JUVENILE CRIME
Michigan National High School Debate Institute--1996
Crime Per
Population
1991
(Red=High; Green=Medium; Dark Blue=Low)
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Resolved: That the Federal government should establish a
program to substantially reduce juvenile crime in the United
States.
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Reports and Statistics
ACLU Fact Sheet on
Juvenile Crime
- Short report to Congress dated May 14, 1996
Court TV
- Case Files section has summaries, briefs,
testimonies, and opinions on high-profile trials
- Includes lengthy report on the Menendez brothers
Drug Enforcement
Administration
- Press releases, Congressional testimony, and some statistics on drug
enforcement
Expunging Juvenile Records (T.
Markus Funk)
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Locator (Villanova)
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criminal justice sites
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social service, and violence sites
- Selected readings and annotated
bibliography
Juvenile Delinquency Development
Statements [Library]
- Printed report outlining roles and programs of over 30 federal
government agencies in juvenile delinquency prevention
- The goals of the 1974 Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act
and a summary of related laws
- Located in the Documents Center: HV 9104 .C58)
Juvenile Justice (NCJRS)
- Official government Internet source for the 1996/97 high school debate topic
- Numerous short policy papers corrections, courts, delinquency, gangs,
and victimization
- Links to organizations and web sites related to juveniles and crime
National Criminal Justice Reference
Service (NCJRS)
- Numerous reports on drugs, crime, corrections
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National Drug
Control Strategy
- Brief summary of the President's goals for the 1996 program
- A more extensive paper copy for 1995 is available in the Documents
Center as HV 5825 .A58952)
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thousands of references
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Department Crime Statistics
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State of the World's
Children (UNICEF)
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Status
Report on Youth Curfews in America's Cities (US Conference of
Mayors)
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crime
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Michigan Juvenile Code Revisions,
1996
- List of 21 bills
signed on June 11, 1996 to deter juvenile crime
- Complete text appears in the LEXIS STATES
Library/MIBILL File; alternate source: enrolled bills (UMich Law Library)
- Laws will eventually be printed in West's Michigan
Legislative Service (Doc. Cen. KFM 4225 .W51 - Ref.)
Michigan Public and Local Acts (Doc.Cen. K .M62 A2 -
Ref.)
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Press Release about the signing
State
Law and Government (Washburn University Law Library)
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National Survey of State
Laws
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StateSearch
(National Association of State Information Resource Executives)
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Subject Compilations of
State Laws, 1983-
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states
- Subject headings include Juvenile Courts, Juvenile
Delinquency, and Minors
- Located in the Documents Center: KF 240 .S7951 - Ref.
Links to newspaper and legal sources,
readings and search engines
Specific subjects include crime and
justice, drugs, and prostitution
Created by high school student attending
the Michigan National Debate Institute
Best list of criminal justice periodicals
on the Internet
Annotated links to government, legal, and
criminal justice sites
Topical links to education, risk behavior,
social service, and violence sites
Selected readings and annotated
bibliography
Angles to the topic, such as school hours,
work hours, minimum wage
Extensive fact sheets and statistics
Case studies and arguments AGAINST crime
prevention measures
Description and procedures on an innovative
program where teens try their peers
Includes two mock trials for which web
users can offer their verdicts
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