The Current Juvenile Justice System Part A- With the advent of adolescence‚ the criminal justice system in this country had to address the needs of the juvenile population and recognize that juveniles need to be treated differently than adults. Juvenile crime cannot only be understood in terms of rational behavior‚ but also the irrational because “full development of the frontal lobe‚ where rational judgments are made‚ does not occur until the early-to mid-20’s” (Stier 2009)
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Davina Fisher Juvenile Justice System 20th Century Professor Deborah White Strayer University 6 April 2012 Juvenile Justice System 20th Century The first juvenile court in this country was established in Cook County‚ Illinois‚ in 1899. Illinois passed the Juvenile Court Act of 1899‚ which established the Nation ’s first juvenile court. The British doctrine of parens patriae (the State as parent) was the rationale for the right of the State to intervene in the lives of children in a manner
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Introduction This paper will explore the history of the juvenile justice systems of the United States and Japan to find similarities and differences. The focus will be on the movement toward rehabilitation and juvenile restorative justice. Exploration of scientific data on adolescent development will shed light on why juvenile justice differs from the adult system. The study will explore the need and effectiveness of particular diversion programs such as Youth Courts and evaluate how they have
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separate juvenile justice system or should we abolish it is a huge debate in the U.S. Is the separate‚ juvenile justice system still feasible? If not‚ what can replace it? Policymakers need to confront these questions‚ and they need innovative answers. New policies should aim for more than simply abolishing the juvenile court’s delinquency jurisdiction and sending all young offenders to conventional criminal courts. The focus of the juvenile justice system is to rehabilitate juveniles‚ rather
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Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Paper Nancy Vang CJS/245 April 27‚ 2015 William O’Neil Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Paper The juvenile court system today resembles the adult court system in many ways. Although they have their similarities the fundamental foundations of each system clearly display two different outcomes. While the adult court looks to punish criminals‚ the juvenile court system looks to rehabilitate the individual. Overview of the Juvenile
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OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM PROPOSAL Even though the number of juveniles have increased and seen as no hope is available‚ changes are needed to improve the juvenile justice system with the help from the community‚ family‚ law enforcement support system in order to reduce the recidivism. Community Involvement Community Involvement is considered as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristics in common such as our young juveniles. Community
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crime rate in 90’s‚ many states started to put juveniles to the adult court believing that this could bring down the crime rate. Some studies showed that starting to put youth in adult prisons helped the crime rate go down‚ but had no effect on violent crime rate. Many voices came up for easing the law for juveniles to not to be sentenced as adults due to decrease in youth crime rate from 2000. On the other hand‚ some people say that sentencing juvenile criminals as adults can make citizens feel safe
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JUVENILE CRIME Bridget Petrie CJS/200 There has always been and ongoing debate on whether or not juveniles should be treated the same as adults when it comes to committing crime. Some people feel that they should be treated the same‚ some feel that they shouldn’t and then there are those that feel that it depends on the crime. Juvenile crime is on the rise at an alarming rate and some feel that there is a lack of remorse on the part of the juveniles because they know that they will only
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The Indian legislations The emergence of the concept of juvenile justice in India owes much to the developments that have taken place in western countries‚ especially in the perception of children and human rights jurisprudence in Europeand America. The Apprentices Act‚ 1850 was the first legislation that laid the foundation of juvenile justice system in the country. The concept consequently gained momentum with the enactment of the Indian Penal Code (1860)‚ Reformatory Schools Act (1897)‚ Code
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considered juveniles and are dealt with the Juvenile Justice Department. The Juvenile Justice Department decides what kind of punishment the Juvenile gets and in some cases‚ they are waivered into adult court and punished the same way an adult would be punished. It is right to punish a juvenile with sufficient amount of punishment‚ but to punish them the same way as an adult is wrong after teaching them
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