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    Should Juveniles Be Tried As Adults?   In today’s society‚ there is a national debate about what to do with juveniles in the criminal justice system.  This debate is a result changes in practice throughout United States.  The United States made it possible to try juveniles as adults in court after the case of Kent vs. the United States in 1966. The change in legislation is relatively new due to the fact that juvenile courts have "for most of the past century‚ treated youngsters between 7 and 17

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    by both adults and youth. Daily we hear of murders‚ robberies‚ and rapes that have been committed by juveniles. The Juvenile Court with Adult Court is different and similar in the criminal justice system. A look at the juvenile history in 1643 a sixteen year old boy was put to death for sodomizing a cow. Today many states disagree in the execution of juveniles. In the present day the increasing violence‚ both juvenile and adult system has changed over the years (Simmons 2002). The juvenile philosophy

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    near San Diego‚ California. He will be charged as an adult under state law. I firmly believe that in cases of felonies such as murder or arson committed by juveniles over the age of reason‚ those juveniles should be tried as adults. The ability to know the difference between right and wrong is defined by as the age of reason. In some states‚ they overlook the age of reason and imply that juveniles under the age of 18 be tried as adults for serious crimes and serve longer sentences for the

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    The report is limited to just 2‚000 words. Make sure the investigation has the following included: • The care needs of the individual • Existing services within the area. How does this meet the needs of the individual. Include examples. Analysis of research • How the services identified‚ help the person’s situation and deal with any problems. • Practitioner roles and how they work together to provide an effective care plan for the individual • quality assurance procedures • the impact

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    Functions 1 Functions A function f from a set A to a set B is an assignment of exactly one element of B to each element of A. We write f(a) = b if b is the unique element of B assigned by the function f to the element a of A. If f is a function from A to B‚ we write f: AB (note: Here‚ ““ has nothing to do with if… then) 2 Functions If f(A)=B‚ we say that A is the domain of f If f(a) = b‚ we say that b is the image of a. The range of f(A)=B is the set of all images of elements of A. We say that

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    Should Juveniles (under 18) who commit a Serious Crime be charged as an Adult? The debate over the topic of juveniles in our justice system rages on. There are numerous of arguments and valid points for both sides. Barely tapping the surface of major controversial points of view; the examination of both sides may help you reach you own thoughts and ideas about this much debated topic. Everyone should be held accountable for their actions and like the Supreme Court concluded in Stanford v. Kentucky

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    after the age of 18 you are considered an adult. This is the level of majority. If someone were to commit a crime at this age or older they would be tried as an adult. Children under the age of 18 cannot be sentenced to death or to life without possibility of parole. This is because children are physically incapable of making mature‚ responsible‚ well processed decisions. Opinions from one person to the next differ as there are several reasons concerning juveniles how they should be treated and tried

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    Should the Juvenile Court be Abolished? I. Introduction The purpose of this paper will be to examine the juvenile court system and whether or not abolishing it is the practical thing to do. To start off with‚ I will give a brief history of what the juvenile court system consist of and what it was designed to do. Next I will go into both sides of the debate to determine whether or not to abolish the juvenile court system. We will first take a look at the two concepts of the juvenile court system

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    Societal Implications of Abolishing Juvenile Court The juvenile justice system plays a vital role in the outcome of juvenile delinquents lives. If juvenile courts are abolished‚ juvenile offenders will be forced into adult prisons and harsher sentences may be given to young juveniles. The treatment and therapy needed for these young offenders may not be met in adult courts because of the back already in adult courts the rehabilitation process may suffer for juvenile offenders. Society collectively

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