For the Good of the Child, for the Good of Society: Using Scotland and Jamaica as Models to Reform U. S. Juvenile Justice Policy

2002 ◽  
Vol 115 (7) ◽  
pp. 1964
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Juvenile Justice Policy

The Young Offenders Act and Juvenile Justice in the United States: Perspectives on Recent Reform Proposals

1991 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 45-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher P. Manfredi
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Recent Reform ◽  
Legislative Reforms ◽  
Juvenile Justice Policy ◽  
State Legislative ◽  
Young Offenders Act

Abstract Recent proposals to reform the Young Offenders Act have sought to address the difficult question of the proper response to youth who commit especially serious offences. This article evaluates these proposals from the perspective or recent developments in US juvenile justice policy that have also been designed to meet serious and chronic youth criminality. The article suggests that a series of US state legislative reforms, in which individual responsibility and system accountability replace rehabilitation as the dominant objective of juvenile justice policy, offers a comprehensive, if imperfect, model for reform.

Racial Politics of Juvenile Justice Policy Support

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoff Ward ◽  
Aaron Kupchik ◽  
Laurin Parker ◽  
Brian Chad Starks
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Racial Politics ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Juvenile Justice Policy

scholarly journals Developing an integrated biosocial theory to understand juvenile delinquency: from the social, cognitive, affective, and moral (SCAM) perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Du
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Multiple Risk Factors ◽  
Biosocial Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Juvenile Justice Policy ◽  
Justice Practice ◽  
Criminological Theories ◽  
Practical Implications

Biosocial theory has made considerable progress in explaining juvenile delinquency and making explicit references for juvenile justice policy during the past decades. However, because biosocial theory aims to identify multiple risk factors, it makes juvenile justice practice and develop delinquency prevention programs difficult. This paper proposes an integrated biosocial theory from the social, cognitive, affective, and moral (SCAM) perspectives to understand juvenile delinquency and facilitate the development and improvement of prevention and intervention programs. The article briefly summarizes the background and the key concepts of the chosen criminological theories and the logic of theoretical integration. Then it articulates the four aspects of the integrated biosocial theory and how it can contribute to criminology in details. Lastly, the paper identifies its potential limitations and provides practical implications.

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