 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

"Callanish" by William Horwood

e their experience by joining them on the adventure and their quest for freedom.Creggen was still a juvenile when he was reluctantly taken away from his home in the Cape Wrath to an unknown place. He ...

(4 pages) 22 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers