The major difference between a juvenile court and an adult court is the age of the offenders. A juvenile court usually deals with children under 18 and an adult court usually deals with offenders 18 and older. There are some circumstances where and offender may be under 18‚ but can still be tried as an adult. In those cases they will go to an adult court instead of a juvenile court. In a juvenile court the rehabilitation of the offender is the main focus. Juvenile courts usually do not require a
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JUVENILE OFFENDERS: WHAT WORKS? A Summary of Research Findings Roxanne Lieb Washington State Institute for Public Policy The Evergreen State College Mail Stop: TA-00‚ Seminar 3162 Olympia‚ Washington 98505 Phone: (360) 866-6000‚ ext. 6380 Fax: (360) 866-6825 October 1994 1 Introduction and Contents This document can assist policymakers in understanding the major research findings in juvenile delinquency. It summarizes key findings and offers an overview. It is not an exhaustive
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Middle-class juvenile delinquency has long been a problem when asking as to why some children steal and not others‚ why some skip school‚ or why some set fires and damage property. Some theories have been improved from time to time over the years‚ but the last ten or fifteen years have had significant study and advancement. Officers of the juvenile courts‚ child welfare associations‚ educational bodies‚ and mental clinics have been vital in order to compile the large amount of data on juvenile delinquency
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The Influence of Violent Computer Games on Youth Violence and Juvenile Delinquency A Topic Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the College of Criminal Justice Education De La Salle University – Dasmarinas City of Dasmarinas‚ Cavite In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree‚ Bachelor of Science in Criminology By: Harold T. Sarita Abdul Hakim A. Botig Hanz Kriztien M.Guzman July 23‚ 2013 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Our society today afflicted
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affects delinquency because male and female juveniles are committing crimes growing in the inner cities where crime rate is high. Experts show females as taking on masculine characteristics and becoming involved in gang and gang violence similar to males (Wadsworth‚ 2005‚ p. 136). Males are arrested for crimes such as larceny and aggravated assault‚ and females are participating in similar crimes‚ which are quickly increasing their crime rate. When seeking reasons for gender delinquency‚ there
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Century Juvenile Delinquency and Justice – CRJ180 Legislation of the 20th century The 20th century produced a number of important legislation and movements that shaped the way juvenile offender and delinquents were treated. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974; is to be considered one of those important legislation. This act was one of the first federal legislation that helped shape states policies when dealing with the juvenile court system. The Juvenile and Delinquency
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Recent research has shown that childhood mistreatment is linked to the development of delinquencies. In the article‚ “Understanding the Link between Childhood Maltreatment and Violent Delinquency: What does Schools Have to Add?”‚ by Crooks‚ Scott‚ Wolfe‚ Chiodo‚ and Killip‚ they have centered their research around the development of delinquent behavior due to child maltreatment. Using a Childhood Trauma Questionnaire and a few other questions they were able to identify those who were introduced to
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drugs‚ use violence against their peers. Juveniles are young people who are regarded as immature or one whose mental as well as emotional faculties are not fully responsibility of their actions. In legal points‚ the term juvenile is a person subject to juvenile court proceedings because of a statutorily defined event or condition caused by or affecting that person and was alleged to have occurred while his or her age was below the specified age limit. Juvenile delinquents are youthful offenders and
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Adolescence Delinquency 1. First article‚ Darbouze‚ K. (n.d.). Rehabilitative methods and the affect on juvenile delinquents. Retrieved from http://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/1903/10097/1/Da rbouze‚%20Kelie.pdf The purpose of this article is to examine rehabilitative programs and set the therapeutic methods to aid juvenile delinquents with re-entering society. This study evaluates the techniques of the rehabilitation program and their therapeutic methods. The purpose is to find the
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age‚ but our first real-life learning experiences are from our families. The way family behavior influences juvenile delinquency can depend on the specific background and the current situation of the family. Of course you can look at a family whose father and two older brother are drug dealers in and out of jail. Clearly this is behavior that could potentially lead to juvenile delinquency for the younger kids in the family. With that being said‚ what about the family that seems okay from the outside
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