Criminal acts in the Philippines are continuously rising and still evident in the country despite‚ the efforts of the government to abolish it. Parallel to that‚ law offenders are getting younger and considered to get away with their crime. This is because the R.A. No. 9344 or The Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act which protects Child in Conflict with the Law (CICL). This incident is bothering many citizens; even President Rodrigo Duterte has been vocal in revising the said law. However‚ what is
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preferential treatment towards juveniles is justified. This is because juveniles are in the process of puberty‚ and are mentally under developed. Juveniles are after all still legally dependant on their parents‚ and therefore the blame for committing crimes should be on their guardians. Besides these‚ juveniles tend to have a higher chance and ability to go through rehabilitation compared to adults‚ thus rehabilitative methods are preferentially used in juvenile courts as a substitution for jail terms
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Juveniles Court Process & Terms CJA 204 September 26th‚ 2014 Professor Kahl University of Phoenix Juveniles Court Process & Terms Answer # 1 Statutory Exclusion Statutory exclusion is where an individual is under a certain age‚ 18 in most states. When you are under age you are considered a juvenile and therefore cannot be tried as an adult. The detention hearing must also take place within twenty-four hours of being held at a detention facility. U.s department of justice. (). Answer
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Controlling Organized Crime L. Karina Watson CJA393 December 6‚ 2010 Marianne McBeth Controlling Organized Crime Trying to control organized crime is obviously much easier to say than done. In the past hundred years‚ the development of organized crime has changed‚ as well the efforts of controlling it. By looking at the past crime families such as‚ the Sicilian Mafia‚ place them in retrospect of them being pledge in the most famous game of chess. Today‚ these old families may not be considered
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University Juvenile Justice Reform Act Effects on Society vs. the Juveniles Themselves Juvenile Delinquency Abstract Juvenile justice is the area of criminal law that applies to those individuals that aren’t of age to be held responsible for criminal acts. The age‚ in most states‚ for a juvenile criminal‚ is set at 18 years. While being mainly governed by state law‚ juvenile law usually enacts a juvenile code. Although the main goal of the juvenile justice
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Charmaine Larkin-Sullivan CJ 370 Case Study # 4 Kirby v. Illinois Facts: On February 21‚ 1968‚ a man named Willie Shard reported to the Chicago police that the previous day two men had robbed him on a Chicago street of a wallet containing‚ among other things‚ traveler’s checks and a Social Security card. On February 22‚ two police officers stopped the petitioner and a companion‚ Ralph Bean‚ on West Madison Street in Chicago. When asked for identification‚ the petitioner produced a wallet
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and Reporting The 2009 United States Census shows that 12.4 percent of the Illinois population was 65 years of age or older. In Illinois‚ an estimated 76‚000 persons over age 60 suffered from elder abuse‚ but the state of Illinois reported receiving only 10‚583 elder abuse reports during 2008. The 2008 Illinois Elder Abuse and Neglect Program Annual Report‚ Demographics reveals that of reported cases of abuse in Illinois that year: almost one in four victims are age 86 or older‚ the most common
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Scott v. Illinois 440 U.S. 367 (1979) I. Aubrey Scott was convicted of shoplifting merchandise valued at less than $150. The maximum penalty for such an offense is a $500 fine or one year in jail‚ or both. Scott objected that the state was required to provide council for him. The trial court affirmed. The appellate court affirmed. The state supreme court granted certiorari. II. Does the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments require that the state provide the defendant counsel whenever imprisonment
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An advantage to juveniles being handled in adult court is that many juveniles would not be arrested anymore for crimes considered against the law presently for minors. Many adolescent offenders are arrested for minor crimes now and if they are already on probation many trivial acts such as a suspension from school for “anything” can push them into a juvenile placement long term. I have seen it many times. Kids that are on probation for something they did 2 years prior such as at the age of 14
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Messing Around with Addiction: The Struggle of America’s Youth Rehabilitation is the act of restoring something to its original state. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone needs a chance to change from the mistakes they’ve made. Legally if you are over the age of eighteen you are recognized as an adult but scientifically our brains are not fully developed until age twenty-five. So how can a judge hold a fifteen year old fully accountable for his or her actions when he or she can’t even fully understand
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