committed by juvenile offenders every day and to gain a better understanding as to why they commit such crimes the trends have to be evaluated. The following statistics are findings made in 2008. These findings will give a clear understanding of the overall decrease in juvenile arrests made‚ touch base on the increase in drug offenses and simple assaults‚ provide implications for juvenile females and members of ethnic and racial minorities‚ examine the increase in arrests of juvenile females and the
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A juvenile court is a court of law responsible for the trial or legal supervision of children under the age of 18. In most cases‚ a juvenile case is handled much differently than an adult criminal case. Instead of going to a county court or a criminal district‚ juvenile cases are sent directly to a juvenile court. This court deals with issues ranging from drug dependency issues to truancy. Parents or guardians of the juvenile are required to appear and participate with the final settlement of the
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Trying as Juvenile or adult Children under 18 years old‚ should be tried as adults or juvenile? Kids tried as juvenile will have a life‚ kids who are tried‚ as adults will spend most of their lives in jail. Judging on children as adults or not will stand on how big the crime is and on how smart the child is. Some children are children mature‚ they are young in age but their brains are very active and i mature. Children become violent and aggressive because the media‚ on the television there
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The judge‚ probation officer‚ and juvenile police officer all have vital roles in a juvenile’s life as well as to the juvenile justice system. From what I have read the Judge is said to have the most important role. The judge is responsible for a variety of duties from administrative to judicial. The judge makes decisions in regards to whether a child needs to be taken away from their home‚ whether the evidence presented is true and factual‚ and last figure out what services best fits the needs
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Probation officers are members of the criminal justice system whose purpose is to supervise offenders to ensure that they are following court orders and are on good behaviour for a period of time (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services‚ 2016). Youth probation officers work in the community to regulate and maintain the order of juvenile offenders. The goals are to prevent youth offenders from reoffending and to help them find a positive role in society. According to Umamaheswar (2013)
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exactly what the purpose of probation is‚ what kinds of conditions can be imposed if someone is put on probation‚ and what roles the probation officer and the court systems play in the scheme of things. If you know someone that is on probation it may not hurt to know a little bit about the way it works and that is exactly what we will be talking about here. Probation is one of the least restrictive penalties among the alternatives confronting a sentencing judge. Probation is the conditional release
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John Augustus is credited with being the father of probation. A Boston shoemaker‚ Augustus spent his spare time observing what took place in the courts. Disturbed that minor offenders and common drunks were often forced to remain in jail because they had no money to pay off their fines‚ he convinced authorities to let him pay their fines and offered them friendly supervision. When the defendants later came into court for sentencing‚ Augustus would report on his progress toward reformation. Augustus
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Conditions of Probation The terms and conditions of a persons probation are clear‚ cut‚ and dry. Probation is a prison sentence that has been suspended on the condition that the offender follows certain prescribed rules and commits no further offenses (Sieter‚ 2011). A probation officer evaluates offender progress and recommends intensity of supervision based on observations from time of conviction through the period of adjustment after release from an institution (FL DOC‚ 2012). The whole program
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Probation Officer Being a Probation Officer can be interesting and challenging at the same time. You can make a positive impact on one’s life. A Probation Officer’s main role is to make sure that those released into his care are properly rehabilitated and obey to the terms of their probation. The officer also educates those released on probation on what they can and can’t do during the probation period “Probation and parole can be very cost efficient. In 2010‚ Larry J. Siegel wrote a report
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JUVENILE DELINQUECY- Juvenile Delinquency Introduction A “Juvenile” or “Child” means a person who has not completed eighteen years of age. According to International Law‚ a ‘Child’ means every human being below the age of 18 years. Today this is a universally accepted definition of a child which comes from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The notions about juvenile delinquency held by laymen and some law enforcement officials are faulty and misleading. For
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