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    Retribution‚ Deterrence‚ Rehabilitation‚ and Incapacitation In the Criminal Justice System there are many different systems that work together to form policies which are created by the Federal Government. These policies are also applied to the state and local systems. There are four major philosophies which pertain to the felonies that have been committed. They are Retribution‚ Deterrence‚ Rehabilitation‚ and Incapacitation. Deterrence is in which people believe the offender should be punished

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    My concerned issue is juvenile delinquency. The reason I choose juvenile delinquency is because I felt it can be explained well by looking at the social learning theory. According to Siegel & Welsh (2012) social learning theory is applied to criminal behavior‚ theory stressing the importance of learning through modeling others who are criminal; criminal behavior is a function of copying or learning criminal conduct from others. The social learning theory argues that juveniles imitate what they see

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    Future of the Juvenile Justice System Cody Cotton Dave Muser Noe Farjado Robert Thomas CJA/403 March 22‚ 2011 Jaime Roman Future of the Juvenile Justice System The juvenile justice system has a tremendous influence on today’s troubled youth and empirical evidence has shown the juvenile crime to have

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    Tanishia Davis Juvenile Justice System Ledetra 2/10/15 The Future of the Juvenile Justice System • • • • Community involvement in law enforcement courts Sentencing corrections Trends of the juvenile justice system Causation theories Law Enforcement Community Involvement Positive police-community relations are critical for the effectiveness of crime prevention. Many police have made efforts to connect by doing neighborhood watch and community night out. This effort is especially need in the

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    Enough To Do The Time?” Juveniles in the adult criminal system are 34% more likely to be rearrested for another crime than youth retained in the juvenile system (Key Facts: Youth in the Justice System) so there for the juveniles aren’t learning their lesson. More and more teens are doing time alongside adults in prison recently after 100s years of adolescents committing serious crimes. Most juveniles tried as adults usually become reoffenders‚ they are not mature enough for adult jails‚ and they deserve

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    Abstract Juvenile Delinquency has been a huge problem here in The United States. It has risen in past years and is projected to increase until 2015. With this current threat on the rise the U.S. have tried to analye the many causes and factors that may cause juvenile delinquency. As we take a look into the factors behind this problem we will also look into what changes has been made to the juvenile justice system to combat this.

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    February 7‚ 2013 Juvenile Justice-Final Draft We See Them as Children‚ How About the Legal System? If minors do not share the same rights as adults‚ then the legal system should not treat them as so. When a crime is committed‚ fair punishment is what every criminal expects when walking into the court room. However‚ certain journalists have proven that when juveniles commit a crime they are charged as children to a certain extent and that the legal system is quick to call them adults when they commit

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    Challenges for the Juvenile Justice System It has been one hundred years since the creation of the juvenile court in the United States. The court and the juvenile justice system has made some positive changes in the lives of millions of young people lives over the course or those years‚ within the last thirteen years there has been some daunting challenges in the system. According to Bartollas & Miller (2008) the challenges and unique issues the juvenile justice system face in the 21st

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    Running head: Adults Sanctions for Juvenile Officers 1 Adults Sanctions for Juvenile Officers 2 Incarcerating youth with adult inmates results in tragedies. Youth who are prosecuted as adults may be sentenced to serve time in adult sanctions where they may be at risk. Research demonstrates that children in adult’s institutions are five

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    Juveniles have been incarcerated in secure facilities since 1974. Juveniles are committing more heinous crimes and citizens have advocated for tougher penalties on crime. They want justice for the violence perpetrated on their families‚ businesses and communities. The Juvenile Justice system is charged with simultaneously protecting the public as well as reforming those juveniles who are convicted and sentenced to secure facilities. Barry C. Feld (1995) believes that there is a “desire to "get tough

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