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    If we live in an ideal world‚ everyone would care for one another and we would be living in a safe environment where everyone is secure. Unfortunately‚ we live in a society where some people enjoy jeopardizing the public and others commit crimes because they were raised in an environment that made them turn into lawbreakers. In order to protect society from those offenders‚ the court needed to establish a system where criminals are punished so they won’t commit crimes again and also to Make an example

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    A detached juvenile justice system was recognized in the United States around 100 years in the past with the objective of averting childish criminals from the damaging chastisements of felonious courts of law and reassuring reintegration based on the single adolescent’s desires. This organization was to diverge from grownup or felonious court in a sum of means. It was to stress on the teenager or juvenile as an individual in need of support‚ not on the act that carried him or her afore the court

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    The Indian legislations The emergence of the concept of juvenile justice in India owes much to the developments that have taken place in western countries‚ especially in the perception of children and human rights jurisprudence in Europeand America. The Apprentices Act‚ 1850 was the first legislation that laid the foundation of juvenile justice system in the country. The concept consequently gained momentum with the enactment of the Indian Penal Code (1860)‚ Reformatory Schools Act (1897)‚ Code

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    Juvenile Justice About 20 percent of teens each day are tried as adults. Some teens don’t realize how heinous these crimes they commit are. Depending on the crime‚ if it’s bad they should get a harsh penalty. Juveniles should be tried as adults because they should pay for their actions‚ they are mature enough to understand what they did and if they choose to follow grownups and their crimes they should pay the same penalty. Juveniles that commit crimes should pay for their actions. For example

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    DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM The Juvenile Justice System was a creation of the Progressive Era reformist. Prior to this time there was little consideration for children as needing or deserving different treatment than adults. To tell the truth there was relatively no separation of adults and children up to this point in time. In retrospect it could be said that the creation of a separate stage in the life of growing people led to the creation of a separate justice system. So the creation

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    The juvenile justice system is a separate legal framework making a difference in how youth offenders are judged and “punished”‚ but this way is only a recent concept. Back in the 1800’s there was some sort of system set in place to punish those who committed crimes. In those years of English rule there were workhouses where adults who broke the law would be sent to to manufacture goods that would later be sold to the public. This method was then used for people who owed money‚ they would be incarcerated

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    Temika Williams December 9‚ 2011 Final Paper JUS 510 Contemporary Criminal Justice Issues and Trends Joe Niehaus Dear Colleagues‚ In order to promote new and “stretch learning” (learning that expands your current knowledge in a given area) in graduate education‚ I am requesting that you complete and insert the following New Learning Disclosure Statement at the top of the first page of your Final Paper. Thanks. Joe Niehaus NEW LEARNING DISCLOSURE STATEMENT During the research

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    The history of juvenile justice can be dated back to the 1760s when Blackstone classified a juvenile offenders as individual between 7 to 14 years old that understands they are committing a crime and has the intent to commit a crime. The juveniles were trialed‚ sentenced‚ and house with adult offenders. In the 19th century there were a shift and the best interest of the child were taken in to consideration. The best interest of the child was not to punish‚ but to rehabilitate which started the House

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    percent of children in prison as tried to commit suicide.Teens are still growing and try to figure things out. So when a teen goes into the juvenile court justice system‚ it is because they have done something wrong. Teens are seeking for help not punishment. I agree with the I majority vote‚ if it is unconstitutional‚ then it must not be allowed. First‚ the juvenile court is very important to the trouble teens. The teens have done something bad but that I can still change. These teens need help so that

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    Domestic violence is an issue that affects women and men of any age‚ race‚ cultural or even economical background. Those in the Latino communities face cultural boundaries when they find themselves in an abusive relationship/marriage. Many Latinos identify as Catholic or being raised Catholic‚ whom do not believe in divorce. Often time’s men are identified as the leader of the family and women are expected to obey their husbands. Latinos who are middle class or low income families find themselves

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