Juveniles in Criminal Justice

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The paper opens with some shocking statistics on juvenile crime in America. Analyzing some of the social challenges to troubled youth, the paper identifies several possible causes of juvenile crime. It focuses on one of these causes, racism, and centers in on racism against the African-American community. The paper identifies various negative effects of racism on African-American youths. In conclusion, the paper suggests that positive reinforcement of good behavior may break the pattern of negative reinforcement that leads to juvenile crime.

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"The problems facing youth in America are several-fold. In some families, there is a vicious cycle of crime, and it is difficult for each new generation to escape its doom. These families often feature one or several of the following factors: alcoholism, drug abuse, lack of education, unemployment, poverty, violence, sexual abuse. Several of the aforementioned factors are closely related. For example, alcoholism leads people to behave violently, against their better judgments. Poverty may lead to crimes of necessity, which would enable the criminal to survive for another day. Many people resort to drug and alcohol abuse as a means to escape their dire existence, and thus a vicious cycle is created."

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