Recidivism of Juvenile Transfers and Community Programs Over the past years‚ scholars and courts have studied the recidivism of young offenders whom have been convicted as adults. As prosecutions of young offenders continue to increase within the adult court system‚ many argue whether programs are being used properly to reintroduce repeat offenders back into society. Loughran‚ put the juvenile process in perspective with his statement‚ “theoretical intent of broader transfer provisions was clear
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Identify the goals of Community Corrections and determine if the goals are being met. What would be your team ’s recommendation to improve Community Corrections? Today‚ 3 out of every 4 persons under correctional supervision in the United States are on some form of community-based custody-mostly probation or parole-although community corrections also includes halfway houses‚ residential centers‚ work furlough‚ and all other programs for managing the offender in the community. It is a legal status
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Plea Bargaining Process The plea bargaining process is very important to the criminal justice system because without it the criminal justice system would grind to a halt. Plea-bargaining is important because if every case went to a trial it would take years for criminals to get from the time of arrest till the time of trial. The video we saw showed an example of how the process works to get criminals who plea guilty to committing minor crimes through the system faster so that the courts can concentrate
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In my opinion‚ I believe that the media distorts the process of criminal justice system. According to David Sugg‚ “the media keeps the public stay up-to-date on current events within the courts‚ as it relates to sentencing for high profiled cases.” When the media brings the information to the public‚ they use headlines that will make for better television‚ in order to have good ratings. The higher the ratings are the more profit‚ because crime sells. Often times‚ news reporters such as Nancy Grace
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Associations between drug and alcohol use and juvenile criminal activities have been a well-known fact‚ that’s often thought of as a correlation. “The estimated prevalence of substance abuse disorder and juvenile offending approaches 67% across studies in justice settings” (Liddle‚ 2014). Whether the alcohol and other drug (AOD) use led them to the criminal activity or AOD will be an issue for the juvenile offender once they are out of the justice system. Questions form at this transition stage
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What Causes Juvenile Delinquency? Antonia Ras-Bellamy Angelo State University August 08‚ 2013 Abstract Juvenile Delinquency is a common argument that involves laws and regulations in schools and everyday life. Most common reasons for juvenile delinquency is because of family relations‚ media networks like music and movies‚ school life for most teenagers‚ and gang life. Most teenagers seek love and belonging but once they feel neglected and rejected‚ they turn to violence like gangs to feel
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homes where they will only think about good life waiting ahead of them. The term Child in Conflict with the Law (CICL) refers to a child who is alleged as‚ accused of‚ or adjudged as‚ having committed an offense under Philippine laws. Basically‚ juvenile delinquent pertains to a child‚ under the age of eighteen years‚ as offender of the law. He or she may be exempted from criminal liability under appropriate circumstances. A child below fifteen years of age receive full exemption but will be subjected
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Juvenile Delinquency is the participation of illegal behavior by a minor who falls under a statutory age limit. A delinquent is a minor who commits a crime or a status offense. A status offense is conduct that is illegal only because the child is under age i.e. smoking cigarettes (Senna 10‚ 20). The cases of Eric Smith‚ Lionel Tate‚ and an unidentified NJ child are similar only because‚ they are guilty of killing another child‚ but the Criminal Justice System treated and punished them very differently
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I believe that the due process model (which puts emphasis on an individuals rights) is essential and should constantly be our primary focus of this criminal justice system‚ although under the due process model there is a probability of criminals being set free or acquitted due to some technicality where individuals rights had been violated. As humans‚ we make mistakes and as we grow‚ we will learn from such mistakes. To affirm that those rights would not be violated again‚ but to allow a persons
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Priscilla Figueroa 09/19/12 CRJ101 Corrections: K9 Unit The K-9 unit uses highly trained dogs to sniff out illegal substances‚ control suspects‚ attack violent people‚ and to locate missing people.. The K-9 unit greatly improves the departments ability to enforce laws. K-9 officers are law enforcement agents. Their duties are to investigate criminal activities‚ respond to calls for assistance‚ filing reports‚ questioning suspects‚ participating in community services‚ and etc. In addition
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