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    Since the eighteenth century‚ scholars have researched‚ “Who wrote the Pentateuch?”‚ and more specifically who was the author of Deuteronomy. The Documentary Hypothesis asserts that the Pentateuch was not written by Moses‚ but was composed from four distinct narratives and woven together into one final version centuries after Moses had died. When these documents were put in chronological order‚ it appeared as the following: The Yahwist (J) The Elohist (E) The Deuternonomist (D) The Priestly

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    Delinquency Deterrence Punishment for violating the laws can be lenient or they can be harsh‚ and they can be used to prevent others from committing crimes as well as deterring people from becoming repeat offenders. People assume that juveniles are not rational beings; meaning that they do not know the difference between right and wrong and that they do not understand the consequences following their actions‚ however that assumption is wrong because juveniles can be deterred from committing

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    Running Head: Juvenile Boot Camps Juvenile Boot Camps John Coale TESST College CM102 Professor Tuer September 4‚ 2010 Abstract This paper will discuss the history of the canine dog. This paper will also discuss the different breeds of the canine and its purposes. This paper focuses on the training‚ handling‚ and the overall care of the canine by the police or other agencies involving canines. Increased juvenile delinquency and engagement in crime has been an issue of concern to many

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    Final draft- Argument essay Juvenile Offenders Should Be Rehabilitated Out of the 100‚000 juvenile offenders released every year in the United States‚ a large percentage of them have drug and/or mental health problems according to the Department of Justice. Another study done by the Department of Justice also showed that about 82% of these juvenile offenders were arrested again within 3 years. The criminal justice system should rehabilitate juvenile offenders instead of treating them like

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    Juvenile Boot Camps In this project I am going to talk about the problem that different states have in juvenile offenders and how they deal with them in regards to juvenile boot camps‚ also I am going to explain what is known about juvenile boot camps in the United States‚ the degree of success of these efforts‚ and a general summary of boot camps. With that in mind I am going to answer 4 different questions in order to gain a better understanding of this program. The questions I will answer

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    Juvenile Justice Developed by Roberta J. Ching MODULE: STUDENT VERSION Reading Selections for This Module: Garinger‚ Gail. “Juveniles Don’t Deserve Life Sentences.” New York Times 15 Mar. 2012‚ New York ed.: A35. Print. Jenkins‚ Jennifer Bishop. “On Punishment and Teen Killers.” Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. 2 Aug. 2011. Web. 11 June 2012. < http://jjie.org/jennifer-bishop-jenkins-on-punishmentteen-killers/19184>. Lundstrom‚ Marjie. “Kids Are Kids—Until They Commit Crimes.” Sacramento

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    Factors Contributing to Juvenile Delinquents According to Jensen‚ three of the most critical issues facing the American juvenile justice system are youth violence‚ the occurrence of mental health and substance abuse problems among young people‚ and female delinquency (Jensen‚ Potter‚ and Howard‚ 2001). Juvenile crime in the United States has severe consequences for our society. Nowadays‚ drugs are becoming more like everything else in our society—popular and expensive—which is usually a catalyst

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    Juveniles Serving Life Lisa Weiss Saint Leo University I. The Problem The issue of juveniles serving life sentences‚ for non homicide offenses‚ is becoming a recognizable problem in the state of Florida and across the country. This punishment became enacted within the federal‚ state‚ and local judicial system when courtrooms and prosecutors were given permission to utilize prosecutorial discretion when deciding to send a juvenile to an adult court. Supreme Court Justice Kennedy felt this process

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    Juvenile transfer is the process of removing juvenile offenders from the juvenile court and placing them into the adult court. Although states implement this process in varying ways‚ it is seen in different viewpoints as either having a positive effect on juveniles or a negative effect. Studies have been conducted examining the statistics regarding recidivism for juveniles who have been transferred to the adult court versus those who have not. After taking a look at these two perspectives‚ I have

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    Juveniles Tried as Adults

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    Research Paper Over two hundred thousand juveniles are tried as adults every year. Yes‚ the saying “You do the crime‚ you do the time‚” may evidently need to be set in stone for every criminal‚ but a child? To make this country fair the United States of America needs to stop prosecuting and putting teens on trial as adults. Ignorance of not knowing the law is not an adequate excuse‚ that may be necessarily true‚ but if the country wants to be considered “fair” then the court system needs to understand

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