JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM FINAL PAPER FOUNDATIONS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM-CJS/200 April 21‚ 2013 Pilar Atterberry‚ Student Prof.: BRENDA BARNEY INTRODUCTION The rate of juvenile offenders has decreased in some states are since its spike in the early 1990’s. The purpose of the juvenile justice system is to better to preserve the rights of youthful offenders rights‚ so they are not just thrown into the adult jail/prison
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Corrections Trend Evaluation Carla Howard CJA 394 University of Phoenix Corrections have existed throughout society for many years and continued to change and evolve in the United States reflecting society’s values and ideals throughout the centuries. In the criminal justice system‚ corrections exist in more than one form. Not only do corrections refer to jails and prison systems but they also pertain to community-based programs‚ such as probation‚ parole‚ halfway houses‚ and treatment
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I was able to locate a public record from Clearfield’s Judge Cherry sentencing courts. The article shows the outline and decisions made for every individual who was sentenced on the said day. After reading through the long list of hearings‚ I chose one in particular to report on; A 25 year old male has been currently incarcerated at a correctional institution where he has been awaiting sentencing. At this said hearing‚ the defendant was brought in front of the honorable Judge Cherry to be sentenced
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Juvenile Crime Paper Malina Wiese CJS/200 December 9‚2012 Juvenile Crime Paper Juvenile Court is a tribunal having special authority to try and pass judgments for crimes committed by children or adolescents who have not attained the age of maturity‚ generally defined as persons under the age of 18 and above the age of 10. Adult Court is a court of law where adults can be tried‚ and if convicted‚ face adult punishment such as probation‚ adult prison‚ or even the death penalty. Juvenile cases
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Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections University of Phoenix November 21‚ 2012 Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections The following research will discuss the juvenile process system. Starting with the intake process it will discuss each step of the process and the options the defendant will be given. There are concerns and certain weaknesses the process has where it may give opportunity of unlawful and informal negotiation may be occurring. It will also further discuss the considered
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Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections Lanika Alexander CJA/374 November 12‚ 2012 Deatrice Haney Juvenile Justice Process and Corrections When I first got picked up I was really scared but I knew what I had done was wrong. I had been breaking into houses for a while now. Always in and out real quick and I always picked the houses where I knew the owners were at work because they all lived on the same street as me so I knew their schedules as well as I knew my own. But this time it
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(University of Phoenix‚ 2011). This paper will discuss the origins of rehabilitation in prison and its definition‚ the definition of parole and how it differs from mandatory release‚ the definition of probation and how it compares to other forms of sentencing‚ the definition and options of community corrections‚ and the critique of the current rehabilitation options. Also this paper will determine if there are better solutions than the current community corrections options that exist today.
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SYSTEM There are some important differences in the juvenile and adult courts‚ which protect the offenders. When dealing with cases in the juvenile courts the age of the juvenile is taken into consideration‚ along with the nature of the offense. This protects the juvenile from being tried as an adult if the age‚ nature of the crime and even the mentality doesn’t warrant that the juvenile be tried as an adult. For example‚ if a 13 year old juvenile stole a car and went joy riding. They wouldn’t be tried
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Juvenile Program Comparisons There are many programs that a juvenile can be a part of either willingly or court order to deter from future criminal activity. A juvenile may become a member of a government funded program or non-profit organization that specifies in helping juveniles who have involvement in criminal activities or may have a future leading to incarceration one becoming an adult. In this paper two programs in the state of Virginia that serve to deter juveniles from a destructive future
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Courtney Weidner Legitimacy of Corrections Chestnut Hill College Abstract This paper will attempt to define legitimacy in the context of corrections and the overall criminal justice system. A study will be introduced that will reflect the correlation between compliance and perceived legitimacy while incarcerated. Specifically‚ 202 adult inmates were randomly assigned to serve a 6-month sentence at either a military-style boot-camp or a traditional
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