Throughout history and in present times, our country has continually treated juveniles differently than adults in various aspects of society. Children are required to attend school, forbidden to work without permission before the age of sixteen, unable to vote, and prohibited from drinking alcohol. Caitlin Young, Student Author, Children Sex Offenders: How the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Sa...

The purpose of this study is to explore the prevalence and associated behaviors of dating violence among a population of girls in the juvenile justice system. A sample of 590 girls from an urban juvenile justice system completed a questionnaire assessing attitudes and self-efficacy about and occurrence of dating violence. The analysis developed a random effect model to determine a risk profile ...

This review considers juvenile delinquency and justice from an international perspective. Youth crime is a growing concern. Many young offenders are also victims with complex needs, leading to a public health approach that requires a balance of welfare and justice models. However, around the world there are variable and inadequate legal frameworks and a lack of a specialist workforce. The UK an...

INTRODUCTION Many studies indicate the high prevalence of juvenile substance abuse. There is increasingly more dual diagnosis and mental illnesses in adolescents and many juvenile offenses are related to drug abuse. METHOD This is a descriptive study about the relationship between drug abuse and clinical, demographic and criminal characteristics in a sample of 144 youths seen in the Therapeut...

OBJECTIVE To determine changes in psychotropic medication use before and after juvenile justice incarceration, contrasting stays in long-stay commitment facilities and short-stay detention facilities. DESIGN Statewide administrative data (July 1, 1998, through June 30, 2003) from the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice and Florida Medicaid. Medication prescriptions filled before entry and ...

We would also like to thank Phil Anderson for his assistance with statistical analysis and Joy Wundersitz for information about research in South Australia. This is a project supported by a grant from the Criminology Research Council. The views expressed are the responsibility of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Council. Introduction This paper presents the final findings from a...

This study aims to discuss problems regarding the criminal system for children who are perpetrators of acts and classification sanctions against commit crimes in Indonesia. research is a normative yiridis using secondary data analyzed based on laws regulations related juvenile justice Based results study, it known that child crimes, since issuance Law No. 11 2012 concerning Juvenile Criminal Ju...

The legal presumption used in virtually all juvenile delinquency cases in the U.S. is that all juveniles are competent to stand trial. This Article calls for the elimination of that legal presumption, which is historically based on the Dusky v. United States decision and in the adult criminal justice system. The recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court recognize the developmental and organic ...

Juvenile offenders may be too young to manage the terms of their probation independently; a parent’s participation in the probationary process is critical for youths’ successful transition to crime desistence. However, a parent’s capacity for support during his or her child’s legal process may depend on the parent’s knowledge of how the justice system operates. The present study is the first to...

Historically the juvenile justice system in southern Mississippi kept records on cards which had to be indexed, filed and then retrieved to move children through the system. University of Southern Mississippi's SWORD system is a client-server database which was developed to improve the quality and reliability of child information. SWORD currently serves six southern Mississippi counties with 16...