Introduction Young people are overrepresented as offenders. The justice system deals mostly with working class offenders and indigenous and ethnic minorities. Young people are often targeted by mainstream media and become perceived as delinquents and menaces to society. They are considered to be “at risk” of offending. This creates an age and class bias amongst communities and results in the negative stigmatisation of young people‚ especially those in minority groups. Young‚ disadvantaged people
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Exploratory Paper The topic of young offenders caught my eye as I was scanning for an idea to write my paper. Criminals of any fashion are of interest to me‚ and youth in the justice system is a subject that I have dealt with throughout my high school career. A friend of mine has been in and out of correctional facilities‚ and it was not till later that they discovered he had a mental disorder that he was not being treated for. This is upsetting because if he had been scanned for an issue such as
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Are laws targeting the right people? So far in the class‚ I’ve learned that criminal justice is not black and white. It has the goal of being that way‚ but mostly it’s a lot of grey area. The topic of habitual offenders is just another grey area. Some of the laws in place for habitual offenders are perfectly affective. I also believe that there are some who commit crimes so small and insignificant that the law should not be enforced. I do believe in mistakes and poor choices. Do those people deserve
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There should be no special treatment for convicted young offenders. They should be treaded as adults. In the year of 1982‚ Parliament passed the Young Offenders Act (YOA). Effective since 1984‚ the Young Offenders Act replaced the most recent version of the Juvenile Delinquents Act. The Young Offenders Act’s purpose was to shift from a social welfare approach to making youth take responsibility for their actions. It also addressed concerns that the paternalistic treatment of children under the
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3.4.2 Connection: Victims and sex offenders One emergent sub-theme to arise for all participants was the importance and significance of the connection between working with both victims and sex offenders‚ as they believed it provided a true representation and an overall interconnecting picture‚ “you get the balance‚ you get the full sort of picture or you get the full experience or impact from both parties so you don’t become too skewed in a way”. The work with victims enabled the participants to
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| Castration | Should Serious Sex Offenders be Castrated [please include the two main types of castration]? Why do you agree or disagree with the question? What would be your determination for castration? Does castration work? Is it good social policy? | Castration is the removal of male testes resulting in sterility‚ decreased sexual desire and inhibition of secondary sex characteristics such as hair growth and deepening of the voice. Castration in humans is sometimes necessary for some
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are some offenders that should not be eligible for community corrections. Some of them would be serial killers‚ repeated sex offenders and terrorist. These people should not be permitted to do any kind of community corrections due to the fact that they are constantly committing crimes or attempting to attack our country. Due to the severity of their crimes‚ criminals should be under constant surveillance in a jail or prison until they have paid the full price for their actions. No offender of a harsh
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The “Self” concept is understanding your behavior and that of the offender. Ones self-concept is who a person is and what that person believes they are all about. The self-concept is a picture we have of ourselves about the kind of person we are. Ones self-concept is both the product and producer of your experiences. For instance‚ if you are capable of giving and receiving love‚ if you consider yourself a worthwhile person‚ if you are confident in your feelings and you behave responsibly‚ you will
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Society ’s Reaction To Sex Offenders Author’s Name University Society ’s Reaction To Sex Offenders The society ’s reaction to sex offenders is best described as a shock state. This shock is caused by both violations of their ideals of children being innocent‚ and a strong discrepancy between a stereotypical image of a violent sex predator‚ and the usual way sex offense happens. The shock reaction of society is best described in the trial of James Parker (Theunissen‚ 2013) and
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While Greenberg‚ Grekul‚ and Nelson report on the social causes that lead Aboriginal youth to become involved in crime‚ Stoneman and Artz seek to demonstrate how young female offenders are treated more harshly than their male counterparts once a part of the youth justice system due to “moral panic” (pg. 173). The common‚ unsubstantiated fear remains that girls are committing more crimes and acts of violence (193). Statistics Canada (2012) reports that in reality‚ female youth account for just 3 percent
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