Exam 13: Global Issues in Juvenile Justice

Youth from modernized regions where family instability has emerged are not particularly vulnerable to becoming delinquent.

It is likely that delinquency will only be reduced if developing countries become more ______ and less ______.

The World Youth Report (United Nations, 2003) noted that around the world, youth who are most at risk of becoming delinquent share similar characteristics such as parental alcoholism, ______, breakdowns in the family, and abusive family dynamics.

Some countries are facing great difficulty because they are located near or within the "Golden Crescent" or the "Golden Triangle"-two areas of Asia where massive amounts of ______ are grown and produced.

Juvenile gangs are widespread throughout Asia.

While delinquency may be a typical characteristic at one time or another among youth, it does not tend to be a solitary activity.

Discuss responses to juvenile crime among several key countries.

The standards and guidelines for addressing juvenile offending have been set by the United Nations through three key documents: the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (the Beijing Rules), the United Nations CRC (1989), and the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines).

In the People's Republic of China, juvenile crime has ______, and juvenile gangs have been specifically cited for serious crimes such as assault and rape.

Restorative justice processes in the United States were largely borrowed from other countries-particularly ______ countries.

In ______ countries, youth may face the death of one or both parents during periods of armed conflict and can be orphaned without the basic necessities to sustain themselves.

As with the United States, it is clear that delinquency and crime are not correlated with gender.

Regardless of the location, who collects information regarding the status of the case of an arrested juvenile?

Juvenile delinquency is particularly acute and is often associated with the problem of homelessness among children and adolescents in the Middle East.

Discuss and analyze the extent of delinquency in other countries.

Regardless of the location, who collects information regarding the date and reason for an arrest of a juvenile?

In ______, arrests of juvenile delinquents and underage offenders increased by an approximate average of 50% between the mid-1980s and the late 1990s.

The level of juvenile gang violence in Europe was found to be more serious than the level of juvenile gang violence in the United States.

From 1990 to 2005, it was the ______ that committed the majority of juvenile executions.

Despite commonalities throughout the world, there is not much variability in the way in which delinquency is measured from country to country around the world, and this makes it easy to determine the exact extent of delinquency and its impact on the global community.