justice system should exist for juveniles and adults. While some juveniles have demonstrated the need for a separate justice system for juveniles‚ others have proven otherwise. There are separate justice systems for juvenile and adult offenders because of the belief that the mind of juveniles can be reformed unlike adult offenders. However‚ the juvenile justice system is similar to the adult justice system in many ways. In terms of the rights of the offenders‚ both juvenile and adult offenders have
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who commits murder‚ theft‚ robbery‚ physical abuse should always be equal in the viewpoint of the law‚ no matter it is a youngster or an adult. There should be equal punishments for the juveniles and the adults because the wrong that they have done has lead to the breaking of the law and ethics. Therefore‚ there are a number of ways in which the young criminals can be punished like imprisonment‚ labor imprisonment‚ strict fines on them‚ they should be send to custodians and rehabilitation centers.
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between the adult and juvenile justice systems. Siegel and Welsh‚ (2008 p. 272)‚ states that‚ “the components of the adult and the juvenile criminal processes are similar‚ but the juvenile system has a separate organizational structure.” There are more differences than there are similarities‚ but only because the juvenile system is there to rehabilitate the child and not punish them. The adult system is aimed at “punishing the guilty”‚ (Siegel‚ Welsh‚ 2008‚ p. 275). The juvenile system is very
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Juveniles Incarcerated with Adults Today I will be speaking about juveniles incarcerated with adults. Are adolescents really prepared to live in an environment with adults? ’They may be sentenced as adults but they’re still adolescents. The move to punish youthful offenders as adults came in response to a steep rise in the juvenile murder rate in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Teenage prisoners were increasingly seen to be as morally culpable and responsible as adults. Forty-five states
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Juvenile Rehabilitation: Adult Prisons vs. Juvenile Incarceration Maureen Fries-Labra English 122 Anna Hopson December 14‚ 2009 Juvenile Rehabilitation: Adult Prisons vs. Juvenile Incarceration The criminal justice system has a branch for juvenile offenders. Established in the early twentieth century; it is the responsibility of this division to decide the fates of youthful offenders. This is administered by family court with support of social workers and family. With the increased number
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Argument Essay: Juveniles charged as adults When a child commits a crime there are many questions that begin to rise‚ did they know what they were doing and the effect it would have once the crime was carried out? If an adult does not know what was going on in a juveniles mind‚ can they still be tried as an adult? These are the arguments that face American society today. Nationally‚ the statistics bear out the public perception that youth crime is becoming more violent. The number of youths arrested
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Introduction- Although it may seem that putting adolescents in adult prisons might teach them a lesson‚ and scare them into correcting the way they behave‚ it’s not the right decision. Putting children in with violent adults puts them in great danger‚ it has no effect on crime‚ and the kids aren’t mature enough to understand what they are doing; therefore children who commit certain crimes should not be tried as adults. Narration- Over 2200 juveniles nationwide have been sentenced to life imprisonment without
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JUVENILE JURISDICTION “VS” ADULT JURISDICTION A. Banks Introduction to Criminal Justice –CRN 21737 December 12‚ 2012 Juvenile Jurisdiction v. Adult Jurisdiction This paper explores the different views that have been in debate among society and the juvenile justice system. Since the inception of juvenile court more than a hundred years ago‚ the underlying debate has been that juvenile offenders shouldn’t go through the adult criminal courts. Juvenile court was originally created to handle
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Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis The United States Court system is much the same for Juvenile Court‚ as it is for Adult Court. The main differences are that Adult court adjudicates offenders over the age of 18. Juvenile court adjudicates minors‚ or persons under the age of 18. However‚ certain circumstances like the severity of crime‚ and age of individual‚ and number of occurrences can present a case‚ which
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Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis CJA/374 October 28‚ 2013 Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis For many years‚ people have believed that the juvenile justice system was meant to serve as a way to protect the community. Juveniles who commit crimes are different from adults because many do not understand the complexity of the crime committed. In order to respond to these differences‚ many states have established a way to treat these adolescents through juvenile
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