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    This case is examined from a juvenile delinquency theories aspect. The overall case deals with an eleven years old girl of the name Mary Bell. Mary was known throughout her town of Scotswood‚ a community located in the north of London in England. It was 1968‚ when the body of four-year-old Martin Brown’s body was discovered inside of an abandoned boarded up house. At first‚ the death of Martin was rolled out to be an accident. A couple weeks later‚ three-year-old Brain Howe lifeless body was found

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    Consequences of Ww1

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    resulted in the downfall of four empires and contributed to the Bolshevik rise to power in Russia in 1917 and the triumph of fascism in Italy in 1922. The war allowed the United States to become the world’s leading creditor and industrial power. Its consequences included the mass murder of Armenians in Turkey and an influenza epidemic that killed over 25 million people

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    In this paper‚ an assessment will be done on the juvenile justice system. In addition‚ an explanation will be provided on why the juvenile justice system should focus its efforts on rehabilitation as opposed to punishment. There will also be detailed explanations on how law enforcement‚ court processes‚ probation‚ corrections‚ community programs and intervention services will be effected. The paper will analyze some of the arguments that will oppose the views of this paper. An explanation will be

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    Final : Question #1 A juvenile being tried as an adult is a very sensitive and controversial issue over the past years. There has been a significant increase in the number of juvenile offenders being tried in adult courts for serious crimes. Juveniles should be tried as adults depending on the seriousness of the crime that they commit. There are many factors that contribute to juvenile courts and to what extent a juvenile should be tried as an adult. The juvenile justice system was intended

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    Since the inception of the Juvenile Justice System it has had critics those who side with its current vision of how to deal with offenders. Throughout the years the Juvenile Justice System has undergone several transformations. However‚ I believe the Juvenile Justice System is due for another change. Currently‚ the Juvenile Justice System is at a cross point; to focus on punishment rather than rehabilitation or focus on rehabilitation rather than punishment. Should we rehabilitate offenders or punish

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    Juvenile Crime Paper Malina Wiese CJS/200 December 9‚2012 Juvenile Crime Paper Juvenile Court is a tribunal having special authority to try and pass judgments for crimes committed by children or adolescents who have not attained the age of maturity‚ generally defined as persons under the age of 18 and above the age of 10. Adult Court is a court of law where adults can be tried‚ and if convicted‚ face adult punishment such as probation‚ adult prison‚ or even the death penalty. Juvenile cases

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    Consequences Of Debt

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    What are some future consequences of borrowing too much debt? The weight of debt is forcing many to put off saving for retirement‚ getting married‚ buying homes and putting aside money for their own children’s educations. Heavy student debts may also keep young adults from starting businesses. Some graduates will refuse to risk what little money they have on entrepreneurial ventures. And securing loans will now be harder. How do you plan on repaying your student loans? I have Stafford loans

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    Deforestation and its Consequences On page 270 in our book it talks about deforestation. This topic really hit home with me as I have helped on a tree farm for 15 years. Our book talks about how we have lost 1% of our forests in North America between 1990 and 2010‚ even though this seems like a small amount (5 million hectares‚ or about 12.3 million acres) it is a big impact on the diversity in North America. In an article I found online about deforestation in North America‚ Deforestation refers

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    is a play about decisions‚ and more importantly‚ about action which comes after the decisions. The play demonstrates how love and hate can impair the decision making process‚ which in turn creates foolish actions. The main characters make decisions based on hate or love‚ and the actions cause unforeseeable consequences. For all actions‚ there are consequences - and the more important the action is‚ the more serious the consequence. The actions in Romeo and Juliet were fuelled by hate. In the play

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    “Rehabilitation in Juvenile Justice” The decline of the rehabilitation system and reforms Rehabilitation for juveniles has been on a decline for the last 20 years. This is because many people consider that juvenile crimes are getting worse and the kids need to be disciplined1. Unfortunately this has backfired in a bad way‚ because the juvenile crime problem has not been stemmed by this means. In fact it has increased and juvenile crimes are on the rise. The whole purpose of rehabilitation

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