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"Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs, and Practices takes a detailed look at the juvenile justice system with a student-friendly focus. With an emphasis on practical application, this text provides comprehensive insight into how the juvenile justice system operates in the United States. The focus of this text is on presenting examples of programs, policies, and current practices in the juvenile justice system to highlight and emphasize the key concepts presented. Numerous changes have been made to the juvenile justice system over the past 25 years in response to issues of juvenile crime and problems in dealing effectively with serious habitual juvenile offenders. This text reviews these laws and discusses changes to the juvenile justice system and its operation that have occurred recently. Regardless of your stance on these issues and what should be done with juvenile offenders, a solid working knowledge of the juvenile justice system is important to understanding the broader issues of juvenile justice in the United States"--

The term "terrorism" has been defined in a number of ways by a variety of scholars. For the most part, each definition has yielded a limited understanding of the actual phenomenon. This is especially true when analyzing the current wave of international situations in contemporary global affairs, such as those occurring in Central America. This article explores the various actors and motives operating in El Salvador in an attempt to clarify the meaning of terrorism. A case study approach is employed to analyze the evolutionary incidents, the hidden agendas, and the critical issues that characterize terrorism as an activity defined in regard to the perspectives of different political groups.

Übersicht über unterschiedliche Ansätze zur Interpretation des Terrorismus-Begriffs in der einschlägigen Fachliteratur und Hinweis auf die Schwierigkeiten der Anwendung auf die aktuelle Situation in internationalen Spannungsgebieten. Fallstudie über die einzelnen in El Salvador beteiligten Akteure und Motivationen und Analyse der Vorgänge und ihrer Hintergründe im Hinblick auf die Definition des Terrorismus als Aktivität bestimmter politischer Gruppen

"The field of police administration is dynamic and ever changing. Laws are modified, new problems occur, and administrative practices that were once accepted as gospel are challenged, modified, and, in some cases, discarded. Beginning in the turbulent 1960s with the due process revolution, followed by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War demonstrations, widespread riots in our largest cities, the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, and largescale research on policing, the somewhat static precepts of policing came under increased scrutiny. Like a ball gaining speed as it rolls down a steep hill, change has become more fast paced, urgent, and pervasive"--

The etiology of digital crime and digital terrorism -- Introduction and overview of digital crime and digital terrorism -- Digital terrorism and information warfare -- The criminology of computer crime -- Hackers -- Sophisticated cyber criminal organizations -- Digital crime : types, nature, and extent -- White-collar crimes -- Viruses and malicious code -- Sex crimes, victimization, and obscenity on the world wide web -- Anarchy and hate on the world wide web -- Controlling digital crime : legislation, law enforcement, and investigation -- Digital laws and legislation -- Law enforcement roles and responses -- The investigation of computer-related crime -- Digital forensics -- The future of digital crime and digital terrorism : prevention and trends -- Information security and infrastructure protection -- Digital crime and terrorism : a forecast of trends and policy implications -- Index