Juvenile Law and Justice

This is a very important topic. I will name the most important goals of juvenile corrections, but first let me name the agencies that are involved: the police, prosecutors, courts, and the...

There are a number of reasons why young offenders often age out of crime. Some of the principal explanations include the following: Violent crimes and offenses such as burglary are often too...

I think that there has to be a moving away from the punitive nature of punishment for the juvenile offender. As budgets have reduced and as social desire for retribution has become more sharply...

Law enforcement officers have frequently found it quite simple to elicit incriminating statements from juvenile offenders. Often, all the arresting officers have to do is listen. Juveniles are...

Drawing conclusions on a topic with as many variables as the causes of and potential responses to juvenile delinquency cannot rely upon only one source of information or data. Any conclusions...

There are a number of points to be made against this argument. Let us look at the two most important. First, we do not know that capital punishment actually deters people from committing murder....

There are differences both major and minor between these two justice systems. On the minor level, there is different terminology in the two systems. For example, the procedure that is known as a...

It is possible for both of these outcomes to come about, depending upon the way in which the program is set up and upon the individuals involved. It will never be possible to set up a restorative...

This is, of course, a matter of opinion. There is absolutely no way to answer this objectively. The most common answer to this is that some minors should be tried as adults. There are generally...