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    Use Case-based Requirements This chapter gives an overall introduction to documenting requirements using use cases. In this chapter‚ we will explain the following: • the symbols found in a use case diagrams • the relationships between the symbols in a use case diagram • the textual description of a use case‚ the use case flow of events It is quite likely that you have written code in an object-oriented language‚ such as Java or C++. In these object-oriented languages‚ you have come to create your

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    How to deal with juvenile offenders is controversial. In the 1960’s and 1970’s‚ sociologists warned treating juveniles like common criminals would make them more likely to break the law. The nation listened to this and began diverting youths with minor or status offenses away from the juvenile justice system. They would experience other‚ less punitive sanctions such as counseling. What is interesting in this scenario is that this actually "widened the net." More juveniles were actually in the

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    Argument essay Should a person really be viewed as an adult at eighteen? There is a lot of controversy as to whether or not a child should be treated as an adult at the age of eighteen. A lot of questions come along with it such as ?Is a child really mature enough at that age??. Nonetheless a child should be viewed as an adult at the age of eight-teen because this is when children are expected to be mature enough to make their own important decisions. Legally a child becomes an adult when he/she turns

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    Are prison appropriate for non-violent offenders‚ or should they be given alternative punishment? The United States of America has a higher incarceration rate than any other country in the world. The imprisonment rate in USA is even greater than China’s‚ India’s and Russia’s incarceration rates combined. Today‚ we can say (within the margin of error) that out of 100 people in the United States‚ nearly two are in prison. This increase is mainly attributed to three common factors: mandatory sentencing

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    | Abolish the Juvenile Court: Youthfulness‚ Criminal Responsibility‚ and Sentencing Policy | Barry C. Field | | | | | CJ523-01N: Critical Issues in Juvenile Justice Page 1 The article Abolish the Juvenile Court: Youthfulness‚ Criminal Responsibility and Sentencing Policy by Barry Fields is power packed with his research‚ his opinions on the Juvenile Justice System. There is no question why he has reached the conclusions that he has because his research

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    offer the highest quality care and service to the inmates; by stretching the relationship with the workers and by following their core values. The Canadian Correctional facilities both have something in common. They both strive to rehabilitate offenders. Before

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    TYC has a long history of mistreating and abusing the youth that they house in their facilities. The employees and providers who run the care of these juvenile prisons not only neglect the needs of the youth imprisoned there‚ but also take advantage of the fact that these kids have nowhere else to run too. There have been multiple cases involving TYC employees and TYC inmates that were never brought to light‚ because of lack of supervision given to the facilities by the Texas government. TYC supervisor

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    There has been an enormous amount of research‚ going back almost thirty years‚ about the relationship between childhood trauma‚ and juvenile delinquency. Many researchers cannot say that there is a direct link between the two‚ but after much research‚ researchers have found that childhood trauma can perhaps be a predictor for juveniles who later in life commit crimes. Trauma is defined as‚ “a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury

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    Psychology of Sex Offenders Following offences warrant inclusion on the register: Rape Intercourse with a girl under age of 16 Incest by a man Buggery Indecency between men Indecent assault on a man‚ women‚ boy‚ girl. Assault with intent to commit buggery Causing or encouraging prostitution of‚ or intercourse with‚ or indecent assault on‚ a girl under 16. Indecent conduct towards a young child Inciting a girl under 16 to have incestuous sexual intercourse Production of possession of

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    Is juvenile justices right or wrong? Edwin Desamour was driving with his 3-year-old son in their Philadelphia neighborhood when the little boy looked up and said‚ “Daddy‚ look at the moon! I want to go there‚” so his father did what many parents would: he bought his son books on science and space and encouraged him to believe that his dreams can come true. Edwin’s son has been blessed with a vastly different childhood than Edwin had. Edwin grew up poor in a violent neighborhood in Philadelphia

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