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    A detached juvenile justice system was recognized in the United States around 100 years in the past with the objective of averting childish criminals from the damaging chastisements of felonious courts of law and reassuring reintegration based on the single adolescent’s desires. This organization was to diverge from grownup or felonious court in a sum of means. It was to stress on the teenager or juvenile as an individual in need of support‚ not on the act that carried him or her afore the court

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    b Toshiba 2012 Justice System Position Kimberly Gaudiosi Emmalee The topic of juvenile justice is a broad one but one that should concern everyone. My standpoint on this debatable topic is that the juvenile justice system should focus on the rehabilitation of the teens rather than making them pay for their crimes with an extensive jail sentence as a punishment. “Over time the US Supreme Court has placed limits on the use of the death penalty. The Court has now considered whether

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    A STATISTICAL VIEW OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM Najja A. Wells California State University‚ Dominguez Hills Author Note Najja A. Wells‚ Department of Public Administration‚ California State University Dominguez Hills Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Najja A. Wells‚ Department

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    The juvenile justice system was originally set up to be a rehabilitative and preventative approach‚ and to assess the needs and rights of children…the ultimate goal of the juvenile justice system was to divert youth from formal punitive processing of the adult justice system (Underwood and Washington‚ 2016). Mental illness in the juvenile justice system has become a complicated process when determining how to proceed in each step of the process. It may not be the only way into the juvenile justice

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    DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM The Juvenile Justice System was a creation of the Progressive Era reformist. Prior to this time there was little consideration for children as needing or deserving different treatment than adults. To tell the truth there was relatively no separation of adults and children up to this point in time. In retrospect it could be said that the creation of a separate stage in the life of growing people led to the creation of a separate justice system. So the creation

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    in the area of the justice system‚ these principles have often been challenged. The extended reach of the criminal justice system has been far from uniform in its effects upon different segments of the population. Although the number of women prisoners has increased in recent years at a more rapid pace than men‚ the criminal justice system as a whole still remains overwhelming male approximately 87 percent. Disproportionate minority representation in the juvenile justice system has been a national

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    as a juvenile delinquent by the state of Gila County‚ Arizona. The dismissal came forth because the alleged denial of procedural due process rights to juveniles and various arguments against the constitutional juvenile code of Arizona. Gault was in the company of his friend‚ Ronald Lewis when Lewis had stolen a wallet from a woman’s purse. Gault and Lewis were taken into police custody because of a verbal complaint from a neighbor stating that someone called her making indecent

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    The juvenile justice system is a separate legal framework making a difference in how youth offenders are judged and “punished”‚ but this way is only a recent concept. Back in the 1800’s there was some sort of system set in place to punish those who committed crimes. In those years of English rule there were workhouses where adults who broke the law would be sent to to manufacture goods that would later be sold to the public. This method was then used for people who owed money‚ they would be incarcerated

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    understanding the beginnings of the juvenile justice system should instill mind-provoking thoughts for this question. Not only should the beginnings be discussed‚ but the reasoning for the “transferring” of juveniles to the adult criminal system should be part of this thought process. The “pros” and “cons” for a juvenile being charged as an adult opens up events and effects which forces society to look at the struggles and issues that come with the juvenile transfer. The final point that needs

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    Even with all the money and effort spent on the adult justice system the recidivism rate is astonishing. When we hear old sayings like "you can ’t teach an old dog new tricks" or "you have to nip the problem in the bud" or "if you don ’t want a rotten apple‚ don ’t go to the barrel go to the tree"‚ do we realize the effect these concepts could have on the crime? If we realize it ’s difficult to teach old offenders new behaviors and actually focus our efforts on "nipping the problem in the bud" or

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