Juvenile Crime and Punishment A controversial topic is whether or not juvenile offenders should be tried as adults. Before answering this question‚ people should consider some underlying facts beforehand. The nature of the crime should be considered as well as if juveniles are mentally mature enough to understand the repercussions of their crime. Depending on the crimes‚ whether violent or non-violent the sentence should fit the crime regardless of the age of the perpetrator. If tried and convicted
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Probation is used when youths are found guilty of an offense and in need of supervision but not secure confinement. It is defined as a judicial disposition under which youthful offenders are subject to certain conditions imposed by the juvenile court and are permitted to remain in the community under the supervision of a probation officer. (Bartollas‚ 2011) Probation is gives youths second chances and provide services that will help offenders stay out of trouble. Probation promotes rehabilitation
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Adult Learning Theory Paper Summary This paper is about adult learning theories. The learning theory andragogy was discussed in detail. Also‚ the author talked about how people structure their own learning theories. What typical views and reports for adult learning were conversed there were also views and discussions from the view of adult learner. Article stated the pressure and concerns of students who go back to school as an adult years later in comparison to going straight out of high school
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Juveniles and the Death Penalty September 26‚ 2011 Hallman_latonji@yahoo.com Latonji G. Hallman Juveniles and the Death Penalty The juvenile justice system has been in existence for over 100 years. The main objective of the juvenile justice system is to rehabilitate the child‚ not to enforce excessive punishment. The system involves children under the age of eighteen years old. There is a line between juveniles and adult offenders. Just because
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completed my internship at was the Madison County Probation Department. I was assigned to the Edwardsville Hillsboro Satellite Office. The staff of the Madison County Probation Department is responsible for the supervision and services to both adult and juvenile offenders on probation. They work to rehabilitate offenders by conducting offender risk assessments‚ enforce the conditions of court orders‚ and help to ensure that the offenders are aware of the impact of their crime on the victims and the
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Juvenile Crime Statistics Angelenette Perham CJS/374-BSDU1B0SK0 February 3‚ 2014 Erica Williams Juvenile Crime Statistics An individual that is under the age of 18 is considered a juvenile in the eyes of the law. Therefore‚ any child under the age of 18 that commits any form of a crime they are referred to as a juvenile delinquent. In this paper I will discuss the juvenile statistics that were recorded on the 2008 juvenile arrest report. In 2008 there was a minor 3% decrease
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Abolish the Juvenile Court: Youthfulness‚ Criminal Responsibility‚ and Sentencing Policy | Barry C. Field | | | | | CJ523-01N: Critical Issues in Juvenile Justice Page 1 The article Abolish the Juvenile Court: Youthfulness‚ Criminal Responsibility and Sentencing Policy by Barry Fields is power packed with his research‚ his opinions on the Juvenile Justice System. There is no question why he has reached the conclusions that he has because his research backs him
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The Juvenile Justice System As a growing number of adolescents have been displaying problematic behaviors‚ juvenile delinquency has become more apparent in the United States‚ therefore rendering a greater need for a juvenile justice system. Many have asked such questions as what is juvenile justice system‚ what causes problem behavior in these youths‚ what are the solutions‚ are they effective‚ and which of these solutions yield the greatest results. Juvenile detention centers have become one of
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Juvenile Justice Abstract The juvenile Justice System has gone through many changes in America and are represented through six main periods that will be discussed in this paper. The periods are called the Puritan Era (1646–1824)‚ the Refuge Period (1824-1899)‚ the Juvenile Court Period (1899-1960)‚ The Juvenile Rights Period (1960-1980)‚ the Crime Control Period (1980-2005)‚ and The Kids are Different Period (2005-present). Juvenile Justice has constantly changed depending
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drugs were the main problem of the criminal justice system. Courts on state and federal levels were burdened and overloaded with drug cases. As a result‚ prison populations began to rise at an amazing rate. According to statistics‚ "the number of adults arrested for drug-related violations increased 27.3% between 1980 and 1995‚ in the same period‚ the percentage of prisoners in the custody of state correctional authorities for drug offenses increased from 6.4% to 22.7%". With this rate of increase
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