Juvenile Delinquency and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquents

1992 ◽  
pp. 232-321
Author(s):  
Minoru Shikita ◽  
Shinichi Tsuchiya
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 452-457
Author(s):  
Niels L. Low ◽  
Shelton P. Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Breath Holding

One hundred juvenile delinquents were examined electroencephalographically in order to investigate the incidence and importance of obvious or previously unrecognized temporal lobe epilepsy. This correlation was not found to be significant. Twenty-nine patients were found to have 14 and 6 per second positive spikes. Inquiry also revealed that 13 of the 89 teenagers, for whom a good history could be obtained, had had breath-holding spells in earlier years.

HEALTH CARE FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-435
Author(s):  
Victor Eisner ◽  
Robert I. Sholtz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Young People ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Juvenile Court ◽  
National Council ◽  
Health Supervision ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Detention Facilities

Pediatricians have long interested themselves in the health of juvenile delinquents. The Academy first appointed a Committee on Juvenile Delinquency in 1955. Although this Committee has changed its title to the Committee on Youth and has expanded its role to include other problems and concerns of young people, it still concerns itself with the health supervision of youth in detention facilities. It has now developed, with the endorsement of the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, written standards for health care provided in juvenile court institutions.1 Juvenile delinquents come largely from low income families, and often from families with serious social problems.

OFFENSE CLASSIFICATION AND SOCIAL FACILITATION IN JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 339-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda J. Skitka ◽  
Andrea L. Piatt ◽  
Timothy U. Ketterson ◽  
H. Russell Searight
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Social Facilitation ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
African American Female ◽  
Considerable Research ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Drive Theory ◽  
Limited Support ◽  
Criminal Charges

Considerable research has investigated the effects of social facilitation on either positive or neutral behaviors, but little if any research has examined whether the presence of others can lead to greater levels of negative behavior. The purpose of this project was to explore the influence of social facilitation on patterns and severity of offenses committed by juvenile delinquents. Study l compared the severity of crime (as measured by the offense classification) as a function of 130 currently incarcerated juvenile delinquents' self-reports of whether their crime was committed alone or with others. Results suggested that juveniles tend to act in concert with others in delinquent acts. White females tended to act in concert with others more than African-American female adolescents in the commission of delinquent acts. However, no significant effects were found for social facilitation and severity of crime, even when controlling for MMPI lie scores. Study 2 addressed the same question, but used an archival approach. Data was obtained for criminal charges and whether the crime happened in the presence or absence of others from random sample of 30 records from a juvenile delinquency home. The best predictor of severity of crime from this sample was the number of people involved with the crime. The study therefore provides limited support for Zajonc's drive theory that suggests social facilitation can have a non-directional effect on behavior.

The Crime of Precocious Sexuality: Female Juvenile Delinquency in the Progressive Era

1978 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Schlossman ◽  
Stephanie Wallach
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Progressive Era ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Racial Prejudice ◽  
Minority Children ◽  
Court Records ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Female Delinquents

The juvenile justice system's discrimination against poor and minority children has been well documented, but the system's discrimination on the basis of gender has been less widely recognized. Drawing on neglected court records and secondary sources, Steven Schlossman and Stephanie Wallach show how girls bore a disproportionate share of the burden of juvenile justice in the Progressive era. The authors note that during the Progressive era female juvenile delinquents often received more severe punishments than males, even though boys usually were charged with more serious crimes. Schlossman and Wallach conclude that the discriminatory treatment of female delinquents in the early twentieth century resulted from racial prejudice, new theories of adolescence, and Progressive-era movements to purify society.

scholarly journals Legal Problems Involved in the Prescription of Contraceptives to Unmarried Minors in Alberta

1969 ◽  
pp. 359
Author(s):  
Richard J. Gilborn
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Civil Liability ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Legal Problems ◽  
Ability To Consent ◽  
Legal Difficulties ◽  
Consent To Medical Treatment

