Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper CJA 374 December 5‚ 2012 Jamie Loomis Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper This work summarizes the “Juvenile Arrests 2008”. This paper will summarize the key points of the “Juvenile Arrests 2008” and will address the following in this paper. The overall decrease in juvenile arrests‚ The increase in drug offenses and simple assaults and Implications for juvenile females and members of ethnic and racial minorities. The writer will also address the increase
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never help reduce the amount of offenders in the U.S. The juvenile justice system’s main goal is rehabilitation for all youth‚ but research and many studies have been carried out in order to describe what the system is doing wrong and what problems need to be resolved. Juvenile offenders should be placed in rehabilitative programs because punitive programs are counterproductive and therefore juvenile procedures need to be revised. Juveniles are
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Juvenile court is a special court used to handle cases involving children usually under the age of 18‚in some states 17‚ and in incredibly serious cases‚ children down to the age of 11 were moved to adult courts. Juvenile court came to be because of a change in ideology in the 1800’s involving children who have committed crimes. Before then children went through the same process as adult criminals at the time‚ but juvenile court was supposed to focus more on the rehabilitation of the child instead
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see plenty of criminal on many means of media. Following them‚ it appears that juvenile delinquency is a hurtful newsreel problem which educators and all of parents in our society have to pay attention to. It is easy to find out that juvenile behavior has its roots in family breakdown and domestic violence‚ as well as lack of parental moral guidance and supervision. Broken family is the most important cause of juvenile delinquency. In fact‚ the break-up of the parents’ relation really affects children’s
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Concern in Juvenile Forensic Psychology When a crime is committed by a juvenile should they be automatically treated as an adult? This is definitely a question that arises when the crime is an aggressive one or heinous in its occurrence. This is circumstance presents forensic psychologists specializing in the area of the juvenile court system will become involved in. They share many of the same responsibilities as do their counterparts practicing within the adult legal system but when a juvenile becomes
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Juvenile Court Process CJS/220 Introduction to Criminal Court System July 9‚ 2014 In this assignment‚ I am required to explain the court process as it relates to the juvenile offenders in the criminal justice system. I think that first‚ it is very important to realize that there are many different outlets to consider when speaking on the ways in which the juvenile court process works. I think that we need to realize that there are different ways that a juvenile can be processed after
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Juvenile Program Comparisons There are many programs that a juvenile can be a part of either willingly or court order to deter from future criminal activity. A juvenile may become a member of a government funded program or non-profit organization that specifies in helping juveniles who have involvement in criminal activities or may have a future leading to incarceration one becoming an adult. In this paper two programs in the state of Virginia that serve to deter juveniles from a destructive future
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Juvenile Justice On June 25‚ 2012 the Supreme Court ruled that juveniles who committed crime could not be sentenced to life in prison. This ruling has been disagreed by some people in the past. I agree with the Supreme Court’s ruling on how juveniles cannot be sentenced to life in prison. This is the right thing to do for them because their brains are not fully developed. Also when the juveniles are in prison they should get some sort of help or counseling so when they get out they got the help
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Introduction 1. The term «stereotype» 2. Common Stereotypes 2.1. African Americans 2.2. Men and Women 2.3. Cultures 2.4. Groups of Individuals 3. The Positive Side of Stereotypes Conclusion Introduction Cultural stereotypes may seem humorous but they can harm people. While many people understand and accept this as true‚ a "case study" approach‚ in the form of personal testimony‚ is often more valuable than a truckload of research. The definition of a stereotype is any commonly known public
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inability of juveniles in fully comprehending the implication of waiving Mirada rights. Ferguson‚ Jimenez & Jackson (2010) conducted literature review of relevant research studies and lawsuits to establish the fact that juveniles are not properly developed to make informed decisions when it comes to upholding their right to remain silence in the wake of police arrest and their competence to stand trial. Studies has confirmed the fact that age an IQ level of juveniles is related to juveniles’ ability
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