question‚ they are never the same. When a juvenile is put into the adult system‚ that is the question the parents ask themselves. No parent wants to lose their child before their child loses them and that is how they feel when their child is sentenced to adult court. The sentencing of juveniles in adult court is unjust because children are different than adults‚ they are influenced easily‚ and prison is not a place for kids. In their paper‚Prosecuting Juveniles in Adult Court‚ Malcolm C. Young and
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adolescents. Juvenile delinquency has been on the rise and as delinquency continue to rise so does the number of delinquents that go to correctional facilities to serve time for the crimes they have committed. Previously incarcerated youth return to the justice system at alarmingly high rates. Eventually incarceration youth have to come out of the correctional facilities and be re-intergraded back into mainstream society once time has been served. Juvenile delinquents are coming into the juvenile justice
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The major problem facing in the juvenile justice system today is status offense. Researchers Kendall and Hawke (2007) study that each year thousands of youth enter or at risk of entering the delinquency and criminal systems because of noncriminal misbehavior. Commonly referred as status offenses (Kendall & Hawke‚ 2007). Status offense is an act illegal only for children‚ however status offense can have similar effects on adults. The common status offenses are truancy‚ running away from home‚ disobeying
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Juvenile Justice and Process and Corrections Crystal Rick Juvenile Justice July 7‚ 2014 Debra Nadeau The juvenile justice process is a long process‚ and it is build on the principle of rehabilitation. This paper will go through the process of the juvenile justice system and discuss the case within the juvenile justice system. A case within the juvenile justice system would be the case of 17 year old Xander L. Before we can discuss the case about Xander L. it is important to discuss the
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In 2008‚ there were 525 fitness hearings‚ out of which 193 youth were found fit and 332 youth were found unfit for juvenile court treatment. Not only in California are juveniles being tried as adults‚ but other places as well. Young people are being sent away to adult prisons that most likely “Have nothing to gain‚ or nothing to lose” (Coleman). Juvenile offenders should not be treated as adults because they have a time set aside for learning and growing‚ and they are still doing just that. Also
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Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Paper Tami Hiltunen CJS/245 January 26‚ 2015 LEDETRA JONES Juvenile and Adult Courts: A Comparative Analysis Paper The Juvenile Justice System is part of the criminal law system that focuses on those individuals who are between the ages of 9 and 18. This system was set up for those persons who did criminal acts‚ but who are not yet considered adults. In most states the age for criminal culpability is 18. While the age of being treated as a juvenile
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Juveniles Deserve their Punishment Juveniles are considered juveniles and should be given juvenile punishment unless it’s for something inhumane‚ such as murder. The United States of America has the highest teen murder rate out of every country. The reason is due to guns being easy to get‚ the amount of violence they see today‚ and the T.V. programs shown. The 2012 Supreme Court decision to abolish mandatory life in prison for juveniles who commit murder was not a just decision‚ because teens should
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Should Juvenile be tried and punished as adults? Juvenile delinquency is the habitual committing of criminal acts or offense by a young person‚ especially one below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible. It is the most top trend in criminal judicial system in today’s society. There are pros and cons to the situation of the crime juvenile commits. This will determine whether they should be tried as an adult or not. When children are young they can make some huge mistakes that
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FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCE IN UGANDA MWEBESA JOSEPH ISRAEL 06/U/BGD /6321/PD A proposal submitted in partial fulfillment of the award of a Bachelors degree of Guidance and Counseling of Kyambogo University 2010 Contents CHAPTER ONE 1 Background 1 Statement of the problem 3 Purpose of the study 3 Objectives of the study 3 Research questions 3 Significance of the study: 4 Scope of the study: 4 Limitations of the study 4 CHAPTER TWO 5 Introduction: 5 Definition of juvenile delinquency
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM What factors contributing to the level of juvenile delinquency in Fairview Park? RESEARCH QUESTIONS What are factors that influence juvenile delinquency? (Causes) How are persons affected by the juvenile delinquent? (Effects) What measures can be implanted in stopping these juvenile delinquents? (Solution) REASON FOR SELECTING THE AREA OF RESEARCH This topic ‘factors contributing to the level of juvenile delinquency in the community ‘was chosen because children
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