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    Juvenile Delinquency

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    Essay on the Causes of Juvenile Delinquency – There is no single cause or simple explanation for the development of delinquent behaviour. According to Healy and Bronner‚ the causes of juvenile delinquency are: (1) Bad company‚ (2) adolescent instability and impulses‚ (3) early sex experience‚ (4) mental conflicts‚ (5) extreme social suggestibility‚ (6) love of adventure‚ (7) motion picture‚ (8) school dissatisfaction‚ (9) poor recreation‚ (10) street life‚ (11) vocational dissatisfaction‚ (12)

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    Juvenile Justice

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    crimes committed by juvenile delinquents in today’s society. These crimes consist of violent crimes‚ property crimes‚ forgery‚ fraud‚ vandalism as well as many others. In 2009‚ there were 32‚638‚900 youths in the United States and 1‚906‚600 of them were arrested for a type of crime. (Puzzanchera & Adams‚ 2012). There are many options that the Department of Juvenile Justice System can lead towards such as punishment or treatment‚ but the rehabilitation depends on the juvenile at hand. Most research

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    Juvenile Rights

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    JUVENILE RIGHTS 1 Juvenile Rights Kimberly Burrows CRJ 301 Farrell Binder April 11‚ 2011 JUVENILE RIGHTS 2 Juveniles have different rights at the time of arrest then adults have. There are also additional protections for juveniles that adults don’t have. In this paper I will compare and contrast the additional protections afforded to juveniles as compared to adult offenders‚ I will discuss a juveniles rights at the time of arrest‚ and my opinion on whether or not

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    Juvenile delinquency

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    Juvenile delinquency Juvenile delinquency‚ also known as juvenile offending‚ or youth crime‚ is participation in illegal behavior by minors (juveniles) (individuals younger than the statutory age of majority).[1] Most legal systems prescribe specific procedures for dealing with juveniles‚ such as juvenile detention centers‚ and courts. A juvenile delinquent is a person who is typically under the age of 18 and commits an act that otherwise would have been charged as a crime if they were an adult

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    Proper Justice For Juveniles  If a teenager commits a crime‚ it doesn’t make it any less a crime. Whether it is a  misdemeanor or felony‚ the age of the adolescent does not alter the level of offense. It does not‚  however‚ mean that the juvenile should be tried as an adult in court. Juveniles are not adults and  the seriousness of their crime cannot change that either. It is not right to give a teenager an adult  sentence for a violent crime because kids are not competent to stand trial in an adult court‚ even 

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    Rights of Juveniles

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    Describe the Legal rights juveniles have today To protect juveniles from self-incrimination‚ provisions were made to have the Miranda rights available before being questioned by the police. A 1979 us supreme court ruling found that juveniles should have a waiver and be old enough to understand the consequences of waiving their rights. The Miranda rights also protects juveniles against the unlawful search of their personal property‚ unless it is to maintain order and safety among other students

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    The Juvenile Criminal Justice System and Adult court system have many simalities and differences. While the Juvenile Justice system is more concerned with rehabilitation of the Juvenile so he wont contine with more crime when he become an adult ‚ the adult court sytem is looking look to punish the adults with more harsh time‚ and consequences. They share similarlites such as procedural safeguards to protect their rights and also they both have the right to councel to help defend they self. Even though

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    Juvenile delinquency Juvenile delinquency‚ also known as juvenile offending‚ or youth crime‚ is participation in illegal behavior by minors (juveniles) (individuals younger than the statutory age of majority).Most legal systems prescribe specific procedures for dealing with juveniles‚ such as juvenile detention centers‚ and courts. A juvenile delinquent is a person who is typically under the age of 18 and commits an act that otherwise would have been charged as a crime if they were an adult. Depending

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    American society believes that lowering the drinking age back to eighteen will lead to a domino affect of bad premonitions like rampant drinking binges‚ raving alcoholics‚ and more traffic accident deaths upon the entire nation. Realistic Alcohol Laws for Legal Youth (RALLY) is one of many major organizations dedicated to rectifying these faulty perspectives that Americans hold. Due to the irrelevance on the number of alcohol related car accidents in the 1970?s‚ the parents obligation to teach

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    Children (humans under the age of 18) who commit violent crimes should be tried as adults. Everyday children are arrested for violent crimes and only sentenced for a short period of time‚ but at the same time you are giving adults life in prison for the same crime. Sometimes the children only get about 1 year then letting them walk the streets again? Who knows if they are going to commit another violent crime. According to the Justice Department about 10 percent of all murders are committed by children

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