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    Juvenile Probation Tonya DeLana Chambers Argosy University Juvenile Corrections Professor Tunisia Staten May 11. 2015 Juvenile Probation My local juvenile probation department has taken care of a number of different cases. Everything from alcohol offenses to unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. It has taken care of cases involving truancy‚ vandalism‚ possession of marijuana‚ burglary‚ also runaways‚ possession of a weapon‚ and resisting an officer without violence to name just a few. There are offenses

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    In Summary‚ It appears that even those youth who have had positive experience with either or both the Department of Human Services or the Juvenile Justice System still associate themselves and their situation with a negative stigma. The frustration and fairness of the systematic process seems to be seen across the board even in those who have been able to positively move forward‚ given the interview information the multiple changes in school‚ placement and/or the number of professionals involved

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    The need for mentoring programs for principals has occurred due to the high stakes of accountability for improving schools through student achievement. The idea that new leaders should have mentors to guide them through their career development with skills and managing the stress of their occupation has become increasingly accepted (Mertz‚ 2004). Even veteran leaders can benefit from an opportunity to receive advice‚ support and role modeling from other colleagues. In these types of relationships

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    nationwide. Various strategies and programs have been implemented to help reduce such from occurring. Nearly half of crimes in the United States are committed by youth 10 to 17 years old. Juvenile crime increases each year at a rate double of adult crime. One way to help deter juvenile crime was the creation of the “Scared Straight Program”. Programs like Scared Straight consist of organized visits to prison facilities by juvenile delinquents or juveniles at risk of becoming delinquent or showing

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    “Social Perspectives on Juvenile Delinquency” Artie Swift Kaplan University CJ445: Case Management in Juvenile Justice Unit 8 Final Essay Professor Kathryn Sellers 02/03/2014 The juvenile generation of today has drifted far from the family values that their parents grew up with and tried to pass along to them but there are many loop holes in the generations of yesterday and today. Although‚ it is not easy to find the true connection between the practices of early childhood

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    Criminal Justice Capstone Project Proposal The juvenile justice system can be dated back to the late 18th and early 19th century. Youths were confined to jails with mentally ill and hardened criminals because there were no other alternatives for them. Many of these youths were in these institutions for non-violent offenses. During this same time‚ many American cities had to find a solution to the overwhelming rate of child neglect. Today‚ there is still much debate about the well-being of youths

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    History of Juvenile Justice *created in the late 1800’s to reform U.S. policies regarding youthful offenders *early on children were treated as chattels of adults without any rights *if found guilty they were sentenced just as adults were *New York City House of Refuge‚ the first youth prison opened in 1825 *during the 1800’s the juvenile justice system exercised its authority within a "parens patriae" which meant state as parent or guardian role. The state assumed responsibility

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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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    Juveniles Tried as Adults

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    Research Paper Over two hundred thousand juveniles are tried as adults every year. Yes‚ the saying “You do the crime‚ you do the time‚” may evidently need to be set in stone for every criminal‚ but a child? To make this country fair the United States of America needs to stop prosecuting and putting teens on trial as adults. Ignorance of not knowing the law is not an adequate excuse‚ that may be necessarily true‚ but if the country wants to be considered “fair” then the court system needs to understand

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    In this module’s assigned reading‚ Terrie E. Moffitt suggests that the act of juvenile delinquency is made up of two types of offenders: 1: adolescent-limited offenders and 2: life-course persistent offenders. Adolescent-limited offenders are believed to exemplify anti-social behavior only though adolescence‚ as they in time turn towards pro-social norms while simultaneously distancing themselves from anti-social behavior. The majority of youth that partake in anti-social behavior are adolescent-limited

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