Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Crime Russell Spinks CJA/204/Introduction to Criminal Justice March 11‚ 2013 Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Crime When we start to discuss juvenile delinquency and juvenile crimes it can sometimes become complicated because of age limitations that come within the bounds of the law. Each state has their own interpretation of what is considered a juvenile in the juvenile justice system. Juveniles in the State of Louisiana are defined
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Running head: FINAL PROJECT: JUVENILE INCARCERATION Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration Roshon Green‚ Jessica Mays‚ Karen McCord University of Phoenix Final Project: Juvenile Incarceration Statement of Problem The purpose of the juvenile incarceration project is to gain insights into whether or not parental incarceration is related to juvenile incarceration. The research problem is the loss is the cost of incarceration to the state or society. Incarceration is expensive with costs
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Juvenile Justice in Today’s Day and Age Abstract This paper contains many articles containing information gathered from a psychological aspect and a criminal justice aspect. There are multiple ways that society has impacted our juveniles. The economy has also had an affect on the way our juveniles are raised‚ behave‚ and their personal outcomes that have had an impact on today’s society. The importance of communities banning together to help keep an eye on one another’s children can have a
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JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM FINAL PAPER FOUNDATIONS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM-CJS/200 April 21‚ 2013 Pilar Atterberry‚ Student Prof.: BRENDA BARNEY INTRODUCTION The rate of juvenile offenders has decreased in some states are since its spike in the early 1990’s. The purpose of the juvenile justice system is to better to preserve the rights of youthful offenders rights‚ so they are not just thrown into the adult jail/prison
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degree that I will become a Juvenile Probation Officer. A career as a Juvenile Probation Officer is well-respected‚ offers a good salary‚ and the opportunity to excel and advance. The probation of juveniles is staffed by dedicated individuals that believe that youths who have broken the law can change their deviant behaviors in favor of more socially acceptable activities (Mcfall Torbet‚ 1996). Applying dedication and education which they have received‚ the juvenile probation officer has the ability
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Teenagers are smarter than most adults give them credit. Teenagers are very sneaky and will commit crimes because they think or know they can get away with it. According to the Choice Theory‚ the threat of punishment does not deter juvenile delinquency. “Choice Theory holds that youths will engage in delinquent and criminal behavior after weighing the consequences and benefits of their actions; delinquent behavior is a rational choice made by a motivated offender who perceives that the chances of
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others are being tried as juveniles and receiving milder punishments. A juvenile offender may receive a few years in a juvenile detention facility and possibly probation following his release at age eighteen. An adult committing the same violent crime will receive a much harsher penalty‚ often years in jail‚ possibly a life sentence‚ with little or no chance of parole. The only difference between the two offenders is the age at which they committed the crime. Juveniles over the age of fourteen should
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Juvenile Offender Marlys Schrandt 03/30/2015 CJS/ 221 Instructor Gilford University of Phoenix In this paper I will discuss the types of crimes and the difference on which juvenile offender group committed the crimes more. This will cover the main crimes that the white juveniles commit the most and the three crimes that the other predominant race also commit as well. The juveniles that commit majority of the crimes happen to be predominantly white. These juveniles seem to like to commit forcible
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Juvenile Justice To many Americans today‚ the country is a hostage-but not from oversea terrorism as one might expect to think. No today‚ we live in fear from our own children; and these are the same young people who we are entrusting the future of this great country with. According to the Department of Justice report released in November‚ thirty-eight percent of those arrested for weapons offenses in 1995 were under the age of eighteen (Curriden 66). In the same report‚ the Bureau of Justice
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adults‚ when juveniles commit a crime and are caught‚ there must be punishment for it. Depending on the severity of the crime that juvenile may be brought to a juvenile court and if the crime is more severe‚ an adult court may be more appropriate. The author will discuss the differences between adult and juvenile courts. Finally‚ it will discuss what can happen if juvenile courts are abolished and implications for young offenders. Compare and
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