... of those who espouse or practice problem-solving justice (Berman 2001). Problem solving courts vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and by different case types, but all focus on close collaboration with the service communities in their jurisdictions and stress a collaborative, multidisciplinary, problem solving approach to address the underlying issues of individuals appearing in ... to their answers. "Once the defendant has pled guilty, the judge, prosecutor, and defense counselor collectively with the treatment providers, social service agencies, and case managers jointly focus on th...

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... theorists and the media, however in order for us to move beyond this idea of hegemonic masculinities, we need to find encouragement in all parts of society. As the predominant focus in this essay is how violence appears to be associated with masculinity, we must realise that due to the masculine bias, this does not mean that we should entirely ignore ... this essay express that although crime rates indicate that both males and females commit violent crimes, the majority of the focus tends to be on male offenders. As discussed, there is a strong association between masculinity and violen...

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... , and student satisfaction, and reduced other antisocial behaviors such as vandalism, fighting, theft, drunkenness, and truancy in 42 schools (Falcon, 2004). It uses readings and role-plays to focus on violence and the related problem of social rejection by peers. All the teachers outlaw bullying, discuss episodes so problem children can get special attention, and intervene quickly and consistently ... - Counseling at-risk students - Conflict mediation and resolution. The sheer numbers of these programs can be daunting; there are over 200 institutional programs alone. And the specific goa...

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... the many abused children become serial murderers. This and other theories of childhood socialization, including a critical analysis of current ideas and theories regarding the construction of serial murderers, are the focus of the following work. Due to the inability of professionals to reach a uniform consensus on the definition of serial murder, those murderers in whose homicides involve trolling, or roaming and ... cognitive development. They are: child abuse (physical and psychological), parental treatment of the child, parental interaction (domestic violence) and the use of violenc...

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... began to reunite the police and the community. The main aspects of the professional crime control model that made it ineffective was the emphasis on efficiency over effectiveness, the focus on reactive approaches and strategies to incidents, the importance placed on quantity rather than quality, the fortress like buildings, little attention to the victims and the decreased public trust ... . Strategies are designed with commitment to community and clients in mind. Internal strategies support the delivery of the external services. The necessary changes needed was to have a broad focus on s...

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... also continue during later childhood and adolescence to reinforce the benefits of these early prevention programs. Ages 7 to 12, the overriding principle in this age group are to focus on education and strong family support. Transitions from elementary school to middle school are difficult and can influence delinquency for this age group. The availability of firearms increases the ... group are effective in decreasing antisocial or violent behavior. In fact, the effectiveness of peer mediation and conflict resolution is unclear due to lack of research. Therefore, strategies that focus on ...

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... be a deterrent from immoral behaviors and this can therefore not be applied to those who are mentally incapacitated This paper shall examine both positions to this argument, with an additional focus on specific cases where the individual who is or has been on trial for the death penalty suffered from a serious form of mental illness or mental retardation. This paper shall ... Culpability and the Mentally Ill and the Mentally Retarded The issue of whether or not the mentally ill or the mentally retarded criminal is responsible for his actions is the focus of this particular section. [As ...

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... are readily ascribed offender status yet have to work hard to achieve any kind of victim status (Brown, 1998; Munice, 2004). News coverage of young people and crime can sometimes focus on young girls and women. Girl gangs become popular in the media after the actress Elizabeth Hurley was robbed with a broken bottle allegedly by a gang of four teenage girls in ... all research will conclude that the media representation of crime exaggerate both the levels of serious interpersonal crime in society and the risk of becoming a crime victim all media forms focus overwhelmingly on violent or s...

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... ;A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Most gun control activists focus in isolation on the beginning of the amendment where the founders wrote that a well-regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free state. They then try to argue that ... ranting of self-interested politicians hoping to secure political gain from tragedy. Firearms can be used for both self-defense and crime, but most people only focus on the latter. Those who support gun control focus in isolation on th...

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... only raise the risks to the health of the users. Prohi- bition, therefore, is no solution. (Hess 1996, 55) Page 3 V OLUME III, N UMBER 3, W INTER 1999 F O R B I D D E N F R U I T ✦ 443 More recently, the focus in the United States has shifted to warnings, restrictions, and high taxes rather than prohibition. The decline in cigarette use in the United States since 1965, noted earlier, may point ... activity has occurred in the absence of evidence clearly sup- porting its efficacy, and therefore there has been debate in the public health community about the wisdom of the current focus o...

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... whose photos were traded by the twisted brotherhood of W0nderland." (1998) Their victimization will continue until all the photos of them are recovered and destroyed. Although the media did not focus on the W0nderland case as one may think they would, their reasons not to do so are easy to guess. To start with, no media source would want to have ... of the LAPD officers sparked the start of the L.A. riots and left America stunned. An angry crowd of about 300 gathered outside the courthouse in Ventura County. The intersection to focus on in the beginning was Florence and Normandie Avenue...

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... schools with crime and other measures while controlling for environmental and demographic factors. After collecting extensive data from 1,234 public schools in the United States, the analysis showed that the focus on adolescent violence was not as well founded as people thought. Relative to all issues of school discipline, violent infractions made up for just a small fraction of incidents reported by ... and evaluations have been made across a number of states to provide recommendations for the movement away from zero tolerance. A variety of publications support the implementation of ev...

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... and whats wrong. This may lead them to be out on the street with friends that may peer pressure them to do things like drugs, mugging, or play games that focus on violence (Ex. knock-out game). The knockout game is a game played mostly by teenagers in which a friend picks out a victim and the person has to go and try to ... since were kids we are taught to be competitive. We always try to be better than the other people around us. Being competitive makes people aggressive and selfish. We dont focus on helping each other out. We always worry about ourselves because no one else worries ab...

