What would a parent do if their child became an adult in seconds? Once a parent has to answer that question‚ they are never the same. When a juvenile is put into the adult system‚ that is the question the parents ask themselves. No parent wants to lose their child before their child loses them and that is how they feel when their child is sentenced to adult court. The sentencing of juveniles in adult court is unjust because children are different than adults‚ they are influenced easily‚ and prison
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Should juvenile be tried as an adult or should they be tired as a kid. California should try juveniles as adults because they deserve the same punishment as adults. Juveniles deserved to be punish as adults because juveniles should know what is right and wrong no matter what age they are they should still know that they did something wrong. My whole life I have heard it said that kids will be forever be kids and don’t know the right between right and wrong. In recent discussion of On Punishment
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Drug Courts came about as a result of a backlogged court system and a steady‚ rapidly increasing prison population. Drug courts are a form of diversion that helps the offender through rehabilitation and the community through an increased sense of protection‚ which serves the best interest of everyone. Drug Courts are community based intermediate sanctions that incorporate treatment principles into the Criminal Justice System and divert drug offenders from traditional punishments of probation and
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Final Project: Interview‚ Day in the Life of a Counselor‚ and Reflection The purpose of this paper is to introduce an interview with a Marriage Family Therapists‚ since in the state of California we do not have as yet Mental Health Counselor. The interview is about the viewpoint of the therapist regarding certain questions. The paper will be formatted in APA style Section I: Summary of Mental Health Counselor Interview Juliet Velarde Betita‚ MFT who is located in Santa Barbara California. Ms
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Teen’s lives are being ruined when they are tried as adults. Their brains are not as developed as adults. Their sense of right and wrong is different than adults. Teens take time to develop and can easily be treated in rehabilitation. They are not as adults‚ so they simply shouldn’t be tried as one. Everyone makes mistakes‚ especially teen kids. Juveniles should be able to get help and be taught the right way. Most teens do not think about their consequences of their actions as adults do. Juveniles
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Evan Miller was 14 years old when he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder. Miller and his friend went to his neighbor’s trailer‚ Cole Cannon‚ while he was not there to look for drugs‚ they didn’t find any but they stole Cannon’s baseball cards and went back home. Later on Miller returned to Cannon’s trailer‚ Miller found him unconscious due to drugs and alcohol so he decided to steal his wallet. While Miller was grabbing the wallet‚ Cannon became conscious and attacked Miller
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Page 1 Roles of a Juvenile Probation Officer Professor Janette Nichols Juvenile Justice Axia College (University of Phoenix) May 22‚ 2008 Marla Ognyanov Roles of a Juvenile Probation Officer Page 2 The Juvenile Court process is a very complex and often misunderstood system. This information is presented from
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The Hospice (Asylum) of San Michele in Rome held boys under the age of 20 (Roth‚ 2011). San Michele was built in 1704 and is considered the first institution for juvenile offenders. The earliest child-saving institution was the House of Refuge constructed in 1824 in New York (Roth‚ 2011). The House of Refuge was the first institution that jailed children separate from adults. They held children that were destitute and neglected as well as those sentenced for criminal activity (Roth‚ 2011). According
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Offenders with Special Needs CJA 234 June 3‚ 2013 Mitchell Jessip Offenders with Special Needs When people think of the offender population all they may picture is a healthy person in his or her 20’s or 30’s. People never think about the fact prisons house juvenile offenders‚ drug addicts‚ mentally ill‚ aging offenders‚ violent and sex offenders. The reality is that correctional staff deal with these issues on a daily basis. Special offenders are those offenders whose circumstances
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Activity 21 Many people around the nation have different views on the subject of juvenile justice. Some believe that despite the children’s age‚ they should still be tried as an adult if a serious crime is committed. On the other hand‚ some believe children should not be tried as adult even if they commit a rather serious crime. I firmly that these children should not be sentenced to life in prison despite the serious crime that they have committed and should have another shot at life when their
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