Since the 1980s, several U.S. states have embraced an unusual method of dealing with juvenile criminals. In those states, offenders under the age of 18 can be sentenced to serve time in special “boot camps” instead of traditional detention facilities. However, those camps have become highly controversial; while some observers praise them for instilling good ...
Delinquency is not an inherited trait, like some forms of diseases or alcoholism. It is acquired through parental neglect, poverty, environment, frustration at society, and, perhaps most important of all, peer pressure. Juvenile delinquency is no different from adult delinquency. It is a blatant and often persistent disregard for law and order, for moral and ...
Juveniles who are adjudicated in the criminal courts, as opposed to juvenile courts, are faced with more obstacles. Since there are different processing procedures between the two jurisdictions, these juveniles are affected differently when released into society. There is also concern that these juveniles are not afforded adequate education opportunities when placed into the custody ...
Boot camps for the youth serve as an alternative means for juveniles who have delinquency problems. Parents who want to restructure their teen’s attitude by not sending them to juvenile hall or punishing them for extending periods of time, find boot camp as an invigorating institutional alternative. Boot camps are designed to give juveniles the ...
Each year local law enforcement agencies in the United States report data on arrests made during the calendar year to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program which the FBI then analyzes and uses to prepare the FBI’s annual Crime in the United States report (Snyder, 2003). The information contained in the Crime in the United ...
Juvenile crime rates are a significant portion of the UCR statistics. (Uniform Crime Report).Most of the crimes in which juveniles committed were in fact violent crimes. The main crimes that were committed were drug abuse and simple assault. According to the FBI, juveniles accounted for “17% of all arrests, while 15% of those arrests were ...
Velvet cichlids or oscars (Astronotus ocellatus) are popular freshwater pet fish due to their hardiness, character and unique appearance. Most oscars in the pet trade are sold as one or two inch long juveniles. At this stage they are vastly different fish than when they grow to be over a foot long by the time ...