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    Juvenile Corrections

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    Juvenile Correctional Officers CRJ 303 Instructor Kart Nancy Roper May 5‚ 2012 When a person is charged for a crime that was committed and is sentenced to serve time in a facility‚ a correctional officer is responsible for the supervision and safety of the detainee. Correctional officers work in adult and juvenile detention centers‚ though in each facility their responsibilities differ pertaining to whether the detainee is an adult

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    Sentencing of Juveniles

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    The Sentencing of Juveniles Today‚ we live in a society faced with many problems‚ including crime and the fear that it creates. In the modern era‚ juveniles have become a part of society to be feared‚ not rehabilitated. The basis of the early juvenile justice system was to rehabilitate and create safe havens for wayward youth. This is not the current philosophy‚ although the U.S. is one of the few remaining countries to execute juveniles. Presently‚ our nation is under a presidential administration

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    Juvenile Crime

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    Juvenile Crime One of the biggest problems which the United States is faced with is juvenile crime. The reason experts feel juvenile’s commit crimes is because of risk factors when they were younger but experts still have not found the main reason why juvenile’s commit crimes. Some risk factors associated with juvenile crime are poverty‚ repeated exposure to violence‚ drugs‚ easy access to firearms‚ unstable family life and family violence‚ delinquent peer groups‚ and media violence. Especially

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    Juvenile Justice

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    1. Dispositions (4) • home on probation • group home • country rancher camp o congregate institutional treatment-correctional-run by local probation 2. Juvenile Correctional Institutions Key terms • impression management-no fear in eyes‚ maintain presence • Social Hierarchy^ • Ward Subculture- • Custodial Facility- • Custodial Staff- • Treatment staff- • Special Population- • Parole Board- 3. Components of a Youth Training School • Living Space • Security and Safety • Health Care

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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 Delinquency

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    Almira VIII A Juvenile Delinquency Assalamualaikum wr wb‚ good morning‚ honorable teachers and beloved my friends . Thank you for your time and the opportunity that has been given to me. on this occasion I will talk about juvenile delinquency within the school or delinquency is often happen in education. In this case I will discuss about brawl‚ truancy‚ and manners problems. At first we have to know what is the definition of juvenile delinquency‚ do you know what is juvenile delinquency meaning

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    Juvenile Incarceration Victoria McMillian Troy University Introduction to Social Science Inquiry CJ3375DL T4 T. Newvine TABLE OF CONTENT I. GOAL STATEMENT‚ VARIABLES‚ QUESTIONS P.3 II. HYPOTHESES/THEORIES P.4-5 III. SAMPLING PROCEDURE P.6 IV. COVER LETTER

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    Juvenile Life Imprisonment

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    life imprisonment is only too often considered and acted upon. Shutting a child away in prison should be out of the question for three main reasons: they have a chance at rehabilitation‚ such an immense degree of punishment is unconstitutional and juveniles are in no way the same as adults. As a teen‚ you are most vulnerable to the shaping of beliefs‚ identity and viewpoints. Currently‚ there are over 2‚500 individuals serving life without parole due to a crime they committed when they were as young

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    Juvenile Delinquency

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    homes where they will only think about good life waiting ahead of them. The term Child in Conflict with the Law (CICL) refers to a child who is alleged as‚ accused of‚ or adjudged as‚ having committed an offense under Philippine laws. Basically‚ juvenile delinquent pertains to a child‚ under the age of eighteen years‚ as offender of the law. He or she may be exempted from criminal liability under appropriate circumstances. A child below fifteen years of age receive full exemption but will be subjected

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    Are substance use and delinquency among juvenile correlatively related? In the article “Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior Among Serious Adolescent Offenders” by Edward P. Mulvey‚ Carol A. Schubert‚ and Laurie Chassin‚ substance use and delinquency are strongly linked together. Studies of youth in juvenile court demonstrate that a majority of court-involved adolescents have recently used illegal substances that are more serious‚ and frequent adolescent offenders have used more substances

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