The results showed that as early as 3 years of age, the boy's intelligence scores were very considerably correlated with criminal activities. From 5 to 8 years, they weren't as significant as they were at about 3 years. ... What was significant about this correlation was that SES and language understanding was higher than SES and language maturity between ages 3 and 5. ...
This has some people up in arms about the privacy rights of their children who commit sex crimes and the stigma it involves. ... As a result, the boy will be branded as a sex criminal until the year 2024. ... While some disagree, Schnelz believes it is inappropriate that the boy be branded a sex offender--but Schnelz had no choice but to order the boy to register under the state law. ... If I have learned anything this semester about criminology, it is that no one single theory is correct about any given circumstance. ...
By contrast, almost every citizen can talk about "delinquency," by which they generally mean male delinquency, and can even generate some fairly specific complaints about, for example, the failure of the juvenile justice system to deal with such problems as "the alarming increase in the rate of serious juvenile crime" and the fact that the juvenile courts are too lenient on juveniles found guilty of these offenses. ... And fifteen years earlier about half of the girls and about 20% of the boys were referred to court for these offenses. ... On a different note, the movement to establish sepa...
Current research into this difficult and pressing issue reflects a vast range of theories about, and predictors of delinquency as well as a multitude of strategies to control and reduce overall delinquency. ... Parents, who ignore inappropriate behavior, are negligent about consistently punishing all misbehaviors with pre-established punishments or who threaten punishment but don't follow through with it will raise children who are more likely to engage in delinquent behavior (Glueck & Glueck, 1950; Laub & Sampson, 1998; Wells and Rankin, 1988). ...
The jurors didn't care about the boy's age and his family - most of them only wanted him to be sent to the electric chair because he was a foreigner who also lives in one of the worst parts of town. ... African Americans make up 12% of the U.S. population, but they comprise about half of all prison inmates and 40% of those sentenced to death. ...
Introduction As quoted by Emile Durkheim, a society without crime is impossible.1 Even if the standard of determining criminal acts is set high, less severe acts will still be considered as crime. As there is no chance of eliminating crime out of society, punishment is an essential tool to create a ...
