JUVENILES AND FIRESETTING I Introduction When fire is maliciously set‚ it is called Arson. When arson is committed by juveniles under the age of 18‚ it is called firesetting. Fresno‚ California had the highest per capita arson rates in 1994 and 1995‚ with over seventy percent of these set by juveniles. There are reasons why some children are particularly attracted to fire‚ and destruction. Also‚ there are key warning signs to look for in children to prevent this type of all too common devastation
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imposed MS must attend Supervision to address his offending behaviour and an Alcohol Treatment Requirement to address his alcohol misuse. The reasons given behind this were that such a sentence would allow him to work with a Probation Officer in respect of the rehabilitation element. This proposal fits neatly with the anti-custody values of the Probation Service whose underlying concern is to deal with offenders in constructive ways which do not damage or degrade them. This is also related to other
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Running Head: UNFAIR TREATMENT Is There Unfair Treatment for Women in Prison? LaSonja Johnson Kaplan University CM223: Effective Writing II for Criminal Justice Majors Professor Vineski September 1‚ 2009 Women are thought to be gentler sex and the softer side of our humanity. But some women do commit crimes‚ and when they do‚ we want to know why. What drove them to commit those crimes? Was it an abusive husband? Was it drugs? Was it envy… fear… lust? With all questions still
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Implications of Abolishing Juvenile Court The juvenile justice system plays a vital role in the outcome of juvenile delinquents lives. If juvenile courts are abolished‚ juvenile offenders will be forced into adult prisons and harsher sentences may be given to young juveniles. The treatment and therapy needed for these young offenders may not be met in adult courts because of the back already in adult courts the rehabilitation process may suffer for juvenile offenders. Society collectively bears
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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 Court Workgroup Maylyn M. Leon MACJ 512 Seminar in Court System Dr. Caroline Dennis December 16‚ 2014 Juvenile Court Workgroup The courtroom workgroup of juvenile court is very similarly composed as one of adult’s court (Neubauer and Fradella‚ 2014). Inside the juvenile court you can find the prosecutor‚ the defense attorney and the judge and sometimes judges have the hearing officers as aid (Neubauer and Fradella‚ 2014). We can see much equality between the courts however
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throughout recorded history. Youth offenders are grouped in an individual division of the criminal justice system‚ known as the Juvenile Justice System. Juvenile Justice is an extensive term‚ encompassing numerous aspects of the criminal justice system‚ from criminology‚ to crime prevention strategies‚ punishment and rehabilitation. According to the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW)‚ juvenile justice refers to the system of criminal law which deals with offenders between the ages of ten and
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about the surroundings. The brain signals and activity in common person under sleep is much variant than in patient under coma sleep. A person in comatose condition is not waked up but the normal person in sleep can be. There are chances that after treatment patient can normally start his life when he is out of comma but it not always happen. The condition of comatose is difficult to understand. Coma patients have spontaneous effect and activities that impersonate conscious activities. (Steven Dowshen
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individuals that leads to them being traumatized‚ psychotic‚ or psychopathic‚ three categories that many of these shooters fall into. Within this paper I will be discussing my findings on the factors that lead to the shaping‚ and molding of these offenders minds‚ and what is being done in order to decrease the number of occurrences in our society. Although there are traits that all shooters share‚ we have to be cautious when it comes to associating students to those of a school shooter. Authors Brandi
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While Greenberg‚ Grekul‚ and Nelson report on the social causes that lead Aboriginal youth to become involved in crime‚ Stoneman and Artz seek to demonstrate how young female offenders are treated more harshly than their male counterparts once a part of the youth justice system due to “moral panic” (pg. 173). The common‚ unsubstantiated fear remains that girls are committing more crimes and acts of violence (193). Statistics Canada (2012) reports that in reality‚ female youth account for just 3 percent
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