Effect of Gender, Race, Social Class, and Age
Many people stereotype criminals as having to have been a certain gender (usually male), a certain race (usually black), a certain social class (usually lower … Read more
Juvenile Justice System
The Future of the Juvenile Justice System
What does the future have in store for the juvenile justice system? Some may say that more responsibility needs to be placed on the parents, … Read more
Juvenile Crime Statistics
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 … Read more
Juveniles in the Adult Criminal Justice System
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 … Read more
Juvenile Delinquency: Standards of Proof
In 1967, the United States Supreme Court transformed the juvenile justice system with its decision in In Re Gault. Now, three years later in March … Read more
The Juvenile Justice System May Actually Hinder Rehabilitation
Perhaps the highest hurdle in front of juvenile offender rehabilitation lies with in the system itself. Negative experiences with custody and detainment specifically may effect … Read more
Teen Boot Camps
With 33,713 internet searches done on Google in the past week for Military Schools and 31,167 searches for Boot Camp, these alternative programs for getting … Read more
Legal Definitions: What is Homicide?
There are a lot of crime shows on TV and they use a language that not all people know. One of the terms that continues … Read more