Sentences with phrase «of youth crime»

Societal concern about antisocial behaviours of children and adolescents has increased over the years, in part due to the enormous financial costs of youth crime.1 Conduct problems (especially among boys) are the most frequent childhood behavioural problems to be referred to mental health professionals.2 Aggressive and disruptive behaviour is one of the most enduring dysfunctions in children and, if left untreated, frequently results in high personal and emotional costs to children, their families and to society in general.

As the evidence suggests that the incidence of youth crime continues to grow, all those involved with youthful miscreants have some interest in knowing what capacity this possesses for engaging in criminal litigation.

Our criminal lawyers are known for our work in cases of Youth Crime, Fraud and Business Crime and Motoring Offences but our expertise is broader than this, covering every type of criminal allegation.

The first successful school program of the Youth Crime Watch started at St. Teresa's College, Oke — Ado, Ibadan.

Strain theory fails to explain violent crime, the type of youth crime that causes most anxiety to the public.

«The committee are keen to learn about how these issues are affecting you and your neighbourhood to provide a context for their inquiry into aspects of youth crime,» the former Home Office minister says.

«If we want to tackle the problem of youth crime, we need to take action early to stop kids from embarking on a life of crime before it's too late,» said Chris Huhne, Lib Dem home affair spokesman.

Yesterday David Cameron criticised the government for trying to legislate its way out of youth crime.

A 43 % reduction in first time youth offenders A 34 % reduction overall in crimes committed by young people And we've also witnessed the closure of some of the youth secure estate because of falling levels of youth crime So prevention is the key.

Not exact matches

The plan calls upon churches to, among other things, «adopt» street gangs and allow troubled youths to use church properties as safe havens; intercede for youth in the juvenile court system; provide vocational training to inner - city residents; organize capital for micro-enterprises; develop educational curricula heralding the achievements of blacks and Latinos; initiate neighborhood crime watch groups; and establish counseling programs for battered women and the men who abuse them.

The absence of fathers in families is clearly linked to higher rates of poverty, youth crime and teenage pregnancy, says the think - tank report.

The black conservatives claim that the decline of values such as patience, hard work, deferred gratification and self - reliance have resulted in the high crime rates, the increasing number of unwed mothers, and the relatively uncompetitive academic performances of black youth.

Ought we to be surprised that black youths isolated from the labor market, marginalized by decrepit urban schools, devalued by alienating ideals of beauty and targeted by an unprecedented drug invasion exhibit high rates of crime and teen - age pregnancy?

They deplore the enormities of private or underworld sinning — the breakdown of the family, sexual promiscuity, pornography, drug abuse, crime, indiscriminate youth violence.

The educational emergency in Mexico, broken families, corruption and inefficiency in the distribution of the nation's resources, injustices in international trade that mean fewer jobs, and those poor - paying, for Mexican youth — all these contribute to organized crime and to common crime, but it is still true that every boy born into poverty is a potential saint as well as a potential assassin.

When scientists like Laurence Krauss and Neil deGrasse Tyson call philosophers to answer for their crimes today, the lovers of wisdom aren't accused of anything as exciting as corrupting the youth.

While there have been no formal studies to determine how many child molesters have coached youth teams, a computer - database search of recent newspaper stories reveals more than 30 cases just in the last 18 months of coaches in the U.S. who have been arrested or convicted of sexually abusing children engaged in nine sports from baseball to wrestling — and this despite the fact that child sex - abuse victims, for reasons ranging from shame and embarrassment to love or fear of their molesters, rarely report the crime.

Tottenham Hotspur Foundation works with the Mayor of London to deliver a successful football - based youth mentoring programme funded by the Premier League and Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC).

The types of youth sports insurance available include General Liability, Accident, Directors & Officers Liability, Crime, and Equipment policies.

His control group consisted of 44 other youths referred for emotional problems, but who had not yet committed any crimes.

Crime Insurance - This covers a financial loss suffered by the youth sports organization as a result of embezzlement of money (or other property) by employees or volunteers.

The study showed that the likelihood of committing crime later in life comes down to the quality of services on offer and whether young people have a chance to mix with better - behaved peers, guided by structured activities and respected youth leaders.

Consider this, «Since more than 90 % of American parents admit to spanking their children, it's hard to accept that a decline in spanking is responsible for the purportedly escalating rates of youth violence and crime.

This release refers to the findings from the «Youth Crime Prevention in Lincolnshire» project funded by Lincolnshire Youth Offending Service and carried out by Sue Bond - Taylor and Peter Somerville at the University of Lincoln.

