Juvenile Problems Paula Barton Texas A&M Commerce Table of Content Abstract 3 Chapter 1: Introduction 4 Chapter 2: Issues Involved with Juvenile 5 The Media 5 Treatments 6 Sentencing 7 Death Penalty 8 Chapter 3: Juvenile Crime Gangs 9 Latin Kings 10 Mexican Mafia 10 Aryan Brotherhood 11 Bloods 12 Crips 13 Female Gangbanging
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between drug and alcohol use and juvenile criminal activities have been a well-known fact‚ that’s often thought of as a correlation. “The estimated prevalence of substance abuse disorder and juvenile offending approaches 67% across studies in justice settings” (Liddle‚ 2014). Whether the alcohol and other drug (AOD) use led them to the criminal activity or AOD will be an issue for the juvenile offender once they are out of the justice system. Questions form at this transition stage for the adolescent
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Juvenile Crime One of the biggest problems which the United States is faced with is juvenile crime. The reason experts feel juvenile’s commit crimes is because of risk factors when they were younger but experts still have not found the main reason why juvenile’s commit crimes. Some risk factors associated with juvenile crime are poverty‚ repeated exposure to violence‚ drugs‚ easy access to firearms‚ unstable family life and family violence‚ delinquent peer groups‚ and media violence. Especially
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Juveniles and Punishment: Should Juveniles Delinquents be tried as Adults in the Criminal Justice System? : Angela Eberhart Diversity in Criminal Justice Professor: Jonas Oscar December 10‚ 2011 Fall Semester The question have been raised on whether or not juveniles should be treated the same as adults in the Criminal Justice System This study will first indicate whether juveniles should be trialed as an adult based on age and the offences they commit. Secondly; this
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Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile delinquency is a negative behavior of children and teens that may violate the law or cause widespread disorders in communities or society. The age limit of juvenile not only varies from country to country but also from state to state within a country as in the case of the United States. However no matter different the age limit is‚ every government takes juvenile delinquency as a serious issue. In order to develop effective prevention‚ the reasons behind juvenile delinquency
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Juvenile Offenders Juvenile offenders are classified in most systems as people who have not yet reached the age of maturity‚ which by law is the threshold of your adult years. 18 years old is the line between being a teenager and a full grown adult when they will be able to be tried for a criminal offense‚ while fourteen years old is the youngest age a person can be tried for a seriously violent crime. In the text it states‚ “Juvenile crime has been a feature of almost every society‚ but how
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Issues with Juveniles Michelle Little (McMichael) CRJ 303 Professor Karabekou March 13‚ 2013 Issues with Juveniles Juveniles can break the law just like adults can. The difference is in the way they are treated after the fact‚ from the police interaction to the type of punishment they will ultimately receive. In most cases getting to the child before criminal behavior begins may stop a life of crime before it begins. In this paper I will be going over the importance of child development
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Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care (PPEC) centers are specifically designed to decrease health care costs by delivering cost effective health services to children with medically complex conditions‚ in the hopes of reducing frequent hospitalizations. Parents who enroll their children in PPECs not only expect the management of their child’s medical needs‚ but also anticipate that the PPEC will function as a regular daycare and promote their child’s academic and social development. Hence‚ the expectation
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Outline I. Introduction A. Opener: B. Thesis statement: This term paper explores how family issues attribute to juvenile delinquency and how to overcome it. II. First and foremost‚ an unstable family structure is one of the contributing factors to juvenile delinquency. A. Single-parent household vs. two-parent household B. Child maltreatment 1. emotional neglect 2. physical abuse III. Secondly‚ studies have shown that juvenile delinquency is conclusively related to the family environment. A. Family
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According to “Juvenile Delinquency‚” under the parens patriae philosophy‚ minors who engage in extralegal behavior are viewed as victims of improper care‚ custody and treatment at home (Siegel‚ Welsh‚ Senna 16). The concept of parens patriae explains the state’s duty to protect minor children who lack proper care and custody from their parents. The occurrence of minor illegal behavior is a sign that the state should intervene. Before more serious crimes are committed‚ these youths should be taken
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