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Turning Troubled Teens Into Career Criminals: Can California Reform The System To Rehabilitate Its Youth Offenders?, Anna L. Benvenue Oct 2010

Turning Troubled Teens Into Career Criminals: Can California Reform The System To Rehabilitate Its Youth Offenders?, Anna L. Benvenue

Golden Gate University Law Review

This Comment proposes a statute mandating institutional reform of California's juvenile system, a necessary legislative step toward enabling the CY A to fulfill its statutory mission and judicial mandate. Changes originally proposed in California S.B. 609 are the first steps on the way to making rehabilitation a reality in the CYA. The approaches found in that bill, along with those found in other legislation, will enable the CYA to comply with its legislative mandate and with the Farrell consent decree.


From Playpens To Prisons: What The Gang Violence And Juvenile Crime Prevention Act Of 1998 Does To California's Juvenile Justice System And Reasons To Repeal It, Sara Raymond Sep 2010

From Playpens To Prisons: What The Gang Violence And Juvenile Crime Prevention Act Of 1998 Does To California's Juvenile Justice System And Reasons To Repeal It, Sara Raymond

Golden Gate University Law Review

This comment will explore the most significant changes that the Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Prevention Act (GVJCPA) made to California's juvenile justice system. It will also discuss and propose alternative methods to curb juvenile crime. Part II will examine the juvenile justice system, including the context in which it was created, and juvenile crime across the country. It will then discuss how courts, legislatures, and local governments have confronted the changing nature of juvenile crime, focusing on efforts in California. Part II will also include an introduction to the GVJCPA. Part III will discuss the most important changes that …


Co-Occurrence Of Delinquency And Other Problem Behaviors, Us Department Of Justice Nov 2000

Co-Occurrence Of Delinquency And Other Problem Behaviors, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Offenders In Juvenile Court, 1997, Us Department Of Justice Oct 2000

Offenders In Juvenile Court, 1997, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement, Us Department Of Justice Sep 2000

Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Fighting Juvenile Gun Violence, Us Department Of Justice Sep 2000

Fighting Juvenile Gun Violence, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Youth Gangs In Schools, Us Department Of Justice Aug 2000

Youth Gangs In Schools, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Race, Ethnicity, And Serious And Violent Juvenile Offending, Us Department Of Justice Jun 2000

Race, Ethnicity, And Serious And Violent Juvenile Offending, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Effective Intervention For Serious Juvenile Offenders, Us Department Of Justice Apr 2000

Effective Intervention For Serious Juvenile Offenders, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Prevention Of Serious And Violent Juvenile Offending, Us Department Of Justice Apr 2000

Prevention Of Serious And Violent Juvenile Offending, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Seattle's Effective Strategy For Prosecuting Juvenile Firearm Offenders, Us Department Of Justice Mar 2000

Seattle's Effective Strategy For Prosecuting Juvenile Firearm Offenders, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Violent Neighborhoods, Violent Kids, Us Department Of Justice Mar 2000

Violent Neighborhoods, Violent Kids, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


The Comprehensive Strategy: Lessons Learned From The Pilot Sites, Us Department Of Justice Mar 2000

The Comprehensive Strategy: Lessons Learned From The Pilot Sites, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


School And Community Interventions To Prevent Serious And Violent Offending, Us Department Of Justice Oct 1999

School And Community Interventions To Prevent Serious And Violent Offending, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Offenders In Juvenile Court, 1996, Us Department Of Justice Jul 1999

Offenders In Juvenile Court, 1996, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Juvenile Delinquents In The Federal Criminal Justice System, Us Department Of Justice Jan 1997

Juvenile Delinquents In The Federal Criminal Justice System, Us Department Of Justice

National Institute of Justice Office of Justice Programs

No abstract provided.


Offenders In Juvenile Court, 1993, Us Department Of Justice Jul 1996

Offenders In Juvenile Court, 1993, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Curfew: An Answer To Juvenile Delinquency And Victimization?, Us Department Of Justice Apr 1996

Curfew: An Answer To Juvenile Delinquency And Victimization?, Us Department Of Justice

Juvenile Justice Bulletin

No abstract provided.