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The Juvenile Justice System - Is it Working
Title: The Juvenile Justice System - Is it Working
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics
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The Juvenile Justice System - Is it Working
The American juvenile justice system was designed over 100 years ago to reform kids found guilty of minor crimes, minor crimes such as petty theft and truancy. Today, the system is becoming overwhelmed by crimes of violence. Stealing and skipping school have been replaced by rape, robbery, and murder. The juvenile justice system was never meant to deal with these problems.
Juvenile delinquency describes the antisocial behavior of many different types of youth who are in …showed first 75 words of 1468 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1468 total…SUPERPREDATORS ARRIVE. New York: Newsweek, 1996. 57.
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