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What makes drug court programs different from traditional criminal courts? This e-book answers that question and details the model of Youth Offender (YO) Court, a unique family-focused drug court program designed to address the specific needs of young persons, ages 18 to 24, and their families—from the perspective of the presiding judge.
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Although much is being published on the subject of juvenile delinquency, this volume of selected British and American source material provides something new. It includes material so old that it is practically unknown to present-day social scientists and also old material of a local nature that has never had wide circulation.
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Para entender la delincuencia juvenil y encontrar estrategias para una respuesta preventiva y de tratamiento integral del fenómeno, fue necesario investigar su evolución, los modelos de tratamiento, el marco legal internacional y nacional; y los factores de riesgo predictores del comportamiento criminal juvenil; estos últimos realizados en internos, hombres y mujeres, de centros penitenciarios.
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Think this couldn't happen to your family? Think again.
In January 1998, the small town of Escondido, California, woke up to the breaking news that 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe had been brutally stabbed to death in her own bedroom. Her lifeless body had been discovered about 6:30 a.m. by her grandmother.
The Escondido police, finding no physical evidence that could lead them to the killer, began questioning Stephanie's older brother, Michael Crowe,...
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On a hot night in July 1995, Janet Downing was stabbed ninety-eight times in her Somerville home, two miles northwest of Boston. Within hours, fifteen-year-old Eddie O'Brien was identified as the prime suspect. The best friend of one of Janet's sons, Eddie was a peculiar choice. He had no criminal record or symptoms of mental illness. He had neither motive nor opportunity to commit the crime-while others had both. And yet, powers far beyond Somerville...
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When teenagers scuffle during a basketball game, they are typically benched. But when Will got into it on the court, he and his rival were sprayed in the face at close range by a chemical similar to Mace, denied a shower for twenty-four hours, and then locked in solitary confinement for a month. One in three American children will be arrested by the time they are twenty-three, and many will spend time locked inside horrific detention centers that...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Juveniles in the Adult System is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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In this special four-book bundle, legal expert Daniel J. Baum explains Canadian law in a clear and understandable way. Includes: • Youth and the Law - Laws, as they relate to youth and youth issues, can be difficult to understand for those they are intended to serve. Baum breaks down the Supreme Court of Canada's decisions relating to youth in plain language intended for readers of all ages. • Freedom of Expression - Freedom of Expression details...
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Real cases from the Supreme Court dealing with youth issues. Laws, as they relate to youth and youth issues, can be difficult to understand for those they are intended to serve. In the first book of the Understanding Canadian Law series, author Daniel J. Baum breaks down the Supreme Court of Canada's decisions relating to youth in plain language intended for readers of all ages. Drawing on examples from recent Supreme Court rulings, Youth and the...
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A factual account of the sensational 2004 Music City murder of musician-realtor-youth minister Johnny Allen. Mainstream media ignored the victim, concentrating instead on teen-aged prostitute Cyntoia Brown, who nonetheless cold-bloodedly shot and then robbed Allen. This controversial case became a cause celebrity, arousing social media interest, via such entertainment elite supporters as Kim Kardashian-West, Snoop Dogg and Lil' Wayne. Meantime, Allen...
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On a sweltering summer night, an outcast, brutally tortured, was left to die in a field behind a Houston, Texas graveyard. Later, police discover another victim, but are the two related?
Written in cinematic narrative, Out Here in the Darkness draws its reader back to 1985 and the dawn of Satanic Panic. Within the first few pages, you'll find yourself an unwilling sixth member of a group of heavy metal fans as they sink into drug-fueled fantasies...
12) Tables Turned
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A single mother's patience snaps when a delinquent yob crosses the line and breaks into her property in the middle of the night. Instead of calling the police, she ties the insolent terror to a dining chair and attempts to find out why she does the things she does.
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In January 2013, Regina's fifteen-year-old nephew shot and killed his father (her brother), mother and three siblings. She became her nephew's guardian and stood by him through seven years of legal drama. In this memoir, she recounts her extremely difficult and personal story that affected her large extended family and entire community. It is a tragedy about generational trauma set in the rich cultural background of New Mexico. This is a story of...
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From Sandy Hook, Connecticut, to Aurora, Colorado, to Tucson, Arizona, this nation has been racked from coast to coast with mass shootings perpetrated by criminals with sick minds. Authors Dr. Liebert and Dr. Birnes believe the increase in violence is an epidemic and dig deep into the causes of mental illness to determine what exactly is going on with these individuals and society as a whole, and what action can be taken to slow this frightening trend...
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A loving mother. A teenage killer. On a crisp December day in 1963, Nancy Zanone left her young son and daughter playing in the backyard while she went inside to check the laundry. She never came back. A troubled teen prowling for unlocked doors along Chippewa in South St. Louis surprised her in the kitchen and stabbed her to death. Despite Joseph Arbeiter's confession and hard evidence, he was freed on a technicality. In response, Zanone's family...
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In the late nineteenth century, progressive reformers recoiled at the prospect of the justice system punishing children as adults. Advocating that children's inherent innocence warranted fundamentally different treatment, reformers founded the nation's first juvenile court in Chicago in 1899. Yet amid an influx of new African American arrivals to the city during the Great Migration, notions of inherent childhood innocence and juvenile justice were...
17) Little Book of Family Group Conferences New Zealand Style: A Hopeful Approach When Youth Cause Harm
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Family Group Conferences (FGCs) are the primary forum in New Zealand for dealing with juvenile crime as well as child welfare issues. This third volume in The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series is about the juvenile justice system that is built around these conferences.
Since their introduction in New Zealand, Family Group Conferences have been adopted and adapted in many places throughout the world. They have been applied...
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