Running head: FINAL PROJECT: JUVENILE INCARCERATION Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration Roshon Green‚ Jessica Mays‚ Karen McCord University of Phoenix Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration Statement of Problem The purpose of the juvenile incarceration project is to gain insights into whether or not parental incarceration is related to juvenile incarceration. The research problem is the loss is the cost of incarceration to the state or society. Incarceration is expensive with costs
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Header: CAUSES FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Deborah Llamas Kaplan University Independent Study in Juvenile Delinquency Professor Val Mertens September 20‚ 2011 Introduction: Various forms of Trait Theories have been studied as being associated with Juvenile Delinquencies. “Developmental Theory is a view that criminality is a dynamic process‚ influenced by social experiences as well as individual characteristics. Developmental factors include biological‚ social‚ and psychological structures and
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Abstract Juvenile Diabetes is a disease that more and more children are getting each day and it affects about 0.1 percent of children that are school age. There are two types of diabetes that are common in children. The first one is type-one diabetes and the second one is type-two diabetes out of all the cases diagnosed‚ type-one makes u p 5-10 percent of them. There are major health problems associated with type-one including troubles physically ‚ a multidisciplinary approach by physician‚ nurse
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Delinquent behavior during childhood and early adolescence is a major and costly problem for society. In an effort to learn more about the root causes of juvenile delinquency and other problem behaviors‚ research must be done to test if these factors are direct causes of juvenile delinquency. Serious delinquency and drug use are major problems in American society. Past research indicates that many variables correlate with delinquency and that many factors tend to increase the risk of later delinquent
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Challenge Questions for Chapter 6: 1. Is Sgt. Kelly making best use of her time? It is particularly important to assign and review cases to her investigators‚ so she is carrying out her duties as a sergeant. But‚ I think she should learn how to manage her time to accomplish the most important in a short time as in order to have time for other labors. 2. How can Sgt. Kelly address the specific needs of the problem investigators? She has to set priorities to her two investigators
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social bond theory and its impact on the juvenile justice system. Your discussion should include the four elements of the Social Bond theory. Hirschi’s social bond theory was created by Travis Hirshci in the late 1960’s. In the theory‚ Hirschi believed social controls are the actual or potential – positive or negative‚ internal or external – for conformity to social mores (Kunselman 87). The social controls take the form of social bonds which are the relationships that juveniles have with role
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Are substance use and delinquency among juvenile correlatively related? In the article “Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior Among Serious Adolescent Offenders” by Edward P. Mulvey‚ Carol A. Schubert‚ and Laurie Chassin‚ substance use and delinquency are strongly linked together. Studies of youth in juvenile court demonstrate that a majority of court-involved adolescents have recently used illegal substances that are more serious‚ and frequent adolescent offenders have used more substances
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There are many psychological disorders that we have studied through the years. The categories for most of them are anxiety‚ personality‚ and dissociative disorders. The one that has helped identify the majority of criminals is antisocial personality disorder. This disorder is one that develops early in people‚ as early as the age of three‚ and as stated before can lead the person to become a criminal. However‚ if the person who has this disorder is raised well he could end up being a hero of
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Genetics and Juvenile Delinquency Virginia Watkins Walden University The role of genetics in juvenile Delinquents: I have had the opportunity to observe a set of fraternal twins grow from birth to teen years. One had been known to steal things‚ and get into trouble while to other was withdrawn and extremely much an introvert. I often wondered if the extroverted twin appeared overly secure; he was slender in physique while his brother was introverted and obese‚ quite the opposite. According
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In America‚ the rise in violent crimes over the years can be attributed to Juvenile Gangs. In a March‚ 1996 study‚ DR .James Alan Fox‚ Dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University reported that from 1985 to 1994‚ the rate of murder committed by teens‚ ages 14-17 increased 172 percent. So why do teenagers join gangs and become involved in risky behavior that can ultimately lead to incarceration‚ great bodily harm‚ or even death? What can they possibly gain from such a risky endeavor
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