Juvenile Delinquency 1 Juvenile Delinquency: Features‚ Causes and Solutions Shen Cheng Class: 110 Teacher: Stephanie February 29‚ 2012 Juvenile Delinquency 2 Outline I. Introduction Thesis statement: Nowadays‚ there is no denying that Juvenile Delinquency has become one of the hottest social issues. The features‚ causes‚ and solutions of Juvenile Delinquency will be discussed about in this research. II. The features of Juvenile Delinquency A. The average age of juveniles who commit
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DOJ‚ Juvenile courts or any data that are direct collected by government officials. Unofficial data is typically collected by secondary resources such as media‚ surveys and so forth. Unofficial data is less creditable because it cannot truly verify the validity of those information. 2: What types of data are contained in the UCR? The types of data contained in the UCR are the frequency and kind of offense‚ frequency of arrest‚ and the characteristics of the offenders. Moreover‚ crimes in
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Describe the Legal rights juveniles have today To protect juveniles from self-incrimination‚ provisions were made to have the Miranda rights available before being questioned by the police. A 1979 us supreme court ruling found that juveniles should have a waiver and be old enough to understand the consequences of waiving their rights. The Miranda rights also protects juveniles against the unlawful search of their personal property‚ unless it is to maintain order and safety among other students
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Certain punishments are more effective on certain crimes. And certain punishments are more effective on certain people. Some criminals should be punished to remove their incentive for committing crimes. But there are some criminals who just need to be removed from society to prevent them from preying upon society. Obviously for lesser crimes‚ lesser punishments should be delivered. AND punishments (if at all possible) should reflect the crime committed --- such as scrubbing walls for "graffiti
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| | | Capital Punishment Capital punishment would cost less and ensure effective crime deterrence if the process of execution was not prolonged. Abstract Capital punishment in the United States does not ensure deterrence or punishment and can cost up to 10 times more than life in prison because of the prolonged process of execution. If the United States can shorten the time a defendant spends on death row‚ then it will no longer cost more than life imprisonment without parole
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sexuality 4) Juvenile Delinquency- Participation in illegal behavior by a minor who falls under a statutory age limit. 5) Chronic Juvenile offenders- youths that have been arrested 4 or more times during their minority and perpetuate a stricking majority of serious criminal acts. Known as the "chronic 6 percent" is believed to engage in significant portion of all delinquent behavior‚ these youths do not age out of crime but continue their criminal behavior into adulthood. 6) Juvenile Justice System-
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Juvenile offendersThe death penalty for juvenile offenders (criminals aged under 18 years at the time of their crime) has become increasingly rare. Considering the Age of Majority is still not 18 in some countries‚ since 1990 nine countries have executed offenders who were juveniles at the time of their crimes: The People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ Iran‚ Nigeria‚ Pakistan‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Sudan‚ the United States and Yemen.[68] The PRC‚ Pakistan‚ the United States
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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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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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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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