Throughout the course of Youth and Conflict with the law I have been able to grasp a better understanding on how different approaches have and are established for young offenders through what has either caused a youth induvial to offend or factors that played a role for youth to offend. For instance‚ one key aspect I have learned is the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) which‚ corresponds to relations between youth and the law. The topic of the Youth Criminal Justice Act is critical in
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The juvenile justice system has a unique past of historical development‚ from the discovery of childhood to positivist criminology. The juvenile justice system was created with a simple idea in mind- to treat children who have committed crimes differently than adults. The goal of reformers was to create the ideal that juveniles should be treated‚ not punished. Since the 1960’s‚ however‚ the status quo of juvenile delinquency has shifted into a punitive model. Reformers are once again trying to institute
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Charlie is a 10 year old boy who has been detained for several counts of shoplifting. The total number of items that were stolen added up to over $100. This is the first time that Charlie has been in juvenile court and could potentially be the first time that Charlie has stolen. In this case study the Judge‚ Juvenile probation officer and the police officer need to work together in order to determined what will happen to Charlie due to this being his first encounter in juvenile court. Shop lifting
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The pressure from the populace has led to increasing emphasis on punishment rather than rehabilitation. The U.S. has more youths in detention centers than another nations. This may allude to the reason of why the U.S also has the most adults in incarceration as well. Are we creating these minces to society by setting them on a trajectory to juvenile delinquency? According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 2013 Residential Placement Census‚ on average there is an estimated
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What approaches should be utilized to understand juvenile justice and the ethical dilemmas that arise within the condition? Juvenile delinquency in the United States‚ because of its prominence on rehabilitation and the best interest of children‚ has become an increasingly compound subject (Ramirez‚ 2008). Some causes of delinquency include poverty‚ drugs‚ gangs‚ abuse and neglect‚ and truancy (Ramirez‚ 2008). In addition‚ violent juvenile crimes led to an increase in the waiver of many young offenders
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This archive file includes CJA 374 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Juvenile and Adult Courts A Comparative Analysis Law - General Law Write a 1‚000- to 1‚500-word paper comparing and contrasting Juvenile Court with Adult Court. Include the following in your paper: An overview of the juvenile justice system A point by point comparison between juvenile and adult courts The implications for the youthful offender of the trend toward increasing the use of waivers or remanding
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Steinberg’s (2004) article delves into the psychological and psychosocial effects of exposure to the justice system on youth offenders as it bears on their criminal careers. The author argues that exposure to contexts introduced by the justice system with a view to reform youth offenders disrupt “normative psychosocial development”‚ and so make it difficult for them to reenter civil society (Steinberg 2004‚ p. 1). These features of the article make it relevant to a course on youth and crime justice
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Starlene Newcomb AC1304946 C041-Introduction to Psychology Assignment 8- Antisocial Personality Disorder 11/18/2014 Antisocial Personality Disorder Antisocial Personality Disorder use to be referred to as psychopathic personality or psychopathy according to J. Reid Moloy‚ Ph.D. Those with ASPD may show a pattern of disregard for others‚ violating the rights of others‚ history of crime‚ legal issues‚ impulsive and aggressive behavior. In order to diagnose ASPD based on the DSM-IV terms‚ the patient
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Introduction: The term “Antisocial Personality Disorder” was preceded by a number of others that stem from the early nineteenth century. Prichard (1835) introduced the concept of “Moral Insanity” to designate criminals who manifested an absence of control and ethical sense. A morally insane individual was considered to have an impaired intellect but to be nevertheless‚ incapable of “conducting himself with decency and propriety”. Some decades later the concept of “constitutional psychotic inferiority”
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Ngoc (Lily) Le Abnormal Psychology Case Study #3 – Mood Disorders 29 May 2014 1. The different mood disorders that we explored together as a class are as following: depressive disorders and bipolar disorders. (I didn’t factor suicide into this.) Going into further detail‚ depressive disorders are the clarified grouping of individuals who have been identified to have unipolar depression. Having unipolar depression is when that same individual is in a mental state of depression without having shown
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