Juvenile Delinquency Cases Research Articles

Ten Ways to Reduce Detention Population

ABSTRACT“Juvenile detention is regularly overlooked, maligned, and misunderstood. Its embattled condition is best described as severely abused and neglected. It is underfunded, understaffed, crowded and largely ignored.”1“Detention caseloads increased 38 percent between 1987 and 1996. The increase in the number of delinquency cases handled by the courts has driven the growth in the number of juveniles in the detention system. In 1987, 1.2 million delinquency cases were disposed of in juvenile courts. By 1996, this number had risen 49 percent, to almost 1.8 million. This increase in the volume of juveniles in the justice system resulted in a 38 percent increase in the number of delinquency cases that involved the use of detention. The number of juvenile delinquency cases detained in 1996 was 89,000 more than in 1987. This has resulted in increased demand for juvenile detention bed space across the country.”2“Changes in statutes allowing more detainable offenses have significantly increased the number of youths admitted to regional detention centers.”3“Although minority youth constituted about 32 percent of the youth population in the country in 1995, they represented 68 percent of the juvenile population in secure detention…4

An expert system for juvenile delinquent disposition advisement

This article reports on the development of the Juvenile Delinquent Disposition Advisor expert system, also called a knowledge-based system (KBS). This application extends the contribution of expert system technology in the legal domain by supporting decision making in the juvenile delinquency area. It provides judges assigned to juvenile delinquency cases with support in reaching unbiased and consistent sentencing decisions. It also assists attorneys who defend or prosecute juvenile delinquency cases-by knowing the sentencing options in advance, attorneys can better devise effective case strategies. Family Court attorneys tested the KBS with actual cases, and they were receptive to the assistance provided by the KBS. This article discusses the background, design, implementation, and testing of this KBS application. Policy implications and plans for further enhancements are also covered.

A Preliminary Study of the Regularity of Struggle against Criminal Youth Groups

A salient feature and main characteristic of recent cases of juvenile delinquency is that the offenders work in groups. Therefore, cracking down on criminal youth groups as the main target is a key to reducing the crime rate, improving social order, and reforming and saving those juveniles who are on the verge of committing crimes or have committed minor offenses. This has been amply proved in the anticrime struggle in the latter half of 1983.

The application of social impact assessment to the study of criminal and juvenile justice programs: A case study

This article focuses on the utility of social impact assessment as a method for the study of criminal and juvenile justice programs. Social impact assessment is a relatively new research approach which has most often been used not in the field of criminal and juvenile justice, but to predict the many possible impacts of public construction programs on individuals, organizations, and the community. To illustrate the method of social impact assessment, a case study of one of the few applications of social impact assessment in a juvenile or criminal justice setting is provided. The case study is of a nationally acclaimed program model, the Community Arbitration Project (CAP), which was designed to improve the screening of juvenile delinquency cases before court. The case study compares CAP with a traditional screening program. It shows the procedure used to identify many types of possible impacts that may differ between the two programs, including those which are desired and not desired, and those which are intended and unintended. Furthermore, the case study demonstrates the process used to document selected impacts throughout the social system, in the case of CAP and traditional screening, on offenders, victims, police, the juvenile court, and the local community. The article concludes with a discussion of the feasibility of using the results of a social impact assessment as input into the modification of innovative model programs during their formative stage, and as input into the decision making that leads up to the choice of a model program for replication.

Les Moba de Lomé.

D. Pontie—Lome's Moba. An investigation of the 2,500 Moba settlers in Lome, analyzing the reactions to an urban environment of these savannah peasants, first observed in their native milieu. A previous knowledge of the rural society avoids the levelling down and standardization frequently inherent in the global analysis of an urban population. This study in urban anthropologv sets forth a continued village control of marriage, solidarity networks, and social welfare. Cases of juvenile delinquency are submitted not only to the judgment of town-dwellers but also to that of Northern people, which play an important role in the reintegration of dissidents.

