"An increasing number [of states] exclude by statute certain serious or violent crimes from juvenile court jurisdiction, providing the offender meets a minimum age requirement. ... Notes: An entry in the column below an offense category means that there is at least one offense in that category for which a juvenile may be waived from juvenile court to criminal court. ... Some have argued that the increased use of waiver can help get violent offenders off the streets and should be mandatory for juveniles committing serious violent crimes. " [Sie08] Siegel and Welsh also go on to say "It is possi...

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In response to perceived elevation in juvenile crime and school violence, the Clinton Administration signed into law the Gun-Free Schools act of 1994. ... During the 1980's, the United States saw an increase in drug use and drug related crime throughout the country. ... This era, known as the War on Drugs, introduced zero-tolerance policies as a measure of combating this crime wave that so many feared. These tough-on-crime laws aimed to decrease crime through deterrence effects, hoping that the fear of harsh punishment would prevent criminal activity. ... The majority of cases involving z...

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After his travels Darwin returned to England where he began noting the ideals the changeability of species. ... However these traits in the modern world would drive these same people to commit crimes. ... It was at this time he began to defend the actions of these people and stated that the government had a duty to adopt a more humane attitude to crime and punishment. ... During the same time Lombroso was working on his atavistic theory, psychology and psychiatry were demonstrating the relationship between crime epilepsy, and crime and insanity. ... Lombroso did not disagree with the class...

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Juvenile delinquency is termed as an inconsiderate behavior by a minor, especially behavior that would be unlawfully carrying a punishment, if the actor were an adult, but instead is usually penalized by special laws pertaining only to minors. ... "No child under the age of discretion should be punished for any crime- (Blackstone, 1899, p. 1230). ... Children in the first stage of life and the first half of the second stage were not punishable for any crime. Delinquent children fro 10 ½ to 14 years of age were punishable only if the prosecution could prove intent, and persons 14 to 25 co...

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Steven Wiley, the FBI chief overseeing the fight against violent crime says that the small cities and towns of 25,000 and less are now experiencing gang activity. Despite the overall drop in the crime rate nationally, the problem of violent street gangs is an unwelcome exception. ... During the 1920's gangs evolved to form major crime organizations. ... PSD has proven that artistic activities are powerful antidotes to emotional distress, like problems in the home, drug abuse, and crime and violence. ...

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