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    burdens of economic activity. Wealth‚ health care‚ and education are considered some examples of rewards and benefits from society. Distributive justice is designed to cover the distribution of the benefits and burdens of economic activity among individuals in a society. However‚ this distribution causes many dilemmas due to the division of these rewards and benefits. Some theorists think that distributive justice does not answer questions of who has the right to enforce a particular favored distribution

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    HONG KONG INSTITUE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINSTRARION ASSIGNMENT FOR EXHIBITION AND EVENT MANAGEMENT Module Code: MPR4505 Enrichment Module 2014-2015 (Semester 4) Individual Assignment 2 Prepared for Mr. Leo Kwan Prepared by Chan Wing Yu BA 124012/2B 130170942 <Submitted on 21 November 2014> The Main Theme of the Event From 31 October 2014- 1 November 2014‚ there is a The Guangzhou / Hong Kong / Macao / Chengdu Youth Skills Competition cum carnival which is

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    Juveniles in the U.S. Justice System By Y. Kornegay Juveniles in the Justice System The court system for juveniles in the United States was first formed in 1899‚ in Cook County‚ Illinois‚ which then was quickly spread across the country and most other state courts decided to establish one as well‚ that then in turn created the juvenile justice system. With the purpose of rehabilitating each underage offender in order for them to become a productive

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    Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper CJA 374 December 5‚ 2012 Jamie Loomis Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper This work summarizes the “Juvenile Arrests 2008”. This paper will summarize the key points of the “Juvenile Arrests 2008” and will address the following in this paper. The overall decrease in juvenile arrests‚ The increase in drug offenses and simple assaults and Implications for juvenile females and members of ethnic and racial minorities. The writer will also address the increase

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    For this particular assignment‚ the history of juvenile justice in America will be discussed and how parens patriae‚ the child saver movement‚ and the JJDPA were all instrumental in shaping it. Juvenile justice was formed in response to juvenile delinquency. Juveniles were treated the same as adults before the juvenile justice system existed. According to the Criminal Justice Reference Service (1999) during the 18th century‚ children as young as seven could be sentenced to prison or death for crimes

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    Four years ago on June 25th‚ the Supreme Court ruled that juveniles who committed heinous crimes could not be sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment because it violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on barbaric and unusual punishment. Justice Elena Kagan‚ speaking on the behalf of the majority‚ adds that “Mandatory life without parole for a juvenile precludes consideration of his chronological age and its hallmark features- among them‚ immaturity‚ impetuosity‚ and failure to appreciate risks and consequences

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    Juvenile Sex Offenders: A new issue in the Juvenile Justice System Morgan Cotter Juvenile Justice CJ 307-A Dr. Monica Robbers Marymount University December 7‚ 2009 Juvenile Sex Offenders: A new issue in the Juvenile Justice System The classification and treatment of juvenile sex offenders is a unique issue in the Juvenile Justice System today. This is either because we do not have much research on the recidivism rates of repeat

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    Definiton essay: Juvenile delinquent Definition Essay: Juvenile Delinquent English Composition 1 Kelley Jones September 5th 2010 Abstract This paper is a definition essay that defines the term juvenile delinquent. Juvenile delinquent is a person under the legal age that breaks the law. This essay will give the reader in depth information about the term juvenile delinquent. Juvenile Delinquent Juvenile delinquency is a term that basically means a person under the age of legality

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    The argument of sentencing juveniles for heinous crimes has been an issue for many years. Some believe that the sentencing of juveniles sufficient in trying to rehabilitate them and some feel sentencing is insufficient. Some crimes‚ like murder‚ are so heinous that no matter what the person’s age is that they deserve to lose their freedom. It is believed that juveniles are not ready to take the blame for their actions like an adult would because they are not mentally able to handle the judicial

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    Processing Juveniles “Contact with a police officer often is a young person’s introduction to the juvenile justice system.” (Bolden-Barrett‚ n.d.) Whenever this occurs‚ there are potentially two outcomes‚ the police officer either sends a summons to a juvenile justice system pertaining to the offense/s of the juvenile or they choose to throw out the case. “Law enforcement’s role with youthful offenders‚ boys and girls under 18‚ is particularly challenging because federal law protects young people

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