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    in an ordered state everyone should perform his or her role and not interfere with what others do. Whereas‚ Aristotle says justice is within the law and that the law is the unwritten custom of all or the majority of men which draws a distinction between what is honorable and what is base. Distributive justice is normative principles designed to guide the allocation of the benefits and burdens of economic activity. Wealth‚ health care‚ and education are considered some examples of rewards and

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    rights. Juvenile and adult offender receive Miranda rights at time of arrest.(Bartollas‚ Miller. 2008). Both courts use proof beyond a reasonable doubt as a standard for guilt or innocence. Boot camps is an option for both juveniles and adult offenders. Juvenile and adult courts have their crimes classified as either misdemeanors‚ felonies or infractions. Some of the differences between the juvenile and adult court system is that at the juvenile level parents have a very active role. The juvenile system

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    The Impact of Juvenile Inmates’ Perceptions and Facility Characteristics on Victimization in Juvenile Correctional Facilities is written by Aaron Kupchik and R. Bradley Snyder. The significance of the problem the article focuses on is evidence of a third theoretic model in addition to the deprivation and importation theoretic models. The third model combines facility and individual variables that concentrate on the perception of the youth toward the facility’s rules and standards. The deprivation

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    Heath Wetzel Conceptual Map 10/26/2009 Comp II How does the media stereotype you? *Come as your favorite stereotype: By Geo Vittoratos. Stereotypes Japanese women as some people may think of them. It shows a Japanese girl with slanted eyes‚ white paint on her face and dressed in a robe. (Race and Culture) *Will Stereotype for food: By The Latino Comedy Project. Stereotypes Mexicans as people with out jobs that will do any line of work to get by. It has four Mexicans in the back

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    Running Head: JUVENILE V. CRIMINAL 1 Juvenile Justice System V. Criminal Justice System Ronda Cauchon CJ150-01 Professor Abreu Kaplan University October 9‚ 2012 JUVENILE V CRIMINAL 2 Juvenile Justice System V. Criminal Justice System In the earliest of times‚ juvenile offenders were treated the

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    Juvenile Corrections & Treatment Your name CJS 240 October 24‚ 2010 The Juvenile corrections system has various methods to support the underlying goal of rehabilitation and reform. This system affects the entire community in its successes and failures; members of the society should take time to understand what efforts are being made to reform these young offenders and what obstacles must be eliminated to make it more effective. The following paper will attempt to summarize community

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    Similarities and Differences in Juvenile and Adult Justice Systems When a juvenile is arrested and charged with committing a crime there are many different factors that will come in to play during the course of his arrest‚ trial‚ conviction‚ sentencing‚ and rehabilitation process. In the past we tried all criminals as adults. There was no distinction made between adult and child. Over the years we have come to realize the need to separate these two groups‚ as they are two distinctly different

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    Placing a juvenile into a secure facility is not advantageous to the juvenile and has nor proven to be to be beneficial to society either. Statistics show that almost half of the juveniles in custody have not committed a violent crime or one that was against another person (Elrod & Ryder‚ 1999). Secure facilities resemble prisons where offenders are locked down and kept away from the public‚ but provide no real systematic approach for helping the juvenile down a path that will lead them to being

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    Juvenile Detention Facilities are supposed to be a place where juvenile delinquents learn their lesson behind bars. Well‚ recent studies show that that kind of punishment is not beneficial at all. “The main approach of the overwhelming majority of these detention centers is warehouse‚ control and punish. Only 10 percent to 20 percent of these facilities are making changes‚ according to one estimate‚ and most of those aren’t using evidence-based practices based on the model programs guide put together

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    Juvenile Justice Process and Correction Keith Betts CJA/374 September 30‚ 2012 Xander L. is a young man with a rough start in life‚ who is a known gang member‚ and has been in and out of the juvenile court system on numerous occasions. The 17-year-old young man has been involved in various crimes‚ such as purse snatching‚ breaking and entering‚ and drug possession. The juvenile offender previously served one year

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