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    As the juvenile justice system strives to respond to the need to pursue adultification of the criminal behavior of juveniles‚ they continue to find that it is becoming more challenging to succeed. According to Diaz (2014)‚ “the term adultification refers to the tough on kids‚ scare them straight mentality that has pervaded the juvenile justice system for decades‚ resulting in children getting adult penalties via mandatory minimums and sentencing enhancements”. Adultification is sentencing juvenile

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    Policy Analysis on Juvenile Justice Reform CJA/464 September 17‚ 2013 Raymond Smith Policy Analysis on Juvenile Justice Reform Within this paper the writer will be discuss the public policy on Juvenile Justice Reform. Within the paper the writer will describe the issue‚ tell if the policy a regulatory or legislative-initiated policy‚ and who initiated the issue or policy. Also the writer will discuss is there a constitutional issue‚ and how will the issue or policy affect the community‚ the

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    to intern at Denton County Juvenile Probation. This institution is responsible for delinquent juveniles that have committed a criminal act. The institution consists of several departments: intake‚ the court‚ detention‚ the POST adjudication program‚ and JJAEP (Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program). My intern experience consisted of working with juveniles placed in the Courage to Change (CTC) POST adjudication‚ which is a diversion program of the Texas Juvenile Detention Department (TJJD)

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    likely to affect females to a greater extent than males? • Sexually transmitted diseases are more likely to affect females to a greater extent than males because they expose a greater surface area of mucous membrane during sexual contact. Why is a woman more likely to get an STD from an infected male than a male is to get it from an infected female? • A woman is more likely to get an STD from an infected male than a male is to get it from an infected female because females expose a greater

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    Juvenile Boot Camp Veronica. Y. Barnes Grambling State University 2014 Problem of Objective Juvenile misconduct may have something to do with the mental state of the child which causes the behavior to be disruptive. Reformation programs have focused on ways to treat juveniles with mental health needs and substance use disorders

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    Juvenile Justice Legislation in India The first central legislation on Juvenile Justice was passed in 1986‚ by the Union Parliament‚ providing a uniform law on juvenile justice for the entire country. Prior to this law each state had its own enactment on juvenile justice with there being differences in the way juveniles were treated by different state legal systems. The Juvenile Justice Act was thus passed to provide care‚ protection‚ treatment‚ development and rehabilitation of neglected or delinquent

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    The legal concept of juvenile status is relatively new. The juvenile court system was established in the United States a little more than a century ago. The first court appearing was in Cook County‚ Illinois in 1899. Prior to that time‚ children and youth were seen as small adults and were tried and punished as adults. Until the late 19th century‚ the criminal courts tried youth and adults. The sixteenth century educational reform movement in England that had perceived youth to be different from

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    LINGUISTICS VARIATION BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATION’S STUDENTS SEMESTER THREE IN POLY TECH MARA COLLEGE KUALA LUMPUR (KPTM KL) 1.1 INTRODUCTION The linguistic variation is the important part to study the sociolinguistics. Therefore‚ we as group members have decided to complete our study in sociolinguistics subject of this semester by completing this main subject with this final project. The Linguistic Variation between Male and Female of Corporate Communication’s Students

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    Juvenile Justice of Yesterday‚ Today and Future Crystal Meeks CRJ 301 Juvenile Justice Instructor: Kathleen Minella February 4‚ 2013 Juvenile Justice of Yesterday‚ Today and Future “We have to recognize that incarceration of youth per se is toxic‚ so we need to reduce incarceration of young people to the very small dangerous few. And we’ve got to recognize that if we lock up a lot of kids; it’s going to increase crime” (Krisberg‚ Dr.). The intention of this writing

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    17 year olds in the adult court system no matter how minor the crime may be (Raise the Age NC). This can be devastating to our juveniles and their futures. Studies have shown that the average human brain does not mature to its complete development until the age of 25 (Miller and Bartollas). Today’s juveniles sometimes make stupid choices and deserve a second chance. We as a state should be like 48 other states and keep these juveniles in the juvenile court system and offer diversion programs instead

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