Mr. Gilborn 's article deals with the thorny problem of the prescription of contraceptives to unmarried minors. In order to appreciate the legal difficulties involved in the area, an examination of the ability of minors to consent to medical treatment in general is undertaken. Using the 'mature minor' rule, as a base, it has to be considered whether the treatment involved is such as to fall within its scope. The article then examines the various ways in which a doctor might be made liable. The author considers possible civil liability, criminal and quasi-criminal liability under the Criminal Code and the Food and Drug Act, and finally the issue of whether the prescription of contraceptives could be viewed as contributing to juvenile delinquency under the Juvenile Delinquents Act. Lastly, the article considers the possibility of disciplinary proceedings launched by professional bodies as a possible risk in the prescription of contraceptives. The article concludes with a series of recommendations as to how the law in this area may berendered more clear not only in the field of the prescription of contraceptives but in the area of a minor's ability to consent to medical treatment in general.

scholarly journals On the complex substantiation of the typology of juvenile delinquents: criminological and psychological aspect

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Anton Dushkin ◽  
Yuriy Suslov ◽  
Galina Shibaeva
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
The State ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Research Priority ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
A Minor

The article is devoted to the problem of juvenile delinquency, which is relevant in the context of discussing interdisciplinary issues of its prevention based on the analysis of the characteristics of the state of crime in the Russian Federation from 2018 to 2020. The article presents the content of psychological and legal categories that characterize the personality of a minor criminal and the mechanisms of the formation of criminal behavior. Special attention is paid to the description of the factors and conditions that contribute to the commission of crimes by minors, including repeated ones. On the example of specific classifications and typologies, the state of knowledge of the problem of studying the personality of a minor offender and a convicted person, as well as their psychological characteristics, is analyzed. The article describes the contribution of individual domestic and foreign scientists who proposed variants of classifications and typologies of juvenile delinquents. The study found that a significant number of classifications and typologies of juvenile offenders often take as the basis of its system of one or more characteristics, research which largely depends on the scientific interests of the authors. Based on the generalized scientific and empirical data on the psychological, criminological, socio-demographic characteristics of minors who have committed crimes, an attempt is made to typologize the designated group. As a result of the conducted research, priority areas of psychological and pedagogical work with minors in order to prevent crime were identified.

Forensic Psychiatric Analysis of Juvenile Delinquency and Sexual Abuse Perspective

2019 ◽  
pp. 394-409
Author(s):  
Claude R. Shema
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Sexual Assaults ◽  
Sexual Offences ◽  
Oppositional Defiance Disorder ◽  
Oppositional Defiance ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric

This chapter describes how, although, sexual offenders commit sexual offences as a source of pleasure to themselves, sometimes with harm intended, the vast majority of victims endure long-lasting adverse impacts that affect them in all aspects of life. Juvenile delinquency has become much more prevalent, or more so known in the age of digital media and enhanced communication. Thus, the rapid evolvement and revolutionized media has made the issue more known to the communities and society, as the families and stakeholders seek for reasons behind the rise of sexual assaults, and possible strategies to tackle the pandemic. Although, it has often been perceived as a maladaptive and learning related behavior, literature suggests that majority of the juvenile delinquents suffer from psychological and psychiatric disorders, from mild, moderate to severe psychiatric disorders. The most prevalent disorders found were: ADHD, substance abuse disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, conduct disorder, FASD and oppositional defiance disorder to be the most prevalent among juvenile delinquents.

scholarly journals Postpenal Support for Minors With Delinquent Behaviors

2021 ◽  
pp. 359-368
Author(s):  
Amra Džajić ◽  
Sena Družić ◽  
Dijana Sulejmanović
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Delinquent Behavior ◽  
Delinquent Behaviors

Statistical reports show that there is an increasing number of registered juvenile delinquents in the society of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of this paper is to stimulate interest in better and more extensive research and study of this phenomenon and possible relevant solutions in the resocialization of juvenile delinquents. Many aspects and perspectives on the occurrence of juvenile delinquency permeate this work, with a special accent on the importance of quality and consistent provision of post-penal protection to juveniles with delinquent behavior.

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