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The Invisible Delinquent |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / YOUTH CRIME AND JUVENILE JUSTICE |
| Author: Timothy D. Crowe |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/1990 |
| Size: 3,996 Words, 23,344 Characters |
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For many young people in our society, a brush with the law is a symptom of "growing pains." National statistics indicate that approximately 35 percent of all boys and 11 percent of all girls will be arrested at least once. For nearly all of these juveniles, this wrongdoing is a youthful aberration. Their personalities and sense of responsibility continue to mature, and they develop, eventually, into law-abiding adults.
However, a small percentage will not reform or get back on track: They will continue with a life of criminal behavior. These youths are referred to as serious habitual offenders (SHO) and, though they make up a minuscule proportion of the population of a given community, they account for a shocking percentage of the crimes committed throughout the nation. The fol...
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...eached the age of majority.
In an era in which public, judicial, and law enforcement pressures have demanded that juveniles be held more accountable for their criminal actions, the SHOCAP program attempts to ensure that accountability is "based on as much relevant, valid, and timely information that is possible to collect for analysis, control, supervision, and dispositional purposes.” vbcrlf
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