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    Rehabilitation

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    Rehabilitation begin in the 1900s to help the renovations of the correctional system such as implementation of indeterminate sentencing‚ parole‚ probation‚ and a separated juvenile system. So‚ for seven-decade offender treatment ruled as the dominate in corrections philosophy. But‚ in the early 1970s‚ rehabilitation suffered a sudden and dramatic setback and liberals blamed rehabilitation for allowing the State to use force or threats against offenders‚ and conservative blame rehabilitation for allowing

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    Criminal Justice System CJA/204 April 4‚ 2013 Criminal Justice System According to the Criminal Justice Interactive on the student website‚ crime is defined as the conduct in violation of the criminal law of the state‚ the federal government‚ or a local jurisdiction‚ for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse. In other words‚ crime is a forbidden act in which a punishment is attached. Law can be defined as rules and regulations that put in place for all

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    Juvenile Justice          Abstract The juvenile Justice System has gone through many changes in America and are represented  through six main periods that will be discussed in this paper. The periods are called the Puritan Era (1646–1824)‚ the Refuge Period (1824-1899)‚ the Juvenile Court Period (1899-1960)‚ The Juvenile Rights Period (1960-1980)‚ the Crime Control Period (1980-2005)‚ and The Kids are Different Period (2005-present). Juvenile Justice has constantly changed depending

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    THE PROS AND CONS OF A SEPARATE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM Separate Juvenile Justice System DeVry University Professor C. Robins CRMJ300 Katja C. Bonds August 14‚ 2011 I. Introduction A. Juvenile 1. Age range for juveniles 2. Delinquent juvenile 3. Young offenders II. History overview of Juvenile Justice System A. Parent Interaction 1. The responsibilities of the parent 2. The responsibilities of the juvenile B. Police Interaction 1. Discretion

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    The juvenile justice system and parents across America struggle on a day-to-day basis with their children and substance abuse. It is stated that four out of every five children arrested within the system are under the influence of a substance (alcohol or drugs) when committing the crimes that forced them to be detained and arrested (Alcoholism.about.com‚ 2010). It is reported within the textbook that seventy-three percent of high school seniors had used alcohol within the past year‚ which makes

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    Juveniles in the Justice System Name: Kelly Liberty Instructor: Jerry Glover Course: Criminology Date: 13 July 2013      Juveniles in the Justice System   Introduction Children are not just born delinquents; by law‚ a juvenile delinquent is a person under the age of eighteen who is found guilty in a court of law for committing some sort of crime. Juveniles are normally products of circumstances‚ chance‚ and their surroundings. Juveniles who are in an area of violence and crime

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    Rehabilitation

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    Rehabilitation is generally designed to facilitate recovery from illness‚ injury or disease to a normal level of functioning. Usually this involves medical and physical treatment and rehabilitation‚ however‚ a person’s recovery has a myriad of other aspects for holistic rehabilitation. In the case of Hannah‚ she has both her physical restrictions to overcome as well as social adjustment to her new situation and her rehabilitation will also involve her family’s adjustment to changes to her lifestyle

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    Although prison education and rehabilitation programs are offered in some prisons in the United States‚ there are still numerous prisons that haven’t implemented them. The purpose of these programs is to educate prisoners and prevent re-offense. However‚ the issue comes down to determining to what extent the purpose of imprisonment should be rehabilitation because some argue that punishment’s enough to educate prisoners. In contrast‚ proponents of these programs argue that it’s essential prisoners

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    Youth Justice System

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    The Youth Justice System went through lots of change over the past 25 years and the laws have evolved even today. If you are thinking about youth crime‚ most people think of gang related crimes but there are lots of kinds of offence inside youth crime. The most common is drug-taking or drug dealing‚ but unfortunately we can meet many serious crime which caused by youth‚ it includes murder as well. Have you ever wondered why for example 10 years old killers are behind bars? Youth crimes are maybe

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    Criminal Justice System CJA/204 Crime is an omission or act which violates laws that results to punishment of an individual. The specific omissions or acts that constitute a crime are determined by the governmental bodies from the area you live. At any given time you will most likely be subject to three sets of laws. Defined is the first set federal statute. Outlined by the state government where you live is the second set. The third set is laws enacted by local government. If conflict ever arises

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