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... the death penalty at sixteen and seventeen, while others refrain until adulthood at age eighteen. The article presents an array of figures and statistics and other factual information however, the focus of the article is providing violent juveniles with effective program options, protecting the due process rights of juveniles, and reconsideration of the death penalty for juveniles. 2. Cullen, F. T., Scott, J. E., & Skovron, S. E. (1989 ... ). The Death Penalty for Juveniles: An Assessment of Public Support. Crime & Delinquency, 35 (4), 546-561. B. The article provided a research based st...

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... being institutionalized for a relatively short time. For juveniles to succeed in the community, they need to receive help while they are institutionalized. Critics are concerned that boot camps, with their focus on group activities, regimentation, and military drill and ceremony, will not address what juveniles need to successfully make the transition back to the community. When returning to an environment that ... many solutions. For some children the boot camp method can work, if there is after care provided, but ultimately our best chance of changing any behavior is prevention and to...

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... America (Dale, 95). Although there are many different types of programs for juvenile offenders, most successful boot camps are operated like Florida's Juvenile Offender Training Center in Martin County. The focus of the boot camp is to prepare juvenile offenders to be re-integrated into their communities with new sets of skills and values (Dale, 91). Reshaping attitudes, behaviors, and the ... boot camps may preclude women from wanting to take advantage of the programs (Mackenzie). When properly ran, female boot camps have shown the same success that other camps enjoy. The focus must be...

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... involved with delinquency. They argue two theories, subculture theory of violence and the self-control theory. Most theories that have introduced the black-white differentials in juvenile crime tend to focus on economic deprivation, subculture adaptations, self-esteem, intelligence, family structure, and the legacy of racism and discrimination on behavior (Hensley et al., 1999, p.2). The most prominent explanation for the involvement ... . When it comes down to the family, the more control (positive control) the family has the less likelihood of delinquency. For males the differential as...

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... Blacks will be able to keep a large portion of Black males out of prison. Although several commentators have voiced criticisms with the ideas of Professor Butler, most of these criticisms focus on what is best for the American legal system, what legal precedents dictate, or as is most often the case, on what is "right." It is, however, negligent to simply ... focus on these issues when examining the proposal of Professor Butler. Instead criticism and analysis must be based upon what is best for the Black community in this country. From this ... ...

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... Shadow of Two Worlds, one comes to find that common criminal theories are not only evident in criminal society but also tie closely with criminal beliefs and values. The main focus of this particular case study, Sam Goodman, is a prime example to use when illustrating these theories" role in the criminal world. Discussions of his experiences in the criminal, and also ... the criminal underworld, they start viewing themselves as more of a criminal. "Whatever the nature and profitability of these businesses [legitimate cover, and fencing], however, they tend to remain secondary in focus i...

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... delinquency. The consensus among practitioners and researchers however maintains that juvenile delinquency is a dynamic, multifaceted problem with numerous potentially causal factors. Subsequently, investigators and professionals suggest that treatment procedures must focus on not only the immediate issue of the offender's deviant behavior but on every element within the context of that behavior as well, including for example, family relations and social ... systems to include those of other religious, economic and political convictions as opposed to trying to impose democratic, middle ...

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... shoplifting. They had close ties with the male gangs and often would carry weapons for them since they were generally less likely to be searched by police officers. The national focus in the 60's was on the Vietnam War, civil rights, and urban riots and gang membership was not apparent. In the 70's more than one million Asian refugees immigrated United ... within the family to help minimize or decrease the activity and prevalence of gangs. In his book, Dangerous Society, Taylor points out several gang-prevention strategies on which we might focus. He sees the family and the community as...

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... has formulated many effective and different approaches to prevent crimes, some of which include: Individual-Level Strategies, Family-Oriented Strategies, and Community-Level Strategies. Individual-Level Strategies are programs that focus on addressing existing deficits that may place individuals at risk of involvement in criminality. For example, in one program called "Wrap Around- which was specifically formulated to place the client ... (children and youth) at the centre of the intervention and tailor a range of supportive services. In addition, Family-Oriented Strategies are also a f...

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... are numerous programs available and developments being made in order to help treat and prevent juvenile crime. Nonetheless, these programs and developments will not succeed unless officials start putting more focus and effort into these programs. In their article, the Jenson, Potter and Howard all strongly believe that a high priority should be placed on funding and developing delinquency programs within neighborhood ... specific problems, programs developed would be more in tune with the actual problem and be more valuable. A third reason why change is needed is because there needs to ...

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... crime are quite high. Unfortunately research suggests fewer than half of serious violent crimes by juveniles are reported to law enforcement (Lopez and Emmer 2002). The data that are available focus primarily on use of weapons, presence of peers, drug and alcohol use, and other observable or easily defined correlates of offending situations. Such data are limited in that they do ... felt that it was acceptable to commit offenses especially if they were protecting themselves, friends and family (albeit they felt that the gang was their family). If given the proper focus the children will...

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... of forensic psychology is not popularized by most of the media in a serious manner like other fields of forensics. Television shows like The Learning Channel or the History Channel don't focus on specialties like forensic psychologists. It appears that the networks are mainly interested in the information acquired from an investigation that are seen, like fingerprint examinations and DNA analysis. It ... depend upon the beliefs of the trainer. If the trainer believes the skills of a forensic psychologist to be an art and not science, then the trainee will be taught to focus on particula...

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