Juvenile transfer is the process of removing juvenile offenders from the juvenile court and placing them into the adult court. Although states implement this process in varying ways‚ it is seen in different viewpoints as either having a positive effect on juveniles or a negative effect. Studies have been conducted examining the statistics regarding recidivism for juveniles who have been transferred to the adult court versus those who have not. After taking a look at these two perspectives‚ I have
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Delinquency Deterrence Punishment for violating the laws can be lenient or they can be harsh‚ and they can be used to prevent others from committing crimes as well as deterring people from becoming repeat offenders. People assume that juveniles are not rational beings; meaning that they do not know the difference between right and wrong and that they do not understand the consequences following their actions‚ however that assumption is wrong because juveniles can be deterred from committing
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Annonymous English 1 TTH 3:15p February 28‚ 2012 Argument of Fact: Parents’ Reasons for Homeschooling When a parent survey was conducted to list their reasons for homeschooling the three most popular reasons came out to have the ability to give their children a better education‚ other parents were for religious reasons‚ and lastly parents were concerned with the poor learning environment at schools. Parents that home school are ultimately worried about the environment at schools
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as much as men do and can contribute equally to the overall development of their society‚ nation and the humanity as a whole. Though some rural and backwards societies still resist with this concept‚ this is becoming very rare indeed. The topic of argument though is whether a coeducation system‚ which means where both boys and girls can study together in the same enclosure‚ better or is single sex education system‚ where either only boys or only girls are allowed to get admitted better‚ I think co-ed
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Research Paper Over two hundred thousand juveniles are tried as adults every year. Yes‚ the saying “You do the crime‚ you do the time‚” may evidently need to be set in stone for every criminal‚ but a child? To make this country fair the United States of America needs to stop prosecuting and putting teens on trial as adults. Ignorance of not knowing the law is not an adequate excuse‚ that may be necessarily true‚ but if the country wants to be considered “fair” then the court system needs to understand
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Factors Contributing to Juvenile Delinquents According to Jensen‚ three of the most critical issues facing the American juvenile justice system are youth violence‚ the occurrence of mental health and substance abuse problems among young people‚ and female delinquency (Jensen‚ Potter‚ and Howard‚ 2001). Juvenile crime in the United States has severe consequences for our society. Nowadays‚ drugs are becoming more like everything else in our society—popular and expensive—which is usually a catalyst
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several states indicate that large majorities support prevention programs and early intervention efforts‚ and support restorative justice programs over prison time for non-violent youthful offenders because they are not comfortable with incarcerating juveniles with adults. It is sadly unsurprising that in today’s youth justice system‚ male individuals from ethnic minorities receive the harshest punishment‚ and are often seen as impossible to rehabilitate‚ or undeserving of the second or third chances that
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Juveniles Tried As Adults Many kids age sixteen and under are considered juveniles by the court of law. In my opinion juveniles should be tried as adults for committing unlawful actions. Juveniles are mostly troubled kids who need psychological help but it leaves no room for excuses regarding their actions. There are many reasons why they should be tried as adults starting with the fact that they have already committed a crime and chances are they will do it again‚ because they shouldn’t be let
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Juvenile Court Process Elisha Lambert CJS/220 5/23/12 Reginald Anthony Before juvenile courts existed‚ children’s parent would determine their punishment. The odds of a child going through the court system were slim. Today when law enforcement arrests a juvenile the officer decides were the juvenile will go based the crime. Juvenile court has partial jurisdiction which means that they can only hear certain cases (Meyer & Grant‚ 2003). Normally
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Theory and ignores American tradition. It was a new idea to explain juvenile delinquency at that time. However‚ it cannot fully interpret crime and juvenile delinquency in nowadays. In the period from 1950 to 1964‚ the total number of juvenile who being arrested has increase from 14‚539 to 961‚132 in the America bureau of the census. (David‚ 1995‚ 58) It increased sixty six times and it was a rapid growth in the juvenile delinquency. It was a serious problem in America at that time. Therefore‚ there
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