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    Juvenile Delinquency

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    Juvenile Delinquency Rationale When a young adult has problems in their life (home‚ school)‚ there is a big percent that they will get into trouble and go to jail for committing crimes of degree of some sort. These young adults will face time in detention halls or youth correctional facility‚ which can hold up to hundreds of young adults‚ some of these young adults might even go to an adult super max prison depending on the crime. As some young adults go through the criminal justice system‚ they

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    Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections Dominia Harmon CJA/374 October 8‚ 2013 Mark Reinhardt Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections The juvenile justice system can be a difficult process to understand. Many may believe that the system has many similarities that of an adult system‚ but that’s not the case at all. The juvenile justice system is more of a process than a system. The intake of the juvenile after arrest will be explained along with the court process‚ punishment‚ rehabilitation

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    “How do ‘Secret Life of Bees’ and ‘Mother’s ruin’ present strong female role models in male- dominated societies” Throughout the 1960’s society was typically male dominant. The males were the leaders of the society; they obtained all jobs and were expected to be the ones who finically support their families. The women were not born and raised to believe that they were to have a successful career‚ they were raised to believe that the only way they could truly be a woman is if they fulfill their

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    Over five million people are under the supervision of the criminal justice systems in the United States. Approximately‚ 1.6 million are incarcerated in local‚ state‚ and federal institutions. The remaining‚ or almost 70 percent of those under the responsibility of the criminal justice system‚ are being supervised in the community on probation or parole. This means that at any one time a large number of U.S. citizens are in the community under correctional supervision. For example‚ nearly 2 percent

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    some this transition was drastic and others the change was minute. After the Atlantic world came together there was a noticeable shift change in the number of enslaved African individuals; as well as a transformation in the way in which they were treated. Before the Atlantic world slaves typically worked as servants performing domestic activities or as family farms hands. Additionally‚ it was typically for slavery to not last over a lifetime and was not passed on through generations. This changed

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    Inequality in the Criminal Justice System Is there structural inequality in the criminal justice system? When we watch the news or read our newspapers‚ we can see that most of the criminals portrayed are of African American or Hispanic descent. Being a fan of true crime novels‚ they even depict more Black male criminals than White males. Are African American males committing more crimes than White males? What factors are involved for Blacks to be more involved in crime? How do African American

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    Journal Entry of XANDER L. Kelly Beam Week 4 Homework Juvenile Justice Systems and Processes CJA/374 Instructor Erica Williams Journal Entry of Xander L Wondering what is going to happen with my life at this point. For a few years now I have been involved with the wrong crowds and keep getting in trouble for different crimes. I love my mom very much and we are very close but even she has attempted to always teach me right from wrong‚ even if it involves reporting me to the police. I can’t and

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    THE JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) AMENDMENT ACT‚ 2006 No. 33 of 2006 [22nd August‚ 2006.] An Act to amend the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act‚ 2000. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. Short title.- This Act may be called the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act‚ 2006. 2. Amendment of long title. - In the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act‚ 2000 (hereinafter

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    Discuss the Male Reproductive System The reproductive system is questionably the body system that is the most important influence on life as we know it. It is the w ay in which we procreate and ensure our existence as a species. However‚ the penis is only one part of the male reproductive system‚ which constitutes of a series responsible for generating‚ storing‚ and transporting the genetic material contained in the sperm cells. The main organs include: testicles (or testes)‚ the epididymides

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    Juvenile files are confidential because there are state laws in every state that mandates that juvenile files are confidential. For a juvenile to have there file sealed they have to request it from the court.  Most get probation with circumstances like community service‚ counseling or drug treatment. We have to look at juveniles differently than we do adults because of their developmental progress. Every juvenile officer who goes through training becomes knowledgeable about the juvenile developmental

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