In America‚ the rise in violent crimes over the years can be attributed to Juvenile Gangs. In a March‚ 1996 study‚ DR .James Alan Fox‚ Dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University reported that from 1985 to 1994‚ the rate of murder committed by teens‚ ages 14-17 increased 172 percent. So why do teenagers join gangs and become involved in risky behavior that can ultimately lead to incarceration‚ great bodily harm‚ or even death? What can they possibly gain from such a risky endeavor
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Diversion Programs CJA/374 October‚ 28 2014 Diversion Programs Diversion programs are usually misunderstood by society‚ and in some cases is believe that they do not work. However research conducted by different organizations has found that they in fact do reduce recidivism amongst juveniles diverted V. those that were not. Diversion as described refers to “the attempt to divert‚ or channel out‚ youthful offenders from the juvenile justice system" (Bynum and Thompson‚ 1996:430). In this paper it
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There are many theories in criminology and I will compare and contrast two theories which are choice theory and routine activities theory. Both of these theories have motivated offenders with different intentions in mind. Choice theory is the belief that individuals choose to commit a crime for their own personal satisfaction. According to choice theory‚ individuals think about the benefit instead of the punishment of the crime. For an example‚ individuals who engage in dealing drugs are not
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1: What is the distinctions between official and unofficial sources of data on delinquency? official data is collect from governmental offices‚ DOJ‚ Juvenile courts or any data that are direct collected by government officials. Unofficial data is typically collected by secondary resources such as media‚ surveys and so forth. Unofficial data is less creditable because it cannot truly verify the validity of those information. 2: What types of data are contained in the UCR? The types of data
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Juvenile Crime One of the biggest problems which the United States is faced with is juvenile crime. The reason experts feel juvenile’s commit crimes is because of risk factors when they were younger but experts still have not found the main reason why juvenile’s commit crimes. Some risk factors associated with juvenile crime are poverty‚ repeated exposure to violence‚ drugs‚ easy access to firearms‚ unstable family life and family violence‚ delinquent peer groups‚ and media violence. Especially
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Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Crime Q & A Written Response 1. What is the definition of delinquency? The definition of delinquency is‚ in the broadest usage‚ juvenile actions or conduct in violation of criminal law‚ juvenile status offenses‚ and other juvenile misbehavior. 2. What is the definition of status offense(s)? The definition of status offense(s) is an act or conduct that is declared by statute to be an offense‚ but only when committed by or engaged in by a juvenile and
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punishment does not deter juvenile delinquency. “Choice Theory holds that youths will engage in delinquent and criminal behavior after weighing the consequences and benefits of their actions; delinquent behavior is a rational choice made by a motivated offender who perceives that the chances of gain outweigh any possible punishment or loss” (Siegal & Welsh‚ 2005). Some experts believe that delinquent acts will not be committed if teenagers are punished severely. Crime prevention strategies include general
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have laws that expunge young offender’s criminal records of delinquency when a certain age is reached. The purpose behind most states and the federal government expunging juvenile records is to allow youth who has made bad decisions‚ and found guilty of their youthful transgressions to enter adulthood without the heavy stigmatic freight of a criminal record (Funk & Polsby‚ 1997). The fundamental philosophy for juvenile laws is that a juvenile delinquent should be considered and treated not as a criminal
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Starting from the early 20th century‚ the Juvenile Court system was merely a starting concept that was utilized to “rehabilitate†youth offenders‚ the philosophy prior to be that parents‚ primarily fathers were to enforce rules and behaviors with their children. Juveniles’ ranging from seven to fourteen were permissible to be held for their actions if there was evidence they knew their actions and youth older were too punished as seen fit by parents or a government entity. There was no court
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Social Studies SBA on juvenile delinquency Name rade: Centre: Candidate no: Acknowledgment Table of Content Acknowledgement Introduction State of problem Reason for selecting area of research Method of investigation Data collection instrument Procedures for data collection Presentation of data Analysis and interpretation of data Statement of finding Recommendation and implementations of strategy introduction Method of the problem What are some of
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