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    Juvenile Court Case Study

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    Would it be to the advantage of the taxpayer and the juveniles to split the juvenile courts into two sections? Explain in detail why or why not. There would a lot of people favorable circumstances of the taxpaying and the juveniles with part those adolescent courts under two areas since it will profit taxpaying and juveniles by Part under segments. Toward finishing that status wrongdoers will get a greater amount help What’s more treat similarly as a minor wrongdoing offender‚ which they don’t

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    Traditional Juvenile Court System Juvenile court system started in 1899‚ and was created by four women who thought that children deserved a second chance instead of getting punished. The first city to have a juvenile court system was Chicago‚ Illinois. Today‚ they are found in Europe‚ Latin America‚ Israel‚ Iraq‚ Japan‚ and other countries. Most countries have similar systems with similar punishments. However‚ there have been many problems with this system. In 1967‚ there were a few disagreements

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    JURISDICTION OF HIGH COURT IN CORPORATE MATTERS PROLOGUE:- Legislature has always attempted to enact so much comprehensive law as nothing is left out of it’s ambit. This must always have been present in the mind of the legislature that conflicts and disputes of legal nature are part and parcel of every transaction and corporate sector is no exception to it. The need to resolve these disputes primarily needs a body

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    from 18‚ threatening to cut highway funding to states which did not comply‚ mostly to cut down on drunk driving deaths caused each year by drinking and driving. But advocates argue teenagers are going to drink anyway even if changed. Should the drinking age be lowered? In my opinion‚ the drinking age doesn’t need to be reduced to 18‚ the drinking laws need to be changed completely.

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    transfer juveniles from the juvenile court to criminal court‚ I would look at what means would best serve the juvenile. The three most commonly used mechanisms are the juvenile wavier‚ prosecutorial wavier‚ and legislative wavier (Elrod & Ryder‚ 2014). Based upon my research‚ I would favor the judicial wavier. The results of a juvenile being transferred into adult court can have some negative consequences on a juvenile. A juvenile court usually focuses on rehabilitation of the accused juvenile; however

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    Juvenile court is a special court used to handle cases involving children usually under the age of 18‚in some states 17‚ and in incredibly serious cases‚ children down to the age of 11 were moved to adult courts. Juvenile court came to be because of a change in ideology in the 1800’s involving children who have committed crimes. Before then children went through the same process as adult criminals at the time‚ but juvenile court was supposed to focus more on the rehabilitation of the child instead

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    Societal Implications of Abolishing Juvenile Court The juvenile justice system plays a vital role in the outcome of juvenile delinquents lives. If juvenile courts are abolished‚ juvenile offenders will be forced into adult prisons and harsher sentences may be given to young juveniles. The treatment and therapy needed for these young offenders may not be met in adult courts because of the back already in adult courts the rehabilitation process may suffer for juvenile offenders. Society collectively

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    Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered? In America‚ 38 states have the minimum drinking age at 21. However‚ the other 12 have exceptions to that law. Although underage drinking has been a problem in society. Lowering the drinking age would create responsibility in young adults (Top pro and con arguments). It would also allow young adults make better decisions and take responsibility for their actions. People say the lowering the drinking age would be irresponsible because of the dangers posed by drinking

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    drink at a lower age‚ they would less likely abuse the consumption of alcoholic beverages as it will be nothing new to them. In addition‚ lowering the drinking age would protect teens from malicious people selling alcohol to them. In “Why Colleges Should Support a Lower Drinking Age‚” it is argued that alcohol obtained illegally could be “laced with other dangerous substances” if obtained from strangers. Thus‚ it would be safer to allow teens to purchase alcohol than to expose them to danger. Taking

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    there Jurisdiction? [Insert Name Here] [Insert Additional details here] Situation 1: Mike‚ a Utah resident‚ sues Jim‚ a Nevada resident for $60‚000 in Nevada’s Federal District court for negligence (a state law civil suit).  Jim argues that the case should be dismissed for a lack of subject matter jurisdiction.  Is he right?  Under the circumstances‚ since Mike lives in Utah and Jim lives in Nevada then the type of subject matter jurisdiction that applies is diversity jurisdiction. Under

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