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    Juvenile Justice System

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    The juvenile justice system and parents across America struggle on a day-to-day basis with their children and substance abuse. It is stated that four out of every five children arrested within the system are under the influence of a substance (alcohol or drugs) when committing the crimes that forced them to be detained and arrested (Alcoholism.about.com‚ 2010). It is reported within the textbook that seventy-three percent of high school seniors had used alcohol within the past year‚ which makes

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    Juvenile Justice Essay

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    Sandhu 1  Wasim Sandhu  Mrs. Klein  English 10C  27 October 2014  Proper Justice For Juveniles  If a teenager commits a crime‚ it doesn’t make it any less a crime. Whether it is a  misdemeanor or felony‚ the age of the adolescent does not alter the level of offense. It does not‚  however‚ mean that the juvenile should be tried as an adult in court. Juveniles are not adults and  the seriousness of their crime cannot change that either. It is not right to give a teenager an adult  sentence for a 

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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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    Juvenile Justice Articles

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    Current Event Juvenile Justice Articles CJA/374 May 19‚ 2014 Samara Belgarde Juvenile Justice Articles Ventura county 14-year-old boy‚ Brandon McInerney was arrested and charged with the shooting death of a classmate Lawrence King. Lawrence was shot in the head at a close range. This crime was a premeditated hate crime‚ therefore‚ the District Attorney added special allegation of a hate crime against Brandon McInerney‚ and he was charged as an adult. Larry King classmates

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    Making Juvenile Justice

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    The first article is “Making Juvenile Justice LGBT-Friendly”. This article is by J.B. Wogan‚ and was published March 2016. Approximately ten years ago‚ the first lawsuit targeting the treatment of LGBT juveniles was addressed in the state of Hawaii. During which time‚ the American Civil Liberties Union states that three youths that were being held at the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility had unfortunately been harassed‚ and even abused‚ because of their gender identity‚ and sexual orientation. It

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    Juvenile Justice Case

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    Juvenile Justice On June 25‚ 2012 the Supreme Court ruled that juveniles who committed crime could not be sentenced to life in prison. This ruling has been disagreed by some people in the past. I agree with the Supreme Court’s ruling on how juveniles cannot be sentenced to life in prison. This is the right thing to do for them because their brains are not fully developed. Also when the juveniles are in prison they should get some sort of help or counseling so when they get out they got the help

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    In Summary‚ It appears that even those youth who have had positive experience with either or both the Department of Human Services or the Juvenile Justice System still associate themselves and their situation with a negative stigma. The frustration and fairness of the systematic process seems to be seen across the board even in those who have been able to positively move forward‚ given the interview information the multiple changes in school‚ placement and/or the number of professionals involved

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    Juvenile Crime & Justice “A criminal is a person with predatory instincts without sufficient capital to form a corporation‚” stated Clarence Darrow. A criminal offense is bad enough‚ but a criminal offense coming from a minor is the worst crime you can commit as a child. Juvenile crime is a crime committed by someone under the age of 18. Juvenile crime is a problem‚ and it has been since the mid-1980s and peaked in the 1990s. More than 150 children are convicted every day‚ including assault and burglary

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    Juvenile Justice Act

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    Introduction Historical context Punishment was the central criminal law philosophy in English common law. A conclusive presumption that children under seven could not form criminal intent eliminated the youngest from the criminal justice system. Children between the ages of seven and fourteen were presumed incompetent to form the requisite criminal intent; the prosecutor‚ however‚ could rebut that presumption by demonstrating that the child knew the difference between right and wrong. Children

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    Juveniles who commit first or second degree murder should not receive a mandatory sentence of life without parole. The majority of supreme court justices believes that it should not be mandatory to sentence juveniles to life without parole because violates the eighth amendment. The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed‚ nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. What’s the point of the United States Constitution

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