The research involved the analysis of 20 case files from Lincolnshire Youth Offending Service's youth crime prevention team and 4 semi-structured interviews with officers from the Youth Offending Service's youth crime prevention team and 4 semi-structured interviews with officers from the youth crime prevention team and 4 semi-structured interviews with officers from the team.

The intolerable outbreak of crime we saw on the streets of our cities this summer shined a light on our youth justice system and the underlying reasons why young people sometimes feel they have nothing to lose and a lot to gain from crime.

He said it is unfortunate that some members of political parties justify crimes being committed by such groups and has called for all vigilante groups and youth wings of political parties in tertiary institutions to be dissolved.

I» m proud that we reversed the unconstrained increase in youth detention by investing to tackle the causes of crime.

«Given the horrifying anti-LGBT hate crime recently in the Bronx where four people were brutally attacked, the bullying of Tyler Clementi which led him to take his own life, and the recent rash of suicides by at least seven LGBT youth, Mr. Paladino should be ashamed for his hateful and backward remarks,» said Quinn, who also defended Cuomo's record on LGBT rights.

«I don't think talking about family finances, childcare, the «sandwich generation», youth mental health, child protection and online and women and children as victims of crime is a low blow.

The Director stated that given the experience Osun gathered in its introduction and implementation of the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme and the social welfare for Osun's most vulnerable old people called Agba Osun, the Muhammadu Buhari - led Federal Government has touched on the very aspects of national life that had contributed to youth restiveness, kidnapping, other crimes and care for the desperately Youth Empowerment Scheme and the social welfare for Osun's most vulnerable old people called Agba Osun, the Muhammadu Buhari - led Federal Government has touched on the very aspects of national life that had contributed to youth restiveness, kidnapping, other crimes and care for the desperately youth restiveness, kidnapping, other crimes and care for the desperately poor.

«The vast majority of crimes committed by youth are misdemeanors and notably, under this proposal, the most serious crimes would continue to be handled in the criminal court system and all youth would be held accountable for their actions,» said Jennifer March, executive director of the Citizens» Committee for Children of New York.

This investment is critical to providing students early opportunities to build positive future and breaking the trend of higher crime rates among underserved youth.

He cited criminal justice reforms under Cuomo, including the closure of 24 state prisons, the raising of the age at which youths can be charged with a crime, prioritizing community reentry programs, and helping pass laws allowing identification photo arrays at trial and videotaping of police interrogations.

Aber Kawas, a youth organizer for the Arab American Association of New York, said that in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, Muslims have «been living in collective fear, distress and demoralization» compounded by numerous hate crimes.

They (Police) are also doing a lot of advocacy for them to tell the youths especially those misguided that they gain nothing from crime.»

The majority of those who died from these crime against humanity perpetrated by the Nigerian security forces were the youth.

The governor said he would seek to block 16 and 17 - year - olds found guilty of a crime from going into state prisons, and would instead attempt to create a separate system for those youth.

Doing such only serves to leave sexual predators of children out there to offend more youth more times, continue to put children unduly at risk and prohibit any access to justice for those who have experienced such heinous crimes.

Most young people encounter the youth justice system through reactive policing when a victim of crime or a witness has made a report to the police.

Students of Ekiti State tertiary institutions and other youth groups on Monday en masse staged a massive protest on the streets of Ado Ekiti, accusing President Muhammadu Buhari and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly terrorizing Governor Ayodele Fayose and distracting him from performing his duties.

Tony Blair has called on black communities to denounce gun and knife crime, following the latest spate of youth - on - youth attacks.

Explaining her move to the Conservative party, Ms Joseph said: «I feel that it is the natural thing to do because of David Cameron's views and attitudes towards youth and crime.

Launching their new plans to stem youth crime, the party said prevention will be at the forefront of their policies.

Cuomo also pardoned 101 New Yorkers who were convicted when they were 16 or 17 years old, in what state officials said was part of an effort to remove barriers to housing and employment for those who committed crimes in their youth.

«Tackling youth crime is complex and there are no magic solutions but I am determined to make London a safer city for everyone, including young people, who are frequently victims of crime,» he added.

«Yes, the opposition derided us over this scheme but today, it remains the best emergency solution so far to the problem of youths restiveness, crimes, prostitution and other vices,» Okanlawon stated

Igbo youths took to the streets of Enugu on Wednesday in protest against the alleged «persecution» of Patience Jonathan by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

«I feel youth court is such a good program because instead of a child getting a violation or — it's usually violations or minor crimes — instead of sort of getting slap on the hand, you're incorporating restorative justice into their lives,» Ms. Maccagli said.

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