Responses to serious juvenile offenders o Waiver into the adult criminal justice system o Utilize the juvenile justice system o Blend elements of both the adult system and the juvenile system • Youth in confinement o Growing numbers of youth confined o Disproportionate number of minority youth confined • Offense focused juvenile court verses offender focused juvenile court • Status offenses verses delinquent offenses At 16 years old‚ Jamal Vick was facing a 10-to-15 year sentence in an adult
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become productive members of society. not to be taken lightly are the socioeconomic disadvantages that increase the disparity between minorities and the majority‚ and heighten their chances of incarceration. nor can one count out that the mere location of these individuals also increases their risk of incarceration. the cycle continues on and the number of minorities incarcerated continues to rise. if nothing is done for the poor in the urban areas to help themselves rise above the poverty and despair
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system on the surface seem to be reducing. Reports and statistics report that crimes committed by juvenile offenders are on the decline‚ yet‚ we are losing more and more of our student and youth of the community to juvenile adult facilities for confinement. The focus on reform and rehabilitation for these at risk youth has taken a back seat to throwing the book at these kids and locking them up. This article address issues associated with behavior problems of modern day youth in an attempt to understand
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These were individuals that shared a common philosophy‚ to rehabilitate juveniles‚ instead of the use of punishment and confinement. They began to study the juvenile court system to learn ways to keep children from entering into it‚ and to handle cases in a less retributive way (Tanenhaus‚ 2004). Their way of thinking‚ strong commitment‚ and philosophy helped to create and shape
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circumstances the law allows for‚ they must be separated from adult inmates); • "Jail Removal" -- The "Jail Removal" disallows the placement of youth in adult jails and lock ups except under very limited circumstances; • Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC) -- The DMC provision requires states to address the issue of over-representation of youth of color in the justice system. The "DSO" and "Sight and Sound" protections were part of the original law in 1974. The "Jail Removal" provision
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third offense (now a felony) will now go to prison for life. Secondly the rate of incarceration and arrest for many of the individuals is disproportionate to the number of crimes committed. According to the American Bar Association out of 34 million serious crimes committed only 3 million results in arrests. Of this number a large portion of them are minorities (African American males) who are overrepresented in all crime statistics with the highest numbers of arrest and convictions. Finally the
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state population‚ the number is at 90%‚ and they have an imprisonment rate 14 times higher than the rate for women. According to Tyjen Tsai and Paola Scommegna who wrote‚“U.S Has the Highest Incarceration rate‚” there is an increased number of minorities in prison and jail compared to whites‚ “Latinos were incarcerated at 1‚258 per 100‚000‚ and white men were incarcerated at 459 per 100‚000. Since 2007”(Tsia‚ Scommegna)‚ however‚ the incarceration rate in the United States has tapered slightly and
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Too Many Minorities in SPED: Disproportionality is Present Special Education has been a widely-debated topic by many different accounts from its very beginnings in the mid-1970s. Still‚ one component of this topic that often goes overlooked is the issue of disproportionality‚ sometimes known as overrepresentation‚ in Special Education. Today in American Public Schools there is a disproportionate representation of minority groups vs the majority Caucasian groups of students that make up our Special
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HUM 314: Encountering the Other Thursday‚ September 12‚ 2013 (Class 6) Where were you when the World Trade Towers were attacked? Are you old enough to remember? This is our generation’s Pearl Harbor. We remember and we honor today (September 11th) those who lost their lives‚ directly or indirectly‚ from a brutal‚ horrific‚ terrorist attack. We sought and still seek justice. Yet‚ while we must remember (and honor the fallen)‚ we must also not forget that the terrorists did not and do not represent
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Natives were a minority‚ giving Europeans the power needed to reinforce chauvinistic ideas. New-coming Europeans took everything from the natives‚ their land‚ resources‚ and children. Aboriginals had let the children go‚ assuming they would be kept in civil conditions and
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