relation to juveniles‚ location‚ and crime types. The statistical information developed and presented is used to help law enforcement agencies and individuals with interests in juvenile justice to develop programs to lower the types of crimes and help juveniles to refrain from committing crimes. The Juvenile Justice Bulletin of 2008 complied submitted information that reflected an “overall reduction of 2% in violent juvenile crime” (Puzzanchera‚ 2009‚ p. 1) and a “reduction of 3% in all juvenile crimes”
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Juvenile Crime Paper Malina Wiese CJS/200 December 9‚2012 Juvenile Crime Paper Juvenile Court is a tribunal having special authority to try and pass judgments for crimes committed by children or adolescents who have not attained the age of maturity‚ generally defined as persons under the age of 18 and above the age of 10. Adult Court is a court of law where adults can be tried‚ and if convicted‚ face adult punishment such as probation‚ adult prison‚ or even the death penalty. Juvenile cases
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A juvenile court is a court of law responsible for the trial or legal supervision of children under the age of 18. In most cases‚ a juvenile case is handled much differently than an adult criminal case. Instead of going to a county court or a criminal district‚ juvenile cases are sent directly to a juvenile court. This court deals with issues ranging from drug dependency issues to truancy. Parents or guardians of the juvenile are required to appear and participate with the final settlement of the
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information was inconclusive on exactly how many juveniles have been waived into the adult system. Figure 2 shows that in 1998‚ the Department of Corrections provided some idea of how many juveniles were handled by the adult criminal justice system ("Alaska Juveniles Waived into the Adult System‚" 1998). Implementing the 2 types of juvenile waivers has proven inconclusive as to whether or not there has been a decrease in juvenile crime. Threatening a juvenile that they will be waived to adult status and
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there are a lot of juveniles committing crimes more now than in earlier generations. In numerous communities‚ there is a lack of parenting and not enough programs for children to get involved in. Because of this‚ children are often persuaded by their peers to commit crimes. This research paper will examine (1) the background issues with juveniles committing crimes‚ (2) what programs are offered for juveniles with convictions‚ and (3) how to keep a juvenile from repeating crimes and becoming an adult
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Juvenile Crime Statistics William Scott Bennett CJA/374 September 24‚ 2012 LeDetra C. Jones Juvenile Arrests 2008 Data is collected by law enforcement agencies within the United States and submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigations for tracking purposes. These numbers are used by analysts at the FBI to indicate trends in crime and to possibly develop alternative policing methods. A statistician can manipulate numbers to show what they feel is relevant‚ but aside from
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Juvenile Crime and Punishment A controversial topic is whether or not juvenile offenders should be tried as adults. Before answering this question‚ people should consider some underlying facts beforehand. The nature of the crime should be considered as well as if juveniles are mentally mature enough to understand the repercussions of their crime. Depending on the crimes‚ whether violent or non-violent the sentence should fit the crime regardless of the age of the perpetrator. If tried and convicted
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Juevenile Crime is a very real threat we have today in the United States. Every year‚ juvenile crime rates increase. I understand that our community wants to institue a night-time curfew for teenagers under the age of seventeen. However‚ I do not believe that the proposed curfew for youths is the most efficeient or even legal way of handling juvenile crime in our community. Although a teenage curfew sounds like an appealing solution to juveinle crime‚ i think that it achieves very little. The first
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ruled that section 5 of the law decision was constitutional‚ and that sections 4-C-3‚ 7‚ 12 and 19 were unconstitutional. HISTORY The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 is the first law in the Philippines which specifically criminalizes computer crime‚ which prior to the passage of the law had no strong legal precedent in Philippine
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What causes High Crime Rate? Westwood College (Criminology) Week 2 Assignment What causes High Crime Rate? Crime rate is where the Federal Burro of Investigations use the number of crimes reported to the burro to measure the crime rate of certain locations as well as the type of crimes. When researching two cities there are two different ways to research the crime there is qualitative and quantitative; these two sound similar but there are some differences. Qualitative has details with descriptions
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