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ISBN: 1280952369 9786610952366 0816066361 Year: 2003 Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Facts on File,
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Juvenile Crime, a new volume in the Library in a Book series, takes a serious look at this important topic. It examines juvenile offenders, their crimes, and the consequences of those crimes to themselves, to their victims, and to society. This book provides an overview of the juvenile justice system, how it has evolved, and how it works today, and it examines the impact of tough new state laws on minors in the system. It deals with a broad range of issues, including trends in both violent and property crimes as well as status offenses; juvenile offenders; causes of delinquency and substance a
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ISBN: 1282438999 9786612438998 0816069999 Year: 2006 Publisher: New York : Facts On File,
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U.S. prisons are highly dangerous places for inmates and prison staff alike. Housing a mix of criminal offenders-from drug abusers to murderers-while ensuring the safety of staff members and protecting the rights of inmates is a complex and daunting challenge undertaken each day in prisons nationwide. That challenge is heightened as more prisoners enter correctional facilities. In 2002, some 1.4 million inmates were held in federal and state prisons, an 82 percent increase since 1990. When factored in with jail inmates, that amounted to the highest rate of incarceration in the world. Clear and
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ISBN: 1438133987 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York, NY : Facts On File, Inc.,
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Clear and comprehensive, Prisons, Revised Edition examines the state of U.S. prisons and related issues. It focuses on the development of prisons in the United States and how the competing goals of punishment and rehabilitation have shaped the evolution of criminal correction. An overview presents statistics on U.S. prisons and explores the issues behind those statistics, including racial disparity among prisoners and the causes of recidivism. The financial costs of running prisons and the mixed record of private prisons are examined, and laws and legislation relating to issues of incarceratio
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ISBN: 1282943049 9786612943041 1438132344 Year: 2010 Publisher: New York : Facts On File, an imprint of Infobase Pub.,
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Crime committed by people under the age of 18 draws great public attention and concern. By highlighting the deficits of young people today, it confirms fears of a dangerous society and it stirs sympathies for youth gone astray. Policies and statutes regarding juvenile crime are evolving as Americans struggle with these rival concerns. In Roper v. Simmons (2005), the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to execute offenders for crimes committed when they were younger than 18, but the Court restricted students' free speech rights at public schools in Morse v. Frederick (2007). Meanwhile, U.S.
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