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Juvenile Legal Issues What rights do juveniles have? May we treat them differently than adults? Read The "Impact of Juvenile Curfew Laws In California" and decide first if policy makers should be able to impose curfews on juveniles and secondly if curfews reduce juvenile crime.http://www.courttv.com/teens/programs/yt/curfew Juvenile Justice System A wide range of studies and policy papers on a number of juvenile justice topics published by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.http://virlib.ncjrs.org/JuvenileJustice.asp Characteristics of juvenile offenders and case outcomes http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t563.pdf Disproportionate minority representation in secure juvenile facilities. http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/dism.txt An overview of juvenile probation. http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/workhors.txt Proposal for alternative to juvenile courts. http://www.urban.org/news/pressrel/pr980612.html After reviewing the information at the above sites describe a typical juvenile justice system.
Youth and Violent Crime Expert Panel Issues Report on Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders.http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/fs9768.txt Trends in juvenile violence in European countries. http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/fs000202.txt Adolescent Time Use, Risky Behavior and Outcomes: An Analysis of National Data. http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/hsp/cyp/xstimuse.htm Check out the script for "Caught in the Crossfire" a documentary on youth violence. http://www.pbs.org/merrow/tv/caught/index.html What happens when abused and neglected children grow up? http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/cyclepre.txt Drawing upon information from the above sites discuss juvenile violence in the United States today.
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