Crime Causation and Diversion Paper University of Phoenix Online Juvenile Justice Systems and Processes CJA/473 LeDetra Jones October 01‚ 2012 Crime Causation and Diversion Paper Today the public became more concern about youth crime rising within the community. The public also believes that some of juvenile delinquents do not belong behind bars whereas others do. In the concern of the juveniles who do not belong behind bars the public started creating community outreach programs‚
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"One must feel sorry for those who have strange tastes‚ but never insult them. Their wrong is Nature’s too; they are no more responsible for having come into the world with tendencies unlike ours than are we for being born bandy-legged or well-proportioned". Marquis de Sade (1740-1814)‚ "Dialogue the Fifth" (1795). If who we are and what we do originates in the brain‚ than the structure of and the occurrences therein can explain for our entire catalogue of personalities and behaviors. However
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Individual Theories CJS240 Feburary 13‚ 2011 Individual Theories Throughout the years juvenile delinquency has been amongst us since the turn of man. Whether good or bad many kids have issues with doing the right thing‚ many are addicted to committing crimes or the thrill of not getting caught when they commit crimes. Then we have the few kids that had to deal with the same life situations as the children who commit crimes and they do not see or feel the need to act out about how or what cards
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In my opinion‚ we have several alternatives if we do not try juveniles in adult court for serious crimes. There is no doubt that there are some cases beyond hope‚ but children are more susceptible rehabilitation. My methods are trying to incorporate that as much as possible‚ especially for the younger children with brains that are still trying to develope. ¨Reforms efforts must place a greater focus on improving access to mental health services for all youth‚ better serving the needs of youth who
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The Case Study of Ted Bundy Theresa Matson PSY410 November 7‚ 2011 Nichelle J. Gause‚ LPC‚ NCC The Case Study of Ted Bundy Ted Bundy was a charismatic‚ handsome person‚ while at the same time he was a pathological liar and one of the country’s worst serial killers. His life was headed for trouble from very early on‚ an unstable home life‚ interest in crimes‚ killing and sexual assault‚ and feeling alone and forgotten. His low socioeconomic status was cause for concern for him and his
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Such statutes have had an incredible impact on the U.S. juvenile justice system. The original purpose of creating a separate juvenile court was to keep adolescents out of adult prisons‚ limit their exposure to adult criminal activity and poor role models‚ and also to provide guidance that helps them to turn away from further criminal behavior and be directed toward more positive results. It seemed that the individual juvenile offender cases were not getting looked at based on the individual characteristics
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Hypothesis: Rhoda Penmark‚ upon whom The Bad Seed is based‚ suffers from an antisocial personality disorder. To the common person‚ she would be known as a psychopath or a sociopath. It can be hypothesized that Rhoda suffers from antisocial personality disorder because the motives to her crimes are for her own self-fulfillment. Research: The Bad Seed is an astounding account of an 8-year-old girl that suffers from antisocial personality disorder. Rhoda was a very intelligent and well-liked young
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Anyone accused or convicted of a capital crime‚ being diagnosed with Mental Retardation can mean a term of life or death. Daryl Renard Atkins was convicted of abduction‚ armed robbery and capital murder. A forensic psychologist testified that Atkins was mildly mentally retarded. The was tried twice‚ both time sentenced to death. In the Atkins v. Virginia (2002) case‚ Supreme Court ruled that execution of such a person constitutes cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the 8th amendment (Bethany
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My career goal is working with young kids that are already caught in the criminal justice. I want to work with these specific young teens because I believe there need to be better ways do deal with juveniles in our current criminal justice System. I am also interested in working with young kids that are in higher risks because I believe early preventions its important and if it happen as soon as these kids started showing signs of disobedience there is a greater chance of keeping them out of trouble
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Introduction: The term “Antisocial Personality Disorder” was preceded by a number of others that stem from the early nineteenth century. Prichard (1835) introduced the concept of “Moral Insanity” to designate criminals who manifested an absence of control and ethical sense. A morally insane individual was considered to have an impaired intellect but to be nevertheless‚ incapable of “conducting himself with decency and propriety”. Some decades later the concept of “constitutional psychotic inferiority”
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