Through an ethnographic study of two correctional facilities and in-depth interviews with 19 young men, the author provides a rich description of how youth offenders understand their time in residential care and examines how these programs influence offenders' motivations to desist from crime. The ...
The article presents an argument in favor of rehabilitation programs for juvenile offenders rather than prison sentences. The author argues that rehabilitation programs have a higher success rate in returning youthful offenders to productive lives within Canadian society. Causes of youth crime are examined...
Protective factors and recidivism in Latino juvenile offenders As currently more than half of youth who are involved in the juvenile justice system will re-offend, improvement in intervention and prevention programs de... KS Graydon - Dissertations & Theses - Gradworks 被引量: 3发表: 2007年 加载...
After the age of 18, or before, if circumstances warrant it, offenders are remanded to adult court. In this paper, youth who are “involved in the juvenile justice system” refers to adolescents who are in short-term detention, on probation, in long-term secure custody, in a residential ...
Juvenile Offenders Chapter First Online:01 January 2022 pp 377–395 Cite this chapter Clinical Forensic Psychology Michael G. Vaughn, Leslie J. Sattler& Katherine J. Holzer Abstract Although many youths violate norms and break laws, substantially fewer engage in more serious transgressions that lead ...
This paper reports on the findings of a prospective, longitudinal study, the Pittsburgh Youth Study, in which violent male sex offenders ( n = 39) were compared with violent nonsex offenders ( n = 430) based on 66 demographic and psychosocial characteristics. The findings show that the sex ...
Juvenile awareness programs like Scared Straight became popular crime prevention strategies during the 1970s. Juvenile offenders and at-risk youth who part... Paul M. Klenowskisupa/supsup*/sup, Keith J. Bellsupb/sup &,Kimberly D. Dodsonsupc/sup - 《Journal of Offender Rehabilitation》 被引量...
Acts of serious criminal wrongdoing by young people, reported widely when they occur, have encouraged the perception that youth crime is increasing at alarming rates. There has been a growing demand that something be done about it. Lenient laws governing the treatment of young offenders are often...
Eisenhower, “Remarks Upon Signing the Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Offenses Control Act. September 22, 1961,” in PPPUS (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1962), 616. Google Scholar Lyndon B. Johnson, “Letter to the Attorney General on a Program to Combat Juvenile Delinquency...
Truancy offenders tend to be referred to the juvenile justice system at an earlier age, be juveniles with a family criminal history, and have received special education services. Caucasians girls, juveniles from lower income families, and juveniles who did not use drugs were more likely to be ...