Assessing Juvenile Delinquency
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A 4 page paper on the best way to use government funds to prevent and treat juvenile delinquency. The writer suggests two programs that deserve funding, as an alternative to incarceration. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Juvdel.wps

Bail Hostel: Organization Structure, Culture, and Strategy
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A 5 page overview of Bail Hostels. Contends that bail hostels offer an effective means of community supervision for a number of categories of people. Individuals who could benefit from a bail hostel program include the homeless, the elderly, the mentally ill, and individuals on probation. One of the most productive uses of the bail hostel system, however, is in their use as alternative housing criminals. Such use could, under certain circumstances, be more economical and efficient than typical prison scenarios. There are, however, a number of considerations which must be made in the bail hostel environment. These considerations include funding, management and staffing, supervision, equal opportunity issues, community interaction, risk management, physical configuration of the facility. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: PPhalfwa.rtf

Boot Camps for Juvenile Offenders
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A 10 page discussion of the practicality of boot camps in juvenile correction. The paper outlines several programs around the country which are making positive inroads to the problem of juvenile crime and discusses the factors which must be addressed in effective correctional programs. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: PPbootCm2.rtf

Boot Camps for Troubled Teens
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A 6 page paper which examines the positive benefits of boot camps for troubled teens. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: RAtenbt.rtf

Can Crime Be Explained As A Socially Constructed Reality?
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This 6 page paper looks at a range of control theories that have developed over time and social bond theory to consider to what extent crime may be seen as a social construct in the modern age. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEcrimesoc.rtf

Canada's "Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun"
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This 10 page paper provides a review of this book that reflects the author's personal experiences. The topic of juvenile delinquency and crime is explored. The author's solutions are discussed in light of other literature. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA203Can.rtf

Capital Punishment and Juvenile Offenders
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This 5 page paper considers the issue of capital punishment for juvenile offenders. Over the course of the past two decades, the issue of capital punishment and its application for juvenile offenders has been at the heart of legal debates. In 1988, the United States Supreme Court, in their decision in the case of Thompson v. Oklahoma (487 U.S. 815 (1988)), argued that the use of capital punishment for minors constituted "cruel and unusual punishment" as defined by the Eighth Amendment. Just one year later, in the case of Stanford v. Kentucky (492 U.S. 361 (1989)), the Court held that the Eighth Amendment did not categorically oppose the use of capital punishment for 16 or 17 year old juvenile offenders. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MHCapPuL.rtf