Juvenile Imprisonment

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Across
  1. 1. Person suffering from chronic mental affliction; common misconception is that the common criminal is one (Ogloff, et al 181)
  2. 3. Release of a prisoner before the completion of a sentence (Bishop 85)
  3. 5. Many activists outside of and within the justice system call for the funding of these instead of prisons (Abramsky 17)
  4. 7. Reagan administration's battle against narcotics and other harmful substances; a reason why incarceration rates are so high
  5. 9. Case that ruled capital punishment for juveniles is unconstitutional (Steinberg par. 2)
  6. 11. A standardized score that gives the general level of adjustment a juvenile has (Shepherd, et al. par 5)
  7. 13. Term for youth gang member, popularized in the 80s and 90s (Fagan 45)
  8. 15. Required prison sentences for certain crimes (Fagan 45)
  9. 16. The inability to cope with the outside world; a main problem in a post-prison life (Mahoney, et al. 509)
  10. 18. Once prominent methods of aiding juvenile offenders; have fallen out of favor in the past two decades (Fagan 45)
  11. 19. The tendency for reoffense (Kaminer 43)
  12. 21. Destination for juvenile delinquents deemed unfit for therapy/rehab; function more like jails (Abramsky 19)
Down
  1. 2. A law passed in California that gives prosecutors the ability to try juveniles as young as 14 (Kaminer 43)
  2. 4. A defense for keeping juveniles out of adult prisons; their brains are not fully developed (Buchen par. 4)
  3. 6. A method proposed to alleviate juvenile crime, targeting preschoolers instead of juveniles (Groginsky and Kroshus par. 5-7)
  4. 8. A method to alleviate delinquency through group therapy and a supportive environment (Ogloff, et al. 182)
  5. 9. General signs that point to possible delinquent behaviors (Shepherd, et al. par. 2)
  6. 10. A proposed setting for socialization of juveniles; may aid in better adjustment to post-prison life (Mahoney, et al. 510)
  7. 12. Racial group most afflicted by juvenile imprisonment (Fagan 47)
  8. 14. A convict's original sentence is final; challenged by Simmons and Miller (Bishop 86)
  9. 15. Court case that ruled mandatory life sentences for juveniles are unconstitutional (Bishop 85)
  10. 17. The approach taken by many legislators to deal with the juvenile crime wave (Lancaster, et al. par. 3)
  11. 20. Country where the Mahoney, et al. experiment was held (Mahoney, et al. 509)