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    Juvenile criminals‚ conscious adults or underdeveloped children? When you’re dealing with children who committed a crime such as murder‚ it is hard to judge if whether they should be tried as an adult or as a child. I think that juveniles should be tried as adults because if children brain development was the reason they kill others‚ then they teens would kill at around the same rate around the world. First‚ if children are not tried as adults and are released there is no telling if they will

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    Essay #1 As a public defender in the juvenile court‚ you have been asked to speak to a youth advocacy group about police and juveniles. In exactly three paragraphs‚ summarize “what the police don’t want you to know.” Under no circumstances should a child ever be interrogated by the police without a lawyer present. Juveniles have the right to remain silent and to have a lawyer‚ but often are not made aware of this. Instead‚ a majority of children waive their rights to a lawyer and are interrogated

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    Running head: REHABILITATING THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM Rehabilitating the Juvenile Justice System [ ]Abstract Research indicates that youth with disabilities are over-represented in the juvenile justice system. Although The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) has provisions related to the juvenile justice system‚ high proportions of youth are never screened and therefore never get identified as having a disability. By diverting youth with disabilities to treatment facilities

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    People still debate whether juveniles should be tried as adults. There are many juveniles creating adult crimes and getting away with little sentences and use excuses like being too "young" or inherited genes. Some juveniles really mean to kill or hurt someone and that is not acceptable for that person to get a little sentence. In the article "On Punishment and Teen Killers" by Jennifer Jenkins‚ it talks about how juveniles deserve to be tried as adults for committing commensurate crimes which is

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    the juvenile aspect of punishment‚ specifically life sentencing against juvenile offenders. I believe that yes punishment should fit the crime‚ but to sentence a juvenile to a life sentencing without parole is something that the United States should be ashamed of doing for all these years before the true decision to disband this in 2012. When you read these words

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    righteous; fairness" and to bring to justice is stated as "to treat fitly or fairly". Is our juvenile justice system just? According to the definition it is not. So‚ do you think juveniles should be tried as adults or should they be tried as juveniles? It is not fair or righteous to treat juveniles as adults. Today we live in a world of crime and the youth are committing many of these crimes. The juvenile court system is to deal with all crimes committed by minors (under age 18) but this is not happening

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    Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections University of Phoenix November 21‚ 2012 Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections The following research will discuss the juvenile process system. Starting with the intake process it will discuss each step of the process and the options the defendant will be given. There are concerns and certain weaknesses the process has where it may give opportunity of unlawful and informal negotiation may be occurring. It will also further discuss the considered

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    and socioemotional changes occur. This time is a transition from childhood to adulthood. Due to these developmental changes‚ juveniles can participate in risky activities such as crime (Wendy‚ 2002). Debate on whether juveniles should be tried as adults has been a growing discussion. This debate is largely centered around the cognitive and moral competencies of juveniles. Many people in favor of prosecuting teens as adults believe a crime is a crime and those who participate in criminal activity

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    I believe that juvenile should be incarcerated but not with adults. Juveniles should be put in a detention center with only children. inside this detention center they should still should be learning and trying to change themselves . I believe that if a juvenile committed a crime they should be punish for it but not charge as an adult. You have to keep in mind that they are still children. Some people believe that juveniles should be release rather than incarcerated

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    This essay will present the youth welfare in Australia and the programs for the young people and juvenile justice system which is based on three broad models. Then‚ the link between youth welfare and juvenile justice system and also the effectiveness of relationship between two systems will be mentioned. In addition‚ the role of social worker in juvenile justice systems will be followed. There is a scope of youth welfare across Australia’s states and Territories .Regardless of growing debate among

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