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Essay Instructions: Juvenile Delinquency
Examine the causes of juvenile delinquency and the best strategies and interventions designed to stop juvenile delinquency. At a minimum, your paper should include the following:
1. A detailed history of juvenile justice and varying approaches to its prevention.
2. An exhaustive examination of all stakeholders to juvenile delinquency.
3. A complete description of the issues addressed.
4. A detailed analysis of possible strategies and interventions designed to stop juvenile delinquency.
5. A comprehensive list and weighing of alternatives, both pro and con, to the strategies/interventions proposed.
6. A prediction for how juvenile justice prevention and intervention strategies will be handled over at least the next two decades.
You may supplement the paper with interviews of juvenile agency personnel, updates on current legislative initiatives in the area, and political analyses of juvenile justice issues.
? Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title and reference page), and formatted according to APA style
? Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
? Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
? Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
? Must use at least five scholarly resources, including a minimum of two from the Ashford Online Library.
? Must document all sources in APA style

PLEASE USE THESE SOURCES within the paper as well as others that you may find such as in PROQUEST, JSTOR, & WORLDCAT.

http://search.proquest.com/criminaljusticeperiodicalsshell/advanced?accountid=32521

Bartollas, C. & Miller, S. (2008). Juvenile justice in America (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education.

Wallace, H. & Roberson, C. (2012). Principles of criminal law (5th ed.). Boston: Pearson Allyn & Bacon

Essay Instructions: Juvenile delinquency is a critical problam facing communities throughout the country (USA). Youth growing up in stabel households as well as those growing up in maladjusted, economically insecure and emotional unstable homes are violating the law. Many facets of the social welfare system deal w/allevating this problem. This paper will examine children, their relationship to crime and the role of social work in addressing this problem. I. Introduction (a) What is delinquency (b) importance of this topic. II. General Causes and Conditions of Juvenile Delinquency (a) Environmental factors; (b) Cultural Factors; (c) Psychological Factors. III. Prevention and Treatment (a) Role of Law Enforcement Agencies and Juvenild Court; (b) Juvenile Detention; (c) Institutional Treatment vs Group homes/Family Care. III. Role of Social Work in Juvenile Delinquency (a) Role of Social Worker; (b) Barriers/Limitations/Challenges. V. Conclusion/Summary

Essay Instructions: Juvenile Delinquency

Please discuss the topic of juvenile delinquency ? criminal acts that because of age of person committing them not treated as fully criminal cases.

Please use multiple, reliable and empirical, sources to connect to the topic. Also, provide your own thoughts on vulnerable matters.

Perhaps you could address:
- The Rise & Fall of the Therapeutic Juvenile Court
- The Nature & Type of Juvenile Delinquency Evaluations
- Dispositional Evaluations
- Competency Evaluations
- The SAVRY--- state-of-the-art actuarial tool
- Guidelines for Conducting Parental Fitness Evaluations

Please position yourself as a forensic psychologist.

APA

Essay Instructions: TOPIC
1. How do poverty, health problems, and family problems increase the likelihood of juvenile delinquency?

also cite more sources if needed.


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? Poverty leads to the ?survival of the strongest? and causes people to act in ways the normally wouldn?t just so they can survive. Ex. (steal food, money)
? Health problems may cause one to act out in ways that they normally wouldn?t. ex( crazy people and so on.
o Also if family members have a condition and the person ant pay for it, they may act of of hand to get money in illegal ways. Ex (sell drugs)

? Family problems is similar to the above wit selling drugs for money however sometimes families get in to trouble with the wrong people and have to do something to get out of it (sometimes illegal activity.
? All of these may cause the likelihood of juvenile delinquency because the young are the easiest to target and convince.