When the boys arrived at the school, they received a total of demerits, judged according to their offense. They must cancel these demerits by their deportment in work and school before they could obtain release. ... Missouri is leading the way with the 2005 Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative funded by the Annie E. ... They are implementing new methods of alternatives to detention programs; these alternatives are day and evening reporting centers, home confinement, and shelter care. ... Neely hopes to be released from probation at his next hearing, and enter a technical school progra...

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Because of that the youngest child felt he had no other alternative, he had to prove his bravado. ... So, perhaps he felt as if he had no other alternatives. ... Her son was expelled and she says '"The principle at his school was upset because my son said 'I'd die for my neighborhood.' ... Because of her loyalty to her neighborhood he has also adopted that loyalty and may have no other alternatives. ... "Jamee started seeing these guys out there who were wearing expensive clothes and they didn't have to go to school or ask their parents for money." ...

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So in other words I believe that there are alternatives other than sending them to jail. ... And they would be to old to go to school and I am sure they would have nothing to do so by them having nothing to do they would more them likely get into trouble. ... I believe that the states should find different alternatives for the juveniles so that they juvenile learn from their mistake. ...

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Imagine a psychological test for high school students where it is shown that those who fail are as likely to commit a future crime as are those arrested for having committed that crime in the past. ... I just don't see in our world today, with all our available alternatives, that capital punishment is still necessary. ...

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Most do not even have a high-school education and making money on the streets earns youths respect and freedom. ... PSD, which is an after school community based program, provides artistic alternatives to teenagers who have problems with school, their families or the community. ... Alternative intervention strategies to this have been traditional talk therapies which teens see as invasive and persecutory. ...

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Gun Control The basic premise of the constitution is to allow people to the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Someone else cannot take one's right to life. However there are times when people try. When that time comes, the victim must have a way to protect himself. A handgun carried concealed is a great way to offer that protection What gun control advocates can't perceive is that gun control laws are aimed at the legal buying and selling of guns. ...

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They focus on the kids that come from broken homes our live in poverty and watch for the warning signs that one will take (like skipping school or becoming less sociable) They try and help these kids before they can go down the wrong path. ...

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They focus on the kids that come from broken homes our live in poverty and watch for the warning signs that one will take (like skipping school or becoming less sociable) They try and help these kids before they can go down the wrong path. ...

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in the community are killed, a professor in a law school, for example, as opposed to same homeless person the killer get the death penalty? ... The latest National opinion pool released in conjunction with this report shows that more people in this country would prefer alternative sentences that guarantee both protection and punishment to the death penalty. ...

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An alternative to the death penalty should be that the offender is required to compensate the victim's family with the offenders" own income from employment or community service while in jail. ... Together their accomplishments include working at hospitals, teaching illiterates to read, creating a correspondence school, making significant developments in the World War ...

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I feel that if we teach these prisoners some self-control and alternative lifestyles that we can keep them from reentering the prisons once they get out. ... The term "therapeutic community" has been used in many different forms of treatment, including residential group homes and special schools, and different conditions, like mental illness, alcoholism, and drug abuse (Lipton 1998, pp.106-109). ...

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