construction of courts for youths who are between 11 – 18 years (juvenile court system). These courts are referred as peer courts or teen courts. More of concern any youth charged with an offense has the opportunity to undergo the hearing and sentencing proceedings of juvenile courts and should agree to a sentencing forum with a jury of the youth’s peers. The peer courts are under the supervision of a judge‚ youth defendants‚ and volunteers who play a variety of roles in the
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In May 2014‚ a twelve year old girl was stabbed nineteen times by her two “friends” Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier. They attempted to please a fictional internet character called Slender Man by their deed. The two assailants left the victim for dead in the woods where they had pretended they would play hide and seek. The victim managed to crawl to a bike trail that was nearby where a bicyclist saw her and called for help. Meanwhile‚ Morgan and Anissa fled the scene and began walking to an area
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A Missing Person Report was filed with the Arlington Police‚ and Detective James Smith has been assigned to the case. The Department was given a Precept through Cambridge Juvenile Court on 4/20/2017. On‚ 5/17/17‚ Kenneth was located at Ms. Taylor’s home and brought to Cambridge Juvenile Court‚ and the Precept was dismissed. Kenneth is currently back at the STARR Program in Arlington. Since being placed Kenneth has engaged in counseling services at the program and has remained
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Juvenile Smoking leading to use Marijuana (Research Methods for Criminal Justice) Name: Institution: Abstract Research has found that teenagers who used cigarettes were twelve times more likely to graduate to marijuana use. A similar study conducted by Denise Kandel (1992) revealed that use of marijuana affects dopamine levels in the brain in a similar way to nicotine. Cigarette smoking facilitates consumption of other substances. Smoking cigarettes
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When preparing for my court observation‚ I began wondering what could possibly effect a judge’s decision when it came down to deciding a sentence for a juvenile. After some brainstorming‚ I decided to observe factors that juveniles themselves displayed‚ and attempted to see if those factors influenced a judge’s decision. When originally starting my observations‚ I went in with five variables to look for which included the gender of the defendant‚ the defendants attire‚ the attitude in which they
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preferential treatment towards juveniles is justified. This is because juveniles are in the process of puberty‚ and are mentally under developed. Juveniles are after all still legally dependant on their parents‚ and therefore the blame for committing crimes should be on their guardians. Besides these‚ juveniles tend to have a higher chance and ability to go through rehabilitation compared to adults‚ thus rehabilitative methods are preferentially used in juvenile courts as a substitution for jail terms
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Unit two: Principles of providing administrative services Section 1 – Understand how to make and receive telephone calls 1. Complete the table below with descriptions of at least two different features of a telephone system and how / when they would be used. Feature | How / when used | 1. Answer phone | This is usually accessed by pressing the number 1. It enables you to access messages left to you by others | 2. Conference calls | This makes it possible to speak to more than one person
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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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Running head: JUVENILE JUSTICE 1 Juvenile Justice Valarie Murphy-Taylor CRJ 301 Timothy Koester February 18‚ 2013 JUSTICE 2 Juvenile justice was created in the late 1800’s as reform to U.S. policies with regards to youth offenders. Over time‚ through various amendments directed at protecting both the due process rights of youth‚ and creating an averse effect in relation to jail among youth offenders‚ juvenile justice created a system similar to that
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Infotec international | Why IT is important to the modern world? | For the HDCS-Infortec International | | By Isuri Dilanka Rg:12GP1220 | 3/20/2013 | This document contains introduction on the importance of IT‚ its usage in modern world and finally the conclusion of the researcher. | The importance of IT to the modern world Introduction Nearly everyone worked in agriculture before the industrial revolution. People communicated by words or messages written on paper. Soon after the industrial
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