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    rights that may be threatened by technological advances and other developments: © © © © chapter 15 Juvenile Justice chapter 16 Drugs and Crime chapter 17 Terrorism and Multinational Criminal Justice chapter 18 The Future of Criminal Justice These individual rights must be effectively balanced against these present and emerging community concerns: Widespread drug abuse among youth The threat of juvenile crime Urban gang violence High-technology‚ computer‚ and Internet crime (cybercrime) Terrorism

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    Learning Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System: A Training Needs Assessment of Detention and Court Services Personnel" (2005)‚ talks about the roles of corrections personnel in their pursuit to helping youth with learning disabilities in youth detention. There was a point made where youth are rolled into school soon after spending three days or more in a detention facility (Kvarfordt‚ Purcell‚ and Shannon‚ 2005). While spending time in the corrections schooling system‚ they determine if the individual

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    Critically Discuss the Evolution of Motivation Theory Motivation can be defined as the processes that account for an individual’s intensity‚ direction‚ and persistence of effort towards attaining a goal. Intensity is concerned with how hard an individual tries though it should be channelled in the right direction to achieve a certain goal‚ while persistence is the measurement of how long the individual can maintain their efforts. Prior to the formulation of motivation theories in the 1950’s‚

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    Abstract The Juvenile systems is facing and ever growing problem in today’s society. The problem is child Abuse and Neglect; this is an issue that is filling the courts to the max. The system faces this type of phone call about every 10seconds. This is a massive problem ongoing with the ever shrinking budgets and available staff to help the children. The Juvenile Justice System has very big challenge to help all the children that are victims of some form of abuse. The statistics in this type of

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    Juvenile Justice System Carlos M. Lino Rios University of Phoenix CJA/204 - INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE March 18‚ 2013 David Kurylowicz‚ MBA Juvenile Justice System There is a rationale in society that juveniles are still in development state and their Behavior can be malleable. This means that bad or erratic behavior can be change with appropriate treatment‚ rehabilitation‚ and influence by an active community. A juvenile is defined by the law as any person under the age of eighteen. Juvenile

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    Should the juvenile justice system should focus on rehabilitation By: CJS/240 January 17‚ 2011 University Of Phoenix There has been much of a debate over whether or not punishment or rehabilitation should be the prime focus of the juvenile justice system. In the past‚ the focus has gone from punishment to rehabilitation and back again. This swing seems to occur based more on the community ’s response to juvenile delinquents rather than on how well either one of

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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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    Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections University of Phoenix November 21‚ 2012 Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections The following research will discuss the juvenile process system. Starting with the intake process it will discuss each step of the process and the options the defendant will be given. There are concerns and certain weaknesses the process has where it may give opportunity of unlawful and informal negotiation may be occurring. It will also further discuss the considered

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    Juvenile Justice Process and Correction Keith Betts CJA/374 September 30‚ 2012 Xander L. is a young man with a rough start in life‚ who is a known gang member‚ and has been in and out of the juvenile court system on numerous occasions. The 17-year-old young man has been involved in various crimes‚ such as purse snatching‚ breaking and entering‚ and drug possession. The juvenile offender previously served one year

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    For this particular assignment‚ the history of juvenile justice in America will be discussed and how parens patriae‚ the child saver movement‚ and the JJDPA were all instrumental in shaping it. Juvenile justice was formed in response to juvenile delinquency. Juveniles were treated the same as adults before the juvenile justice system existed. According to the Criminal Justice Reference Service (1999) during the 18th century‚ children as young as seven could be sentenced to prison or death for crimes

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