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    The Juvenile Criminal Justice System and Adult court system have many simalities and differences. While the Juvenile Justice system is more concerned with rehabilitation of the Juvenile so he wont contine with more crime when he become an adult ‚ the adult court sytem is looking look to punish the adults with more harsh time‚ and consequences. They share similarlites such as procedural safeguards to protect their rights and also they both have the right to councel to help defend they self. Even though

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    Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Crime Yakisha Johnson CJA/204 July 16‚ 2012 Michael Paris Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Crime Delinquency… Juvenile delinquency consists of any juvenile actions of conduct in violation of juvenile status offenses‚ criminal law and other juvenile misbehavior. Delinquent is a juvenile term for criminals who have not yet reached adulthood. Delinquent children are those who violate the criminal law and only because they are not adults‚ the word criminal

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    Juvenile Delinquency; Causes and Possible Solutions 06/12/2011 By definition a juvenile delinquent is a young person‚ under the age of 18‚ who fails to do what is required by law. Our juvenile court system has the difficult task of finding the proper way to deal with these individuals. Unfortunately there is no perfect solution. Should juvenile delinquents be treated harshly? Should they be treated as an adult? Should they be put into a rehabilitation facility? There have been several

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    Is juvenile justices right or wrong? Edwin Desamour was driving with his 3-year-old son in their Philadelphia neighborhood when the little boy looked up and said‚ “Daddy‚ look at the moon! I want to go there‚” so his father did what many parents would: he bought his son books on science and space and encouraged him to believe that his dreams can come true. Edwin’s son has been blessed with a vastly different childhood than Edwin had. Edwin grew up poor in a violent neighborhood in Philadelphia

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    Running head: JUVENILE JUSTICE 1 Juvenile Justice Valarie Murphy-Taylor CRJ 301 Timothy Koester February 18‚ 2013 JUSTICE 2 Juvenile justice was created in the late 1800’s as reform to U.S. policies with regards to youth offenders. Over time‚ through various amendments directed at protecting both the due process rights of youth‚ and creating an averse effect in relation to jail among youth offenders‚ juvenile justice created a system similar to that

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    Psychological reactance Theory Freedom of behaviour is an important aspect of human life (Fogarty‚ 1997). When the ‘Fine Bro’s’‚ a popular YouTube channel attempted to trademark the word ‘react’‚ the YouTube community openly protested through acts reflective of reactance theory (See Appendix A.) A successful trademark meant that content creators using the reaction format‚ a format where a personality reacts to a popular video and offers their opinion‚ were at potential risk of having their videos

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    homes where they will only think about good life waiting ahead of them. The term Child in Conflict with the Law (CICL) refers to a child who is alleged as‚ accused of‚ or adjudged as‚ having committed an offense under Philippine laws. Basically‚ juvenile delinquent pertains to a child‚ under the age of eighteen years‚ as offender of the law. He or she may be exempted from criminal liability under appropriate circumstances. A child below fifteen years of age receive full exemption but will be subjected

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    Juvenile Delinquency Remember doing something mischievous or wrong when you were a kid and getting the label "delinquent" slapped on you ? Did you ever wonder what it meant ? That is what my topic for today is . . . juvenile delinquency. In this report I will: define juvenile delinquency‚ give the extent of juvenile delinquency‚ give some suggestions on what causes juvenile delinquency‚ and what is being done in various communities to deal with this growing problem. The legal term juvenile delinquent

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    Yevgenia Martirosyan Between now and 30 years ago a lot of things have changed. As it says in the book in chapter one‚ juvenile delinquency can be determined by the time and place we are living in. Many of us students are too young to know about juvenile delinquency 30 years ago. Therefore nowadays juvenile delinquency is different. In many cases juvenile delinquency can be defined different in different cultures and age groups. The simple definition of it is when teenagers below of age 18 are

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    creation of many theories on the aspect of juvenile delinquency. For instance‚ early theories reason for punishing was to quell evil in the individuals‚ this led to witch hunting and torture for those accused of crime. While these extreme punishments were mostly done to adults‚ children were usually accused of being possessed and received intense punishment under the church. Because of the protestant religion‚ many religious based theories are still rooted in society when it comes to crime and punishment

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