Cjs/200 Juvenile Crime Paper
JUVENILE CRIME
Bridget Petrie
CJS/200
There has always been and ongoing debate on whether or not juveniles should be treated the same as adults when it comes to committing crime. Some people feel that they should be treated the same, some feel that they shouldn’t and then there are those that feel that it depends on the crime. Juvenile crime is on the rise at an alarming rate and some feel that there is a lack of remorse on the part of the juveniles because they know that they will only serve a minimum sentence. In New York State the age for a juvenile to be charged as an adult is sixteen some people feel that this is too young to be tried as an adult and others feel that it is not because at this age the difference between …show more content…
According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, ten percent of juveniles had driven a car under the influence, eighteen percent had carried a weapon, forty three percent had drunk alcohol, and eight percent had attempted suicide (OJJDP, Americanbar.org). Status offense an act or conduct that is declared by statute to be an offense, but only when committed by or engaged in by a juvenile and that can be adjudicated only by a juvenile court. Status offenses include behavior such as truancy, vagrancy, running away from home, and …show more content…
Only if the delinquent act is considered dangerous, it may be considered a crime and a juvenile may be tried in criminal adult court. Most times a juvenile that is charged with a crime will have an adjudication hearing where the judge will hear the evidence against the offender and the judge is the one that decides whether the juvenile is delinquent. After that the court decides what action will be taken against the juvenile. Whereas, in the adult system the basic goal by the court is to punish the offender not rehabilitate them. A juvenile delinquent, the goal is to rehabilitate them, possibly teach them a trade and give them an education so that when they are released they can either continue their education or get a job. Another difference is the fact that juvenile records are sealed whereas adult criminal records are public knowledge they do this to protect the juvenile from public scrutiny. Adult criminals are sentenced to a certain amount of time in adult prison for their crime; depending on the crime they could receive up to life without parole juvenile delinquents must be released by their twenty-first birthday no matter what the
Bridget Petrie
CJS/200
There has always been and ongoing debate on whether or not juveniles should be treated the same as adults when it comes to committing crime. Some people feel that they should be treated the same, some feel that they shouldn’t and then there are those that feel that it depends on the crime. Juvenile crime is on the rise at an alarming rate and some feel that there is a lack of remorse on the part of the juveniles because they know that they will only serve a minimum sentence. In New York State the age for a juvenile to be charged as an adult is sixteen some people feel that this is too young to be tried as an adult and others feel that it is not because at this age the difference between …show more content…
According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, ten percent of juveniles had driven a car under the influence, eighteen percent had carried a weapon, forty three percent had drunk alcohol, and eight percent had attempted suicide (OJJDP, Americanbar.org). Status offense an act or conduct that is declared by statute to be an offense, but only when committed by or engaged in by a juvenile and that can be adjudicated only by a juvenile court. Status offenses include behavior such as truancy, vagrancy, running away from home, and …show more content…
Only if the delinquent act is considered dangerous, it may be considered a crime and a juvenile may be tried in criminal adult court. Most times a juvenile that is charged with a crime will have an adjudication hearing where the judge will hear the evidence against the offender and the judge is the one that decides whether the juvenile is delinquent. After that the court decides what action will be taken against the juvenile. Whereas, in the adult system the basic goal by the court is to punish the offender not rehabilitate them. A juvenile delinquent, the goal is to rehabilitate them, possibly teach them a trade and give them an education so that when they are released they can either continue their education or get a job. Another difference is the fact that juvenile records are sealed whereas adult criminal records are public knowledge they do this to protect the juvenile from public scrutiny. Adult criminals are sentenced to a certain amount of time in adult prison for their crime; depending on the crime they could receive up to life without parole juvenile delinquents must be released by their twenty-first birthday no matter what the