Poverty among individuals is an enduring condition in almost all societies. The responses by governments to poverty, however, have varied. In the United States, President Lyndon Johnson sought to address poverty through the creation of the Great Society programs in the 1960s. In effect, he declared a War on Poverty. Later, especially during the Republicans’ takeover of the government in the 198...

Increasing numbers of youths are being tried in criminal court because of statutory measures that have decreased the use of judicial review as the primary mechanism for transfer. The relative immaturity of adolescents suggests that transferred youths might have impaired competence-related abilities compared to adults. To test this hypothesis, we compared the competence-related abilities and dev...

Whereas young persons of either sex may be brought to the juvenile courts for suspected promiscuity, in practice it is mainly girls over whom legal control may be sought on this account (West, 1967). Promiscuity, sexually-transmitted disease, and pregnancy, are of common occurrence among girl delinquents (Epps, 1951; Keighley, 1957; 1963) but endeavours to ensure effective medical care have bee...

BACKGROUND Juvenile offenders with intellectual disability (ID) have been largely ignored in the literature of risk assessment, while they are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, and ID is a risk factor for juvenile delinquency and recidivism. The aim of this study was to examine whether there are differences between juvenile offenders with and without ID in the impact of risk facto...

Children as perpetrators of traffic accidents that cause fatalities, this is one the classic problems related to application legal system and its functionalization by law enforcement officials in Indonesia. How protection children juvenile criminal justice Diversion Problems Traffic Violators Indonesia? Regarding Criminal Code Article 310 paragraph (4) Law Number 22 2009 concerning Road Transpo...

The juvenile court of the future will be a viable, but changed, institution largely because of society's need to hold parents accountable for their children's well-being and youths accountable for their actions. The author describes three current trends in juvenile court which will continue to impact the court in the future. First, more jurisdictions will refine and streamline their court struc...

ABSTRACT A number of unpublished technical reports claim that drug courts have been more successful than other forms of community supervision in closely supervising drug offenders in the community through frequent monitoring and close supervision, including mandatory frequent drug testing, placing and retaining drug offenders in treatment programs, providing treatment and related services to of...