There should be no special treatment for convicted young offenders. They should be treaded as adults. In the year of 1982‚ Parliament passed the Young Offenders Act (YOA). Effective since 1984‚ the Young Offenders Act replaced the most recent version of the Juvenile Delinquents Act. The Young Offenders Act’s purpose was to shift from a social welfare approach to making youth take responsibility for their actions. It also addressed concerns that the paternalistic treatment of children under the
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Attaining a higher education as an African American youth is significant because it is one of the most important achievements in today’s society that helps ensure a quality way of life. While gaining an education is still a financial challenge for most African Americans‚ there are still more opportunities than ever before for young people to acquire a post-secondary education. The more education a person has‚ the better one’s chances are at being successful. An education helps one have a better
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of African American Males Higher vs. Causain Males? My reason for choosing this topic is dear to my heart. I’ve worked in the system for a number of years‚ where I saw first hand the wide gap of percentage of Black males pose to white males incarcerated. Although many similar crimes were committed‚ yet black males spend more time behind bars for the same crime. In my research paper‚ I will attempted to educate some while enlighten others concerning the stereotypes given to black males. It
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- The criminal justice system (courts) puts harsher penalties upon the male juveniles due to statistics showing they are the main offenders. This is a basic thinking upon our society‚ as females are obviously seen as the more emotional sex‚ thus judges are able to take pity upon their emotional inadequacy. While juvenile males on the other hand have a moral restriction where they have not been so free with their emotions. Since judges are able to take the emotions which are shown in court into the
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our playing time. She reached up and clicked the power button on the boxed television. I watched the screen from a distance as colors slowly appeared. Eager to find out‚ I scrambled over towards the t.v with a group of friends.There was a African American male well dressed in a black suit and red tie. Thousands of people surrounded him. The man held up his right hand‚
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world is predominately male dominated. As the years go by‚ female incarceration levels have been rapidly increasing. The prisons in early days didn’t have to worry about dealing with two different types of inmates as there were not that many females incarcerated. While male and female inmates do have some similarities‚ they also have some distinct differences. The way they conduct themselves in prison are different; as are they way they interact with other inmates. Males typically are in prison
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African American Males and Disparity in the Justice System XXX Cultural Diversity in Professions Within our justice system there is a large disparity between the total number of African American males living within our society and living within our prison walls. African Americans males are often faced with overcoming environmental‚ economic and sociological inequalities while growing up as well as a lack of opportunity. Many of these issues may in fact lead to un-proportional
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criminal justice system in dealing with young offenders Eliza Ross Introduction It is widely acknowledged in Australia and around the world that young people under the age of 18 should be subject to a system of criminal justice that is separate from the adult system. This is because young people often have lower levels of maturity‚ as well as knowledge when it comes to the law. Although morals and ethics form an important part of school education (helping young people to make sensible decisions)
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The Media Portrays African American Males Unfairly Educators and parents are very aware that the images children see in the media leave an impression on them. How African American males are portrayed in the media can affect the way African American boys see themselves. Too often the media covers stories that portray African American males as failures and ignore all the progression of African American males in this country. In the last century black males have gone from slaves to become successful
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to a firewall and effectively acts as a proxy server as well. In a typical DMZ configuration for a small company‚ a separate computer (or host in network terms) receives requests from users within the private network for access to Web sites or other companies accessible on the public network. The DMZ host then initiates sessions for these requests on the public network. However‚ the DMZ host is not able to initiate a session back into the private network. It can only forward packets that have
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