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    Stanley JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND THE DEATH PENATLY Juvenile Offenders and the ideas of how to punish them for their crimes has been a national topic of discussion with just about everyone you meet. From the local politicians to the concerned parent who worries about their children. What punishment juveniles should receive has always been a sensitive subject. From state to state‚ city to city the views and opinions vary and varies on what should be the correct punishment for a juvenile offender

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    Juvenile Offender Marlys Schrandt 03/30/2015 CJS/ 221 Instructor Gilford University of Phoenix In this paper I will discuss the types of crimes and the difference on which juvenile offender group committed the crimes more. This will cover the main crimes that the white juveniles commit the most and the three crimes that the other predominant race also commit as well. The juveniles that commit majority of the crimes happen to be predominantly white. These juveniles seem to like to commit forcible

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    Juvenile Offenders Juvenile offenders are classified in most systems as people who have not yet reached the age of maturity‚ which by law is the threshold of your adult years. 18 years old is the line between being a teenager and a full grown adult when they will be able to be tried for a criminal offense‚ while fourteen years old is the youngest age a person can be tried for a seriously violent crime. In the text it states‚ “Juvenile crime has been a feature of almost every society‚ but how

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    Lee Weng Khin (13) 4O3 Juveniles are mainly responsible for their own crimes. Do you agree? A juvenile delinquent is a person under the age of 18 and commits an act that otherwise would have been charged as a crime if he was an adult. In most cases‚ many juvenile offenders often fall into bad company or they lack proper parental guidance. Furthermore‚ juvenile offenders are still young; they have not reach a level of maturity where they are able to exercise good decision-making. Therefore‚ I disagree

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    Over the years‚ there has been many changes in the system of law when it comes to juvenile offenders. Also‚ there has been many debates over the issue of how to punish minors. Some think that a minor would know the difference between wrong and right‚ and some think they wouldn’t. Others think that punishments for adults are too harsh for children‚ mainly for more violent crimes‚ such as murder or rape. For less serious offences‚ such as drug abuse or underage drinking the consequences can also be

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    4/20/11 Crime & Delinquency Dr. Shirley I. Williams Term Paper Juvenile Sexual Offender As we all know‚ throughout the years‚ we’ve heard of many sad stories of juvenile sex offenders ad offenses. So what is a juvenile sex offender? “A juvenile sex offender is defined as a youth‚ from puberty to the legal age of majority‚ who commits any sexual act with a person of any age‚ against the victims will‚ without

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    do tend to never help reduce the amount of offenders in the U.S. The juvenile justice system’s main goal is rehabilitation for all youth‚ but research and many studies have been carried out in order to describe what the system is doing wrong and what problems need to be resolved. Juvenile offenders should be placed in rehabilitative programs because punitive programs are counterproductive and therefore juvenile procedures need to be revised. Juveniles are

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    Juvenile Sex Offenders: A new issue in the Juvenile Justice System Morgan Cotter Juvenile Justice CJ 307-A Dr. Monica Robbers Marymount University December 7‚ 2009 Juvenile Sex Offenders: A new issue in the Juvenile Justice System The classification and treatment of juvenile sex offenders is a unique issue in the Juvenile Justice System today. This is either because we do not have much research on the recidivism rates of repeat

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    Introduction Who are adolescent sex offenders? In its basic and most simple form adolescent sex offenders could be defined as any juvenile male or female‚ approximately between the ages of 12 and 17 years of age who commit any sexual act with another person‚ unlawfully against that persons will‚ regardless of age limit. Research has suggested that adolescent sexual offenders are also embedded in multiple systems (family‚ peer‚ school) in which dysfunctional transactions are rather evident. There

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    I would like to work with Juvenile offenders‚ mainly because I feel that since they make up such a small group of the inmate population‚ 1200 offenders under the age of eighteen at the end of 2013 (p. 245‚ Seiter‚ 2017) that I would have a greater ability to utilize limited resource for a greater outcome. Juvenile offenders in adult incarceration are made up of individuals who have committed serious felony offenses under the age of eighteen (p. 244‚ Seiter‚ 2017). There are three approaches used

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