53‚500 juveniles were arrested for committing violent crimes. However‚ many of these crimes go unpunished under the Juvenile Justice Act‚ “on the theory that long sentences are unlikely to help rehabilitate young offenders‚ the new act specifies relatively short terms for offences”(Dolphin). While violent crimes are being committed‚ the juvenile offenders go on‚ hardly punished at all. These juveniles need to be taught that they are responsible for the actions that they commit. The Juvenile Justice
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Introduction This paper will explore the history of the juvenile justice systems of the United States and Japan to find similarities and differences. The focus will be on the movement toward rehabilitation and juvenile restorative justice. Exploration of scientific data on adolescent development will shed light on why juvenile justice differs from the adult system. The study will explore the need and effectiveness of particular diversion programs such as Youth Courts and evaluate how they have
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There are multiple gaps in the Juvenile Justice System due to organizational issues‚ in which the decisions are made. One of the major concerns in the juvenile justice system is the over representation of minorities. This is due to prejudice and bias people in higher power that make the decisions regarding juvenile sentencing. In the first empirical article “Contexts of Decision Making…” the authors briefly discuss how earlier people often used Conflict Theory to explain why minorities are over represented
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RUNNING HEAD: HISTORY OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM Juvenile Delinquency: The History of the Juvenile Justice System Shandi Lillard Kaplan University CJ 150 – 02 Professor Raymond Keefauvor June 14‚ 2011 The History of the Juvenile Justice System The Juvenile Justice System is seen by many as being ineffective in treating the youth of this country‚ the programs are outdated and there seems to be little‚ if any hope that these youth will stay on the right path once released back
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regarding juvenile law. In the case Roper v Simmons (2005)‚ a narrow 5-4 decision‚ overturned the United States practice of allowing capital punishment for juvenile offenders. Mitigating factors must be considered when examining the decision of the Supreme Court whenever they overturn previous courts decisions. This issue becomes more complex in the Juvenile System because of the relative infancy of this aspect of the American judicial system. In addition to analyzing the history of the Juvenile justice
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JUVENILE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SYSTEM Abstract Recently many people who are concern about the juvenile delinquent justice systems‚ started to promoting restorative juvenile justice system. The restorative justice system is a system where its focuses are on the needs of the victims‚ the offenders and the communities. Its aim is to be fair to all the stakeholders (the victims‚ the offenders‚ and the communities). Even though it is not a 100% effective for everyone‚ however by many research it has
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problems is the juvenile crime. According to Federal Bureau of Investigation (2002)‚ 1.5 million youths under age 18 are arrested each year for crimes. These youth will enter the juvenile justice system in which its existence is opposed by certain states. The Juvenile justice system should be abolished because the cost of this system is high‚ it is a false premises and rehabilitation cannot prevent the offenders from committing the crimes in the future. One reason the juvenile justice system should be
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that made them turn into lawbreakers. In order to protect society from those offenders‚ the court needed to establish a system where criminals are punished so they won’t commit crimes again and also to Make an example out of those criminals. However‚ not everyone can be punished similarly as a result the juvenile justice was established. As Justice Kennedy‚ the senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ‚ stated that there is a lack
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Juvenile Justice About 20 percent of teens each day are tried as adults. Some teens don’t realize how heinous these crimes they commit are. Depending on the crime‚ if it’s bad they should get a harsh penalty. Juveniles should be tried as adults because they should pay for their actions‚ they are mature enough to understand what they did and if they choose to follow grownups and their crimes they should pay the same penalty. Juveniles that commit crimes should pay for their actions. For example
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The Indian legislations The emergence of the concept of juvenile justice in India owes much to the developments that have taken place in western countries‚ especially in the perception of children and human rights jurisprudence in Europeand America. The Apprentices Act‚ 1850 was the first legislation that laid the foundation of juvenile justice system in the country. The concept consequently gained momentum with the enactment of the Indian Penal Code (1860)‚ Reformatory Schools Act (1897)‚ Code
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