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 crime is very wide spread within our country. Juveniles commit crimes every day; whether it’s stealing candy from a store or stealing a life. Those who commit such heinous acts such as taking someone’s life should be sentenced to life in prison or in some cases‚ death. But the question still stands: what if it is an adolescent who murdered somebody‚ should they be sentenced to life in prison or even sentenced to walk death row? I believe that juveniles should not receive life in prison but
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If we do not try juveniles in adult court for serious crimes‚ we could look into different options on how to help the adolescent. One way to help is to have better rehabilitation services and proper treatment. Another option is to try to prevent the adolescents from committing the crime in the beginning. There are many paths we can try to take rehabilitate these children. If we get involved early on in the child’s life it shows great success. All though getting involved after the child has committed
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Juvenile Delinquent Gangs As a kid I could remember walking to school every day. While on the way to school there was always a group of kids sanding outside of the school walking away. These kids dressed differently and they all whore the same type of clothes. It wasn’t until years later that I was told to stay away from them because they were gangsters. They were gangsters that caused problems to the community. These gangsters would go up to kids and try and jump them into their gang. For
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Justice Statistics‚ National Institute of Justice‚ Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrator‚ the Council of States Governments Justice Center‚ and the Public Safety Performance Project. Other means include gathering data the AIU online library‚ and other reference materials I can obtain from my local library. Three different means to collect and how to analyze Three different means to collecting qualitative data on juvenile recidivism would be through surveys
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Gangs are nothing new to American society‚ what is new and disturbing is the recent spike in juvenile crimes with reported ties to certain gangs. Youth gangs have been prevalent in schools in large cities since the 1970 ’s. However‚ they have become even more prevalent in schools in the recent past. In the student survey component of the 1995 National Crime Victimization Survey‚ more than one third (37%) of the students reported gangs at their schools and the percentage of students reporting the
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The purpose of this essay is to analyze juvenile delinquency within the United States and the realities which have been discovered‚ ascertained or confronted while performing such an analysis. First of all‚ it is important to delineate and describe the types of prisons within the United States. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons‚ the correctional system is comprised of the following types of prisons which are divided by security levels with the purpose of confining offenders in
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Should Juveniles be Treated as Adults Criminal Justice January 30‚ 2011 Should Juveniles be Treated as Adults Most young people in today’s world want to be considered as adults. But‚ they want the role and responsibilities of being adults to apply to certain situations when they want it to. Under the Georgia Legal Ages Law‚ 18 (§39-1-1) (2011)‚ the age of adulthood begins at age eighteen. America has always described the children as being the future‚ our greatest resource‚ as well as the
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criminals. Children are the most capable people to change. The Juvenile justice system was introduced in Chicago and the history of Juvenile justice changed forever. Soon after many other countries noticed the major improvements in crime in America and decided to give Juvenile Justice a try. Juvenile is defined as ‘young persons no longer babies but not yet fully
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OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM PROPOSAL Even though the number of juveniles have increased and seen as no hope is available‚ changes are needed to improve the juvenile justice system with the help from the community‚ family‚ law enforcement support system in order to reduce the recidivism. Community Involvement Community Involvement is considered as a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristics in common such as our young juveniles. Community
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