Running head: JUVENILE JUSTICE 1 Juvenile Justice Valarie Murphy-Taylor CRJ 301 Timothy Koester February 18‚ 2013 JUSTICE 2 Juvenile justice was created in the late 1800’s as reform to U.S. policies with regards to youth offenders. Over time‚ through various amendments directed at protecting both the due process rights of youth‚ and creating an averse effect in relation to jail among youth offenders‚ juvenile justice created a system similar to that
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The Juvenile Criminal Justice System and Adult court system have many simalities and differences. While the Juvenile Justice system is more concerned with rehabilitation of the Juvenile so he wont contine with more crime when he become an adult ‚ the adult court sytem is looking look to punish the adults with more harsh time‚ and consequences. They share similarlites such as procedural safeguards to protect their rights and also they both have the right to councel to help defend they self. Even though
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September 6‚ 2013 Justice and the juvenile Calls to dilute the Juvenile Justice Act in light of what is perceived as lenient punishment to the juvenile offender in the Delhi gang rape case are understandable but misplaced. The crime shook the country’s conscience‚ brought forth an unprecedented outpouring of anger and triggered collective introspection on the safety of women and girls. But even though there is a view that the young perpetrator has been able to get away lightly‚ this is not reason
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1: What is the distinctions between official and unofficial sources of data on delinquency? official data is collect from governmental offices‚ DOJ‚ Juvenile courts or any data that are direct collected by government officials. Unofficial data is typically collected by secondary resources such as media‚ surveys and so forth. Unofficial data is less creditable because it cannot truly verify the validity of those information. 2: What types of data are contained in the UCR? The types of data
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1. Dispositions (4) • home on probation • group home • country rancher camp o congregate institutional treatment-correctional-run by local probation 2. Juvenile Correctional Institutions Key terms • impression management-no fear in eyes‚ maintain presence • Social Hierarchy^ • Ward Subculture- • Custodial Facility- • Custodial Staff- • Treatment staff- • Special Population- • Parole Board- 3. Components of a Youth Training School • Living Space • Security and Safety • Health Care
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crimes committed by juvenile delinquents in today’s society. These crimes consist of violent crimes‚ property crimes‚ forgery‚ fraud‚ vandalism as well as many others. In 2009‚ there were 32‚638‚900 youths in the United States and 1‚906‚600 of them were arrested for a type of crime. (Puzzanchera & Adams‚ 2012). There are many options that the Department of Juvenile Justice System can lead towards such as punishment or treatment‚ but the rehabilitation depends on the juvenile at hand. Most research
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Juvenile Justice To many Americans today‚ the country is a hostage-but not from oversea terrorism as one might expect to think. No today‚ we live in fear from our own children; and these are the same young people who we are entrusting the future of this great country with. According to the Department of Justice report released in November‚ thirty-eight percent of those arrested for weapons offenses in 1995 were under the age of eighteen (Curriden 66). In the same report‚ the Bureau of Justice
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Period 05 February 7‚ 2013 Juvenile Justice-Final Draft We See Them as Children‚ How About the Legal System? If minors do not share the same rights as adults‚ then the legal system should not treat them as so. When a crime is committed‚ fair punishment is what every criminal expects when walking into the court room. However‚ certain journalists have proven that when juveniles commit a crime they are charged as children to a certain extent and that the legal system is quick to call them adults
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BREAKING RULES: Children in Conflict with the Law and the Juvenile Justice Process THE EXPERIENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES Save the Children UK is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance‚ the world’s leading independent children’s rights organisation‚ with members in 27 countries and operational programmes in more than 100 countries. Save the Children works with children and their communities to provide practical assistance and‚ by influencing policy and public opinion‚ bring about
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In recent discussion of Juvenile Justice‚ a controversial issue has been whether juveniles should be tried as adults in adult courts for heinous crimes they have committed. On one hand‚ some argue that they should not be tried as adults and do not deserve harsh sentences but as children seeking help. On the other hand‚ however‚ others argue that those who commit such heinous crimes ought to be punished no matter the age. The juvenile court was created to handle juvenile offenders on the basis of
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