Running head: JUVENILE OFFENDERS: RACE AND ETHNICITY Juvenile Offenders: Race and Ethnicity University of Phoenix Juvenile Offenders: Race and Ethnicity "Researchers have long observed differences in rates of serious juvenile and adult offending among ethnic and racial groups in the United States. These differences have prompted competing theoretical interpretations and public policy debates. However‚ conclusions about the racial differences in serious and violent juvenile offending
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disorder. According to the article Psychotherapy and Counseling for Offenders‚ if more psychological treatment were provided to offenders‚ reduction of recidivism may be obtained. Psychological evaluation for suspected offenders may include the review of all evidence collected from the crime scene; a clinical interview that reviews the defendant’s psychosocial history that includes any of their past psychological treatment or their past criminal offenses is performed. “Psychological testing to
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What is a pedophile? A pedophile is a person who has a sustained sexual orientation toward children‚ generally aged 13 or younger‚ Blanchard says. Not all pedophiles are child molesters (or vice versa). "Child molesters are defined by their acts; pedophiles are defined by their desires‚" Blanchard says. "Some pedophiles refrain from sexually approaching any child for their entire lives." But it’s not clear how common that is. Does the medical community consider pedophilia to be a mental
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little insular worlds‚ most juveniles are fueled by their selfish‚ self-centered desires. Even with experience as their best teacher‚ juveniles often feel superhuman and invincible‚ at least until the worst of all possible scenarios happens to them. Typical of youth‚ such unbridled and extravagant thinking causes juveniles to feel practically untouchable by the long arm of the law. As personal perceptions make a person ’s reality what it is‚ the perceptions of juveniles‚ no matter how warped‚ lead
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passed because the lack of treatment for the offender. He supports his claim by pointing out that Megan’s killer had been incarcarated twice for the same offense and released due to completion of sentence and not because he received treatment for his actions. Pallone argues that the prosecutor‚ the defense attorney‚ and the presiding judge was only interested in saving the state more expenses of a trial. As a professor of psychology and an editor of the Journal of Offender Rehabilitaion‚ Pallone has
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chris cornett English 1302 November 15‚ 2012 Are Boot Camps and Scared Straight Programs Effective for Juvenile Offenders? Boot camps were introduced in Louisiana in 1985 and dealt with juvenile offenders in the Orleans Parish. From existence of boot camps there has been major criticism and controversy on the issue. In 1954 a congressional bill was passed funding crime prevention in the states. 30 billion dollars were set aside for the crime bill and 8 billion was directed for funding prisons
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admits the perpetrator had indecently touched her. The accused was not charged with any crimes or labeled as a sex offender and allowed to return to his home on short probation two houses away from the victim two days later. Consequentially the family of the young girl was disgusted. The reason for the improper punishment: the boy was fifteen at the time the crime was committed. Many juveniles are not as lucky when their crimes turn into much more such as rape and murder. Those minors have a possibility
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In What Ways Can Young Offenders Be Treated A person who commits murder‚ theft‚ robbery‚ physical abuse should always be equal in the viewpoint of the law‚ no matter it is a youngster or an adult. There should be equal punishments for the juveniles and the adults because the wrong that they have done has lead to the breaking of the law and ethics. Therefore‚ there are a number of ways in which the young criminals can be punished like imprisonment‚ labor imprisonment‚ strict fines on them‚ they
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committed by a juvenile‚ who has not even reached their eighteenth birthday‚ it can be very challenging to determine proper punishment for the most serious of crimes. Roper vs. Simmons decided that juveniles who committed a crime before they reached the legal age of eighteen could not be sentenced to the death penalty (Board‚ 2016). In the legal case‚ Miller vs. Alabama‚ the court system ruled that sentencing a juvenile to life in prison without parole was unconstitutional even if the juvenile was found
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Culture and Diversity Paper Outline Culture and Diversity Paper Outline * Topic Race and ethnicity of juvenile offenders * Outline I. Introduction II. Juvenile Offenders A. The Federal Bureau of Investigation B. Race and Ethnicity Overview C. Juvenile Justice Process 1. Arrest 2. Detention‚ 3. Prosecution‚ 4. Adjudication‚ 5. Transfer to adult court 1 III. Data A. Differential rates of arrest for crime are related to
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