Juveniles Serving Life Lisa Weiss Saint Leo University I. The Problem The issue of juveniles serving life sentences‚ for non homicide offenses‚ is becoming a recognizable problem in the state of Florida and across the country. This punishment became enacted within the federal‚ state‚ and local judicial system when courtrooms and prosecutors were given permission to utilize prosecutorial discretion when deciding to send a juvenile to an adult court. Supreme Court Justice Kennedy felt this process
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How effective is the rehabilitation of juveniles compared to just locking them up? Lately more and more people are recognizing that rehabilitation is a better route to go in order to help those who live a life of crime. Although some people still believe that locking people up and throwing away the key would do the trick‚ not all people benefit from that type of treatment. According to the Oxford Dictionary rehabilitation is described as the act of restoring someone to health or normal life through
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Juvenile transfer is the process of removing juvenile offenders from the juvenile court and placing them into the adult court. Although states implement this process in varying ways‚ it is seen in different viewpoints as either having a positive effect on juveniles or a negative effect. Studies have been conducted examining the statistics regarding recidivism for juveniles who have been transferred to the adult court versus those who have not. After taking a look at these two perspectives‚ I have
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Resource-Based Course Package for Community Mental Health a non-formal course offered by the Faculty of Management and Development Studies University of the Philippines Open University Developed by Dinah Pacquing Nadera‚ MD‚ MSe‚ MIMH Associate Professor‚ UP Open University and Lourdes Ladrido Ignacio‚ MD‚ FPPA Professor Emeritus‚ University of the Philippines‚ Mania mental health_front matters.pmd 1 8/26/2011‚ 9:56 AM Community Mental Health By Dinah Pacquing Nadera and Lourdes
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Canada has a instituted a sex offenders registry‚ like in United States of America‚ called Sex Offender Information Registration Act‚ in 2004. An act that requires sex offenders to register information for the reason being‚ that it supports the police in preventing and investigating sexual offences (Antonacci‚ 2013‚ pg. 121). The sex offender registry is a bit different than in United States of America where it is viewable to the public. Here in Canada it is only available to the RCMP. The first
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that crime. Like 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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Phase 2 Discussion Board Introduction to Criminal Justice Hello Everyone‚ Are habitual offender laws targeting the right people for incarceration? Well first I am going to speak a little about the habitual offender laws. State legislators angered with the situation drafted new laws designed to prevent early release‚ especially for certain crimes. These new laws are called enhancement statutes. Examples of such statues would be the Habitual Felons Act‚ RICO‚ the Career
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committed by juvenile offenders every day and to gain a better understanding as to why they commit such crimes the trends have to be evaluated. The following statistics are findings made in 2008. These findings will give a clear understanding of the overall decrease in juvenile arrests made‚ touch base on the increase in drug offenses and simple assaults‚ provide implications for juvenile females and members of ethnic and racial minorities‚ examine the increase in arrests of juvenile females and the
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Running Head: JUVENILE DEATH PENALTY Should Juveniles Receive the Death Penalty? Capital Punishment‚ or the penalty of death for crimes committed by a defendant‚ is a controversial topic in today’s society. In general‚ the public associates this method of punishment with adult offenders who commit heinous crimes. What about the defendants who are not adults? In some states‚ defendants as young as 16 years old have been tried as adults and eligible to receive the death penalty. Juveniles are being
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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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