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    “Um...hello?” asked Flannery‚ walking into the detention room. She was surprised (and slightly unnerved) to see how normal it looked. “Hello!” A voice called from the desk in the corner. A girl with pale skin‚ magenta eyes‚ and purple hair tied back with a black‚ icy-looking hair clip. “Are you Hisakawa Flannery-san?” “Uh‚ yes.” said Flannery. “Hey‚ you look like-” “Hyakkihime from Ameonna-sensei’s class? That’s right.” said the girl. “I am also called Hyakkihime‚ and she is my sister’s niece

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    Juveniles entering in the criminal justice system can bring a number of serious problems with them. The problems include substance abuse‚ academic failure‚ emotional disturbances‚ physical health‚ family problems‚ and a history of physical or sexual abuse. However‚ the rehabilitation programs in the juvenile criminal justice system is not meeting the needs of the adolescent population and the problems that come with them. Effectively addressing these problems require the programs to be successful

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    Juvenile Delinquency Rationale When a young adult has problems in their life (home‚ school)‚ there is a big percent that they will get into trouble and go to jail for committing crimes of degree of some sort. These young adults will face time in detention halls or youth correctional facility‚ which can hold up to hundreds of young adults‚ some of these young adults might even go to an adult super max prison depending on the crime. As some young adults go through the criminal justice system‚ they

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    Juvenile Correctional Officers CRJ 303 Instructor Kart Nancy Roper May 5‚ 2012 When a person is charged for a crime that was committed and is sentenced to serve time in a facility‚ a correctional officer is responsible for the supervision and safety of the detainee. Correctional officers work in adult and juvenile detention centers‚ though in each facility their responsibilities differ pertaining to whether the detainee is an adult

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    Associations between drug and alcohol use and juvenile criminal activities have been a well-known fact‚ that’s often thought of as a correlation. “The estimated prevalence of substance abuse disorder and juvenile offending approaches 67% across studies in justice settings” (Liddle‚ 2014). Whether the alcohol and other drug (AOD) use led them to the criminal activity or AOD will be an issue for the juvenile offender once they are out of the justice system. Questions form at this transition stage

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    beyond‚ the young person is no longer tried for crimes in juvenile courts; now‚ they are tried in adult courts. But‚ does one or two years make such a difference between sixteen year olds and eighteen year olds? Is it fair for one person‚ just seventeen years of age‚ to be tried in a juvenile court‚ receiving a lesser sentence for murder than an person just six months older in age who committed the same crime? I think not. Trying juveniles as adults should be constantly allowed because punishment

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    Community Corrections Cyndi Zimmerman CJS/230 JULY 6‚ 2013 JOHN OPINSKI Community Corrections A community correction is something that an individual receives for a crime they have committed. Some of these things that a person receives is based on their criminal record‚ Probation status‚ and if they are a repeat offender. Some people are placed in jail or prison‚ while others are placed on community service‚ work release‚ probation‚ and house arrest. Community corrections affect society in

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    commit various crimes. Secondly‚ we have the juvenile justice system‚ a court designed especially for minors and is generally thought to help rehabilitate the offender. The salient difference between these two systems‚ as Mitcheal Ritter puts it‚ “is the use of distinct terminology to refer to their similar procedures. State and federal legislatures intended this terminological variation to avoid stigmatizing children as "criminals" and to dissociate the juvenile system from the criminal justice system”

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    of these cases‚ such populations have to face detention. By definition‚ immigration detention is the practice of holding in custody people (and in some cases families) who are subject to immigration control‚ either while they await permission to enter‚ or prior to their deportation or removal from a country (2). The UNHCR Guidelines reaffirms the general principle that asylum seekers should not be detained‚ and in exceptional cases where such detention may be necessary‚ it should only occur as a measure

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    should not have the power to arrest a suspected criminal as they could get injured in the process and it’s not their duty to arrest a person. If the police apply for a warrant it could take days to receive the warrant so I think that this is not effective as the person they are applying for a warrant for could be a danger to society whilst waiting for the warrant or have time to cover what he’s allegedly done. A warrant should not be necessary to arrest a suspected criminal. The three statutory

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