2. Describe three alternatives to incarceration that juvenile courts currently use. 3. Discuss the significant and societal and individual benefits of imposing sanctions or punishments that do not involve removing an offender from his/her family or community. Strayer University Historical and Economic reasons In the early 1920’s and 1930’s instead of placing a juvenile offender into custody the patrol officer would either return the juvenile to the parent with a warning or place them with a school
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Corrections in the Juvenile Justice System James Francis Juvenile Delinquency American Military University Professor Robert Arruda The Role of Police‚ Courts and Department of Corrections in the Juvenile Justice System The juvenile justice system brings the juvenile delinquent in contact with the local police‚ the court system and if found guilty‚ the Department of Corrections. This paper will discuss the role of the police‚ the courts and the Department of Corrections in the juvenile justice system
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Nat Turner was the leader. Of a violent slave rebellion in Southampton County‚ Virginia‚ in 1831.He was born on born on October 2‚ 1800‚ in Southampton County‚ Virginia‚ and died on November 11‚ 1831‚ Courtland‚ VA Courtland‚ VA. He had a son named Riddick Turner Nat Turner made history as the leader of one of the bloodiest slave revolts in America. He was born on the Virginia plantation of Benjamin Turner‚ who allowed him to be instructed in reading‚ writing‚ and religion. His mother was named Nancy
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There are an increasing number of juvenile delinquents. What are the causes of this phenomenon? The incidence of juvenile offenses is growing at an alarming rate; and the severity of these offenses has been consistently staggering to us adults. It is imperative that we pinpoint the causes of this phenomenon. Many instance of juvenile delinquency have been attributed to the violent or the pornographic content of some TV shows and video games. These days‚ we are confronted with a proliferation of
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to the unpredictable nature of life‚ things can go wrong. To counteract this unpredictability‚ certain services - such as juvenile detention centers - have been created. Despite the best intentions of a community there is always the possibility that an institution meant to provide aid can be corrupted. On June 24th‚ Erica L. Marshall published the article‚ Fix D.C.’s Juvenile Justice System to Reduce Adult Crime‚ for the Washington
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One of the ways that slaves defied slavery was to run away. Nat‚ like every other slave‚ was prone to this sort of rebellion. One of the first of a series of shocks in Nat Turner’s life was when his father ran away from Benjamin Turner’s place and supposedly escaped to the North. Apparently‚ no one knew why he left aside the assumption of hatred for the institution that kept him in bondage. This desire for freedom in Nat’s father was strong enough to make him sacrifice his wife and Nat‚ his only
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Cuffy was a man who was very powerful and he took his strengths and expanded on them when he led the Berbice Slave Rebellion of 1763. While being under the Dutch colonization‚ Cuffy successfully took control of over eight plantations during the eleven-month long revolution. Dutch Governor Van Hoogenheim found out and grew frantic‚ alerting all the Europeans in nearby plantations to flee because Cuffy threatened them and seized all their ammunition and any source of power they held. He knew this would
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Juveniles should not be tried the same way as adults are for the crimes they commit to a certain degree. For many kids being a juvenile delinquent isn’t even entirely their fault. Juveniles also just aren’t at the right mindset to be going to prisons at young ages. There are other courses of action that can be taken to help the troubled child out other then locking them up like adults. A juvenile is a child under the age of 18 but in some states the maximum age is 16 (find law)‚ a juvenile delinquent
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of crimes committed by Juveniles. Although there are many cases where the juvenile did not commit a serious crime‚ there are others where the crime is so bad the juvenile court system tries the juvenile as an adult. Instead of seeking help for the individual‚ our justice system places them in adult facilities to “teach them a lesson.” The justice system fails to see what the causes the child to do these things is because of abuse‚ neglect‚ or where they grew up. The juvenile justice system needs to
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Tekia Huggins Nat Turner Paper April 17‚ 2014 As a slave Nat Turner’s life prior to the slave rebellion lacked consistency due to constant separation‚ whether it be from a slave owner or family. Turner believed he had a specific role to play and become confident that his personal calling regarded to the issue of obliterating racial enslavement. He states in his confession‚ “I surely would be a prophet‚ as the Lord had happened before my birth. And my father and mother strengthened me in this first
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