The Original law of the Illinois juvenile court defined a delinquent as: a child under the age of sixteen years who has violated any laws of the state, or any city or village ordinance. Under the common law, children between the ages of 7 and 16 years of could be dealt with as delinquent. Today in 3...

Researchers frequently use 5 criteria to define a gang: (1) formal organization structure, (2) identifiable leadership, (3) identified with a territory, (4) recurrent interaction and (5) engaging in serious or violent behavior. Pirates were probably the first types of gang in history. To define a...

Throughout recent history there has been a constant battle between the media and the rest of America. The masses are disgusted with the sex, drugs, and the most important issue, violence, that are contained in today's mass media. Violence is present in almost every aspect of the media. It fla...

Boot Camps: The Right Way Thirteen dead, over twenty wounded in a suburb of Denver Colorado, from a threat far greater than any Iranian terrorists. The threat is from within, the threat is our children. Youth Violence is a more common occurrence than the media would like us to believe. Similar ...

Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are forever linked with school violence. Their actions dramatically altered the lives of their victim's families, their fellow classmates, teachers, and the community. Young killers take it upon themselves to do the work of God and ruin the lives of everyone who gets i...

Who's to Blame? Juvenile Delinquency It was a crime that shocked Chicago, that seemingly unshockable city - the murder of 11 year-old Ryan Harris in fall 1998, who had been bashed on the head with a rock, dragged into the bushes and sexually assaulted (Adler and Annin 28). We're used to ...

Juveniles Must Accept Responsibility for their Action Are juveniles as under control today as they were in the past? Crime plays a major role in today's society. The government follows the policy and has always followed the policy that no crime goes unpunished. The controversy that surround...

Gun Control In 1988, handguns killed 7 people in Great Britain, 19 in Sweden, 53 in Switzerland, 25 in Israel, 13 in Australia, 8 in Canada, and 8,915 in the United States. These figures are shocking and there doesn't seem to be a solution. Gun control is a problem that our country has got to face. ...

Juvenile Justice: Is it Helping or Hurting? Over the years, juvenile punishment has changed in many ways. Increasing public pressure is the cause of why the system treats juvenile criminals as though they are adults. In comparison with adult courtrooms, similarities as well as differences and pro...

Crime Criminology is the study of crime and criminal offenders in many different settings and from many different points of view. All countries make rules, or laws, which forbid certain types of behavior. A crime is an act that is forbidden by law because it is harmful to a person,...

Children and Violence in America Anyone can see that child and teen violence in America is on the rise. However, what is the cause of this sudden rise in child and teen violence? The article "Children and Violence in America", tries to answer that very question. In "Children and Violence in Ame...

The causes of street violence, what can be said about this reoccurring problem that is affecting the lives of Americans everyday. Gangs and organized crime figures contribute to this on going problem. Street violence is no longer a problem that goes on in just "ghetto" areas. In the la...

Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today's cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do some kids feel that being in a gang is an acceptable and prestigious way to live? There are many different theories to these questions. On the surface, gangs may appear to be sh...