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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Jennifer Alemoh Professor Cheryle Gittens- Bailey ENG 101 20 November 2013 Minimum wage and families Minimum wage job place workers in a striving circumstance where they have to seek for additional financial help in order to live a moderate live in America. Most families that are struggling with paying their rents or providing for their families are either on minimum wages or unemployed. This shows lack of security for those families or individuals that has expenses that must be covered
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over. People aged 35 and over‚ particularly women‚ are much less likely to be found guilty of‚ or cautioned for‚ indictable offences. Men outnumber women in all major crime catagories. Between 85 an 95 percent of offenders found guilty of burglary‚ robbery‚ drug offences‚ criminal damage or violence against a person are male. Although the number of offenders are realativly small‚ 98 percent of people found guilty of‚ or cautiones for‚ sexual offences are male. Theft was the most commonly commited
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Resolved: Rehabilitation ought to be valued above retribution in the United States criminal justice system... To clarify‚ I will provide the following definitions "ought" is a moral obligation. “retribution” is “Punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved.” “rehabilitation” is “The restoration of someone to a useful place in society.” Since “ought” is defined as a moral obligation‚ the obvious value to look towards is morality. We need to value morality first because
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Running head: Drug Usage and Juvenile Delinquency “Drug Usage as a Major Effect in Juvenile Delinquency.” Kenneth W. Blevins Jr CJUS310-B03 Abstract The major effect of Juvenile Delinquency is due to the usage of drugs and the inability for the youth to know what type of affects that narcotics have on them. The usage of drugs also has the effectiveness with the youths family problems‚ either because of the teens usage or the parents constant usage and (or) distribution of narcotics. As we
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College students and others who visit college campuses should be able exercise their Second Amendment by being able to conceal carry on school property in order to protect themselves from danger. Many mass shootings‚ assaults‚ and rapes have occurred in the last few years on college campuses and in nearby communities. If people were allowed to protect themselves from attacks with a firearm‚ it would significantly reduce the number of attacks in "Gun-Free Zones"‚ so the United States government should
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CJA Signature Assignment 1. Scenario: You are the first responding officer to a “dead body” call. The body is located on a dirt road in a remote area that can be best described as “desert terrain.” As you approach the crime scene in your patrol vehicle‚ you notice the body lying in the middle of the road. Around the body are numerous large rocks and bushes. You also notice the following in and around the crime scene: Footprints Tire tracks Personal belongings of the victim strewn about
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Children In Adult Prisons Carol Carlisle History 303 The American Constitution Instructor David Ellett March 14‚ 2011 Children In Adult Prisons In the United States‚ children are sentenced to adult prisons and given adult prison terms. Many of these children are sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Some of the children were 13 and 14 years old. The children are sentenced to die in prison with no regard to age life history‚ or familial circumstances. Some
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sponsored by the United States Department of Justice‚ and the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Crimes are divided into twenty-nine types of offenses. Eight of which are major crimes‚ These crimes include homicide‚ forcible rape‚ robbery‚ aggravated assault‚ burglary‚ larceny‚ motor vehicle theft‚ and arson. These crimes are also known as "index offenses". Information‚ or data collected on the index offenses‚ are more complete than the other twenty-one types of crimes. They are generally less serious
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UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Prison and The War on Drugs Week One Assignment CJA 234 [Type the author name] 10/4/2011 Prison and the War on Drugs. The war on drugs has been implemented for more than 30 years. Currently‚ there are close to a half million persons imprisoned on drug charges in this country. That is a tenfold increase over the 50‚000 in 1980. (jrank.org‚ 2011) In the past few years‚ close to $40 billion has been spent annually fighting the war on drugs. As a result
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