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    acting upon it. The victim survived and returned to school‚ however‚ Morgan and Anissa were to remain in juvenile detention center until the courts decide what to do with

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    an adult. Some examples of a delinquent act is murder‚ burglary‚ rape‚ auto theft‚ and arson. If these crimes are committed then it can be lead to adult court then juvenile court. Juveniles in this case are made criminals then born criminals. In a few celebrity cases 1 being Mark Wahlberg he was made a delinquent by learning how to fight for what he wanted‚ his parents were divorced‚ he started running with the bad crowd‚ at 13 years old he developed an addiction to cocaine. He stopped attending

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    had been passed‚ denied‚ and even overturned by the courts. First I viewed the debate and proposed 2014 amendment of medical marijuana in the Politics in Florida book (Ch. 2‚ Pg. 58). After‚ I viewed another 2014 amendment that was less debated upon‚ being the Water and Land Conservation (Ch. 9‚ Pg. 300). Lastly I took a slightly different approach in selecting the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment‚ as this issue was heavily involved in the court system. Instead of analyzing the amendments themselves

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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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    The Warren Court The 1960’s was an evolution of change in American history. When Earl Warren became Chief Justice of Supreme Court in 1953 it made the most dramatic changes and held a far more liberal view than any other Supreme Court before. Some of its most important rulings were on African-American civil liberties. The Supreme Court changed American law on segregation in schools‚ criminal procedure‚ and privacy rights. Before the Warren Court the American law treated blacks as second class citizens

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    Juveniles Court Process & Terms CJA 204 September 26th‚ 2014 Professor Kahl University of Phoenix Juveniles Court Process & Terms Answer # 1 Statutory Exclusion Statutory exclusion is where an individual is under a certain age‚ 18 in most states. When you are under age you are considered a juvenile and therefore cannot be tried as an adult. The detention hearing must also take place within twenty-four hours of being held at a detention facility. U.s department of justice. ().  Answer

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    The first juvenile court was established in Chicago‚ Illinois in 1899 when the question presented itself whether or not juvenile offenders should be tried and sentenced differently then adult offenders. (Anderson‚ 1998) This is one of the reasons that the juvenile system was developed. Legislatures felt that’s the offenders age and maturity level be taken into consideration and that rehabilitation be the main focus of juvenile offenders. Physiatrist offered the facts that during adolescence‚ the

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    Juveniles accused of serious offences should be tried in adults courts‚ rather than in Juvenile Courts. Discuss the prosecution and consequence of such statement. Introduction First and foremost‚ from a historical view juveniles delinquency and its process are recently developed‚ even the idea of childhood and adolescence. Juvenile delinquency is an offense done by youths. In U.S. jurisdiction youths are considered between the age of 7 and 18 while delinquent statutes provide a specific age.

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    hundred years‚ the development of organized crime has changed‚ as well the efforts of controlling it. By looking at the past crime families such as‚ the Sicilian Mafia‚ place them in retrospect of them being pledge in the most famous game of chess. Today‚ these old families may not be considered a big threat anymore‚ and definitely do not represent any fear in any of their neighborhoods (Lyman‚ Potter‚ 2007). In some way is believed that organized crime can originate from ones background‚ environment

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    Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Although the current juvenile justice system in many states now closely resembles the adult criminal justice system‚ they remain two separate systems of justice‚ founded on different philosophies. Generally speaking‚ while the adult criminal justice system emphasizes the punishment of criminals‚ the juvenile justice system is based on the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. In the early twentieth century‚ the Progressives began to perceive children

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