Juvenile Delinquency Cases in Courts and Juvenile Commissions in the Soviet Union

Juvenile and Family Court JournalVolume 28, Issue 3 p. 11-14 Juvenile Delinquency Cases in Courts and Juvenile Commissions in the Soviet Union Genius P. Baturov, Search for more papers by this authorFelix M. Reshetnikov, Corresponding AuthorInstitute of Soviet Legislation Kutuzovsky Prospect 23 121151 Moscow, USSRSearch for more papers by this author Genius P. Baturov, Search for more papers by this authorFelix M. Reshetnikov, Corresponding AuthorInstitute of Soviet Legislation Kutuzovsky Prospect 23 121151 Moscow, USSRSearch for more papers by this author First published: August 1977 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-6988.1977.tb01328.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume28, Issue3August 1977Pages 11-14 RelatedInformation

An ecological analysis of narcotic addicts in Baltimore.

When dealing with the problem of narcotic addiction, which contains aspects of both criminal deviance and illness, there remains a major question as to whether narcotic addiction has any relationship to other forms of social pathology. In order to explore this question, rates per 100,000 for the current narcotic addict population by census tract in Baltimore City were computed with 1965 population estimates (tabulated by the Baltimore City Health Department). The rate was then compared to rates computed in the same manner for financial dependency, adult arrests, and juvenile delinquency for Baltimore City. The latter three indices had been previously tabulated and published by the University of Maryland School of Social Work and the Health and Welfare Council of the Baltimore area. These agencies reported the estimated persons depending on public assistance for January 1, 1964, the estimated total number of arrests for 1963, and the number of juvenile delinquency cases disposed of in 1962 for Baltimore Ci...

Towards an Understanding of Juvenile Delinquency: A Study of 8,464 Cases of Juvenile Delinquency in Baltimore.

Towards an Understanding of Juvenile Delinquency: A Study of 8,464 Cases of Juvenile Delinquency in Baltimore.

Towards an Understanding of Juvenile Delinquency: A Study of 8,464 cases of Juvenile Delinquency in Baltimore.Bernard Lander

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsTowards an Understanding of Juvenile Delinquency: A Study of 8,464 cases of Juvenile Delinquency in Baltimore. Bernard Lander Albert K. CohenAlbert K. Cohen Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 60, Number 4Jan., 1955 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/221597 Views: 2Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Towards an Understanding of Juvenile Delinquency; A Study of 8,464 Cases of Juvenile Delinquency in Baltimore

Towards an Understanding of Juvenile Delinquency; A Study of 8,464 Cases of Juvenile Delinquency in Baltimore

Towards an Understanding of Juvenile Delinquency: A Study of 8,464 Cases of Juvenile Delinquency in Baltimore. Bernard Lander

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsTowards an Understanding of Juvenile Delinquency: A Study of 8,464 Cases of Juvenile Delinquency in Baltimore. Bernard Lander Alfred J. KahnAlfred J. Kahn Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Social Service Review Volume 28, Number 4Dec., 1954 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/639733 Views: 1Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1954 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article: Ernest Greenwood New Directions in Delinquency Research: A Commentary on a Study by Bernard Lander, Social Service Review 30, no.22 (Sep 2015): 147–157.https://doi.org/10.1086/640012

Ecological Interrelationships of Juvenile Delinquency, Dependency, and Population Mobility: A Cartographic Analysis of Data from Long Beach, California

In plotting the cases of juvenile delinquency, public relief, and mobility for an urban area, contour lines were obtaided for each factor by first locating a center at the intersection of the vertical and horizontal lines which divided the spots into two equal parts. Twelve equally spaced axes were used to locate twelve points, which when connected constituted the contour line. Mobility and delinquency were closely correlated, relief distribution being differently located. The ratio to total population when plotted gave contour lines of rates. Two centers of delinquency appeared located in zones of transition or deterioration. This method present a graphic picture of the phenomena and breaks down the artificially chosen boundaries of the statistical areas.

Treatment of Minor Cases of Juvenile Delinquency

Treatment of Minor Cases of Juvenile Delinquency