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Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Discussion, Conclusion, and Bibliography.
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a. Introduction (Problem statement. What? Why? How?)
b. Literature Review - (Review of the extant literature on the subject, Why? How? Find a Hole; Look for Debates).
c. Research Design (Methods applied to obtain materials for your paper, How? Research Procedures, kind of data.)
d. Research Findings -evidence of the importance
Seminar in Juvenile Delinquency
1. The History of Juvenile Justice System: From the 19th Century to the 21st Century.
2. Changing Legal Paradigm in Juvenile Justice: Is it About the Need or the Behavior of Juveniles?
3. The Legal Construction of Childhood in America: The Concept of Culpability.
4. Sexual Consent Laws: States and Statutory Rape Laws.
5. Gender Differences in Delinquency
6. Juvenile Transfer to Criminal Court: Too Young to be an Adult?
7. The Modern American Juvenile Court: Judicial Tough Love
8. Family Matters: Family Environment and Delinquency
9. Racial Disparities in Juvenile Justice: From Arrest to Disposition.
10. Delinquency Statistics: Comparative Evaluation between Official and Self Report
Indices of Delinquency.
11. Nature or Nurture: An Evaluation of Trait and Choice Theories of Delinquency
12. Parens Patriae and Judicial Due Process: Juvenile "Welfare" By Rule of Law.
13. Street Gangs and Juvenile Delinquency.
14. Internet and Delinquency: An Attractive Nuisance of the New Millennium.
15. Juvenile Delinquency and Drug Use
16. Delinquency in School: The Effects of Bullying on Delinquency.
17. The Danger in School: What Can We Do about School Shooting?
18. School Violence and Delinquency: Is Zero Tolerance the Solution?
19. Blended Sentencing in American Juvenile Courts.
20. Juvenile Court Reforms: Are Juveniles Better Off in the System?
21. Juvenile Justice System Before and After in Re Gault (1967).
22. The Child Saving Movement before the Juvenile Court.
23. The Fundamental Differences between the Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems in America.
24. Teen Suicide: The Dark Side of Adolescent Age.
25. The Effects of Underage Pregnancy on Delinquency: Who is to Blame?
26. The Effects of Curfew on Juvenile Delinquency
27. Juvenile Transfers to Criminal Court and Kent v. U. S (1966): An Evaluation.
28. The Juvenile Justice Parens Patriae and the In Re Winship (1970) Court: A Comparison
Between Proof by Preponderance of Evidence versus Beyond Reasonable Doubt.
29. Female Juvenile Delinquency and Gang Membership
30. Juvenile Killers and Their Victims: Is There Any Hope for Their Rehabilitation?